HELP WANTED: For 80s game project

[stampede]

I'm designing a PnP Horror Roleplaying game that incorporates cliches and such inspired by Horror VHS rentals. I was heavily inspired by my complete love of horror and my collection of VHS horror scans I have on the PC.

I'm not doing this for money or anything like that, purely for fun! I hope to compile an ebook in pdf format and upload it for people to play and share.

The game would use 6 sided dice, paper and pencils. I am planning on making cards to cut out and play with it to represent characters, items, locations and events.

All the artwork would be by myself.

I really would like any kind of input at all, this is the first forum I'm asking. I might post similar threads on other vintage forums like He-man.org. (Don't know how much of a horror love there is on there.)

The gaming system would be simple, inspired by the Feng Shui system of roleplaying. Over-the-top actions and movie cliche's are encouraged!

Character types would be based off horror movie archtypes. (spelling) I am planning on incorporating a reward system for playing well. Players could use their points to buy special features such as:

Rewind: Go back before a brutal death or encounter and redo it
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Fast Forward: If the players are stuck, the GM can take them to the next stage of the game by revealing what to do next.

Pause: Not sure about this one yet...allowing the monsters to be frozen for a couple of seconds while players get in a free hit?

Basically I'd like people to play their favourite horror movies with this. What do you all think? I'd love your ideas. I'd like ideas like:

Player rewards
Character Types
Cliched enemies, NPCs and Locations
Alternative main title (and sub title)

[drbo]

Sound pretty interesting!

I liked the idea of game mechanics modeled after a VCR remote, it really bound the feel you want to give.

If you ever want additionnal artwork I'll be glad to let you sue (and give you high0res version) of some horror stuff I done. They're all B&W line art illustration, so it could feel right with the tone and be used as spacer between paragraph:





More on my blog (in French), under the "Horreur" label. Im the one signing "Bonhomme":
sketcheurscosmiques.blogspot.com/search/label/Horreur

In a similar vein, the little known rpg game Extreme vengeance used a very simple system and was meant as a way to play any action movie. It could bring some ideas.

[stampede]

I would love additional artwork, thank you! I'm just busy organising chapters and layout at the moment and playtesting as I go along.

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Phwooar! I like it! You did this? She is drawn in the exact shape I draw my women.

Here is my horror section, I'm planning on using some of the pics in the book.

66stampede66.deviantart.com/gallery/#Horror

You are right about your black and white style being good for the book. Most of the interior art will be black and white with a colour picture here and there to liven things up. Thank you very much for your offer, as I said, this is not for any monetary gain, just for fun, so you won't have to worry about your work getting ripped off.