Is the Liminal Horror rpg a good one ?

[Lychee of the Exch.]

Is the Liminal Horror rpg a good one for short sessions ? Longer sessions ? Campaigns ?
I'm interested in a horror rpg for shortish sessions (in the range of 2 x 6 hours).

 

[RenleyRenfield]

Assuming you are taking about this game = Liminal Horror (link)

Not great at 1 shot sessions. Fine for horror campaigns.

Creating characters alone can take 2 hours. And the rules are fairly D&D, so combat can take over an hour each combat. It's a fine game, its just that you would need to be familiar and have pregen characters before its even close to 1 shot ready.


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If you mean this one Liminal (link)

For one shot games, then heck no. For campaigns its great, tons of player character agency for horror here.

Its a great game, but you really need to know the system , 2d6+mod, and the setting, before you are even close to getting anything done in 1 session.

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if you want 1-shot sci-fi horror for liminal creepy = do this = Derelict Adrift (link )

And here is its general horror investigator version Tremulus (link)

Edit corrected for not 2d20

 

[Grendel_Khan]

Is the Liminal Horror rpg a good one for short sessions ? Longer sessions ? Campaigns ?
I'm interested in a horror rpg for shortish sessions (in the range of 2 x 6 hours).

Take a look at Trophy Dark.

 

[Malmuria]

Assuming you are taking about this game = Liminal Horror (link)

Not great at 1 shot sessions. Fine for horror campaigns.

Creating characters alone can take 2 hours. And the rules are fairly D&D, so combat can take over an hour each combat. It's a fine game, its just that you would need to be familiar and have pregen characters before its even close to 1 shot ready.

What on earth is making character creation take the long? All you do is roll 3 abilities, roll HP, roll starting gear, and you are ready to get going

edit: and there is no way combat takes an hour in an Into the Odd system. It’s an extremely rules-lite system. There isn’t even a to-hit roll.

 

[stormwriter]

Its a great game, but you really need to know the system , 2d20, and the setting, before you are even close to getting anything done in 1 session.

Liminal is not a 2d20 game. It uses a 2d6+mod vs target number type of system.

 

[jdrakeh]

Liminal is not a 2d20 game. It uses a 2d6+mod vs target number type of system.

Indeed, that poster is mistaken about a great many things. I think they have Liminal Horror confused with another game entirely. In my experience, Liminal Horror is great for one-shots (in fact, that's all I've ever used it for). Character creation takes minutes, not hours. Combat is quickly resolved.

 

[Nikosandros]

Did I read somewhere that they were going to make a "deluxe" version of Liminal Horror?

 

[stormwriter]

Did I read somewhere that they were going to make a "deluxe" version of Liminal Horror?

Yes, they will. I think there will be a crowdfunding next year. There are some details on their newsletter.

 

[RenleyRenfield]

Liminal is not a 2d20 game. It uses a 2d6+mod vs target number type of system.

Oops my bad. It was in my Modiphius folder and I remembered wrong. (i corrected)

What on earth is making character creation take the long? All you do is roll 3 abilities, roll HP, roll starting gear, and you are ready to get going

edit: and there is no way combat takes an hour in an Into the Odd system. It’s an extremely rules-lite system. There isn’t even a to-hit roll.

Answering questions and picking options certainly took us easily 2 hour to fully complete character creation with 4 players.

But for both Into the Odd and Liminal Horror, it isn't much quicker for removing to-hit roll, since in D&D we roll damage dice at same time as hit rolls. Regardless, the amount of HP and events in combat still took 4 players over an hour to finish a combat scene from start to finish. it's fine... its not not "PBTA fast"...

I love Into the odd, but there are more fiddly bits that folks tend to forget until we get into play and recall there are more things to track, pick, option than it seems on the surface.

 

[heks]

i quite like it and it's perfect for one shots (it's become my go to for that, along with 'mothership,' while i still prefer 'call of cthulhu' for campaigns.)