Lovecraftesque
Lovecraftesque 2nd Edition
System
Roll 20 / Discord
VTT
4
Players
No
Recorded
Yes
Safety tools
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1 past session
Fri, Sep 6th
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM GMT+0
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Jeremiah
(He/Him)
Marc Majcher
(he/them)
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About

Lovecraftesque by Black Armada Tales is a collaborative narrative game where all players share a common main character - the witness - and take turns playing the witness, the narrator (GM) and the Whisperers, who provide atmospheric details, play NPCs, and answer the GM's questions, respectively.
The group shares the burden to narrate the witness' descend into darkness by drawing clue cards and stringing the clues together to discover the horrible, horrible truth. The kicker: Every player has their own version of the truth, honed and refined in a play phase fittingly called "jumping to conclusions". In the end, our witness will confront the mind shattering truth and might very likely meet a sticky end.
Lovecraftesque is a game of cosmic horror and the discovery of a horrible truth. It is lovecraftesque - Lovecraft without the Lovecraft. It consciously steps away from Lovecraft's racist and ableistic legacy.
I recommend reading the essays of the creators on their homepage before the game:
Mental Health and Lovecraft – Black Armada
Handling Race in Lovecraftesque – Black Armada
We will use a layered set of safety tools (X-Card, Lines and Veils, Open Door) and play under the Open Hearth Code of Conduct.
https://openhearthgaming.com/code-of-conduct#:~:text=The%20Open%20Hearth%20asks%20that,spaces%20with%20integrity%20and%20love.
Breaks are on the hour.