u/pockypencils

I've been Keeper on a few different short campaigns and find myself rarely consulting the book for rules. I think there are two main rules that I've followed for my campaigns: the hunters can't defeat the monster without finding out its specific weakness, and I'll never tell a hunter to roll something unless they first say they're going to take an action (and then I'll interpret their action into a roll). Other than those two rules, I tend to just dive head first into storytelling with my players and leave the rulebook behind. I'm wondering how everyone else does it. MotW seems pretty light on the rules anyway, so it seems like the perfect system to just play it looseygoosey and focus on the story.

Welcome to Cloudcatch, a sleepy old village nestled on the cliffs of Eastern Maine. In the spring of 1995, news has broken of the death of a neighbor whose body has been found in a strange state. The police call in Detective Brik Breaker, the precinct’s resident paranormal enthusiast, and Cain, the new “psychic” in town to investigate. Brik brings along Helen Collinswood and Rowan Bailey, the smartest people he knows, to aid him. What starts out as a small-town murder quickly unfolds into something deeper, darker, and more ancient than anyone could ever have imagined. Enjoy the first arc of this series with Stephanie as your Keeper.

“The Coven Consultants” uses the Monster of the Week system to guide its players through the supernatural world of Cloudcatch, Maine in the year 1995. We use a revolving seat of Keepers (game masters) to weave together the tale of the sleepy little cliffside village constantly beset by rolling thick fog.

Join this group of unlikely sleuths of the supernatural as they solve the paranormal problems plaguing the curious town of Cloudcatch. New Episodes Upload every Wednesday at 8AM EST.

https://visitcloudcatch.neocities.org/

I have an entire fiction tabletop rpg story recorded. It started as a fun campaign with friends, evolved into a podcast project, and then devolved into a breakup of friends and no one but me wanting to work on the project. But, I'm determined to get this thing properly going. I've been uploading episodes for months with literally 1 listener (me). Even my parents aren't interested in listening... There's only one problem:

I have no idea what I'm doing!

Ok, that's a bit of an exaggeration. I know a little bit what I'm doing. But, the problem is, I'm only one person and I have very little social media networking savvy and absolutely no existing online presence/audience pool to bounce off of there. With no followers on the socials, I get as many eyes on my project as I would NOT posting.

I guess what would help is to say what my goals are for this podcast. I'm not looking to OPTIMIZE my earnings or whatever. I'm not going to sit and fret over if I made a penny more or less every week, I'm not really looking to make any money at all. I want people to listen to the story and enjoy it. That's it. I don't want to have to spend a shit ton of money to do that, so the most effective bursts of ad disbursement for the least amounts of $ to get some earballs on the show and have them disseminate it from there would make me happy.

If anyone has any advice on what to do, I'd really appreciate it!