It took our group a while, but we finally played our scenario. We definitely had a lot of fun. Like others have mentioned, it took a decent amount of prep beforehand. We created a whole Carly Rae Jepsen shrine, and I decided to make all of the NPCs pop musicians from the 80s and 90s.
I wrote about the whole thing on Medium, including a few of our scenarios If anyone is looking for how our group handled it.
Black Heart — Yes, You Summon Carly Rae Jepsen | by Tim Gordon | Sep, 2021 | Medium
Thank you for playing this and for your comments and write-up! I really loved reading all of your scenarios and such.
You are very right about the prep being a big thing and that the rules aren’t 100% there! I have version 2 all written up and ready to go (just got distracted by other projects) but I think I need to go and take one more look at them with your comments in mind. (Also version 2 is different enough that both v.1 and v.2 will be available for folks!)
This was my first ever original ruleset and I think that is quite apparent. 😅 But I’m also super glad you enjoyed the world and picked up on the passion I put into it as well! If you get a chance, “In Case of an Emergency” is a refinement on Black Heart’s rules as well (it was originally conceived as a Black Heart spinoff but the rules changed enough that it is something completely new, with Black Heart as kind of its foundation).
Anywho thank you again for playing and sharing all of your thoughts and ideas!
v2 is stuck in a weird nebulous spot currently! I have done a full rewrite of the game that still needs to be edited (and probably revised one more time) and the design & layout are started but have stalled. I've been putting off finishing it to work on newer & shinier things but it is still a priority for me!
I hope your game demo goes well! If you have any feedback please share it so I can implement it into v2! Black Heart is near and dear to my heart since it was my first original game buuuuut, it is definitely the game I need to update the most!
