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Paizo has announced a new horror RPG that will not use the Pathfinder/Starfinder 2E game engine. Announced today, 13 Omens is a new rules-lite RPG designed...

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[–] Zagorath@quokk.au 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah the "time for hijinks" factor is a problem if your group is used to the typical adventure RPG. And as much as Jenga is great for ludonarrative consonance in theory, if you're not in the right headspace I imagine it could be an obstacle.

It's one thing that's great about 10 Candles. Turning out all the lights and playing a game entirely lit by the eponymous ten candles really helps set the mood and subconsciously cues players "this is different. We're not doing hijinks".