Quote from: Bedrockbrendan on January 16, 2023, 10:59:47 AM

Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on January 15, 2023, 11:42:05 AM
If you were looking for space horror I'd say In Those Dark Places is worth a go. Mainly because the rules are very light but are also pretty flexible. It's quite sparse in detail so you can customize the setting very easily.

I think you could probably read it just before a session and start without much of an issue.

Indeed... Character prep is a snap and it's very hackable. If you wanted to add some more to the setting you could easily pick up some material from Zozer like 'Hostile'.

But as you say it's sparseness is an advantage.

Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on January 16, 2023, 11:09:07 AM

Quote from: Bedrockbrendan on January 16, 2023, 10:59:47 AM

Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on January 15, 2023, 11:42:05 AM
If you were looking for space horror I'd say In Those Dark Places is worth a go. Mainly because the rules are very light but are also pretty flexible. It's quite sparse in detail so you can customize the setting very easily.

I think you could probably read it just before a session and start without much of an issue.

Indeed... Character prep is a snap and it's very hackable. If you wanted to add some more to the setting you could easily pick up some material from Zozer like 'Hostile'.

But as you say it's sparseness is an advantage.

It is one of those things you don't realize you don't need till it is absent. I had a similar response to the Esoterrorist RPG (very, very different system and approach but similar in that it really took a minimalist angle on certain things but in a way that enhanced your ability to be creative with making adventures and threats)

I know I'm late to the game here, but I've been putting out rules-lite horror modules which are essentially 3rd party Chill 1e/Cryptworld adventures since last year: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/23052/Yeti-Spaghetti-amp-Friends

We just got our fourth adventure out there, The Nightmare, written by Timothy Brannan.

Mothership and Trophy Dark

Just released our latest adventure, Ancient Terrors: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/437495/Ancient-Terrors?src=hottest_filtered

We did a playtest for Barbaric! 2nd Edition, and it worked really well for horror.

They're doing a Kickstarted for the 2nd edition either June or July 1, I forget which. New rules will be CCAv4 if I recall correctly.

Version 1 is on DTRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/348272/Barbaric It's pretty inexpensive.

Quote from: Batjon on January 13, 2023, 05:05:47 PM
I'm a huge horror fan and own a ton.  The best rules-lite one that is actually robust and is now one of my favorite games is Shiver by Parable Games.

https://www.parablegames.co.uk/

Dave Thaumavore review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1TwWu6-hJs&t=4s&ab_channel=DaveThaumavoreRPGReviews

Review and Page-Through by The Gaming Gang:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GbuLn_N4Ts&ab_channel=TheGamingGang

Shiver YouTube Channel with Game Tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/@shiverrpg

The last Horror session I ran at a convention was SHIVER. I carry the game line, bring it to cons and help get it in Canadian retailers: https://composedreamgames.com/marketplace/shiver-rpg

It does use custom dice (though you can lookup the d6 skill dice and d8 talent dice on a table or an app). The faces of the d6 map to the skills and one Archetype is best at each. It's very straightforward to teach+run at the table, and there's some interesting ways you can interpret rolls.

It has "achetypes": Warrior, Maverick, Scholar, Socialite, Fool, Weird, Survivor that work a little like classes.
Each is best at one of the Core Skills - Grit, Wit, Smarts, Heart, Luck, Strange (survivor is more well-rounded.)

The 6 skills are on the d6 dice. Any rolls with Strange results tick up the "Doom Clock." So a level one warrior has 5 Grit and facing a challenging to be overcome by grit would roll 5 d6 (skill dice) and likely 1 d8 (talent die).

Great for one-shots, though you can certainly do "sequels" to your films. Seems viable to levelup during a session.