Top 5 Horror Tabletop RPGs

Horror Tabletop RPGs are my favorite genre of TTRPGs and there are some fantastically unique and chilling horror games out there.

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-- My Top 5 Horror RPGs in Order --
5. Ten Candles
4. KULT: Divinity Lost
3. Bluebeard's Bride
2. Dread RPG
1. Call of Cthulh0u 7th Edition

[bashprmpt]

5. Ten Candles.
4. Cult: Divinity Lost.
3. Bluebeards Bride.
2. Dread.
1. Call of Cthulhu.

[shiftyginger]

Thanks for the kind mention of Ten Candles!

[keithhammons]

Term candles blew my mind when I played it (as a roleplayer with knowledge of mostly basic systems). We did played dread as an adventure game rather than horror and it was a lot of fun. Can't wait to try Bluebeard's Bride. Our group prefers Trail of Cthulhu and I prefer Cthulhu Dark's minimalistic nature to Call.

Great list, thanks for sharing!

[galinor]

Call of Cuthulhu is incredibly good, whether it's classic or 7th edition, however my favourite horror RPG would be 1st ed Chill or the 2nd edition of that rules system called Cryptworld, simply because my RPG group house ruled the character advancement rules to make it campaign styled and we had great fun monster hunting.

[creaturecarolyn]

Kult is awesome. Call of Cthulhu is a classic, but imho is surpassed by Delta Green.

[AJRabies]

Chill was a cool horror rpg back in the 80's. Used fear as a main stat instead of sanity. It was a fun game.

[thsealord]

Recall friends of mine playing the original 'Call Of Cthulhu'. Using the rules as written, their games very quickly became contests as to how many different mental problems each character could accumulate and remain more or less functional. Great times. :)

[likezjam]

Yeh Dread! I love this system. I've been able to get friends into ttrpg's that have always felt it was too complicated. The only real hurdle to get started are the questionnaires. But after that, it's no math and all narrative driven. Great system. So far I've run Scifi Alien horror (basically Dead Space), Sasqautch, and murder mystery. You can play literally any story you can imagine. As the tower becomes less stable so do the characters situations. Love how the tension you want in a horror story matches the tension everyone feels on those risky block pulls.

[paulos]

Are you guys likely to do A Kult: Divinity Lost game? Would love to see your take on it.

[machinaheart]

please do talk about safety mechanics in another video as it is an important as well as interesting topic that cannot be talked about enough. (also your top lists and talk-ey videos are great to watch ;D)

[federico]

My favourite is still CoC d100, as I'm a huge Lovecraftian horror fan, but second would be either Vampire the Masquerade (I grew up with Buffy and Master Mosquiton, shut up) or Sine Requie (really well written Italian rpg with a tarot-based system; long story short: during D-Day all the dead, be fresh or old, woke up, with different ranges of consciuosness and ferocity).
I would like to try Kult, but I never had the chance.

[mikalydle]

Does anyone know the background music playing? It sounds so atmospheric

[Mefi]

Kult looks really neat. Thanks for the advice.

[GigachadVTuberEnjoyer]

jeez, the only one i didn't already know about was bluebeard's bride, and the only one i haven't played is dread...

[therealdavemg]

I am really enjoying these top tabletop games. Will this be a series?

[Percival]

The Resident Evil 2 remake has really put me in a horror mood as of late.

[deathguarddavegoogley]

Call of Cthulhu. Every time. 7th edition is the best yet.

[KristinVTaylor]

A new tabletop roleplaying game in the horror genre is presently in the works, and will be showcased at ConBravo! 2019.
Any chance you'll be in Hamilton, Ontario around the end of July to give it a try?

[robertbogan]

Oh yeah but what about


Ouija board? Has alot of spooky roleplay.

[Ezal]

What you think of Elvira Mistress of darkness?