#viewscream

[probablybadrpgideas]

Viewscream but you hide under the table, put a sock puppet on your hands and insist on doing all communication through it

[infinitemachine]

ViewScream 2nd Edition

A role-playing game of horror in deep space. Designed for online play through video-chat software.

Scifi horror designed to be played over video chat? Sounds like a game designed especially for me!

[helpimabug]

Aug 4: Most recent RPG purchased

I believe the most recent money I've spent on RPGs would be in 2013 for the Bundle of Holding #4. It contained:

Psi*Run (Meguey Baker)

ViewScream (Rafael Chandler)

Witch: the Road to Lindisfarne (Kevin Barthaud & Richard Lacy)

Monster of the Week (Michael Sands)

Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple (Daniel Solis)

How we Came to Live Here (Brennan Taylor)

None of which I owned at the time, and it seemed like a steal for ~$15.

[aquieterkindofplace]

So here's a Role Playing Game that seems very interesting.

This video is a segment of a play test of Rafael Chandler's game ViewScream. It is a RPG designed to be played on Google+ Hangouts, where four people play members of a spaceship's crew who are only able to communicate via view screen (however, this video is audio only). The author describes it as a VARP, or a video-augmented role playing game.

This is a fascinating example of the latest trend of RPGs, which takes the very nature of social media into its design. As someone who roleplays a lot on Skype, I am very interested to see where this trend will go.

ViewScream is available from Drive Thru RPG on a pay-what-you-want model with a suggested price of $6.66.