We wanted this game to have a little bit of everything: 

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Mystery? Check! 

We pitched the game as a reverse murder mystery, and it's basically just that. Throughout the game, players find suspects and learn clues about why these creatures might be turning back human.

Combat? Check! 

One of my favorite things about this system is the capability for creative-based combat. Rather than just rolling to hit, players are challenged to find ways to utilize their abilities and surroundings creatively. We've had everything from players creating a slingshot with a sight (using some twigs, a string, and a laser pointer they'd found) to picking up the gnome character and going "bowling" with the imps they were fighting. 

Puzzles? Check! 

The final "boss fight" was actually more like a series of puzzles--the players found themselves in illusions drawn off of each character's fears. Some illusions included combat, but all of them also had a puzzle component players could solve--like the character fighting their gargoyle-nemesis, who could win the encounter by pulling the golden garden shovel out of the stone. 

Fun NPCs? Check! 

From Zokat and Stella (the dragon businessman and his lawyer ex-wife) to Agent Reaper of G.R.I.M (the government agent more focused on his cool sunglasses than the paperwork of the job) to Dusk (a member of the fae court who's royally-pissed-off that he can't find his sister, Dawn), the inhabitants of this world is what makes it so fun for us to play again and again. 

...and all the drama that comes with them? Also Check! 

Each player has a connection to an NPC that lets us get right to the fun role-playing without the context of multiple sessions. Dracula's ex-wife and current-government-leader shows up to try and shut things down, Basil's mentor is definitely not telling him the full story, and the vampire that is always either bullying or flirting with Beatrix is supposed to be there this year...