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Mall Madness | Nightshift Nightmares

Mall Madness | Nightshift Nightmares

Monster of the Week | Campaign

About the adventure

Welcome to Shadowbrook Mall. As brave nightshift workers, you're the thin line between normalcy and the horrifying truth that stalks between the food court and forgotten storage rooms, with a simple yet dangerous mission: protect the mall's dark secrets at all costs. One leaked supernatural incident could bring government agents swarming, shutting down the mall and destroying everything you know. Worse yet? You'd lose your jobs! By day, it's all routine: stocking shelves at Gnome Depot, flipping pizzas at Mr. Smiley's SOUPER Pizzeria & Arcade, and dealing with the usual retail headaches. But when darkness falls, the mall reveals its true nature. Supernatural creatures view this sprawling complex as their personal hunting ground - a buffet of unsuspecting employees and late-night stragglers. Each night is a high-stakes balancing act of survival and secrecy. You'll find yourself negotiating with noodle monsters lurking in the food court, desperately keeping the mall's gnomes appeased and preventing a potential retail rebellion, keeping horrifying creatures from feasting on unsuspecting night staff, and maintaining the facade of a completely normal shopping center - all while trying to punch your timecard at the end of the shift. As your GM, I thrive on players who think outside the box. Want to turn the mall's PA system into an improvised banishment ritual? Planning to recruit the noodle monsters as part-time employees? Looking to solve the gnome uprising with an emergency midnight stockroom pizza party? Your wildest schemes and most unorthodox solutions won't just be possible - they'll be essential to surviving your shift! Will you survive the night, clock out, and keep the mall's terrifying secrets buried? Or will you become another unexplained disappearance in Shadowbrook's most haunted retail space?

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1 year on StartPlaying

162 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Inclusive

Average response time: 1 hour

Response rate: 100%

Game Master Reviews (48)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Teacher

Inclusive

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Timothy

New review

Played 7 sessions

one of the best Game masters I have played with in a while

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WickerGames

New review

Played 1 sessions

Joe is awesome! I’ve had the privilege of being on both sides of the table for their games and I’m constantly impressed by their creativity.

Danielle avatar

Danielle

New review

Played 1 sessions

Phoenix ran a simple and fun one-shot campaign for us newbies and we had a great time!!! Made sure to answer all our questions and explained everything very well! Would definitely recommend!!

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Frichirra

New review

Played 1 sessions

Phoenix was great. Made learning the game so easy and fun. definitely recommend anyone to play a campaign with him.

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Tom Konrad

New review

Played 1 sessions

Joe is great at bringing people into the game and making everyone feel included and comfortable.

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Chelsea Clark

New review

Played 15 sessions

Puts fun twists in games, encourages players to try creative approaches to problems, uses great music and sound effects that fit the vibe of the moment, creates dynamic NPCs for interaction, always prepared and knowledgeable about the game world as well as the rules, just makes DnD a total blast to play!

Additional details

How to prepare

Players should have the following: - a Roll20 account - access to a webcam/mic - a discord account (for playing the game) - dice (virtual or physical)

What I provide

I bring the MotW core rule book A Discord server where sessions will be taking place.

Gameplay details

Session Zero will go over personal rules, guidelines, safety tools and where to find and access them in the discord. I use the rules more like guidelines. I'm not a big stickler for the rules. My goal is for players to just have fun with it.

Content warnings

• Alcohol Use

• Animal Cruelty

• Character Death

• Death

• Drugs (addiction, use, withdrawal)

• Fire

• Guns

• Insects

• Language/Cursing

• Murder

• Mutilation

• Mutilation of Corpses

• Snakes

• Spiders

• Trauma

• Uncanny Valley

• Violence

Safety tools used

Lines and Veils

Monte Cook RPG Consent Checklist

Session 0

Stars and Wishes

X, N, and O Cards

How will character creation work

You can make a character before Session 0 if you like but character creation will be handled in session 0. that way I am there if you need help. I will also help tailor your character to the campaign and setting.

Players can expect

Combat / Tactics

Medium

Roleplay

High

Puzzles

Low

Experience level

Beginner

Platforms used

Discord

Roll20

4 NEEDED TO START
$22.00

/ Session

Each player will be charged when a session starts.

Details

Weekly / Tuesday - 9:00 PM UTC

2-3 Hour duration

0 / 5 Seats filled

Requirements

Experience required: Beginner

Age: 18+

This game will begin once 4 players have joined