Mystery, Incorporated!

RPG system: Monster of the Week
Participants: 1 GM, 4-6 players

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AireCon 6 (2020), Harrogate Convention Centre, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Chris Scown

AireCon 8 (2023), Harrogate Convention Centre, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Chris Scown

Description

The world doesn’t need to know they exist – the dangerous, the profane, the downright evil. You are members of Mystery, Incorporated, an organisation that seeks to hide the existence of monsters in the world. Travelling in your trusty van, with a loveable dog companion, you move across the country following rumours of the unusual. Once you’ve dealt with the supernatural threat, it’s time to concoct a cover story and reveal that the monster was in the fact the old miner owner, all along – never-mind that he might have been a werewolf..

Based on the popular system Powered by the Apocalypse, Monster of the Week is a rules-lite system that favours narrative gameplay, and is inspired by TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Supernatural. Players will choose a unique archetype for their characters and decide how their group came together, before going off to invent a mystery to cover up the mysterious beings of the world. This game is co-operatively run between players and the Keeper (GM), using a living-map last used at AireCon 2020.

Tags: Beginner friendly | Comedy | Contemporary | Humour | No Pre-gens | Rules-lite | Narrative

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