Posted by Runeslinger on June 17, 2018 · 7 Comments
There is a sense among gamers that for games played with Lovecraft and Company’s Cthulhu Mythos as the setting, that insanity, death, or both are a foregone conclusion. Play to Find Out takes on a slightly limited meaning, ‘play to find out how you meet your end.’ I think it is helpful to take a … Continue reading →
Filed under Actual Play, BRP, BRP/RQ, Call of Cthulhu, Clockwork&Cthulhu, Cthulhu Dark, Dark Streets, Heroic Pulp, Horror, Leagues of Gothic Horror, Luther Arkwright, Mythras, OpenQuest, Preparation and Preparedness, Raiders of R'lyeh, Renaissance Deluxe, Runequest, The Blog, Tremulous · Tagged with Call of Cthulhu, Cthulhu Mythos, Games, Mythras, roleplaying games, themes
Posted by Runeslinger on June 2, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Mythras introduces rules for the mental effects of ‘unpleasantness’ and long-term abuse and vices in its Luther Arkwright: Roleplaying Across the Parallels expansion which also broadens the social and technological base of the game beyond the bronze and iron ages into the industrial age and far, far beyond. This makes it a solid match for … Continue reading →
Filed under Beyond the Supernatural, BRP, BRP/RQ, Call of Cthulhu, Campaign Recaps, Clockwork&Cthulhu, Cthulhu Dark, Dark Streets, Esoterrorists, Gumshoe, Horror, Live Game Report, Luther Arkwright, Mythras, Mythras, OpenQuest, Preparation and Preparedness, Raiders of R'lyeh, Renaissance Deluxe, Runequest, RuneQuest, RuneQuest Actual Play, Running Games, The Blog, Trail of Cthulhu, Tremulous · Tagged with Cthulhu Mythos, D100, Games, Mythras, PBeM, play by e-mail, play by post, roleplaying games
Posted by Runeslinger on May 17, 2018 · 10 Comments
Mythos Mythras, you say…? We are currently using Mythras + Luther Arkwright, with some renaming of player information, to run a Mythos campaign set at various points in the 19th and 20th centuries. One of the goals is to heighten the horror of Mythos activity and encounters by bringing human cult violence and insanity into … Continue reading →
Filed under Live Game Report, Mythras, Playing in Games, Preparation and Preparedness, Raiders of R'lyeh, Reports, RuneQuest, RuneQuest Actual Play, The Blog · Tagged with Cthulhu Mythos, D100, Mythras, PBeM, play by post
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 →
Filed under 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 July 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This week I have been going back and forth on what sort of seed to put up. Technoir was finally released, so I wanted to get my transmission up, but in the end I decided to wait ‘til September for that. I have been swimming in a sea of Mechwarrior, so I have lots of ideas … Continue reading →
Casting Shadows 