The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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Maléfique & The Ninth Gate
15 september 2015 · 1 uur 10 min
We’re back, and we’re watching horror films about books. We don’t mean films based on books (although one is, just to confuse things), but films where a book plays a central role. In fact, you... Lees meer
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R’lyeh Roulette II
1 september 2015 · 59 min
We’re back, and we’re plunging once more into the abyss of despair and madness that is R’lyeh Roulette. In case you didn’t listen to our first round, back in episode 37, this is where we let... Lees meer
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Conflict & Secrets at the Gaming Table
18 augustus 2015 · 1 uur 8 min
We’re back, and we’re watching each other from the corners of our eyes. Paul is hiding something behind his back, Matt keeps glancing at the door, and I’m trying to look nonchalant. It’s only a matter... Lees meer
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Cthulhu Through the Ages
4 augustus 2015 · 1 uur 8 min
Our minds may have escaped the clutches of the Great Race, but their interest in other ages has clearly rubbed off on us. We have also grown new protuberances, capable of fine manipulation, from atop our... Lees meer
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The Shadow Out of Time (part 2)
21 juli 2015 · 56 min
We’re back from the distant past! Our minds have escaped the sinister and rugose clutches of the Great Race, and we have returned to the present to wrap up our discussion of Lovecraft’s classic story, The... Lees meer
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Special: World War Cthulhu: Cold War
12 juli 2015 · 49 min
We’re breaking normal communication protocols to get this time-sensitive transmission to you before counter intelligence can trace the source. Memorise the contents and burn after listening. The Kickstarter for World War Cthulhu: Cold War, Cubicle... Lees meer
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The Shadow Out of Time (part 1)
7 juli 2015 · 1 uur 13 min
We’re back — back about 250 million years in the past, to be precise! At least this gives us a chance to take an extended look at Lovecraft’s classic tale of time travel, identity theft... Lees meer
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Re-Animator & From Beyond
23 juni 2015 · 1 uur 14 min
We’re back, and we’re looking at a couple of old favourites: Re-Animator and From Beyond. While these films have been around for almost as long as Matt, we would still be remiss if we didn’t... Lees meer
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Unknown Armies
9 juni 2015 · 1 uur 35 min
This episode we’re taking a look at Unknown Armies, a roleplaying game that’s not strictly horror, but is close enough that we feel little remorse for talking about it. We also have too many hardened notches... Lees meer
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Nameless Horrors
26 mei 2015 · 57 min
This episode we’re speaking about the unspeakable, mentioning the unmentionable and naming the nameless. More particularly, we’re talking about a recently published book that we co-wrote, Nameless Horrors, using this as a starting point for a discussion about... Lees meer
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Research
12 mei 2015 · 1 uur 27 min
We’re back, and we’re doing our homework. In particular, we’re looking at what kinds of research can help GMs and players give their games depth, possible sources of information and how not to lose your... Lees meer
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Repulsion and The Babadook
28 april 2015 · 1 uur
We’re back with the first episode of our new, regular schedule. Now that we’ve hit $50 per episode in sponsorship via Patreon, expect a new episode every other Tuesday. We also have five episodes in... Lees meer
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How Cthulhu Took Over the World
14 april 2015 · 2 uur 2 min
We’re back, and we’re celebrating our fiftieth episode! We’re as surprised as you are that we’ve made it this far; we really should have been eaten by a shoggoth or returned to our essential salts long ago.... Lees meer
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Robert Aickman’s The Hospice
24 maart 2015 · 57 min
We’re back, and we’re in sounder health that the title of this episode may suggest! Although after hearing us sing again (yes, we have a new Patreon backer!) you may disagree. This time we’re looking... Lees meer
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Primetime Adventures
10 maart 2015 · 45 min
We’re back and we’re looking at Primetime Adventures, a roleplaying game that uses the techniques of serial television in imaginative ways. This may seem like an unusual topic for us to cover, given our focus on... Lees meer
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The Masks of Nyarlathotep Companion
23 februari 2015 · 1 uur 11 min
We’re back (after a bit of a delay) and we’re talking about the classic Masks of Nyarlathotep campaign. In an ideal world we would have had this episode out a couple of weeks ago. Of... Lees meer
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Player Techniques
29 januari 2015 · 46 min
We’re back, and we’re nicking stuff again. Following on from episode 42’s discussion of neat GM techniques we’ve stolen, this time we’re thieving from players. There are plenty of discussions about how to be a good... Lees meer
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Horror Mockumentaries
19 januari 2015 · 57 min
It’s been far too long since we’ve talked about horror films, so this episode we’re looking at three horror mockumentaries. What do we mean when we say “mockumentary”, beyond indulging our almost fetishistic love of... Lees meer
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World War Cthulhu
19 december 2014 · 56 min
We’re back, and we’re talking about Cubicle 7‘s Call of Cthulhu setting, World War Cthulhu. We’ve had a few people ask us at conventions what exactly World War Cthulhu is and what makes it different from other... Lees meer
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UK Convention Overview
5 december 2014 · 1 uur 18 min
We’re back and we’re bursting with song, but more on that later. We’re also talking about conventions, and definitely not singing about them. That would be silly. Specifically, we’re talking about the UK roleplaying conventions... Lees meer
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GM Techniques
13 november 2014 · 48 min
We’re back and we’re stealing everything that’s not nailed down. This episode is all about clever things we’ve seen other GMs do and how we’ve incorporated them into our own games. No matter how many pieces of... Lees meer
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The Thing on the Doorstep (part 2)
22 oktober 2014 · 32 min
We’re back and we’re wrapping up our look at H P Lovecraft’s The Thing on the Doorstep. This is the episode containing all the bits you wanted to hear last time, but were bumped because we talked too much.... Lees meer
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The Thing on the Doorstep (part 1)
10 oktober 2014 · 50 min
We’re back, and we come bearing some proper awesomeness. This is our discussion of another of Lovecraft’s later works, The Thing on the Doorstep, once again with an eye on how it can be used in gaming.... Lees meer
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Haunted Houses
19 september 2014 · 53 min
We’re back, and we’re poking around places where no sane person should set foot. Given that two of us live in Milton Keynes, this is hardly a stretch. In particular, we’re discussing haunted houses and their... Lees meer
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Gen Con 2014 Review
28 augustus 2014 · 50 min
We’re back, and we’re talking about Gen Con. Again. This is our third episode about the world’s largest roleplaying convention, and Scott has still not managed to make it there. No, instead he gets to sit... Lees meer
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R’lyeh Roulette
14 augustus 2014 · 1 uur 2 min
In this episode, we play a game of sorts. No, this isn’t an actual play recording — Scott hasn’t been allowed to do that since the injunction. This is something a bit weirder. Matt has... Lees meer
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Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Quick-Start Rules
21 juli 2014 · 38 min
We’re back a bit sooner this time, which is only fitting, given our topic for this episode. We have taken the recent Ennie nomination of the Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Quick-Start Rules (a title almost as... Lees meer
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The Dreams in the Witch House (part 2)
6 juli 2014 · 52 min
We’re back with the second half of our discussion of Lovecraft’s story, The Dreams in the Witch House, slightly later than planned. We should have posted this last week, but our consciousnesses have been trapped in... Lees meer
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The Dreams in the Witch House (part 1)
16 juni 2014 · 51 min
In this latest episode, we discuss Lovecraft’s story, The Dreams in the Witch House. As usual, we talk a bit about the history and content of the story to set up our analysis of how to cannibalise... Lees meer
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Player-Led Games
1 juni 2014 · 48 min
In this latest episode, we discuss player-led games: in particular, we try to pin down what makes a game player-led, whether or not incorporating player input works with investigative games, how you can run a... Lees meer
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Monsterhearts
18 mei 2014 · 50 min
We’re back, a bit later than usual, and we’re finishing up our discussion of our favourite non-Lovecraftian roleplaying games. This time it’s Paul’s choice, and much to Matt’s disgust, he’s chosen Monsterhearts. Matt is unfazed... Lees meer
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Kult
30 april 2014 · 56 min
This latest episode sees us return to our discussion of our favourite non-Lovecraftian horror role-playing games, with Matt sharing his unwholesome love of all things Kult. Admittedly, it would be difficult to make anything related... Lees meer
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Malcolm Craig Interview
18 april 2014 · 1 uur 12 min
This latest episode is the audio portion of last week’s interview with Malcolm Craig of Contested Ground Studios. The only differences are the addition of our theme music, some slight fiddling with sound balance, a few... Lees meer
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Hot War
1 april 2014 · 53 min
This latest episode isn’t quite what it was meant to be. We started out believing that each of us would talk for a while about our favourite non-Lovecraftian horror RPG, but then Scott went on... Lees meer
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Skills & RPGs
18 maart 2014 · 54 min
This latest discussion is all about skills in roleplaying games, ranging from Library Use to Firearms to the ability to put out a podcast on a regular schedule. We’ve put some more points into this... Lees meer
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Gen Con Preparations
5 maart 2014 · 56 min
Beluister deze afleveringThis latest episode sees us heading back to Gen Con. Well, we don’t actually go there, as it’s around five months away and it would be silly and expensive of us to do so at... Lees meer
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Horror on the Orient Express
14 februari 2014 · 2 uur 2 min
The episode now departing from platform 4 is the delayed discussion of Horror on the Orient Express, calling at recaps, anecdotes, spoilers and updated content. First class material will be found throughout this episode. The... Lees meer
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How We Write Scenarios
21 januari 2014 · 1 uur 4 min
We’re back with a new episode, and this one is all about how we write scenarios. Us being us, we come to nothing resembling a consensus. This is probably a good thing, as it offers... Lees meer
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Top 3 Weird Films
8 januari 2014 · 1 uur 8 min
We spend this week’s episode in search of the weird. To be precise, we each select three of our favourite weird films and talk about them. Some of the choices may be what you expect... Lees meer
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Combat in Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition
25 december 2013 · 49 min
We have a new episode out today as a Christmas present to the world. Christmas is a time of peace and goodwill towards all men, which can only mean that it’s time for us to... Lees meer
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Cubicle 7 Interview
6 december 2013 · 37 min
We’ve broken with our usual schedule to bring you a special episode about Cubicle 7‘s Cthulhu Britannica London boxed set Kickstarter. There is less than a week to go before the campaign finishes, so we... Lees meer
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Magic in Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition
3 december 2013 · 58 min
This week’s episode demonstrates that we haven’t run out of things to say about magic in Call of Cthulhu. Really, this is the episode we should have started with, as it is an in-depth discussion... Lees meer
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The Rats in the Walls
26 november 2013 · 45 min
This week we take a look at what was arguably Lovecraft’s first major story, The Rats in the Walls. As we did with our discussion of The Haunter of the Dark, we try to find ways that... Lees meer
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Call of Cthulhu and Non-Lovecraftian Horror
19 november 2013 · 59 min
This week we meander around a topic suggested by Alistair Warmington, over on our Google+ Community, namely that of using Call of Cthulhu for genres other than Lovecraftian horror. We suggest inspirational material, rules hacks,... Lees meer
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Top 3 RPG Spells
12 november 2013 · 43 min
This week we talk about our favourite magical spells from non-Lovecraftian sources, as a follow-up to our discussion of spells from Call of Cthulhu in episode 16. Matt and Scott pick examples from some of their... Lees meer
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Rafael Chandler Interview
5 november 2013 · 55 min
Beluister deze afleveringThis week’s episode is our interview with Rafael Chandler, RPG designer, video game writer and novelist. We’ve never had a guest on the show before, as there is precious little room in Paul’s shed, but... Lees meer
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Top 3 Call of Cthulhu Spells
29 oktober 2013 · 32 min
Beluister deze afleveringThis episode we take a look at our favourite spells from Call of Cthulhu and talk about just how you can use them to destroy your campaign, or maybe just bring in a few complications. Mostly... Lees meer
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The Haunter of the Dark (part 2)
22 oktober 2013 · 48 min
This week’s episode is the conclusion of our discussion about Lovecraft’s The Haunter of the Dark. All that stuff we promised about looking at it from a gaming perspective — that’s in this episode. Sorry... Lees meer
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The Haunter of the Dark (part 1)
15 oktober 2013 · 50 min
This week we talk about HP Lovecraft’s final story, The Haunter of the Dark. In particular, we look at it with a gamer’s eye (we’ll put it back when we’re done), breaking down various aspects... Lees meer
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The Cthulhu Mythos Skill
9 oktober 2013 · 42 min
This week we discuss the Cthulhu Mythos skill in Call of Cthulhu: what it represents, how it works mechanically and what is new about it in 7th edition. The discussion is thoroughly unwholesome and touches... Lees meer
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