In episode 59, investigate the scurrying of tiny feet in a new Bestiary, and talk about what makes the Cthulhu Mythos appeal to us so much as a gaming backdrop. -- Plus a talking mongoose!

Campus Crier

Chaosium just gave its website a facelift, and it's looking pretty slick.

Alumni Dinner signups will continue until July 21st. Just go to this link for the signup.

Age of Cthulhu 8: Starfall Over the Plateau of Leng Kickstarter is complete!

Legends of Cthulhu Action Figure Line reveals their next 2 stretch goals... an HP Lovecraft figure, and 12 inch Cthulhu!

Badger McInnes, the Prince of Dark Layout Projects and mastermind of Squamous Studios, is in the midst of his Feed the Shoggoth! Card Game Kickstarter. Chad says it's a damned good game and you want to have it!

Our Indiegogo campaign update: The dice will be arriving this week, and some pieces of content are well in progress. If you haven’t seen an e-mail from [email protected], check your spam filter, and let Dan know. He also needs to know what name you want us to use on the "thank you" page, and shipping info for Senior level backers who will be getting dice.

Card Catalog

We visit yet another vast research resource this week: the Library of Congress Image Search.

Here are just a couple of examples to check out, including Ansel Adams' archive of WWII Japanese internment camps. And check out the historical stereographs for use as props or inspiration.

History Lecture

And we have another lecture from Dr. Gerard on the topic of: Gef the Talking Mongoose.

For more info, Gef got his own episode of Monster Talk.

Gef did very well in a "Miss Cryptid" monster pageant on Blurry Photos.

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Even the Wall Street Journal has covered the story of Gef.

Will Murray makes a strong case in a 1982 article in Crypt of Cthulhu that Gef could have inspired HP Lovecraft's Brown Jenkin, since media frenzy on this story predates Dreams in the Witch House by only four months.