In this episode, Seth and Jon talk about werewolves and lycanthropes in your Call of Cthulhu game.

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• 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 – What else could compel a lycanthrope?
• Seasons
• Other celestial bodies
• Other planets
• Comets
• Constellations
• Emotional states (ie: Hulk’s anger)
• Adorning an animal hide/skin (magic item)
• Magic Spell they cast
• Innate ability to do at will
• Seth’s 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 1760’s France with Beast of Gévaudan (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 don’t know the lore of silver, maybe their characters do know it, but it’s simply folklore and not true. Lovecraft’s “Fear of the Unknown” 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 can’t 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. He’s 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 Lovecraft’s 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.

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.

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.

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 they’re losing, so tell them what they’ll gain. What will this new game do that the old one can't?
  • Best if this is approached as “WE” project. More of a group activity project than a “YOU or I” 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 can’t 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. He’s 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 Lovecraft’s 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.

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.

 

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.

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 can’t 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. He’s 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 Lovecraft’s 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/

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 can’t 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. He’s 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 Lovecraft’s 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/