Seth and Jon are in the balcony to talk about movies made within the last ten years that are considered Lovecraftian, or Lovecraftian adjacent. But first, thank you to Graeme Patrick for sponsoring this episode! Check out his amazing scenario, Of Sorrow & Clay, available on the Miskatonic Repository on DriveThruRPG. Of Sorrow & Clay is an 1880s scenario set deep in the Appalachian Mountains Has a fantastic cast of extremely memorable mountain-folk NPCs for the PCs to encounter and 5 pre-gen investigators perfect for this remorse mountain setting Some really cool (and new) creatures for the investigators to encounter New spells and new magical items, and a couple of really nice handouts Just 23 pages + Pregens Alex Guillote handled art and design Available Roll20 VTT pack for ease of play online Of Sorrow & Clay: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/396056/of-sorrow-and-clay?affiliate_id=51821 Of Sorrow & Clay - Roll20 VTT pack: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/457142/of-sorrow-and-clay-roll20-vtt?affiliate_id=51821 The Ritual (2017) Studio: eOne / Netflix Director: David Bruckner Staring: Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier, & Sam Troughton Based on the book, The Ritual, by Adam Nevill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ritual_(2017_film) Older Gods (2023) Studio: Wagyu Films Director/Writer: David A. Roberts Staring: Lindsay Bennett-Thompson, Ieuan Coombs, & Jonathan Keeble Making of Podcast: From Dream to Silver Screen (conversations about making this movie) https://oldergodsmovie.com/ The Void (2016) Studio: D Films / Cave Painting Pictures Directors/Writers: Steven Kostanski & Jeremy Gillespie Staring: Aaron Poole, Kenneth Welsh, Daniel Fathers, Kathleen Munroe, Ellen Wong, Evan Stern, Trish Rainone, & Mik Byskov Creature special effects crowdfunded on Indiegogo for $82,510 (the rest of the picture was funded traditionally) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Void_(2016_film) Underwater (2020) Studio: 20th Century Fox Director: William Eubank Starring: Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr, Mamoudou Athie, & T. J. Miller Last movie released under the “20th Century Fox” brand, before being rebranded as “20th Century Studios”, and it was a box office bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_(film) The Lighthouse (2019) Studio: A24 / VVS Films Director: Robert Eggers / Writers: Robert Eggers & Max Eggers Starring: Robert Pattinson & Willem Dafoe Max Eggers had the original idea for this movie as a re-envisioning of the unfinished Edgar Allan Poe short story with the same title. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lighthouse_(2019_film) We can’t do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa, Edwin Nagy, and Zach Sokol 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/ @darkestthickets.bsky.social And once again, a huge thank you to our sponsor Graeme Patrick. Thanks for listening.

Seth and Jon sojourned to Ypsilanti, (Ann Arbor/Detroit adjacent), for Chaosium Con 2025! As you can well imagine, it was amazing! +++++++++++++++++++++++ Fire Lizard Games, thank you for sponsoring this episode! Check out Fire Lizard Games' upcoming Yith Borg game! Designed with the Mork Borg rules, in Yith Borg you are a Yithian looking to stake your claim on Earth in the hellscape aftermath of a Mythos-fueled cataclysm that devastated the planet in 1920. Check out their Upcoming Projects page at: https://www.firelizardgames.com/upcoming-projects And check out their full site at: https://www.firelizardgames.com/ +++++++++++++++++++++++ While at Chaosium Con, Seth and Jon did some "Man on the Street" interviews with convention goers we ran into in the lobby/bar in the morning hours of Friday and Saturday. This entire endeavor would not have been possible without friend-of-the-show and new Modern Mythos editor, Zach Sokol! Thank you, Zach! Zach provided all of the equipment we used to record these "live" sessions, and he fully edited this episode. We are thrilled to add Zach's audio expertise to the team. We interviewed: Ben Burns, of New Comet Games Andy Miesem Holly Buetow, of RPG Reanimators Rina Hensey Matt "Doc" Tracey Bucho Rodenberger Sandy Petersen Zach Sokol We can’t do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa, Edwin Nagy, and Zach Sokol 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/ @darkestthickets.bsky.social And once again, a huge thank you to our sponsor Fire Lizard Games. Thanks for listening.

Chaosium's Cthulhu by Gaslight: Keeper's Guide Hardcover book, 261 pages of content, retail price $49.99. A free PDF of the book is included with a purchase of the hardcover book directly from Chaosium.com. 7 Chapters, plus 2 Appendices Chapter 1: A Keeper’s Miscellany Chapter 2: Occult Secrets & The Golden Dawn Chapter 3: Running Gaslight Games Chapter 4: Notable Victorians Chapter 5: Victorian Horrors Chapter 6: The Forby Masterwork (Scenario #1) Chapter 7: Oranges & Lemons (Scenario #2) Appendix A: Keeper Resources Appendix B: Generic Victorians Separate indexes for the Main Book, Each Scenario, and Tables Free pre-gen, player maps, and Keeper maps downloads for the two included scenarios Note: The Resources section of Chaosium’s website has not been updated to feature free downloads of the updated CoC Gaslight character sheets displayed in the new Cthulhu by Gaslight: Investigators’ Guide and Cthulhu by Gaslight: Keeper’s Guide. Final Thoughts: Seth and Jon agree, this is a "must have" book for any group looking to play Call of Cthulhu in London's fog-shrouded Victorian period.

Jon and Seth are joined by Oscar Rios, President of Golden Goblin Press. We ask him about the latest news coming out of Golden Goblin Press, and why the Miskatonic Valley is such an attractive locale for Lovecraftian Gothic horror. This episode is sponsored by Matt "Doc" Tracey, and his amazing Call of Cthulhu scenarios, Ghost Trade, and Lights in the Trees. Ghost Trade is a classic 1920s scenario set in the fictional town of Pennybrook, Maine. The investigators visit Pennybrook to study a spike in the number of earthquakes in the region. Townsfolk say the earthquakes are the result of the Pennybrook ghost. Clearly, there is a rational scientific reason for the earthquakes, and the investigators are determined to find out what it is. Ghost Trade on DriveThruRPG Lights in the Trees is a 1975 post-Vietnam War setting scenario. The investigators are veterans of the War, platoon brothers, who are called back together to help one of their own who’s having trouble adjusting to life back at home. Can they help their friend conquer his personal demons, or will those demons consume them as well? Lights in the Trees on DriveThruRPG Oscar Rios & Golden Goblin Press Islands of Ignorance: The Third Cthulhu Companion Kickstarter, and Dark Seas of Infinity: The Fourth Cthulhu Companion, and Legacy of Shadows: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/golden-goblin-press/island-of-ignorance-the-third-cthulhu-companion-for-7e/description Oscar Rios Lovecraft Wiki list of credits: https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Oscar_Rios 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 Miskatonic University professor and his team of student archeologists has gone missing. The university is dispatching a new team to find their missing personnel. Featuring: Seth Skorkowsky as Dr. Caleb Buchman, a medical physician David Moore as Mr. Gilbert Palmer, a dilettante playboy (but also a secret cult leader) Rob Dennis as Mr. Hampton Fincher, an investigative journalist Andy Miesem as Mr. Shelby Avery, an occult bookstore owner Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Doorway of the Gods is the third chapter in the Time for Sacrifice campaign, by Ben Burns, Brian Courtemanche, and Jonathan Bagelman.

A Miskatonic University professor and his team of student archeologists has gone missing. The university is dispatching a new team to find their missing personnel. Featuring: Seth Skorkowsky as Dr. Caleb Buchman, a medical physician David Moore as Mr. Gilbert Palmer, a dilettante playboy (but also a secret cult leader) Rob Dennis as Mr. Hampton Fincher, an investigative journalist Andy Miesem as Mr. Shelby Avery, an occult bookstore owner Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Doorway of the Gods is the third chapter in the Time for Sacrifice campaign, by Ben Burns, Brian Courtemanche, and Jonathan Bagelman.

A Miskatonic University professor and his team of student archeologists has gone missing. The university is dispatching a new team to find their missing personnel. Featuring: Seth Skorkowsky as Dr. Caleb Buchman, a medical physician David Moore as Mr. Gilbert Palmer, a dilettante playboy (but also a secret cult leader) Rob Dennis as Mr. Hampton Fincher, an investigative journalist Andy Miesem as Mr. Shelby Avery, an occult bookstore owner Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Doorway of the Gods is the third chapter in the Time for Sacrifice campaign, by Ben Burns, Brian Courtemanche, and Jonathan Bagelman.

A Miskatonic University professor and his team of student archeologists has gone missing. The university is dispatching a new team to find their missing personnel. Featuring: Seth Skorkowsky as Dr. Caleb Buchman, a medical physician David Moore as Mr. Gilbert Palmer, a dilettante playboy (but also a secret cult leader) Rob Dennis as Mr. Hampton Fincher, an investigative journalist Andy Miesem as Mr. Shelby Avery, an occult bookstore owner Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Doorway of the Gods is the third chapter in the Time for Sacrifice campaign, by Ben Burns, Brian Courtemanche, and Jonathan Bagelman.

Sponsor: We want to thank authors David Trotti and Amy Kate Connolly for sponsoring this episode. They are the authors of the absolutely amazing, Japan: Empire of Shadows, the definitive sourcebook for roleplaying in Imperial Japan during the late Taisho and early Showa eras (1920 - 1932). Japan: Empire of Shadows provides single-session story hooks and multi-session narrative threads, and it includes information to play either as foreign investigators or as Japanese investigators. The 400 page book includes 334 unique locations, 35 full color maps, over 70 NPCs, 20 player handouts, 6 pre-generated investigators, new spells, new Mythos tomes, new monsters, a concise history of the island nation, the Japanese people, and so much more. Japan: Empire of Shadow has achieved Platinum Level sales on DriveThruRPG. And it’s clear, with every page, that David and Amy took meticulous care to create an unparalleled sourcebook for the Call of Cthulhu game. We also want to take this moment to remember that Amy and David lost their home in the LA wildfires. In addition to buying their amazing sourcebook of Japan, please consider sending a donation to the American Red Cross. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/446091/japan-empire-of-shadows-a-call-of-cthulhu-sourcebook-for-1920s-imperial-japan?affiliate_id=51821 Matt Ryan - Artist/Cartographer/Musician/Punk Rocker! Reckoning of the Dead: https://reckoningofthedead.wordpress.com/ Blog with Noah Lloyd Official Chaosium cartographer Currently running Masks of Nyarlathotep in parallel with Bob Geis “Armchair Keepers of Arcane Secrets” https://www.youtube.com/@ArmchairKeepersofArcaneSecrets 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/ And once again, a huge thank you to our sponsor Japan: Empire of Shadow, by David Trotti and Amy Kate Connolly. Remember to hit the link in the show notes and pick it up. And please consider donating to the American Red Cross. Thanks for listening.

A Miskatonic University professor and his team of student archeologists has gone missing. The university is dispatching a new team to find their missing personnel. Featuring: Seth Skorkowsky as Dr. Caleb Buchman, a medical physician David Moore as Mr. Gilbert Palmer, a dilettante playboy (but also a secret cult leader) Rob Dennis as Mr. Hampton Fincher, an investigative journalist Andy Miesem as Mr. Shelby Avery, an occult bookstore owner Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Doorway of the Gods is the third chapter in the Time for Sacrifice campaign, by Ben Burns, Brian Courtemanche, and Jonathan Bagelman.

A Miskatonic University professor and his team of student archeologists has gone missing. The university is dispatching a new team to find their missing personnel. Featuring: Seth Skorkowsky as Dr. Caleb Buchman, a medical physician David Moore as Mr. Gilbert Palmer, a dilettante playboy (but also a secret cult leader) Rob Dennis as Mr. Hampton Fincher, an investigative journalist Andy Miesem as Mr. Shelby Avery, an occult bookstore owner Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Doorway of the Gods is the third chapter in the Time for Sacrifice campaign, by Ben Burns, Brian Courtemanche, and Jonathan Bagelman.

In this episode, Seth and Jon can hardly contain their excitement for the new Cthulhu by Gaslight! But first, thank you to this episode's sponsor, David Trotti and Amy Kate Connolly. They are the authors of the absolutely amazing, Japan: Empire of Shadows, the definitive sourcebook for roleplaying in Imperial Japan during the late Taisho and early Showa eras (1920 - 1932). Japan: Empire of Shadows provides single-session story hooks and multi-session narrative threads, and it includes information to play either as foreign investigators or as Japanese investigators. The 400 page book includes 334 unique locations, 35 full color maps, over 70 NPCs, 20 player handouts, 6 pre-generated investigators, new spells, new Mythos tomes, new monsters, a concise history of the island nation, the Japanese people, and so much more. Japan: Empire of Shadows has achieved Platinum Level sales on DriveThruRPG. And it’s clear, with every page, that David and Amy took meticulous care to create an unparalleled sourcebook for the Call of Cthulhu game. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/446091/japan-empire-of-shadows-a-call-of-cthulhu-sourcebook-for-1920s-imperial-japan?affiliate_id=51821 Cthulhu by Gaslight: Seth - First taste was in Cthulhu Through the Ages (2014) Only 4 pages long History 1986 (Box) First Edition 1988 - 2nd Ed 2012 - 3rd 2024 - 4th (Keeper book in 2025) - no Keeper Guide needed. Social Classes (Upper, Middle, Working, Criminal) Bonus Dice or Hard Difficulty for other Classes (p.271) New Skills Reassure (⅕ APP p.95) Mesmerism p.95 (compare to Pulp: Hypnosis p.37) - Suggestions/relax (Opposed by POW or Psychology with unwilling) Alleviate Pain - perform as uninjured for 1d6 rnds. Alleviate Mental Trauma - recover 1d3 San through mental blocks, overcome Phobia. Plant False Memories Adventures & Supplements Hudson & Brand - Stygian Fox More Stygian Fox Titles - Sacraments of Evil - (1993) Chaosium Six Adventures Cthulhu Britannica: Bad Company Some of the other adventures in the Cthulhu Britannica line can also be adapted for Gaslight, like Strange Little Girl, and St. Swithu’s Hole Cults of Cthulhu book has “Loki’s Gift” Games Workshop’s “Vanishing Conjurer” (statue of Sorcerer)1986 Media Inspirations From Hell (Film) Penny Dreadful (TV Series) Bodies (Netflix) Sherlock Holmes stories Young Sherlock Holmes (movie) Dracula Cthulhu Casebooks - Sherlock Holmes - James Lovegrove Great Train Robbery - Michael Crichton (book & film) Elephant Man (1980) (Pulp) League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 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/ And once again, a huge thank you to our sponsor Japan: Empire of Shadows, by David Trotti and Amy Kate Connolly. Remember to hit the link in the show notes and pick it up. Thanks for listening.

Thank you to our sponsor for this episode, Adam "Bucho" Rodenberger, and his new book, Under a Black Rainbow. The worlds within Under a Black Rainbow oozes with all of our irrational thoughts and collective fears, pooling them up together in slickery shine and gives them both a voice and an unforgettable form. The underside of this particular rainbow is where the absurdity of Kafka, the dark fairy tales of Guillermo del Toro, and the surrealism of David Lynch all crash together into a single, looming nightmare of differing shades. Each story uses a gnarled hand to scrape out the blackest part of each reader and then gleefully holds up the tar-like ichor for closer examination. The eighteen stories found within are mental and emotional excavations of fractured traumas, the awakening of unique pleasures, and the moments where we come face to face with the hungry voices whispering to us from the dark. You can find Under a Black Rainbow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Under-Black-Rainbow-Bucho-Rodenberger/dp/B0CQ14ZQ64/ Classic Solo Gaming Novels: Old Choose Your Own Adventure series Old D&D - Endless Quest - Stop That Witch by Mary Clark Old Fighting Fantasy, (and new Fighting Fantasy) Main Forms of Solo Gaming: Flowchart Journaling KamCon ‘24 – The Taskmaster video has finally been released!!! It was hilarious and awesome. The contestants included Seth, Jon, Toren Atkinson, River Cole, and the Dark Lord of the Sith! And all of the KamCon panels featuring Seth and Jon have also been shared on YouTube. We have the links for them all in the show notes. Taskmaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjMg-EkZHs4&t=1s YouTube Content Creator Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsMYLprpycg RPG Writer’s Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fakhcBdo5GU 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/ And once again, a huge thank you to our sponsor Under a Black Rainbow, by Adam “Bucho” Rodenberger. Remember to hit the link in the show notes and pick that up. Thanks for listening.

Seth and Jon were honored to be guests at KamCon in Kamloops, BC, Canada! While there, we met and played games with some amazing people, we were on several fun panels, and we recorded our first live show!!! Huge thank you to Tyler, James, Bryan, and the whole KamCon crew! KamCon is an amazing gaming convention! We can't wait to return! And, if you're up for a bold and awesome gaming convention, then may we suggest KamCon! Make the trip, it's well worth it. https://www.kamloopsconventions.ca/ Seth and Jon also got to finally meet Toren Atkinson, lead singer and founding member of The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets!!! In addition to being a fantastic musician, he's also an outstanding artist. Just check out the looming green Cthulhu he drew for the KamCon convention above. If you aren't already a fan, you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, and become one! https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/ And we can't forget the love for our Modern Mythos family! 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 Enjoy this live audience AMA of Jon and Seth!

Today, we’re talking about adapting elements from movies, TV, and books into your game. But first, we want to thank author Adam “Bucho” Rodenberger for sponsoring this episode. Check out “Under a Black Rainbow,” a collection of surrealistic horror stories. The worlds within Under a Black Rainbow oozes with all of our irrational thoughts and collective fears, pooling them up together in slickery shine and gives them both a voice and an unforgettable form. The underside of this particular rainbow is where the absurdity of Kafka, the dark fairy tales of Guillermo del Toro, and the surrealism of David Lynch all crash together into a single, looming nightmare of differing shades. Each story uses a gnarled hand to scrape out the blackest part of each reader and then gleefully holds up the tar-like ichor for closer examination. The eighteen stories found within are mental and emotional excavations of fractured traumas, the awakening of unique pleasures, and the moments where we come face to face with the hungry voices whispering to us from the dark. You can find Under a Black Rainbow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Under-Black-Rainbow-Bucho-Rodenberger/dp/B0CQ14ZQ64/ Please enjoy the episode, and listen for Jon and Seth's insights on adapting other media to your games. Jon's newest old school D&D style adventure, Renewal at Crater Lake, which has the (maybe innovative) dice-stacking mechanic is (at the time of this podcast publication) not yet available for general purchase. It was an Indiegogo crowdfunded book, and currently only the backers have copies. But, eventually, it will be available for general audience purchase on the Frog God Games website. Please look for it there: https://www.froggodgames.com/collections/all KamCon ‘24 – https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kamloopsconventions.ca%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2U3HwwV6cfSVmMeQUvV8opE0Jw8JYhFB15mq__SP0nR5S9t9ju-DDgBQA_aem_HPnRt8XpjFaEKCDr55mxfw&h=AT2HRGuAqL5hxjB81qWd42m_z0SEt_aJFM3f7r8M0IGh0cxDE4tkN9lE-q-DXWfPmEaLpHm9phcLEZHGstc_mNcZR3LSfwv1oRI-FdckP9dEVquw80M3_3LI7N6jJmQt8RA 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/ And once again, a huge thank you to our sponsor Under a Black Rainbow, by Adam “Bucho” Rodenberger. Remember to hit the link in the show notes and pick that up. Thanks for listening.

Summer Book Club #3, Mall of Cthulhu, by Seamus Cooper! Thank you to our sponsor, Poul Holmelund, and his new Call of Cthulhu scenario, Lost in Cremation, a sequel to The Art of Hygge. Lost in Cremation: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/481189/lost-in-cremation?affiliate_id=51821 Jon and James talk about this inaugural book by author, Seamus Cooper, and (spoilers!) we loved it! Here is the Amazon blurb: A decade ago, college student Laura Harker was saved from a fate worse than death at the hands (and fangs) of a centuries-old vampire priestess and her Satanic minions. Her rescuer, an awkward, geeky folklore student named Teddy, single-handedly slew the undead occupants of the Omega Alpha sorority house, spurred into heroic action by fate itself, inexorably intertwining his and Laura’s destinies. After navigating her way through law school, Laura is now a junior FBI agent assigned to the Bureau’s Boston office. Unfortunately, she finds her job involves more paperwork than adventure. Ted, on the other hand, has spent the past decade perfecting the ultimate latte, and works as a barista in a nearby corporate chain coffeehouse named for a character in Moby Dick. When Ted stumbles onto a group of Cthulhu cultists planning to awaken the Old Ones through mystic incantations culled from the fabled Necronomicon, calling forth eldritch horrors into an unsuspecting world, he and Laura must spring into action, traveling from Boston to the seemingly-peaceful suburbs of Providence and beyond, all the way to the sanity-shattering non-Euclidian alleyways and towers of dread R’lyeh itself, in order to prevent an innocent shopping center from turning into... The Mall of Cthulhu. Mall of Cthulhu, by Seamus Cooper: https://www.amazon.com/Mall-Cthulhu-Seamus-Cooper/dp/1597801275/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3I2GMRHKMUO3N&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XxwIkhSJEo4hlzLDhl6nq1lyS-mylXJXw6tfcMo5lzbRg1ns-Sur1B-qgjypuryJg5bPEZmalAhoR2RHQlibA5JtAnLGan0NM-vdVKDlMcK80cx140XjpwyC1NWI5zdWt5S_jzBTwBOB-qsSufzO9EnP1pkWjQ_3lmzljfEyKwkZAsjTYBgVQlvnjB7clrzE5ZN9pOjK3pRaihWlt0qU9zmPE5uCjpwfhJohVSYOXZT2AXgM6DPpSPiQgFCKYQ8bvC5boLmdWbG_kNo6KrUpJ9yglxwFDj45wwgIl1UCfRs.WOm9qL9H1El44N4yRPYcWG75vqzryKsizNKSNdFDRL0&dib_tag=se&keywords=mall+of+cthulhu&qid=1726007285&sprefix=mall+of+cth%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1

In this episode, Jon and Seth talk about our favorite grave-mold covered cannibals... ghouls! Episode Sponsor: The Great American Dynasty We want to thank author Keller O’Leary and Space Cat Publishing for sponsoring this episode. Check out “The Great American Dynasty,” a true-blue, red-blooded, modern-day Call of Cthulhu scenario! Investigators are tasked with retrieving old files hidden in the home of a fellow “society” member who passed away from (seemingly) natural causes. The scenario blends iconic American folklore together with Lovecraftian Mythos to weave a story with roots long predating the founding of the American colonies. Can your investigators survive a terror that’s over 600 years in the making? The Great American Dynasty is a three-part mystery filled with abductions, body horror, mutilations, and violence. Also, be on the lookout for Space Cat Publishings next scenario, “The Curse of Punk,” where you explore the terrifying underbelly of punk society in the 1980s. The Great American Dynasty: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/453708/the-great-american-dynasty-a-call-of-cthulhu-scenario?affiliate_id=51821 Ghoul Lore: Arabic - lurked in cemeteries and uninhabited places male : ghoul female: ghoulla Could take on a pleasing shape to lure people. Some could transform into hyenas. Canine features. Light causes pain. Could transform to last person they devoured. Some legend was born looking human, then transformed when older (changeling) Edgar Allen Poe (one of Lovecraft’s literary heroes) wrote of ghoul in his poems The Bells and Ulalume Introduced to the west in 1700s when One Thousand & One Nights translate into french Modern audiences associate them with undead - possibly to George Romero Night of the living dead calling them ghouls Literary Sources: Pickman’s Model, by H. P. Lovecraft (written 1926) The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath, by H. P. Lovecraft (written 1927) The Dwellers Under the Tomb, by Robert E. Howard (first published in 1976, 30 years after his death, possible sequel to The Children of the Night (1931)) The Charnal God, by Clark Ashton Smith (first published in 1937) Amina, by Edward Lucas White (first published in 1907) Down in the Delta, by Adam Scott Glancy (posted to DriveThruRPG in 2018) Down in the Delta: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/236934/delta-green-down-in-the-delta?affiliate_id=51821 Ghoul Combat in Call of Cthulhu: Bullets do half damage (rubbery skin?) 3 attacks (with Bonus die to multiple attacks on a target, this can become overwhelming) Special Bite and Hold maneuver - (opposed STR (80 avg) or 1d4 per round) Ghoul Game Hooks/Ideas: NPC is ghoul raised by humans PC is a ghoul raised by humans How to play a ghoul “fighting the urge” to feed Ghoul Call of Cthulhu Scenarios: There are a ton of scenarios that feature ghouls. The Yog-Sothoth.com wiki is a living resource that really helped with today’s topic. Some of the more notable scenarios include: Paper Chase Pickman’s Student The Auction The Lurker in the Crypt The Madman Thoth’s Dagger The Fog of War Wail of the Witch Crimson Letters If you’re interested in checking out the full list of ghoul scenarios, please join the Yog-Sothoth.com community so you too can check out their amazing wiki. I believe the list is primarily scenarios where ghouls have a major role, and not every scenario with a possible ghoul encounter. I did not see the Paris chapter of the Horror on the Orient Express campaign listed, or the introductory chapter of the Spawn of Azathoth campaign listed, or my Age of Cthulhu scenario, The Timeless Sands of India. So, a list of scenarios that include any instance of a ghoul is much-much larger. Sandy Petersen YouTube on Ghouls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVaJ7nca3lI Special Thanks to Bret Kramer and the amazing resources available at Yog-Sothoth.com. 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I wanted to thank Adam for his generous support of the podcast. He sponsored the second Summer Book Club episode, and I neglected to include a link to his book, so I wanted to rectify it here. Please check out this amazing collection of twisted short stories today! https://www.amazon.com/Under-Black-Rainbow-Bucho-Rodenberger/dp/B0CQ14ZQ64/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TR2QMY7GOGG2&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vTmtghyK2Tq1WqR6glPcG4KFl8KGYL9aNmOob4PjHWrGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.Xs3OkBnqZYD7qu_tS-ZadLDtdIXcI4VWbhmpw-FPoJ4&dib_tag=se&keywords=bucho+rodenberger&qid=1725032545&sprefix=bucho+ro%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-1

Up next in the Summer Book Club, Writing Monsters, by Philip Athans! Listen as Jon and James discuss this (spoilers) AMAZING book on writing and designing monsters. The book is written from the perspective that the advice is for authors writing books, but the advice is equally applicable to authors writing roleplaying game adventures. Writing Monsters, by Philip Athans: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Monsters-Believably-Terrifying-Creatures/dp/1599638088/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2DRSII9BFZN5O&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.WFQVVmH4h228kkTkYprEJE22Hd0FhYHSkcTqhGsdew-ehJrXTDubWyPRl0g2ikol0EB7taZ6ePXc1F_wLCVo3opPnSQScrV-8bjvok75rHIWmOGT2S_rB6r6_pWqAW2iojh7tm8fhRCW5l7VRoVj8-c_l6WCOtMDuKB4TLoY3NENSkuBSkrkytwwGJ_N1aXVmJ0sZVeltkzlYp1qmS-r7Qe2rUL5nLcQ5Vq3k146EQQ.Hqx-osIXKaCz0uxb3wQm9tuprcVNyvLQVF_fNLUJ_QA&dib_tag=se&keywords=writing+monsters&qid=1725031523&sprefix=writing+monsters%2Caps%2C128&sr=8-1

Welcome to the first of three Summer Book Club episodes! Your hosts are Jon Hook and James Droucker. Please forgive James' audio quality. We were so excited for the book club reading that we overlooked the need to have better quality sound. Please enjoy this episode as James and I discuss the stories contained within this excellent anthology, Shadows Over Baker Street. Sponsor: Fire Lizard Games - https://www.firelizardgames.com/ Shadows Over Baker Street: https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-over-Baker-Street/dp/B001E0OO66/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3GWM8DUX3KOU3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6r8bFygFQe77g_ZMNucu1uXDg92YgXPAOrTUvg79sW7gbPO5Zlk3Zg9-PP7a7FMjPP9CzxD6y1gJoikPYyxnRzoDybstiIXRlPwMjpqpj7227ETVKfxeRbKPFw-Bo9RnGgKxQo_-hiHRX3QX2HxfcXdYLq3Pbcj2GH8Cbdph-xL1QopleeTLl61R50h_-HUocLaoOLlgihmYAe-3SSvqKA.WcoVL7r3XJOLVC_ruEeFNBmWlzKKIGfNHrUXUsMFUUw&dib_tag=se&keywords=shadow+over+baker+street&qid=1721655403&sprefix=shadow+over+baker%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1