In this episode Chad, Jon and Murph convene – like a coven of Shakespearean Weird Sisters – to talk about the use of “foreshadowing” techniques in games. Plenty of double, double toil and trouble to go around. Most of this episode was recorded on, April 18, 2017.

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Into the Cold Waste – a new album by YSDC musical virtuoso Allicorn on…minidisc…? It’s 14 tracks inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s Dreamlands, comes with a full color companion booklet and album download code.

Out of the Woods – 5 scenarios for Trail of Cthulhu based on … the woods. Authors: Adam Gauntlett, Lauren Roy, Chris Spivey, Ruth Tillman and Aaron Vanek.

The Void – a new Lovecraftian movie, available in very select theatres, but is widely available on Video On Demand with many providers. Jon wants everyone to see it.

-Completed Mythos Kickstarters-

Call of Cthulhu Metal Dice Set by Q-workshop & Chaosium has wrapped up with 2,723 backers pledged for a total of $283,207.

There have been no further updates on Adam Scott Glancy’s Kickstarter Horrors of War: A Covenant With Death. We tried.

Topic – Foreshadowing…

Here’s a link mentioned in the show to an article on foreshadowing in RPGs from The Alexandrian blog.

 

 

 

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In episode 120, Murf, Jon, Chad and Dan continue the Monster Bash Bestiary concept. Chad and Dan bring their picks to the table, and we think of ways to take unwieldy monsters to a game with gusto! This episode was recorded on April 3rd, 2017

 

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Quick correction: The Legacy of Arrius Lurco was never a Chaosium property. It was a campaign from Miskatonic River Press. Murf apologizes.

This episode is sponsored by Feed the Shoggoth!

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Completed Mythos Kickstarters-

Elder Dice – Cthulhu Mythos themed dice for tabletop gamers

$261,885  pledged of $27,000 goal

4,751  backers

Cold Warning – A Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Adventure

A 1920’s Call of Cthulhu 7th edition scenario by Golden Age master Scott David Aniolowski set at a remote Maine hunting lodge.

$21,425 pledged of $7,000 goal

706 backers

 

Do It With A Deep One

Sandy Petersen demonstrates we’ll buy anything he wants to sell us. Even a rock.

$2,339 pledged of $25 goal

131 backers

 

-Ongoing Campaigns-

Call of Cthulhu Metal Dice Set by Q-workshop & Chaosium

Now with all of the additional monster-themed dice sets added. So now $69 gets you 5 sets of dice, or $13.80 per set!

$120,875 pledged of $50,000 goal

1,349 backers

Ends Sat, April 15 2017

Rise of the Elders: A Cthulhu World

A Cthulhu’s theme based Tabletop Game with RPG, Modular Board and a rich Storytelling for 1-4 Players

$506 pledged of $181,542 goal

5 backers

Tue, April 25 2017

The Unspeakable – new Lovecraftian RPG

New publisher Make Believe Games, founded by Mark Rein-Hagen, is partnering with Cubicle 7 Entertainment to produce The Unspeakable, an RPG inspired by the work of H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth, expected later this year.

The first book for the new game, Sigil & Sign, will introduce the game setting, core rules, and themes.  The project is planned to be funded through a Kickstarter campaign in April.

Dark Times Fanzine

“Many thanks for putting out the word about the demise of Protodimension. Myself and a couple of mates are now working on a new free publication that will cover similar ground,