This is not Hallowe'en

[cyrano]

AmberCon US is in April, and I figure soon it will be open for registration and then they'll probably want people to submit games. So I come to you, LJHiveMind, for advice. I need things that will make gamers feel creeped out. Not normal people.

Feel free to suggest short stories or tropes or ideas or tactics or thoughts here.

Comments

[scarywhitegirl.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... so off the top of my head, I'm not sure if the Deadlands game I ran last year left you all more squicked or scared, but I think squicked.

I can't tell you the thing that would creep me out the worst, because if I do, and you use it, I'll be TOO creeped out. There is such a thing. So I'm not telling you the worst.

Dolls are creepy. Especially lots of dolls. Especially lots of dolls missing all the same body part. Just sayin'.

[reluctantgenius.livejournal.com]

And there’s the creepy doll
That always follows you
It’s got a ruined eye
That’s always open

And there’s a creepy doll
That always follows you
It’s got a pretty mouth
To swallow you whole -JoCo

And disfigurement, whether symbolic or literal, is disturbing. Although without a visual reference, I'm not sure how much. Messing with their dice creeps gamers out, but I don't think you're playing with that kind of gamer. Things happening to you that are out of your control can be disturbing or terrifying, depending on the intensity. So a war where the weapons mutate players would do, I'd think.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I think 'squicked' too. (: And I'm tremendously pleased that you're implying siging up for this game sight unseen.