Episodes
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A Time for Sacrifice campaign
Chapter 2: The Thirteen Bak'tun, by Jonathan Bagelman
Cast:
David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante
Joe Hockin as Marcus Djuric, a bold Private Investigator, and as Paolo Ortega, an intrepid native explorer
Matt Repp as Gregory Lawrence Hildebrandt, a well-intentioned dilettante
Bryan Stephens as Ezra Irish, a fearless cowboy
and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore
Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at:
https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/
It is September 1927, and our intrepid investigators are on a rescue mission for the Miskatonic University deep in the jungles of Veracruz.
This episode is sponsored by the Brutal Urth RPG, by Fire Lizard Games. Brutal Urth is a unique fantasy roleplaying game where you live, explore, and survive a world filled with dinosaurs and an array of creatures and intelligent tribes. Check it a preview of the game on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/399113/brutal-urth-the-role-playing-game-preview?affiliate_id=51821
Also, sign up for the Fire Lizard Games newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dH03K1
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In this episode, Jon and Seth discuss the epic awesomeness that is PULP CTHULHU!!!
Dastardly villains and bold heroes! Investigate the Mythos with jet packs, telepathy, and tommy guns! Seth is well experienced in running Call of Cthulhu campaigns using the Pulp Cthulhu rules. The player's heroes are hardier and more apt to survive their brushes with the horrors. While Jon has almost zero experience with Pulp Cthulhu. Listen in as Jon sits at the feet of the wizened master, Seth, to learn the secrets of Pulp Cthulhu!
SHOW SPONSOR:
Jolene, by Rina Haenze. Jolene is a modern day scenario intended to be completed in a single four-hour session of play. The investigators have been drawn to Santa Cruz, California, to help a love-lorn woman. She was spurned by her lover when a mysterious woman, Jolene, stole him from her. The investigators soon learn that this is not an isolated incident.
Be warned, this scenario contains depictions of mental illness, addictions, drug use, homelessness, strong emotional trauma, potential drowning, body horror, death, potential homicide, PTSD, and potential player-vs-player action. Jolene includes four pre-generated investigators and a custom Bout of Madness table for this scenario set in 2019.
The author, Rina Haenze, also includes tips on how this scenario can be run more intimately, with greater potential for true horror, as a one-on-one game â one Keeper and one player. Jolene is available now on DriveThruRPG for only $6.
Jolene: https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/433274/Jolene?affiliate_id=51821
We canât do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome!
We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. Heâs a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes.
https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow
http://www.johnsumrow.com
https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow
And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraftâs writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes.https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/
http://thickets.net/
And once again, a huge than you to our sponsor Jolene. Remember to hit the link in the show notes and pick that up. Thanks for listening.
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In this episode, Jon and Seth are joined by Call of Cthulhu's Creative Director, Mike Mason! We talk about the new Arkham book, the further plans in the Miskatonic Valley line of books, Chaosium Con 2024, and the Basic Roleplay (BRP) Contest.
This episode was graciously sponsored by the creators of Northern Lights & Darkness compellation of modern day Call of Cthulhu scenarios set in Scandinavian cities and country sides. Each scenario is set in the authorâs home countries and uses elements of Scandinavian folklore and myth.
The Excursion, by Maja Kvendseth, is set on the Norwegian coastline.
The Art of Hygge, by Poul Holmelund, takes us back to the year 1999, and is set in and around Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dreamers of the Bogland, by Wille Ruotsalainen, is set in Helsinki, Finland.
The Hidden People, by Theodor Helgason, is set in modern day Iceland.
The Tunnel People, by Jonas Morian, is a âdungeon crawl of Cthulhuâ set in the metro lines beneath modern Stockholm, Sweden.
And finally, A Shadow of What Once Was, by Oscar Sedholm, is set in the Sapmi region of Sweden.
Northern Lights and Darkness on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/463221/Northern-Lights-and-Darkness-BUNDLE?term=northern+lights+and?affiliate_id=51821
The new Arkham book has been well received by fans and critics alike. Mike Mason and the entire Chaosium crew couldn't be more thrilled. Mike was kind enough to join us to talk about the new Arkham book and the other books that will follow in this line.
Topics discussed include: Matt Ryan's amazing maps, creating Arkham specific investigators, and the broadsheet Arkham Advertiser newspaper created by the fine folks in the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society.
We also talked about Chaosium Con, both in The United States and Australia. And the new BRP Contest!
Chaosium Con: https://www.chaosium.com/blogchaosium-con-2024-registration-is-live-see-you-in-ann-arbor-in-april/
BRP Contest: https://www.chaosium.com/blogthe-basic-roleplaying-design-challenge/
We canât do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome!
We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. Heâs a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes.
https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow
http://www.johnsumrow.com
https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow
And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraftâs writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes.
https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/
http://thickets.net/
And once again, a huge than you to our sponsors Northern Lights and Darkness. Remember to hit the link above and pick it up. Thanks for listening.
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A Time for Sacrifice campaign
Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns
Cast:
Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist
B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest
David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante
Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney
and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore
Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at:
https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/
It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.
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A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at: https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/ It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.
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In this episode, Seth and Jon talk about werewolves and lycanthropes in your Call of Cthulhu game.
Episode Sponsor: Northern Lights & Darkness Northern Lights and Darkness is a collection of six modern-day Call of Cthulhu scenarios written by Scandinavian authors and taking place in each of the authorâs home countries. The settings include Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, offering players and game masters fresh backdrops for investigating the Cthulhu Mythos. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/463221/Northern-Lights-and-Darkness-BUNDLE Werewolves (pp182 of Malleus Monstrorum) Movies - The Howling, Silver Bullet, Dog Soldiers, Wolf, Wolfen, Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Wolfman, Traditional werewolves are governed by the phases of the moon â What else could compel a lycanthrope? Seasons Other celestial bodies Other planets Comets Constellations Emotional states (ie: Hulkâs anger) Adorning an animal hide/skin (magic item) Magic Spell they cast Innate ability to do at will Sethâs Valducan series - demonic possession Drug-induced, scientific concoction (pills, potion, or intravenous) Other types of lycanthropes Lots of examples from fantasy gaming: Wererats Weresharks Weretiger Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (wereneanderthal?) Hulk (wereroids???) Rakshasa (Hindu shapeshifting demon) Are they an animal or a wolf-man? What hurts them? The lore of silver originated in 1760âs France with Beast of GĂ©vaudan (Brotherhood of the Wolf) But not a universal folklore. Wolfsbane Do other herbs/minerals work for yours? PCs might have to discover it. Instead of having players pretend they donât know the lore of silver, maybe their characters do know it, but itâs simply folklore and not true. Lovecraftâs âFear of the Unknownâ quote. Have the fear of a werewolf be not knowing who it is or how to hurt it/ Maybe regular bullets can (like American Werewolf in London) CoC Modules with Werewolves The Rescue (From Cthulhu Companion) The Swarming (Blood Brothers) Chateau of Blood (Blood Brothers 2) We canât do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. Heâs a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraftâs writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/ -
A Time for Sacrifice campaign
Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns
Cast:
Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist
B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest
David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante
Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney
and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore
Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at:
https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/
It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.
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A Time for Sacrifice campaign
Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns
Cast:
Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist
B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest
David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante
Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney
and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore
Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at:
https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/
It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.
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Not sure how this episode was skipped, but here it is. Sorry for the mix-up. - Jon
A Time for Sacrifice campaign
Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns
Cast:
Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist
B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest
David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante
Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney
and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore
Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at:
https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/
It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.
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In this episode, Seth and Jon talk about introducing a new game to your table. Benefits of Playing different RPGs Learn fresh approaches (many you can port back into other RPGs) Change of pace. Why change games? Fatigue - Both players and GMs can tire of a system or genre Cult of the New (New editions, new genre, new approach to what you already enjoy (CoC, Delta Green, Trail of Cthulhu, etc.) Rotating GM Method for introduction One shot Session zero Lots of Quickstarts out there Talking to your group Explain the reason why (meaning you first need to know it yourself) Sell them on it. People naturally focus on what theyâre losing, so tell them what theyâll gain. What will this new game do that the old one can't? Best if this is approached as âWEâ project. More of a group activity project than a âYOU or Iâ thing. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/modern_mythos RedBubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Modern-Mythos/shop?asc=u Discord: https://discord.gg/t7Ud67zRG3 We canât do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. Heâs a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraftâs writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/
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A Time for Sacrifice campaign
Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns
Cast:
Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist
B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest
David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante
Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney
and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore
Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at:
https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/
It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.
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A Time for Sacrifice campaign
Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns
Cast:
Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist
B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest
David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante
Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney
and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore
Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at:
https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/
It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.
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A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at: https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/ It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.
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Happy New Year - 2024! Join Jon and Seth as they welcome their guest, Justin Alexander -- an author, game designer, and creator of The Alexandrian blogsite: https://thealexandrian.net/ . Listen in as they talk to Justin about his bestselling book and his love of games. Justin wrote the bestselling "So You Want to be a Gamemaster", published by Page Street Publishing. https://www.amazon.com/You-Want-Game-Master-Adventure_for/dp/1645679152/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1705940872&sr=8-1 New Year - New Game: Tell us about any new games you want to try in 2024. We canât do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. Heâs a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraftâs writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/
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As 2023 draws to a close Jon and Seth talk about the things they're reading, watching, and playing as inspirations for future creative endeavors. Jon's Reading: Dracula, Bram Stoker - audio book The Hollow Kind, Andy Davidson - Kindle I Am Legend, Richard Matheson - paperback Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros - hardback (about to start) Seth's Reading: Finished Ben Aaronovich - Rivers of London 1-9 Re-listened to Ben Riggs - Slaying the Dragon Just started C.J. Cherryh - Downbelow Station +++ Seth's Watching: 30 Coins S2 Re-watch - Battlestar Invincible S2 Only Murder in the Building Haunting in Venice Jon's Watching: UpLoad - Amazon Prime For All Mankind - Apple+ Monarch: Legacy of Monsters - Apple+ Quantum Leap - NBC 30 Coins - HBO (need to get back into it) +++ Jon's Playing: Ticket to Ride: Legends of the West - Days of Wonder Dune: Imperium - Uprising - Dire Wolf Digital Fury of Dracula (digital) - Steam Terraforming Mars (digital) - Steam Call of Cthulhu - Miskatonic Valley Campaign (patrons) - on hold Call of Cthulhu - Time for Sacrifice Campaign (patrons) Coriolis - Free League Publishing ALIEN - Fallout - Free League Publishing (with How We Roll podcast) Seth's Playing: Traveller Secrets of the Ancients - Gareth Hanrahan Cyberpunk Red Finishing up CoC Need to pickup Starfield Puzzling Pursuits - Blackbrim - La Familia We canât do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. Heâs a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraftâs writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/
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Jon and Seth welcome back the Creative Director for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu line, Mike Mason! In this episode, we talk about the soon-to-be released Arkham book and how it's the first in the new Arkham Unveiled series of books. Mike also tells us about the new podcast he and Paul Fricker are creating, Mason and Fricker's Eldritch Stories: http://www.eldritchstories.com Please be sure to sign-up and listen to them weave short tales of terror and talk about their love the horror genre. It's a fantastic podcast. And finally, Mike, Seth, and Jon all talk about their favorite Call of Cthulhu scenarios, and which ones are good for introducing new players into the Call of Cthulhu RPG. We canât do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. Heâs a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraftâs writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/
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In this episode, Seth and Jon are joined by one of our Patreon members, Martin Heuschober to talk about Kult: Divinity Lost. Martin recently ran Seth and Jon through a short Kult scenario that he designed. The game was fully completed in just a single session, but it was filled with some very cool decisions and consequences. Unfortunately, Jon forgot to record the game, so it only lives in the player's memories and in the stories shared in this episode. We canât do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. Heâs a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraftâs writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/
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We are joined by one of the original Shadow Handlers of Delta Green himself, Scott Glancy! In this interview we discuss his introduction into gaming in general, and specifically how he joined the Pagan Publishing crew at the dawn of Delta Green. Scott shares his tips and tricks for running a Delta Green game and shares with us his amazing take on the dream god, Nodens. You won't want to miss that! Buckle-up and bring a sandwich, cause this is a hefty episode! Of Wrath & Blood is now available as a print-on-demand book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/271923/Of-Wrath-and-Blood?term=of+wrath+and+blood Spark of Life is now available as a print-on-demand book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/278700/Spark-of-Life Sethâs YouTube Gold Ennie Award-Winning Channel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SSkorkowsky Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SSkorkowsky Modern Mythos Patreon: Link: https://www.patreon.com/modern_mythos RedBubble Link: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Modern-Mythos/shop?asc=u Discord Link: https://discord.gg/t7Ud67zRG3 YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmk5Y_OheFJL7-Xgvx-REJA/featured Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/jon.seth.921 We canât do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. Heâs a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraftâs writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/
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Jon and Seth are joined by Alex Guillotte and James Droucker to talk about their new book coming out, Grindhouse vol.4! Like the other previous Grindhouse books, this is a gritty Call of Cthulhu double-feature. Grindhouse vol.4 contains... Nazi Bikers Must Die! - by James Droucher Cold as Hell - by Alex Guillotte Alex and James are great guests and a whole lot of fun to talk to. We hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Use the following links to check out all of the things we talked about with Alex: Critical Hit Publishing Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CriticalHitMerch and Alex's DriveThruRPG Books: http://www.criticalhitpublishing.com And use the following link to check out all of the things we talked about with James: James' DriveThruRPG Books: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?author=James%20Droucker Jon has new books now available as print-on-demand: Of Wrath & Blood -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/271923/Of-Wrath-and-Blood?term=of+wrath+and+blood Spark of Life -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/278700/Spark-of-Life Seth Skorkowskyâs Gold Ennie Award-Winning YouTube Channel: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SSkorkowsky Seth's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SSkorkowsky We canât do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. Heâs a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraftâs writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/
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Two classic Chaosium publications, Blood Brothers and Blood Brothers 2, each include Gothic monsters as those books were designed to emulate the kind of stories seen in movies featuring those beasties.
Oath of Blood (BB1) - features vampires
The Haunting - Walter Corbitt was essentially a vampire or at least vampire-like
Vampire Lore is an example of Lore Specialization skill in CoC (starts at 1%) â as âLore (Vampire)â vs EDU/Know.
Upcoming âLast Voyage of the Demeterâ -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Voyage_of_the_Demeter
Great New England Vampire Panic - 1854 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-new-england-vampire-panic-36482878/
Mercy Brown - Exeter, Rhode Island - Exhumed her body in 1892 two months after burial and removed and burned her heart, then mixed ashes into a potion for a sick family member to drink (he died anyway 2 months later)
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/14336
Goth subculture - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth_subculture
Part of the fun in the classic monster movies is seeing the heroes explore and discover the truth or falsehood of the folklore pertaining to the monster. The Keeper can play with this so the investigators have their own unique experience in discovering those truths:
Do vampires need to be invited over a threshold?
Does silver injure vampires?
Do holy symbols repel vampires? Must they only be wielded by someone with unfaltering faith? Will any holy symbol work?
Can the bite of a vampire be cured?
If a âparentâ monster is destroyed, does that destroy/release/cure any of the âchildrenâ that they sired?
Can vampires shapeshift into other forms?
Do vampires only feed on blood? (book says POW, but what if CON or STR to represent blood-loss like Lucy in Dracula)
Can Vampires change appearance? Anne Rice their hair was always exactly the length as it was when they died, One character was groomed and shaved before he was transformed because of that.
Various folklore from around the world -
Aswangs from Phillipines
Penanggalan from Malasia
Babalonia and Assyiria had Lilitu which possibly links to stories of Lilith.
Popular folklore the Players and likely the PCs are familiar with, but PCs have to discover which folklore is true. - EX: Lost Boys garlic didnât work of vampires, American Werewolf in London any bullet worked (in fact the silver bullet folklore came from Hollywood).
Lost Boys premiere date: July 31, 1987 (36th anniversary)
Take a page from World of Darkness and different kinds of Vampires (Nosferatu, Ventru, Brujah, etc). Or as vampire becomes older more powerful if looks less and less human (or more and more human)
In Sethâs Valducan series I had 2 types. One was if the vampire took them over before death and the other was after death.
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