On Running a Horror Game

OP is running Old Gods of Appalachia but asked for advice on running horror games in general. A lot of advice that is applicable to running a Call of Cthulhu campaign will port over quite nicely to most other horror games. Everything I wrote is applicable to running a game of Vampire, Beyond the Supernatural, Chill, or Alien.

Don't be afraid to hurt and maim the players. Uh, don't be afraid to hurt and maim the player characters. Maybe instead of killing the PC, the ravenous beast gnaws off their left arm or chews off half their face. Maybe the witch's nephew runs a bank in town, you know, the same bank that hold's the deed to the PC's family farm.

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