City of My Nightmares and Beyond - 1800's Horror Mysteries
Murder stalks gaslit Stockholm. Hunt the Vaesen behind the killings, uncover secrets buried in the Society’s past, and face mysteries tied to your own
$35.00
/ Session
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6 players following this game
Weekly / Saturday - 5:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 3–3.5 hours
Campaign Length / 15–25 Sessions
2 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Stockholm is changing. Gaslights illuminate crowded streets, industry reshapes the city, and modern science promises answers for things once blamed on superstition. Then the murders begin. As members of the Society, gifted with the Sight, you will investigate the supernatural forces behind these killings in City of My Nightmares, a four-part campaign of mystery, folklore, and horror. But this is more than a playthrough of the published campaign. Between its chapters and after the conclusion we’ll explore additional mysteries inspired by your characters, their backstories, and the people and secrets they bring with them. What to Expect 🔍 City of My Nightmares as the backbone of the campaign 🔍 Additional published and original Vaesen mysteries 🔍 Personal mysteries built around player backstories 🔍 Recurring NPCs, relationships, and consequences 🔍 Investigation, folklore, and supernatural horror 🔍 A story that extends beyond Stockholm and grows with the characters 🔍 A customizable Society headquarters that develops over time The published campaign gives us the foundation. Your characters help shape what grows around it.
Game style
Puzzle / Mystery Focused
Roleplay Heavy
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(88)
6 years on StartPlaying
155 games hosted
Highly rated for: Beginner Friendly, Creativity, Inclusive
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
My name is Erick. I have played Tabletop RPGS for 30 years now. If you ever told me that I could get paid to play TTRPGs I would have thought you were joking. But here I am today. The CEO of StartPlaying asked me join StartPlaying during beta just before the pandemic. When the pandemic lifted I went back to running in-person games at game rooms where I live. I now back on StartPlaying to open up to online games again. I have run games for events, conventions and Adventure League helping people learn and understand TTRPGs for the first time. And for the advanced players, I have offered challenging and intriguing memorable stories. I have traveled the world as a travel photographer connecting with people and telling their stories. Now it is time to create our own stories together. Let us sit down with a group of friends, roll some dice and tell a story together.
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Creating your character
Character creation will be done in Foundry VTT during session 0.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
NEEDED 🖥️ A computer with internet access and dedicated GPU (most modern computers will work) 🖥️ 🌐 Chromium Browser (Safari does not support web audio or animations) 🌐 🎙️ Working microphone🎙️ 🎮 Discord account (Free) 🎮 ♟️ Forge VTT Account (Free) ♟️ RECOMMENDED 🎥 Webcam (this is optional but adds a lot to the immersion of roleplaying) 🎥 🎧 Headphones 🎧 📋 Reviewing this Campaign Primer: https://www.localdungeonmaster.com/the-mythic-north-primer/ 📋 ✅ 2-3 Character design/background concepts ✅
What Erick brings to the table
🗺️ Custom maps and visual aids 🗺️ 🎵 Curated musical playlist 🎵 📝 Wiki access to lore of the campaign 📝 📔 Tool for storing notes 📔 📚 Access to core digital book. 📚 ✅ Campaign rules and expectations as well as custom content ✅
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Erick creates a safe table
This is a horror based game. There are a lot of possible triggers based on what the players backstories and the mysteries that come up. Some of have been listed but they are not all that may occur. It is best that we focus on what people would not want in their game rather than list every possible trauma. To do this we will use the Deck of Player Safety which allows people to anonymously state their "hard lines". This will be done during our session 0. We will also implement using the X card system that will allow players to anonymously stop a scene that they do not feel comfortable with. After each game we will leave it open for discussion. I will also be available for anytime you need to talk about the session.
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Safety tools used