I’ve played some online games (with friends during covid), and although we tried we eventually gave up. Partly, there’s no replacement for socialising in person with close friends, but also we found the disconnect between medieval fantasy and videochatting through discord to be a mood killer.
I live abroad and would love to get into online gaming, and I’ve been thinking that it might help to play a game that benefits from the medium. I imagine a cyberpunk or Sci fi game would be easier to get in the mood as the characters themselves might be communicating through video feeds and holo-nets.
It’s not a style of rpg I’ve played before, so I’m open to suggestions. And it doesn’t need to be cyber / sci-fi, if there’s some other reason why everyone being seperate and disembodied makes sense (like would Wraith feel even more depressing over videochat?)
The whole game dynamic is incredible, and the secret roles being different from the main roles gives some replay potential at least on GM side.
As usual, make sure players know what they signed for, if they’re into miniature combat it’s not the game for them. If they look for a emotional role play heavy game about a family dynamic that’s a must play.
Note that the first act feels a bit slow, but it really helps building the dynamic to have a strong game during second act and tears during final scene