We love this gruesome, gory, Play to Lose TTRPG!

We're trying out The Zone, an awesome cooperative Play-To-Lose horror RPG!
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Daisy: Katie Morrison - / littlenommer
Rowan: Chris Trott - / trottimus
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[@HighRollersDnD]

⭐ Did you know you can play this game yourself for free online? We didn't! If you're into it, try it out for yourself! play.thezonerpg.com/ ♥

[@thestryker1905]

The group without the balance of Mark is somehow less chaotic. I truly hope both he and Katie get better soon.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Without the juxtaposition of the two grounded members of the group, the chaos seems more uniform among the remaining members and thereby less chaotic. Chaos, when left to its own devices, will inevitably descend into the madness of Order.

[@lexgray42]

you are all wonderful roleplayers and your chemistry is amazing, but i am continually impressed by how devoted Kim has always been to her characters. (not to say that anyone else isn't as great at it)

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

I would love to see you guys turn this into its own series. Call it "In The Zone with The Highrollers" and make it a montly one-shot with different guests and different members of the Highrollers in each episode.

[@albinonoodle5229]

It was cool of Rhee to let the gang read her dream journal for ideas.

[@mr-boo]

Loving the energy of this! More focus on the roleplay and constructing a story together than DnD. Not that I don’t appreciate Mark’s storytelling, have kept coming back for that for many years now. But the mechanics of building a story cooperatively, on equal level, without hundreds of rules, really creates such freedom to be spontaneous and creative. And it really shows, especially given you are all pretty experienced roleplaying and used to bouncing off each other. Good stuff! ❤️

[@jelenadjokic9843]

I'm still impressed how Tom turned a joke about melon/watermelon into an actual good story for his character

[@25Dzone]

I love episodes where Rhi just spends all of it struggling to not laugh

[@michaelyoung4972]

I LOVE that Kim became essentially the tutorial for the next group

[@jacobbush6505]

Woah! Chris Trott - from the recent Mystery Quest Alien RPG! MEANS - I'm in for a treat. Great roleplays!

[@shrimpisdelicious]

SPOILERS FOR THE END OF THIS STREAM Epilogue Addendum: As the mutated mass that was once Billy rages in his glass prison, the Bureau brings an exterminator, a film student, a convict, and a time-displaced detective to observe the creatures that they have contained that have wandered out of the Zone before they begin their expedition...

[@ThatBlueWanderer]

The only thing I might've added to the epilogue is a new set of "adventurers" looking at (the outcome) as they walked past

[@HighRollersDnD]

Oooo - I like this! - Kim

[@Rheiss]

@9:46 this was the most adorable thing omg

[@crouchingmarker]

So, there are obvious elements of Annihilation in the body horror, but also a lot of Roadside Picnic (loosely adapted as Stalker, which was loosely adapted as S.T.A.L.K.E.R.) in particular with the wish at the centre of the Zone (and 'the Zone' as a definite article.)

[@NMXP]

I kept having my own thoughts through out this on the complications. In the Forge I think the multiply would have worked that once the characters were branded the part that was branded forms away from them and they can feel the vitality leave and form this shadowed version of themselves with the only part not shadowed being the area that was where the brand was applied to the character, So Trots character youd see the spinal area being the only real portion of the now shadow and etc.... Then in the Mall, the glass breaking alerts the mannequins but also since now theirs less glass to reflect them they are able to move more freely and the more glass that was attempted to be broken the easier it was for them to come after the party and the more mannequins are released each time glass was broken the mannequins becoming more and more drippy and organic, showing that the more victims they had "captured" the more grotesque and visceral they became (think cannibal corpse album cover) the mannequins just becoming more skinless organs and muscle bloody and deformed attempts at a simulacrum of a human. And with Trot and his deep secret maybe instead of the guy holding a gun to him trying to betray him we learn, that trot believed he killed him in self defense but in all actuality Trots character killed him and had always planned on killing him to get the better cut of loot but upon killing him he had a mental break and he created the memory of the guy trying to kill him to ease his consciousness.

[@NMXP]

Also thoughts on what the Zone is. It's the primordial ooze, it's life, it's death, it's the deepest darkest nightmares the Boogeyman the fear of the dark, fear of society that has permeated through the eons. It's also invention, It's Prometheus bringing fire to man. It's Evolution.

[@Aid-22356]

one of the coolest ttrpg’s i’ve seen!! such a good find kim and absolutely loved all the horror elements!

[@Leslie12.66]

This was a fun one off. Thanks for playing for us!

[@TadhghR]

this would make a cool animation - great episode!

[@Mealbot2000]

Imagining any of these scenes animated makes me really wish I could animate. It’s so tantalising😢

[@drsaddomia]

This game is like choose your own adventure in the SCP universe and the gang are D class that are sent in to investigate the anamoly.

[@madjax6613]

Yeah I need more of this game

[@ItZoTom]

This was so good!! Have you ever played Arkham Horror LCG? It’s an Eldritch/Cosmic horror style game as well. You probably get a lot of suggestions for games to play, but I would love to see you all play it! Thanks for another great stream ✌🏻

[@quixoticsavior]

I was thinking the same thing! They'd kill it

[@weezact7]

I'd love to see a longer-form Avatar: Legends campaign. After you finish Warhammies. For shorter games (one or two shots) I recommend Kobolds Ate my Baby or Into the Dark

[@mattoliversd]

Is the background music to this stream posted or for sale somewhere? Love the feel of the ambiance and can envision it in my own games

[@HighRollersDnD]

It's the same playlist of music we used for our Curse of Strahd campaign! Details here (scroll to the bottom of the page!) high-rollers-dnd.fandom.com/wiki/Curse_of_Strahd

[@scottharrop6720]

Watching after the fact. Theater of the mind is creating some pretty interesting visuals.

[@corymorse4271]

Love the Mannetaur concept.

[@ikeseff]

This is very similar to the Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff Van Der Meer in its framing.

[@MinisterMo]

I’m pretty sure the game’s creator has said the first book specifically is a huge inspiration for this game!

[@Techstriker1]

Before watching it: "May contain disturbing elements of horror" Eh, how bad could this get. After watching it: ~Small child meme "Jesus Christ" ~

[@weezact7]

I was expecting Auto-Zone

[@AnantKalkonde]

have you guys ever thought of playing a candela obscura

[@goofyfurball7311]

This was amazing and I have sent links to this game to about a dozen people

[@yuzik01]

1:54:00 Your combined imaginations are so amazing, I loved this. Nice fever dream of a game :D

[@camo2.045]

so it's kinda like Roadside picnic / s.t.a.l.k.e.r ,cool

[@darkforest4891]

Must be based on roadside picnic. It's even called the zone 😂

[@jesse6927]

I can only imagine Billy as Charlie Day with the rat killing baseball bat. Love this

[@Kicksticks]

ah damn got a little too much for me when Trott peeled his throat open. Hoping for a less gut-churning oneshot next time 😭😭

[@edholmes8726]

Break ends 1:41:32

[@ryantrewitt3603]

Yall ever seen Annihilation? Big Annihilation vibes

[@ryantrewitt3603]

i commented too early lol

[@Miller053]

Tom has big Not Stanley energy.

[@Redd117]

I keep trying to get my wife and friends to play but they are all being lame

[@JoshuaCaine-uv5xo]

There is a game called Who is John where the DM is John and everyone one else is a Voice in John's head the players have Obsessions and Skills that they are good at and The object of the game is to take control of John the Longest and Fulfil their Obsession

[@lexgray42]

brilliant

[@lexgray42]

do i want to be the cat or do i want to pet the cat

[@damon9212]

😂

[@mikkianderson7903]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@williammartin5433]

1hr in I was maid uneasy for the first time during this. How about you?

[@kagelobo7444]

The scp foundation the game