In this (slightly delayed) episode myself and Hannah are discussing that demented, dribbly blob known as the Gibbering Mouther.
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Eldritch Tales Feat System
I had the good fortune to play in a session of Eldritch Tales (a White Box game of Lovecraftian Horror) run by the author Joe Salvador, organised by Colin Green of the Spikepit podcast and featuring a number of OSR Anchorite luminaries; whilst playing it I was reminded how much I enjoyed the feat system in the game and started to think that it could very easily be imported into other old-school D&D style games.
Continue reading “Eldritch Tales Feat System”Games on Demand: Eldritch Tales
In the days running up to the UK’s premium gaming convention UK Games Expo 2019, I’m surrounded by index cards, Sharpie markers and highlighters, planning for my various games. I’ll be running games for Games on Demand in the Hilton Hotel, two-hour taster sessions of various games run by myself and a smorgasboard of other quality GMs.
Continue reading “Games on Demand: Eldritch Tales”Character Generation for Mythos Themed Numenera game (video/live hangout)
Below is a link to the live event where the character gen will be taking place.
Notes from recent Tremulus game
RPG game mashup – Grand Theft Cthulhu
- Give the less experiences players someone easily recognisable that can be used to give them easy entry into their first tabletop session.
- Facilitate this with a rules system that is easy to pick up and understand.
- Add some additional elements to make the game more interesting that a standard computer game and to show how versatile and imaginative tabletop roleplaying can be.
- Run a game that is fast-paced and exciting so that it encourages the guys to come back for more.
- Don’t get bogged down in minutiae since this is our first attempt at a G+ online roleplaying game.
- Underworld/criminal involvement
- Trying to climb to the top of the heap
- An unfortunate event (normally a betrayal) motivating the character to climb the criminal ladder
- Fictional city (in this case I have named the city Arkham and am using a map from the Chaosium Cthulhu supplement of the same name)
- Cars
- Gangsters
- Violence
- Fixers
- Crime families
- Names and places.
- Some of the more iconic mythos creatures.
- Evil and mysterious cults.
- Strange tomes and forbidden icons.
- The Innsmouth Look.