"First Game of Mansions of Madness Any Advice?" Topic

I'm looking for any advice that might help in building some kind of atmosphere.

I'll be the Keeper and I'm staging the game with players unused to role playing but I was hoping to try to add some added detail here and there.

Also bought some 20s music but I'm not sure how long that'll be good for 👹

Thanks in advance for any hints or tips

I would drop the 20's music and use a soundtrack. I find "The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo" by Atticus Ross, to be very effective.

We bought some glow sticks that we'll cut and pour over some spooky jars and bottles 😉

Beowulf : thanks for that…I'm going to check it out straight away

Look up the "dark ambient" music genre on Youtube and find some tracks you find fitting.

I wouldn't over do it unless you have really experience gamers who will pick up the rules easily. My son and I had some one run it for us at a local game store when he was ~8. Even with having to help him a little, we had a blast. He even let his crazy kleptomaniac daddy (playing a female librarian?) steal all his stuff up to his tommy gun.

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I went with Beowolf's music choice and it did an excellent job of adding to the atmosphere. BTW that was good advice Russell, I did spend a lot more time looking up rules than I would have liked. Overall it was a very enjoyable experience but I'm far more ready to play it next time.

I'm glad that was helpful.