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Thanks @Nick Brooke! I feel stupid now for not thinking to look there first. Never thought of DriveThru RPG as anything other than a place to purchase RPG products, but thrilled to learn that Chaosium non-RPG fiction is also available there via POD. Cheers!

Subject line says it all... just wondering if Chaosium has plans to reprint its mythos cycle anthologies (e.g., The Innsmouth Cycle, The Hastur Cycle, etc.)? 

You probably WILL NOT want to watch this, since you intend to play it... 😁

On 12/27/2023 at 12:22 AM, AndreJarosch said:

• Buy The Shadow Over Providence: Enhanced Edition PDF now and get the price of the PDF off the print version when it is out in early 2024.

Oops... sorry for the dumb question, and thanks for pointing out what somehow escaped me upon first reading. I obviously rolled a critical fail on my Spot (not so) Hidden check.

Are there plans to release hardcopies into retail?

Now that's a review! Told me everything I needed to know (except for page count*) in a well-written and most engaging manner. Thank you!

Looking at the images of the two main characters, I can't help but wonder... human artist only, or AI (might just be the image resolution and my new glasses playing tricks on me)? No offence intended if the former is the case.

Regardless, your review has sky-rocketed this scenario from a "probably will buy" to a "definitely will buy" (I own all the other "Alone Against" 7E scenarios, but have only played "Flames" and "Dark" thus far). 

EDIT: * Found that info on the Drive-Thru RPG website - 104 pages (guessing that includes the covers).   

The more rules there are, the more likely you are to forget some along the way. Happens to me all the time. Just out of curiosity... have you ever been a Keeper/GM, @Pao?

Neat idea. I'm sure someone who is better read (and more experienced) than I where running scenarios is concerned will eventually chime in (sadly, I have only ever played CoC solo). 

12 hours ago, Sam E. said:

Perfect!  Never listened to a lot of Metallica, but maybe I should start ...

I like their earlier albums, but their new ones not so much. In my opinion, Master of Puppets is their very best (and The Thing That Should Not Be is on that album). While you're at it, give the following track - Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - a listen, too. There might be a theme running between those songs. 😉

"The Thing That Should Not Be," by Metallica. 

And here's the official announcement... 

Anticipated release is 2025.

I look forward to learning more about it, and I'm happy that it will be published by Chaosium.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/394897/horror-orient-express-board-game

Will most definitely buy this. Solo is the only way I get to play CoC... hopefully, that will change someday. But in the meantime, I'm grateful for the solo scenarios that are available. 

I'm not familiar with the scenario, but others seem to agree with you: 

I haven't watched this actual play stream, but maybe you'll find salvageable ideas here?

The product blurb says:

"This new edition of Nameless Horrors contains brand new art, player handouts, and maps for each of its six stand alone adventures."

Doesn't look like there are further enhancements to the scenarios, but that's up to the higher powers to confirm. I'm just happy that it's getting the full colour hardcover treatment, as I never got a chance to pick up the original B+W softcover (and thought secondary market and even POD + shipping prices were out of reach, given my current circumstances).

Distributor's webpage suggests it will be released in Canada on March 15, 2023, which I don't consider a long wait at all. And even if the release date ends up delayed by several months, I'm in no hurry. I understand that buying directly from Chaosium is better for the publisher, but I think it just as important to support Canadian retailers (401 Games is an independent retailer with 2 brick and mortar storefronts/play areas) in these tough times... and as I've been unemployed for a long while, paying extra for shipping from the US is not a luxury I can afford (I don't know if Chaosium ships to Canada via FedEx, but I've been less than thrilled with the "brokerage fees" the latter charge in addition to shipping).

It's a wonder I can still buy RPG products at all. 

I had no idea this was in the pipeline... but I'm really looking forward to its release!

https://store.401games.ca/collections/rpg-pre-orders-1/products/call-of-cthulhu-nameless-horrors-pre-order

The announcement I posted above was originally published in the AB Chaos #192 email (Dec 12, 2022).

If you're already receiving the emails, I don't see why you would need to re-sign up, @SaintMeerkat? 

Saw the unfortunate, but understandable news in the most recent Chaosium newsletter that the company is temporarily suspending the operations of its Canadian fulfillment centre.

That decision only affects direct orders via the Chaosium website, and not the regular distribution of products to Canadian retailers (via Universal Distribution), correct? 

8 hours ago, mvincent said:

Nice! I want my investigators to be too scared to go in... then a session or two later uncover a compelling reason to go in.

That right there is the ticket to ensuring the players feel like they have to go in, even if they're terrified of doing so... and if they don't ---> consequences. Ah, who are we kidding... bad sh*t's going to happen either way, right? But what set of consequences are the worst, from a PC point of view?

Thinking on it some more, Bokrug inhabited a lake that bordered Sarnath in the Dreamlands, and Dreamlands creatures weren't featured in the latest edition of the Malleus Monstrorum. That said, I would expect his (its?) stats to appear in the upcoming 7th ed Dreamlands sourcebook... though I don't think anyone other than Chaosium knows when that's likely to be released. 

Looks like the Grand Grimoire is referring you back to the 2006 edition of the Malleus Monstrorum, since that was the only version in print at the time the Grand Grimoire was released (even though the new slipcase edition was released only months afterward... which means they were in the production pipeline around the same time). 

Rather disappointing. Hopefully Chaosium will release a downloadable PDF addendum to the MM slipcase edition featuring Bokrug in the near future.

Oh no... Was it something I said?

The board and card art is great.

The card backs and "Power Core" tokens? Ugh... an awful match for the theme of the game.   

Thanks, @Scotty. I'll try again!