The description for this system was right, this book is cursed. I picked up this book because I was curious as a big fan of creepypasta what sorts of ttrpgs were available, and i've got very mixed feelings. For starters, the advice given for running horror sessions and the tools provided for customization of your own horror villain are excellent and extremely flavorful, useful even if you aren't intending to try and run this system. There is also a very interesting system for a character's shift from naivety into madness which I think is a great way to handle reaction to horrors and I will definitely be stealing it and tacking it on to other systems when I run, so all respect goes to the author for that.

Unfortunately, there are some decent reasons why you indeed shouldn't run this as the book presents. First and foremost is the unique dice-buy system advertised in the description. I like novel ways to resolve dice tests, but this is unfortunately a case where I understand why I haven't seen a system like this used anywhere else. I won't describe the system in detail, but suffice to say that it makes doing simple tests vastly more complex than it should be, and really slows things down. To make sure I wasn't crazy, I recorded how long it took me to resolve a simple test using the methods from various popular systems. The D&D 5e method of roll 1d20 add modifiers took me an average of 3-4 seconds from picking up the dice, rolling and totalling, and then comparing to a difficulty class (although a few seconds would be added in-game for communication). Using the Vaesen method of a pool of d6, it took me about 5-6 seconds, and the same goes for the Call of Cthulhu d100 method. This system's test rolling method took me around 20 seconds, and I didn't even get the most arduous roll possible. This time is only likely to increase by significant multipliers for players new to the system or who are not good at mental math (which to be fair, is most people). Additionally, this roll method is used for almost everything, and contributes to major slowdown in play and at times a loss of tension due to players needing to bust out the calculators and remember what dice explode into what other dice and which dice go with what stat, etc. It's not the end of the world, but it is kinda just a worse method than any other horror system you're likely to pick up.

That all being said, this book contains some excellent tools and advice for horror DMing of a level of quality that I haven't seen even in some of the big-name horror systems I mentioned in the previous section, and so if you're a DM looking to run some modern horror in the creepypasta style and car spare the small price, it's a very worthwhile read to serve as food for thought.

I should've listened to the top review, I should've listened to my friends! 'Dont pitate PDFs', they said, 'Indie Tapletops need the money', 'it'll only cause you problems if you do'. What problems would it cause, I thought. They aren't going to sue or go after one random guy, I thought.

But being sued would be the least of my problems...

There are things out there in those woods, man, listen to me, there are things bigger than you or I, bigger than I-no-bigger than anyone can understand! I don't know if its because of the book or if it's becasue I stole it, I bought it thinking it would right my wrong-but the way...it...that thing, acted...what it did to me...I'm not sure...

It's quite an interesting system, with mechanics I quite like, suitably voilitle damage for the horror genre, a madness system that doesn't drive me mad with 'save or die, the gm can steal your character whenever they want' nonsense like you'd see in Call of Chtulu, rather it effects your skills and can be fixed for the most part. Other horror systems abandon the fact that you need hope in order for dread to mean something, while this actually gives you a chance to solve the supernatrual issue (depending on the gm of course, but it lends itself to that). I suggest you take a second read of every mechanic, it's a unique system that might have you going 'what, why?', but a second thought or a bit of play time will make you realize why the design descions are great for the horror genre.

(Also, I couldn't help myself but play along with the only other review here d; )

I gave this five stars, so it would stand out in hope that maybe you'll see it. This is my last attempt to contact you. I'm sorry I ever invited you to play this game. I'm sorry to everyone, but especially you. I didn't have a choice though.

I should have listened to the creator of this game and bought it from this site first. I think that's what must have happened to me and some of the others from the forums. The missing pages had some information about the game, and I guess they're needed to fully understand. I despise myself for not listening, but I thought this was just another tabletop game. I'm scared, and I'm all alone now. The forums aren't even there anymore. It's almost like they never even existed in the first place. The only one from our group that I've been able to find is Corey, but he won't talk to me. It's like he doesn't even remember me. I don't know what's going on. This game had so many reviews. Where did they all go? You can barely even find any information about it on Google. I messaged the creator over the Facebook page again, one of the few remaining pieces of proof that I'm not out of my mind. He told me never to message him again and blocked me. My account was banned. Facebook said my account was fake. What does that even mean? All of my pictures are gone. All if my posts and friends. Please respond to me. We NEED to finish the game. I think it's the only way.

~Ella

P.S. Don't make the same mistake I did. BUY THE BOOK FROM DRIVETHRURPG. I've received the complete version of the book, but I can't finish the game alone.