Monsterhearts (2e)
(For the Bsky readers: I've been inactive due to some Stuff on tumblr, should be back to normal now though! Support sex workers!) Monsterhearts
Yes this is a twilight ttrpg, No it doesn't have any of the mormon shit
Genre: Romance, Drama, Supernatural
Touchstones: Twilight, Riverdale,
What is this game?: Monsterhearts is a TTRPG about navigating teenage romance as a monster
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How's the gameplay?: Monsterhearts is a PBTA game, if you're familiar with them then it'll likely be familiar, no grid, roll 2d6 + stats to determine things, -6 is a fail, 7-9 is a success, 10-12 is a big success, characters have special abilities they activate when they have sex with players generally reaffirming some sort of toxic trait they have, and when characters "die" they become their "Darkest self", a dark shadowy version of themselves which makes their worst perceptions reality
What's the setting (If any) like?: Modern day, but with monsters! (or not with monsters actually, a lot of the playbooks double as just allegorical, but also cmon if you're playing this you're playing with the monsters)
What's the tone?: Monsterhearts has that sort of Dark queer romance vibe, its hard to really describe but if you've watched like, any CW show you get the picture
Session length: Leaning short, the game is more narrative focused than anything
Number of Players: 3-5 players
Malleability: Its fairly malleable, you generally need to stay within a semi-modern day setting with vampires and ghosts and shit, but otherwise you can go nuts
Resources: Character sheets are provided, this is not a complex game so thats more than enough
So this game's a classic, its really really good and if you haven't read it you're doing yourself a disservic