Seasonal: In-person Pickup Homebrew D&D Adventure - Psychological Horror Setting

How to RSVP: This is just an announcement about a unique kind of game I'll be running at the Thursday event through October. All the same rules and event description apply from the general D&D event posting here: https://www.meetup.com/denver-dungeons-dragons-newbie-sessions/events/311027508/

Seasonal Event: One year, I did an experiment around Halloween where I ran some games in a homebrew setting that would fit solidly into the "Psychological Horror" genre. We used D&D 5e as a baseline set of mechanics but largely ended up tossing out most of the 5e rules. The experiment was considered a great success. I get asked to run these all the time, but I like to keep them as a seasonal thing to look forward to.
Ultimately, it's hard to describe here, so I'll just say... "come join us", "suspend your expectations", and "plan for a very unique exploration-heavy storytelling experience".

Note for those of you that attended these games last year... I'll be running the exact same... nightmares as last time. You're welcome to play through them again. Just please don't bring any spoilers...

The Setting for this particular event is of my own homebrewing and features some very different mechanics. This setting is my own re-imagining of a realm like the Shadowfell from legacy D&D lore but with several twists. I'm not a fan of over-the-top senseless/gross horror. Adventures will be "dark and dramatic"... but still be primarily story/exploration heavy. Typical combat won't exist
A typical adventure theme will involve the players working as inception operatives to break individuals out of their self-imprisoning repetitive nightmares (this concept is partially taken from the DM section of Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft).

Pregen Characters will be provided. Or rather, for this event, we'll all be plain ol' human commoners. They'll be of a something-good alignment. Dark/Edgy/Depressing characters in a Dark/Edgy/Depressing setting is emotionally draining. Player characters are expected to be the "Hope" in the Shadowfell.

This is still an event where I will still cater to newbies. However, it is probably better to experience a standard fantasy setting game (like the ones we run on Mondays and Wednesdays) for your absolute first game.

You won't need to prep or read anything (beyond this event description) to attend. Just come ready to play and experience something... a little different.