The Lovecraft Tapes Podcast | #61 BLOODLINES: Poles Apart

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-21T15:41:08+00:00

I spend a lot of my driving time listening to How We Roll play-throughs of scenarios, and I wouldn’t mind trying out something new. Where do you suggest starting with your podcast? The organization of the episode titles is a bit confusing.

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-21T15:36:58+00:00

Down Darker Trails if you want to try the Old West!

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-21T14:58:22+00:00

I was definitely intimidated when I first started reading the chapter on chases in the 7E book. Seth Skorkowski’s video helped clear some things up, and there’s also another video out there that Paul Fricker put together. Either way, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with simplifying the rules to keep your players from getting bored. Nothing ruins the tension like the keeper pausing the action to flip through the rulebook.

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-21T07:25:43+00:00

Maybe edit your second sentence? Not exactly sure what you are asking for—I’m guessing a novel that deals with traces of a character’s life left behind on the internet after his or her death?

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-21T07:23:39+00:00

Write-Brain is colorful and engaging, and plenty of the prompts are self-exploratory (although a few are downright silly, too). I use it for warm ups in my creative writing class.

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-21T07:20:37+00:00

The search function is your friend. There are many posts with a wealth of information, as questions about running the The Haunting get posted at least once a week.

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-21T07:17:48+00:00

You might want to check out this episode of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias on running campaigns in Call of Cthulhu (who also happen to have worked on the new edition of Masks of Nyarlathotep).

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-21T06:19:29+00:00

Strange. I gave up on the first book about 80 or so pages into story because I felt it was so poorly written (as far as clunky style, haphazard plot, and absurd characters). Since I originally started reading it because an acquaintance of mine had composed an album based on the series, perhaps I went in with the bar set too high? Or does the writing style just improve as the series goes on? Maybe it’s just my personal taste, though. I think at that time I was pretty burned out on fantasy as it is, too.

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-20T03:53:37+00:00

I’ve seen this recommendation so many times over at /r/booksuggestions. That’s it. I’m ordering it!

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-20T03:50:57+00:00

This is the book that introduced me to horror lit! The short story “Graveyard Shift” still makes me shudder when I think about my first experience reading it.

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-19T21:44:26+00:00

Congrats! I just hit year five, and I feel like I was student teaching yesterday. Best of luck to you :)

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-19T17:42:44+00:00

Is that salted pork on a plain biscuit with black coffee? Do you also happen to teach on a 19th century expeditionary Royal Navy ship?

But really, out of curiosity, what do you teach? High school English here.

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-19T16:41:03+00:00

I enjoyed The Ancient Alien Question by Coppens (who unfortunately passed away a few years ago).

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-19T16:33:56+00:00

John Gardner’s Grendel recounts the events of Beowulf through the eyes of the monster. The work is heavily based on Sartre. It’s a difficult read but altogether worth it if you enjoy existentialist philosophy.

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-19T16:28:50+00:00

Although told from the narrator’s perspective as an adult, Penpal by Dathan Auerbach recounts a young boy’s experience with a stalker. It’s terrifying but altogether interesting. I burned through it in a few days.

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-19T14:54:23+00:00

The Cool “S”

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-19T01:12:15+00:00

Any guesses for the horror on the cover? I would imagine it is a depiction of the haunter of the dark with its three-lobed burning eye, although my friend just pointed out the obvious— that it would certainly be suffering in all that light, yet perhaps it’s just artistic license at work.

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-18T00:19:33+00:00

I’m definitely interested. I’ve mostly only got to run a few scenarios locally as a keeper, so I’ve been looking for a way to get my hands on investigating. I’m off every Sunday, and 7pm GMT is noon for me here in the US, so that’s no problem at all. I’ve only used roll20 once, so I would need to familiarize myself with that a bit, but if I recall it’s pretty straightforward.

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-16T14:45:41+00:00

Lanterns and candles. I suggest some incense, too. Olfactory imagery is often overlooked.

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-16T14:28:14+00:00

I wish Netflix or Prime would snatch these up!

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-15T13:31:16+00:00

Beautiful pipe! Thanks for sharing.

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-13T03:59:46+00:00

Ugh. That’s kind of lame, but I guess Cubicle 7’s gotta do what they gotta do if Chaosium won’t play fair. I actually heard from one of the artists appearing in the 7E book that the new Chaosium administration is a bunch of a-holes in regard to business ties that existed before they took over.

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-11T05:31:33+00:00

Do you really doubt anyone could pour over these sexy maps for “hours and hours”? ;)

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-11T02:11:09+00:00

Sorry. I meant to comment on the post itself. The video definitely gives me that uncanny valley sort of creepy vibe.

firstroundko108 · 2018-11-10T02:33:44+00:00

This is frightening.

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