History TabletopGame / Atmosfear

* EmbarrassingMiddleName: One event in the 2004 version has the Gatekeeper make one of the players reveal their middle name, and promptly mock them about it like usual. He then orders them to roll a die, which each number corresponding to one of the first six letters of the Alphabet, and if that letter is in their name, they miss a turn, and if it isn't, they get a Fate card.

* EmbarrassingMiddleName: One event in the 2004 version has the Gatekeeper make one of the players reveal their middle name, and promptly mock them about it like usual. He then orders them to roll a die, which each number corresponding to one of the first six letters of the Alphabet, and if that letter is in their name, they are banished.

* EmbarrassingMiddleName: One event in ''The Harbingers'' has the Gatekeeper make one of the players reveal their middle name, and promptly mock them about it like usual. He then orders them to roll a die, which each number corresponding to one of the first six letters of the Alphabet, and if that letter is in their name, they are banished.

* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: Sometimes, the host will force you into a no win senario- such as one event in ''The Harbingers'' where the Gatekeeper orders you to roll a die and announcing that if you rolled a number from 1 to 6, you’re banished (as in any number at all).

* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: Sometimes, the host will force you into a no win senario- such as the Gatekeeper forcing you to roll a die and announcing that if you rolled a number from 1 to 6, you’re banished (as in any number at all).

!!Stop! Whose turn is it? Answer! Read these tropes:

!!Tropes found in the ''Atmosfear'' series:

* YourSizeMayVary: As detailed under EarlyInstallmentWierdness, the size of the Keys themselves varies between games.

** ''Atmosfear: The Third Dimension'' was an interactive tie-in PC game that replicated the experience of the board game for one player, and utilized multimedia, variable difficulty levels and voice work from the Gatekeeper to give players a similar challenge.

* SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity: Anne noticeably gives away keys a bit more freely than the other hosts... of course, this is all just to lure the players into a false sense of security in the early game before they start to get torn apart in the second half. By the endgame she's just as devious and bloodthirsty as the other hosts with plenty of bad effects to screw the players over in the final minutes.

** The app has its timer in a misty void while various stylised symbols based on those on the game board appeared. The screen color would periodically change to one of the Harbingers' colors to signify which Harbinger the Gatekeeper was speaking to. A button appeared beneath the timer to be touched when a player had won the game.

** The app has its timer in a misty void while various rune-like symbols periodically appeared. A button appeared beneath this timer to be used when a player had won the game.

** In the original game, it was a blue timer while the moon in the top left corner went through its phases every 10 minutes.

** In ''Nightmare III'', the timer was placed above a stream of flames which grew higher every 10 minutes. The flames would also erupt whenever Anne appeared during the last 10 minutes of the tape.

* A ''30th Anniversary Edition'' was made available on Website/{{Kickstarter}} in 2021 that replicates the contents of the original ''Atmosfear'', with various bonuses available based on how much money users had pledged, including new Time, Fate and Chance cards.

* CreepyCemetery: Players move around in one of these trying to collect keys while the Gatekeeper occasionally pops in to invoke effects based on what type of gravestone the players are currently standing on, giving out both penalties and rewards to players who landed on a specific type.

* CreepyCemetary: Players move around in one of these trying to collect keys while the Gatekeeper occasionally pops in to invoke effects based on what type of gravestone the players are currently standing on, giving out both penalties and rewards to players who landed on a specific type.

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The sewers beneath the Other Side in ''The Harbingers'' appear to be this as the one beneath Elizabeth Bathory's province at least is large enough that Ja and the Death Rattle band are able to tour venues in it.

* SchmuckBait: In the 2004 game, the Gatekeeper may let you banish one of the players. If you select someone who's not in the game, he'll banish you.

''Atmosfear'' (also originally known as ''Nightmare'' in Australia, the game's country of origin, and America) was a [[HorrorTabletopGames horror-themed board game]] developed and released in 1991, and followed players as they attempted to confront their greatest fears while taking on challenging odds and a creepy host.

** The "Hurt Me Plenty" Fate card from ''The Harbingers'' makes a player one, as every time they are persecuted the person who does so is given a free turn.

* CameraAbuse: In the introduction to ''The Harbingers'', a dice slams through a pane of glass, causing it to look like the screen is broken.

* ButtMonkey: In-universe, most of the expansion's hosts choose one player to be the butt of demeaning jokes and disadvantages, as well as give them a humiliating nickname. Baron Samedi refers to one player as "Dirtbag", while Anne identifies three as "Toad", "Wart" and "Rat".

* AntiMagic: A "Protection" Fate card grants protection from the effects of any other spell a player may cast.