CHRISTMAS IS COMING
I've been trying to write a game about Christmas movies for bloody years - I find them fascinating. (Not enough to sit down and watch the damned things, mind you - I have my pride - but the concept alone is enthralling. I've watched The Christmas Prince, and the associated sequels, a couple of times. And that time-travelling one with Vanessa Hudgens. Or was that the one about twins? Anyway. I get the idea.)
Turns out the best way to do it was to treat Hallmark's relentless heteronormatism and reinforcement of Christian, patriarchal norms as a sort of cosmic horror akin to your Cthulhus and your Kings in Yellow, and go from there. So it's a survival horror game, and it's a body horror game, and odds are you won't make it unless you fall in love and embrace the true magic of Christmas.
Weird stuff. It's good to be back. Merry Christmas, you filthy animals.
- Grant x
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I'm going to run this next week ❤️ My wife and I are having fun coming up with all manner of Hallmark themed jokes call backs and puns. I have a quirky idea for the ending - to start the car the players who actually made it there have to roll their pool of remaining miracle dice minus their doom count and quirk count for success or failure. If they didn't bring any miracle dice with them .... 💍🔔🎄 Do they use their limited miracle die to eliminate doom for a safer roll? Or go hard on the luck of the die?
I cannot WAIT to run this for my cousins! Amazing