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Book Review: New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley
Complex tales that subvert expectations is amazing for a GM. Being able to tell an engaging story while keeping your players in the dark through a clever scenario keeps games interesting and fresh. New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley (NTMV) is a volume of scenarios published by Stygian Fox in 2020. Featuring investigations set in…
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Book Review: Berlin the Wicked City
Getting a new sourcebook which highlights a unique setting is gold for an experienced keeper. It provides you new tools and ideas that can be applied to telling a story with your players. And seriously this book has that by the bucket. Berlin the Wicked City is a setting of Germany in a turbulent time…
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Book Review: Impossible Landscapes
Any sourcebook that focuses on the King in Yellow is delightful. Reminding the PCs that no, that reality is not what they thought, and is completely different is spooky and terrifying. And what happens if you’re also a secret government agent trying to stop others from experiencing the same? Impossible landscapes is a campaign that…
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Featured Author: Clark Ashton Smith
Who is this guy and how does he relate to the mythos? Clark Ashton Smith is a prolific author who worked closely with HP Lovecraft. Not only did he build on the mythos with a body of work in horror which we know an enjoy in the Cthulhu community – he took weird stories in…
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Media Review: Colour Out of Space
While we focus on a lot of Cthulhu roleplaying, I feel like we often forget about the media that inspires the games. That pulls directly on our fears and makes it real. One movie that really caught my attention is the Colour Out of Space (2019). Focusing on the events of the HPL story with…
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RPG of the Week – Brindlewood Bay
Brindlewood Bay is a roleplaying system which really balances two themes that conflict on the surface – cozy mysteries and horror. To create something new and different that’s awesome to play. Playing as old ladies, in a small coastal Massachusetts community you are a part of the Murder Mavens book club. While they have their…
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Dark TV: True Detective
I heard about this series through the grapevine including various podcasts, and yes a few people I know. It caught my attention as it strongly resonates with Delta Green – and the tone is just right. Basically it’s an anthology series which features law enforcement officers investigating weird occult style crimes. Don’t expect a positive…
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Media Review of the Week: Evil Dead (1981)
Evil Dead is a movie that is a cult classic for a reason. By combining a tale of the Necronomicon and monsters from beyond it’s a scary reminder of what people do with forces they can’t understand. While this is often the tale that people gloss over in favour of the second movie Evil Dead…
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The Art of Hygge
This one-shot will leave the investigators with more questions than answers, and could serve as an ideal springboard for further investigations of an antagonist with some serious plot potential.
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Lamentations of the Gingerbread Princess: review.
A short adventure for Lamentations of the Flame princess that’s blends campy humour and high-grade horror.
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Trophy Dark: Treasure, Glory, and Betrayal.
Trophy Dark is an award-winning fantasy game that creates haunting horror stories set in a hostile world.
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The Mayhemic Missile Method: Controlled Chaos.
216 versions of the magic missile spell, sure to inject chaos, horror and, yes, hilarity to the table. The Mayhemic Missile Method is a resource for Lamentations of the Flame Princess.
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Lamentations of the Flame Princess Core Rulebook: Weird fantasy horror roleplaying.
The core rules for Lamentations of the Flame Princess; an old-school DnD game for grown-ups.
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Petersen’s Field Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors
Not a game resource so much as a coffee-table book, but a surprisingly funny one.
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Cthulhu Dark
Cthulhu Dark is a rules-light narrative storytelling game geared toward Lovecraftian Horror. In addition to the incredibly simple rules, the rulebook contains excellent advice for writing and moderating horror scenarios.
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