I recently ran The Haunting of Abbeyham Priory the Jumpstart for They Came from the Grave.
This Storypath game of late 60s, early 70s horror movies delivers a successful mix of ham acting, flashbacks, nostalgia, and a delightful meta system that allows the players to become the actors and take narrative control.
At times it might be a little too much system, and the skills are a bit alien to me since I have no WoD hinterland. However it is very British and it’s really wonderful to slip into. My players had a great time and so did I.
The rulebook is easy to read. It’s infused with short period fiction, a deep love for the sources and a cheeky authorial voice. I shall try other Storypath games because of this, but I shall be coming back to this again and again like Christopher Lee as Dracula.
I’ve been wanting to do something like this as twitter randomly showed me Brennan as “Citizen-Doctor Abraham Mehermblur!!”, definitely not a crazy necromancer. There’s a gap in my rpgs for a good mad scientist about now.
