A Spooky-Themed Over The Garden Wall Campaign | 🎃🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
For lovers of Over The Garden Wall; venture deep into the Unknown, navigate the strange wilderness, avoid falling into despair, and find the way home!
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$25.00
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Weekly / Tuesday - 11:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 2–3 hours
0 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
The Way Home is at its core a loving homage to Cartoon Network's spooky-season miniseries, Over The Garden Wall. Your group takes on the role of the Lost, mysterious pilgrims lost outside of time and space, determined to muddle your way through the Wilderness—returning home to the lives and loved ones you left behind. The Way Home is a move-light PBtA-style RPG that focuses on narrative fiction and working together to overcome personal struggles. Stats represent the hurdles and flaws that characters must overcome on their journey, and either escape the Wilderness together, or fall into despair (or worse, the hands of the Beast), and be lost there forever.
Game style
Combat Lite
Roleplay Heavy
Theater of the Mind
Puzzle / Mystery Focused
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
2 years on StartPlaying
24 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Beginner Friendly, Inclusive
About me
I'm a chef who got into TTRPGs to unwind from my day job, now I'm working to make TTRPGs my day job too!
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Creating your character
Character creation in The Way Home is a fairly light affair, compared to other games. The only things you'll need to have an idea of ahead of time are your character's name, age (child/adolescent/young adult), and the era (1950s-present day) during which your character went missing in the real world, becoming lost in the wilderness. When you're ready, we'll have a private one-on-one chat before the first session to assign stats and fill in a small handful of other details like your character's main flaw/nature, the few possessions you retained from your past life, and a smattering of lies and secrets your character holds close. That's all there is to it!
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Since there's no traditional tactical combat element in The Way Home, all you need is discord! Before the first session I'll get you set up in our private discord server, and teach you how to use the built-in dice roller!
What forlackofabetternerd brings to the table
I'm a GM who favours interesting character choices and development, and since The Way Home is a pretty rules-light setting, there's lots of room for your character to show off what makes them special! I always do my best to present a game that gives you and your character interesting choices, dramatic moments, and plenty of opportunity to interact with the quirky and sometimes[-unsettling denizens of the Wilderness!
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How forlackofabetternerd creates a safe table
As part of our character creation session, I'll collect your lines & veils; then, at the table, we'll be using an X-card format in tandem with breaks and open/private discussion to ensure everyone's needs are met!
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