In this discussion episode, Ian, James B and Jimbles discuss Horror in Roleplaying. Content Warning: Horror. More detail below.

How can you do it well? What are the secrets to scaring your players, and what limits should you set?

That and more, in this week's discussion.

We mention:

Dyatlov Pass Incident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident H.P. Lovecraft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft

Call of Cthulhu RPG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Cthulhu_(role-playing_game)

World of Darkness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Darkness

Lovecraft Lite: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LovecraftLite

Alastair Reynolds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Reynolds Eclipse Phase: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_Phase

American Horror Story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Horror_Story

Marble Hornets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Hornets

SCP 096 (Though honestly, we say 196 as a mistake): http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-096

Thomas Ligotti: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ligotti

Content warnings - Psychological Horror, Cosmic Horror, "Recognizing our own fears" Body Horror, Personal Horror, and brief mention of Edging (Sexual) and 2 adults giggling like teenagers.