Monsterhearts

Most teenagers get to grow up without encountering anything scarier than gang violence, drug overdoses and chlamydia. They think that’s the worst that the world has to offer them, and they have the luxury of laughing.

You don’t have the luxury of laughing. You know the world has hideous, horrible things hiding in the shadows. You’re one of them. There’s wickedness that dwells within your chest, darkness that courses through your veins.

Most teenagers will never know that things like you exist, the secret monsterhearts.

Monsterhearts lets you and your friends create stories about sexy monsters, creeping horror, messy love triangles, and teenage angst. When you play, you explore the terror and confusion that comes both with growing up and feeling like a monster.

The game runs on the Apocalypse World engine, designed by Vincent Baker. As a result, the two games share similarities in play style: emergent story, messy relationship webs, mechanics that give players hard choices to make, and a structured MC role.

It’s designed to evoke stories like True Blood, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ginger Snaps or The Twilight Saga. If you like supernatural romances, or stories of monstrosity and personal horror, or if you just like watching sexy people ruin their lives, then you’ll love this game.

You can currently preorder the game via an IndieGoGo fundraising campaign. The campaign includes options like the PDF, print + PDF, goodies like postcards and posters, and more. Check it out!

Skins for Download

If you’ve got the Preview edition of Monsterhearts, you might be looking for the Monsterhearts Skins booklets or the Monsterhearts Reference Sheets booklets. Be warned: these are Preview versions! The finalized, edited versions will be released alongside the final PDF (at some point in March).