Dwellers break through the membrane separating us from the Outer Dark as solitary predators. They live in lakes and ponds in underpopulated areas. Dwellers find their most fruitful hunting grounds in or near parks and camp sites. They often select spots connected to a murder, tragic accident, or other dark urban legend. When such legends […]
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In the latest episode of their densely speciated podcast, Ken and Robin talk rules taxonomy, getting Trumped, Tell Me More, and Alan Moore, occultist.
Though founded in Britain and with long history in the West, the Ordo Veritatis has in recent years come to regard Japan as key strategic ground in the battle against the Outer Dark. These extra-dimensional demons and their human minions, the Esoterrorists, thrive by spreading panic, anxiety and cognitive dissonance. Japan’s propensity for urban legends […]
In the latest episode of their rootin’, tootin’ podcast, Ken and Robin talk things they used to say, the Dreyfus Affair, Westerns 101, and peasant revolts.
Mario Bava’s final film, 1977’s Shock, offers up exactly the dreamlike take on the psi-horror cycle of the period you’d hope for from him. Ultimately it goes in a more supernatural direction than more pseudoscience-oriented titles like Carrie, The Fury, Firestarter, or Scanners. That’s just one of the ways in which it prefigures Kubrick’s The […]
In the latest episode of their shining trapezohedral podcast, Ken and Robin talk treacherous trust, Starry Wisdom, M. R. James and non-standard UFO conspiracies.
A Trail of Cthulhu scenario hook When Georgian-era occultist Samuel Chasable first set about assembling his library, he could not help but think of the fate of John Dee’s book collection. Notoriously, the brother-in-law of the Elizabethan seer and statesman let Dee’s volumes fall into the hands of rivals while the great man journeyed to […]
Dracula Unredacted is many things. Weighty, certainly. Terrifying, possibly. (Brilliant, modestly.) Welcoming – not necessarily . Now, you may be blessed with players who are already avid Dracula fans, or players who are salivating at the thought of all that delicious cross-referencing and speculating, in which case they’ll happily devour the World’s Biggest Campaign Handout and ask […]
In the latest episode of their attractively arranged podcast, Ken and Robin talk insufficiently stolen rules, Skorzeny goes Mossad, liqueurs, and occult flowers.
If you are interested any of these games, please email me with the game you wish to playtest in the subject line. Fatal Frequencies System: GUMSHOE One-2-One Author: Ruth Tillman Deadline: 16th May Number of sessions: 1-2 Description: Sadie Cain’s fiancé, George Preston, disappeared three days ago under mysterious circumstances—but the police are saying George is a […]