Monsterhearts 2: Beginner Friendly One-Shot
Flirt, brood, and bite until it all goes to shit. Today is the most important day of your life, you just don't know it yet.
$20.00
/ Session
Details
Once / Saturday - 12:00 AM UTC
Jan 10
Session Duration / 4 hours
0 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
You play a teenager in high school, who is also probably a monster. The game is designed to be a bit overdramatic, so think Twilight, with more CW TV vibes. I sometimes describe it as 'Buffy but Gayer'. You will flirt, insult, hurt and be hurt, within the confines of our safety tools. Gain strings to represent the influence you have on others, and spend them to influence the lives of your fellow teens. Fae collect promises, witches cast hexes, and werewolves. . . they sometimes they wolf out. The mortal is the biggest monster of all, taking toxic relationships to the extreme. Some degree of queer content is the default and I am a very queer MC, so that is welcome at this table. I am also familiar with the asexuality rules which work on a player to player basis, so they are no problem to include. MH2 is not a combat focused game and it's mechanics reflect that. Fights tend to be short and intense and are almost always triggered by the players.
Game style
Combat Lite
Roleplay Heavy
Rules as Written (RaW)
Theater of the Mind
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(11)
3 years on StartPlaying
7 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, Teacher
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
I'm a game designer, show producer, host, queer activist and an experienced GM. I've been running at conventions for over 15 years. I've run successful games in person, online, as part of streams and on stage. I am fiercely inclusive, running mostly games that focus on dynamic relationship mechanics, with queer themes. I've been called the Kevin Bacon of Monsterhearts. I once killed Matt Mercer. . .'s character in a game of For the Queen. My pronouns are she & he series, which is not an option in the drop down.
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Creating your character
We will create characters together. If you are an experienced MH2 player and want to try a third party skin, I will always consider it but there are some out there that I think can ruin other players experience, so I am picky.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
I use a shared google slideshow so everyone can see all the notes, and sheets. I will invite you to a discord server for the game. You do not have to use your camera, but it does help. Game setup is part of the play experience. With a new group that takes about 50 minutes. I have a quick setup to customize the town together, but for a one shot we will focus on the school. I'll teach a little about advancement but its unlikely to have a mechanical impact in a one shot.
What Brian A Liberge brings to the table
My GM style focusses on empowering players to make bold choices, and share in the role of storyteller. We are all here to create and have fun. I have been doing this for a long time, and Monsterhearts 2 is the game I have run the most out of anything. For the most part of we will follow the rules, because we all chose to come play this specific game, but since its a one-shot I'll hand wave somethings here and there so you can experience big moments that are easier to come to in a long campaign.
Homebrew rules
The only rules I add are safety tools, and a little epilogue system at the end that helps make one-shots feel like more happens later.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Brian A Liberge creates a safe table
I use the tools Fade to Black (for moving past a scene, but acknowledging it happened), I Would Rather (for making your desires clear in the moment) and Time Out (to signal it's time to stop and discuss). It is always an Open Table, if this is no longer a place you want to be you have no obligation to be here. No guilt, no shame
Content warnings
Safety tools used