One-Shot Initiative: Ten Candles, Spring Breakers

PLAYER INFORMATION

• Experience required: None
• Age: 16+
• Seats: 6

2 seats in every guild one-shot are reserved for the monthly supporter lottery. You may see players in a game's attendee list before guild-wide RSVPs open.

Please scroll all the way down for any and all information, including age restrictions, what kind of experience is needed (if any), what to bring, content warnings, and more!

PRICING

• It is $10/per player to play this game at Groundswell Startups.
• It is $8/per player if you are a paid monthly supporter of the Guild (via our Ko-Fi or Patreon).

ABOUT THE ADVENTURE
You have been looking forward to this Spring Break camping trip for weeks! That is, until They came. Make your final stand as you try to make your way back into town in the hopes of finding safety. A part of Alliyah’s Scary Spring Games.

ABOUT THE SYSTEM
Ten Candles
Ten Candles is a zero-prep tabletop storytelling game designed for one-shot 2-4 hour sessions of tragic horror. It is best played with one GM and 3-5 players, by the light of ten tea light candles which provide atmosphere, act as a countdown timer for the game, and allow you to literally burn your character sheet away as you play.

Ten Candles is described as a "tragic horror" game rather than survival horror for one main reason: in Ten Candles there are no survivors. In the final scene of the game, when only one candle remains, all of the characters will die.

In this, Ten Candles is not a game about "winning" or beating the monsters. Instead, it is a game about what happens in the dark, and about those who try to survive within it. It is a game about being pushed to the brink of madness and despair, searching for hope in a hopeless world, and trying to do something meaningful with your final few hours left.

ABOUT YOUR GM:

• Alliyah (She/Her)
• 4+ years playing / 4* years GMing

WHAT YOU NEED:

• A Pencil

WHAT I PROVIDE:

• Everything required will be provided

GAMEPLAY:

• Rules as Written

CONTENT WARNINGS:

• Adult Language
• Descriptions of Alcohol use
• Descriptions of Drug use
• Descriptions of Gore/Violence
• Spiders
• Body Horror
• Psychological Trauma
• Torture

PROHIBITED CONTENT:

• Domestic Violence
• Sexual Assault

SAFETY TOOLS USED
Sometimes games have content or situations where a player or GM may feel stressed out, unsafe, or otherwise not having fun. Safety tools are a way for players and GMs to communicate and check-in before, during, and after a game in order to make sure everyone is still having fun, and to provide the right support when needed.
Information on Safety Tools

| EXPECT: Combat: Medium | Roleplay: High | Exploration: High | Puzzles: Low |
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