{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"326: We Are the Horror, with Ericka Skirpan","description":" We\u2019re back and we\u2019re scaring ourselves. Main Topic: We Are the Horror Most tabletop horror games revolve around the struggle between the player characters and one or more external antagonists. The concept of a \u201cBig Bad Evil Guy\u201d is at the heart of most of our gaming experiences. But what happens when we take all that away? How might games work when the horror comes from the interactions between the PCs? And what are some of the possible pitfalls of this approach? Our Guest Host We are delighted to welcome Ericka Skirpan back as our guest host for this episode! Ericka is a LARP creator, consultant, and facilitator. She writes extensively about LARPs at The Space Between Stories. Currently, Ericka is working with Mooney Bin Entertainment on LARPs such as \u201cConscience\u201d and \u201cDresden Files 1923\u201d. You can find Ericka\u2019s article \u201cLARPing Made me a Stronger Person\u201d in Scientific American. She has also written for 7th Sea, Vampire: The Requiem, and Changeling: The Dreaming. Links Things we mention in this episode include: Conflict and Secrets at the Gaming Table Psychological horror PVP D&D The Descent (2005) Alien (1979) Hot War Psycho (1960) \u201cThe Lord of Lies\u201d by Atropos Games Rosemary\u2019s Baby by Ira Levin Jack Parsons Unknown Armies The Divide (2011) \u201cTen\u201d \u2013 Japanese Call of Cthulhu scenario Saw (2004) RPG Reanimators Cults \u201c1942\u201d LARP Don\u2019t Worry Darling (2022) \u201cThe White People\u201d by Arthur Machen \u201cConscience\u201d by Mooney Bin Entertainment David Cronenberg Alien: Earth \u201cMiskatonic University\u201d by Chaos League Yog-Sothoth Dystopia Rising \u201cHouse of Craving\u201d by Participation Design Agency Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Ghostwatch The Lighthouse (2019) Bug (2006) Folie \u00e0 deux Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962) Hannibal Silence of the Lambs (1991) Hannibal by Thomas Harris Jakob\u2019s Wife The Outer Limits nineties revival Old Gods of Appalachia \u201cMonstrosity\u201d by Sinking Ship Creations \u201cThe Wait\u201d by Stan Stanley Into the Darkness In This Place by Kent Blue Cold City Mage: the Awakening Body horror Bleed \u201cEducement\u201d in The Blasphemous Tome issue 10 Westworld The Dresden Files News Matt at Dragonmeet 29th of November Christmas Story Reading The Great God Pan 15th-18th, 22:30 GMT Podcast release Matt and Scott at Illusion Con Panels Blasphemous Tome Issue 14 The recent livestream Scott did with Bridget Jeffries and Graham Walmsley on Symphony Entertainment\u2019s Twitch channel was also recorded and can be found below. This was a completely improvised freeform game based on audience suggestions, and it was very strange indeed. ","author_name":"The Good Friends of Jackson Elias","author_url":"http:\/\/blasphemoustomes.com\/","html":"