Haunted Summer Camp in Sleepaway! 🏕️💀🌠/Meaningful Horror RPG
Sleepaway, Belonging Outside Belonging | Campaign
About the adventure
Sleepaway gives us long hazy days, chilled summer nights, kids screaming and chasing fireflies, crackling campfires, and a gaunt, cruel monstrosity forever hiding just out of sight, always asking, “What do you do next?”. In Sleepaway, you play as a camp counselor at a not-so-ordinary summer camp besieged by a strange and ominous cryptid. Isolated from civilization, this summer camp is a beacon of safety, a refuge for misfit kids defined by their marginalization. As time pushes past and the world grows older, this camp also shelters the survivors of the Lindworm. The Lindworm is a shapeshifter, or so the stories go; a creature that flays the skin of humans and hides within. As counselors of this summer camp, you’ve each been traumatized by the Lindworm, in your own ways. You remember little of that time. Just that you don’t want anyone else to experience it either, and you’ll keep this camp safe no matter what.
Game style
Theater of the Mind
“Theater of the Mind” uses little to no visuals for scene settings and combat. Instead, the narrative imagery comes from the Game Master’s descriptions and character action and movement comes from Players’ descriptions.
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Additional details
How to prepare
A microphone aswell as accounts on Discord and Roll20 are required. The explanation of rules and character creation for the players will all be provided as part of the natural way of playing.
What I provide
Expect all handouts and material to play the game like playbooks and a digital tabletop with an interactive map. Custom tokens are possible as a seperate commission. Audio-wise I am providing ambient music and some slight voice acting, but also English is not my first language so I might be more preoccupied with getting my storytelling out. Fun and storytelling are priority. Especially in a game like this.
Gameplay details
This is a horror game. It contains body horror and explicit violence, including against animals and children. Sleepaway does its absolute best to hold compassion for any pain that might be brought into the play space, and our conversation ought to as well. We will use Lines, Veils, and Highlights either simply in conversation during the first session or as a form for everyone to fill out and send to me so during the first session everyone can be informed about our rules anonymously. Some Lines are built into the game. Sleepaway refuses to be complicit in modeling toxic power dynamics between campers and staff or exploitative racism against indigenous people through the use of racist summer camp names and slogans.
Content warnings
Safety tools used
• Breaks
• Debriefing
• Lines and Veils
• Luxton Technique
• Open Door
How will character creation work
The first session of the game is actually just about creating the world and the characters together. So everyone will choose one of the many playbooks and we will go on from there!
Players can expect
Combat / Tactics
Low
Roleplay
High
Puzzles
Low
Experience level
Open to all
Platforms used
• Discord
• Roll20
$7.00
/ Session
Each player will be charged when a session starts.
Details
Bi-weekly / Thursday - 12:00 PM UTC
3-4 Hour duration
0 / 6 Seats filled
Requirements
Experience required: Open to all
Age: All Ages