Posted by Runeslinger on November 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This week’s tiny little seed is for CthulhuTech, but could be adapted easily to any Mythos-based system or setting with little difficulty. Although little more than an extended scene of deep role-play, the ramifications of this one scene and how you guide its development, will reach from its inception through to the very end of … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on October 22, 2011 · 2 Comments
This week’s seed is one of the rare Infectious Plots which spring up from time to time here. This one is for Call of Cthulhu, and can be used as a one-shot, or the lead in to a globe-trotting, ice-bound campaign of discovery, tragedy, and dawning horror. The Seed A convicted multiple-murderer has escaped his … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on October 14, 2011 · 2 Comments
Assume for a moment that not that long ago, the world – for all intents and purposes – died. How long would it take for you to come to terms with the idea that there were certain things you would never again have the pleasure of experiencing? Certain tastes, certain events, certain places, certain scents … Continue reading →
Category Call of Cthulhu, Casting the Shadows, Characters and Support Cast, Desolation, Playing in Games, Preparation and Preparedness, Rapture, Running Games, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Character Development, Cthulhu Mythos, Death, Desolation, roleplaying, setting development
Posted by Runeslinger on September 29, 2011 · 4 Comments
A complaint I have often heard from new CoC Keepers is how to persuade players to “go into the basement.” As others have said before me, you are setting yourself up for failure, or at the very least a predictable and flat encounter if your session is being constructed that way. The trick lies not … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on September 27, 2011 · 4 Comments
I hate the monster of the week. This was one of several things which drove me away from AD&D into the arms of other games, and I believe it was one of the things which contributed to my way of running Call of Cthulhu. For a successful and ongoing campaign, I believe that character contact … Continue reading →
Category Call of Cthulhu, Casting the Shadows, Characters and Support Cast, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Call of Cthulhu, Campaigns, Cthulhu, Role-playing game, roleplaying, running games
Casting Shadows 