Horror on the Hill Module: Postmortem and Peeves

About this episode

The episode discusses the experience of playing Horror on the Hill, reflecting on its design and execution.

Joe Richter (Hindsightless) ran a group through Horror on the Hill. I ponder/ramble to unpack the experience—what worked, what didn’t, and why that one trap still bothers me. Joe adds a little bit of his own thoughts. Some topics pondered: setting/assuming expectations, old-school module/dungeon design, faction play, and the tension between running a module “as written” versus making it your own. Check out previous episodes of Hindsightless for more discussion of Horror on the Hill starting here: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/joe-richter9/episodes/612-OSR-October-Charles-Patton-e39tiu5 Feedback: Speakpipe (90 seconds): ⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/MirkeTheMeek⁠ Email: mirke [dot] the [dot] meek [at] gmail [dot] com ⁠ My Itch.io Page: ⁠https://mirkethemeek.itch.io/⁠

People in this episode

Host: Mirke The Meek

Guest: Joe Richter

Topics covered

• module design
• game expectations
• faction play
• old-school gaming
• running modules

Keywords

• Horror on the Hill
• Joe Richter
• module design
• gaming
• faction play
• old-school
• game expectations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hindsightless

Books & works: Horror on the Hill

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