{"id":46,"date":"2007-10-29T23:20:16","date_gmt":"2007-10-30T04:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=46"},"modified":"2007-12-30T17:58:58","modified_gmt":"2007-12-30T22:58:58","slug":"rppr-episode-03-when-games-go-bump-in-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2007\/10\/podcast-episode\/rppr-episode-03-when-games-go-bump-in-the-night\/","title":{"rendered":"RPPR Episode 03: When Games Go Bump in the Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Ross Payton and Tom Church<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slangdesign.com\/rppr\/hunter-newsletter.pdf\"><strong>BONUS: The notes of the successful Hunter the Reckoning campaign mentioned this episode<\/strong><\/a>. If you like modern horror, there are numerous plot hooks and ideas to steal from these notes. Enjoy<\/p>\n<p>Synopsis: Horror is a staple of role playing games, but actually making the game scary is harder than it seems. Between creating a suspenseful mood and dealing with players who don&#8217;t want to be scared, it is quite hard to make a scary game. However, we&#8217;ve done it in the past and we share some tips for those of you want to be terrified. Also, another letter from Tom and a gaming anecdote. <\/p>\n<p>Shout out: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=612\">DM Of the Rings<\/a> is a funny web comic. Read it. <\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"RPPR Episode 03: When Games Go Bump in the Night\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2007-10-29T23:20:16-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"By Ross Payton and Tom Church\r\n\r\nBONUS: The notes of the successful Hunter the Reckoning campaign mentioned this episode. If you like modern horror, there are numerous plot hooks and ideas to steal from these notes. 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