Name: Roleplaying Games and Horror
Start: 2025-06-12T15:00:00-0400
End: 2025-06-12T15:45:00-0400

Welcome to the premiere horror literary convention presented by the Horror Writers Association. Registration for StokerCon 2025 is now available! This year the convention is being hosted by the city of Stamford, Connecticut, at the Hilton Stamford Hotel and Executive Meeting Center. We’re taking over from June 12th through the 15th, 2025.

Thursday June 12, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT

Aspen 2

TTRPGS and LARPs allow players to take on the roles of their characters in a truly immersive way. Yet how does that work in a horror setting, where classic heroism might be in short supply, goals are less about acquiring treasure and more about staying alive and sane, and players must lean into what their characters would do even if it isn't always the smartest thing? Let's explore how to create horror in a roleplaying setting in this panel aimed at players, game masters, and writers.

Moderators

Richard Dansky

Narrative Director, Romero Games

Richard Dansky is a 25+ year veteran of the video game industry and is widely regarded as a leading authority on game writing and narrative. He has written and narrative designed for bestselling franchises including The Division, Assassins Creed, Far Cry, and Splinter Cell. His book... Read More →

Speakers

Bill Bridges

Author, Game designer

Bill Bridges is a writer and game designer, most known for developing White Wolf’s World of Darkness and the Fading Suns science-fiction universe. He currently serves as the project manager for Ulisses’ line of Fading Suns roleplaying-game books. Bill lives near Atlanta, GA, where... Read More →

Cassandra Khaw

CASSANDRA KHAW is the USA Today bestselling author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth and the Bram Stoker Award-winner, Breakable Things. Other notable works of theirs are The Salt Grows Heavy and British Fantasy Award and Locus Award finalist, Hammers on Bone. Khaw’s work can... Read More →

Oliver Baer

Oliver Baer does many things. He was the editor of Cthulhu Sex Magazine and Two Backed Books. His epistolary novel, Letters to the Editor of Cthulhu Sex Magazine, was published in October 2019. His short stories have appeared in April Grey's anthologies as well as others. His essays... Read More →

Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito

Editor, Writer, Publisher

Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito (she/her) is a Chinese American judge, mom, and writer in Portland, Oregon. Her writing has appeared in Nightmare Magazine, Flame Tree’s Asian Ghost Stories, Chromophobia, Mother: Tales of Terror and Love, Death’s Garden Revisited, and Unquiet Spirits... Read More →

Thursday June 12, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
Aspen 2

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