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What Do Survival Horror and 'Dungeons & Dragons' Have in Common? Dread.

Tabletop RPGs may not be known for getting the same scares as old Silent Hill games. But 'Dread' gets there.

The Dungeons and Dragons series has been around for a long, long time. The pen and paper roleplaying franchise is as old, if not older, than the medium of video games. In a way, D&D has always felt like a precursor to gaming. They both share in the act of pretending, it's just that D&D requires a lot more note-taking and imagination. But where D&D influenced gaming, gaming can influence D&D right back. To be more specific, we need to look beyond classic table-top RPGs like D&D, into more recent releases. Despite both its pedigree and popularity, Dungeons & Dragons isn't the only type of table-top RPG you can play. For example, my very first campaign creation experience started with a fairly new table-top RPG called  Dread. Created by independent RPG publisher Epidiah Ravacho,  Dread is a ruleset designed to do one thing: build atmosphere. Read more on Waypoint

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