History TabletopGame / FinalGirl

* EscortMission: When playing against the Poltergeist, the goal is not to kill the (invincible) Killer, but instead to locate and rescue Carolyn, a little girl trapped on the map. She counts as an Item, and so she can’t be attacked, but she can be taken from you. One of the Poltergeist’s Dark Powers forces you to find and retrieve her stuffed animal as well. If you're playing as Teenage Carolyn from Carolyn's Revenge against the Poltergeist, the escort mission is omitted as that version of Carolyn has a different win condition.

* InstantWinCondition: No matter what else is happening on the board, if the Killer is permanently taken out, you win, meaning the Final Girl may successfully perform a TakingYouWithMe.

** When playing Terror From Above, you lose if there are ever three or more birds in every space on the map.

* NeverMessWithGranny: Grandma from Grandma's Grudge is meant to invoke this as she's frail (only has one health) but charismatic and wise. This means victims will move towards her to get advice, and her main playstyle is to rally the victims to take down the killer.

** Paula's ultimate ability, called "Things Get Dicey", allows her to roll an extra die when you'd usually roll one. If it's a terror card or event requiring you to roll a single die or in the panic phase, you must pick one of the two dice results.

* AdaptativeAbility: As the H.U.N.T.E.R. targets the Final Girl most of the time and not victims, their bloodlust increases every time the Final Girl attacks them, as a mechanical implementation of this trope.

* {{Cap}}: The health of both the Final Girl and the killer can't exceed the printed amount. The token on the health track with the +1 die adrenaline bonus counts as the last hit point for both the Final Girl and the killer. The Rachet Lady and Mrs Claus (as an Ultimate Ability) have a soft cap and can go beyond the starting amount.

* Series Boxes: Each contains an SFX box, a Cast and Crew box, a bonus features box, epic finales for all the killers released in the series and a collected rulebook for both killers and locations.

* Mystery Boxes: Each series has one.

* Series Boxes: Each contains an SFX box, a Cast and Crew box, a bonus features box, epic finales for all the killers released in the series and a collected rulebook for said killers.

** Carolyn's Revenge involves the titular Carolyn (originally simply the escort that the Final Girl needs to stop the Poltergeist from taking away, and her card is subsequently removed if playing against the Poltergeist as Teenage Carolyn), who is a psychic. She has a different win condition: expel the killer by making them accumulate psychic damage and successfully play Psychic Expulsion.

* {{Cap}}: The health of both the Final Girl and the killer can't exceed the printed amount. The token on the health track with the +1 die adrenaline bonus counts as the last hit point for both the Final Girl and the killer. The Rachet Lady and Mrs Claus have a soft cap and can go beyond the starting amount.

* NeverMessWithGranny: Grandma from Grandma's Grudge is meant to invoke this as she's charismatic and wise. This means victims will move towards her to get advice, and her main playstyle is to rally the victims to take down the killer.

* CoolOldLady: Grandma from Grandma's Grudge is meant to invoke this as she's charismatic and wise. This means victims will move towards her to get advice, and her main playstyle is to rally the victims to take down the killer.

* {{Cap}}: The health of both the Final Girl and the killer can't exceed the printed amount. The token on the health track with the +1 die adrenaline bonus counts as the last hit point for both the Final Girl and the killer.

** When playing Terror From Above, If there are ever three or more birds on every space on the map, you lose.
** When playing Terror From The Grave, if three Hordes are on the map and a fourth would be created, you lose.

* OneSteveLimit: The Final Girl included in "Terror From The Grave" is based, visually, on the version of Barbara that appears in ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1990''. However, as there was already a Final Girl named Barbara (from ''Slaughter in the Groves''), she's instead called Patsy (after the actress who played her, Creator/PatriciaTallman).

* {{Expy}}: The majority of Feature Films wear their influences on their sleeves, as listed above. The game as a whole revels in drawing inspiration from just about anywhere in the horror genre. For specific killers and maps:
** Hans the Butcher is Jason Voorhees, and Camp Happy Trails is Crystal Lake.
** The kid that the Poltergeist wants to take away is Carolyn, who's Carol Anne.
** Gepetto the Puppet Master is a more overtly supernatural version of Andre Toulon.
** Dr. Fright is Freddy Krueger, and Maple Lane is Elm Street.
** The Evomorph is the Xenomorph, and the USS Conrad is the Nostromo.
** The Organism is the Thing, and Station 2891 is Outpost 31.
** The Intruders are the Masked Man, Pin-Up Girl, and Dollface. Wingard Cottage is James' family's vacation house.
** The Ratchet Lady is Nurse Ratched crossed with the Nurses from the Silent Hill Hospital.
** The Hunter is the T-800, and the one that follows him is the T-1000.
** Razorface is Pinhead.
** The Slayer is the Demogorgon, and Falconwood is Hawkins.
** The Tormentor is Jigsaw.
** The Eyeless are the Angels of Death, and Utopia is Perfection.
** Some of the Final Girls (the ones not based on real people) are also expies. Terror From Above has Melanie, who is named after and strongly resembles Tippi Hedren's character from ''Film/TheBirds'', while Terror From the Grave has Patsy, who looks strongly like Barbara from ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1990''.

** If a die lands on a near-miss symbol (3 or 4), you may discard two action cards to turn it into a success symbol.
** One particular action card, "Close Call" allows you to reroll a single die, or spend two time to reroll all dice, before a horror roll is resolved.