Josh Fox (he/him)

A key concept in a murder mystery game is the Crime Scene.

There's an equivalent in supernatural mystery games, but there's not necessarily a crime, so it isn't a Crime Scene.

What would you call a location full of clues from something supernatural that happened?

Jul 13, 2023 at 4:47pmWeb
Show threadAudrey Winter has moved!Jul 13, 2023
@armadajosh Incident scene?
Show threadIan ElliottJul 13, 2023
@audreygwinter @armadajosh I like that one.
Show threadinvisívelJul 13, 2023
@armadajosh Event scene
Show threadtechghoulJul 13, 2023
@armadajosh anomaly? containment area? ley line?
Show threadtechghoulJul 13, 2023
@armadajosh descriptor can frame intended interaction
Show threadJesse A.Jul 13, 2023
@armadajosh Ground zero for the [fill in whatever you are calling your supernatural incidents in game].
Show threadDark Sheep Arts Has MovedJul 13, 2023
@armadajosh hmm. I think it depends on the approach, but I'd say 'Anomaly' or incident.
Show threadBen WrightJul 13, 2023
@armadajosh I might go with 'haunted X'; not because everything supernatural is related to ghosts, but because the first investigations were of ghosts and the term stuck ever since, which is a nice lore detail.
Show threadBen WrightJul 13, 2023

@armadajosh Or possibly:

<something> site (similar to sites as in archaeology or construction).
'N+' as slang for supernatural (Natural-plus).

To get 'N+ site', or 'NPS', which is suitably cryptic that it wouldn't matter if random people overheard it.

Show threadBent Goblin PressJul 13, 2023
@armadajosh If I remember the original Ghostbusters movie correctly, that was a „slime scene“ ;)
Show threadJosh Fox (he/him)Jul 13, 2023
@bentgoblin hahaha! Awesome.
Show threadTechnocratic UnionJul 13, 2023
@armadajosh It's called nothing. Nothing happened here. We're refurbishing the area. Please go about your business, but first if you could just look right here, please...