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Thanks for the replies! I just hope I don't miss it when you're finished and post your work!

Good to hear, Raleel. Thanks in advance.

This particular topic comes up once in a great while. Has anyone actually written something up that they'd be willing to share? While I don't have time to run a VPS Fading Suns game (mostly because the system is so clunky to me), and I don't have time to write up another rules hack, if someone actually has one written up that I can just use, I think I might have the time to run a game. And isn't that what it's all about? 😉

Sorry for the thread resurrection. Kphan2121, how did it go with your BRP Fading Suns hack? I'm really, really interested!

Can anyone recommend free (or cheap) floor tiles / terrain that I can use for a Halloween CoC game that I'm running for my daughter and her friends this Saturday? They've never played CoC, so I'd like to make it memorable. I have a Chessex grid mat which I can use, but other than that I only have dungeon floor tiles. Maybe there are some posted online, or even cheap Drivethru downloads. I used to have box of Cthlulhu-ish floor tiles decades ago, but no longer. Thanks!

This is BRP Central, of course it's OK to post. It's of interest to BRP fans!

Well, you could always look at two BRP books, The Celestial Empire, and Dragon Lines. CE is more historical, while DL is more Hong Kong movie. Both have quite a lot of martial arts styles, powers and rules that you can use in your Cthulhu games. Have fun!

I have Astounding Adventures and I like it very much. I'm not using Pulp Cthulhu or 7th ed, but I would think that you would find AA inspirational if nothing else. There's been a huge amount of excellent material written pre-7th. You would be doing yourself and your players a disservice to pass it up.

Agreed, I'd run it the week after it's complete!

OK, 100 Chinese train figures for $1, 100 poker chips for $1, a couple of Lesneys for a couple bucks each, and here are the results! (Three packs of Bob Murch's Pulp Figures also on the way, for considerably more, but what the heck.)

OK, got 100 Chinese pre-painted figures for train sets for a dollar. Got 100 poker chips to glue them to, that's a second dollar. Two Lesney's arrived today, couple more bucks each. Here are the results!

Lesneys? Really? I thought they'd be too small. They're totally affordable on ebay, but I hesitate to buy them without seeing them in person, next to a figure.

I'm still preparing to start my new group of players on 1920s Call of Cthulhu. I'm acquiring figures, mostly 25mm but of necessity getting a few in 28mm. <Damn figure creep and marketing guys> I don't care so much about having the exact monsters from Cthulhu, I can use anything. And my PCs and NPCs will look archaic enough to my young players that I don't need to be a stickler for getting the costumes exactly right. But, what else to dress the table with? Buildings are just too much, but think what I could do with cars! Car chases, dodging monsters, ambushes and roadblocks, hard cover in a gun fight, the list goes on. So I went to the local, established and gritty model shop in town. Where they make models, dammit! And the guy shook his head radiating disapproval, because I'd made a fundamental error. Cars in the scale I'm looking for "just weren't made." Nothing even close. What do you all use? Or am I the only one who wants to line up the adventurers on one side of a car, and have the monsters come slithering and hopping out of the brush on the other side of the road? I really don't want to take the time to actually build my own models, although I could if I get desperate enough. Save me from hot glue, you're my only hope!

Although nothing would stop you from playing the prior version of the game, with which you're familiar. The new 7th edition differs enough from what came before that it is the first that requires conversion to use the catalog of materials that have been produced over the years. Everything is available from the second-hand marketplace, with many vendors still selling new copies. I find all of the earlier material completely compatible regardless of publication year (up to today's 7th edition, of course). If you need any advice or help let me know. For instance, I wrote up a simple mystery scenario to introduce my wife and daughter to the mechanics, and I'd be happy to share that with you.

I still play the old rules, and have no intention to change.

Hey, thanks for these suggestions. Just ordered the batch of 100 0-scale people, and 100 black plastic chips to base them, from ebay. Now, shipping to me on a slow boat from China, it'll be some weeks before they arrive. But I'll have a whole slew of figures for Call o' Cthulhu!

Hey, thanks for these suggestions. Just ordered the batch of 100 0-scale people, and 100 black plastic chips to base them, from ebay for about $14! Now, shipping to me on a slow boat from China, it'll be some weeks before they arrive. But I'll have a whole slew of figures for Call o' Cthulhu!

Thanks, I'll look into this!

There was an old guidebook to New York City from way back, on Gutenberg. I can't find the file, so I don't remember the name, but you might find it with some good searching. Or maybe someone here will remember it.

I'm getting ready to run A Time to Harvest. I'm looking for figures that would make good 1920s students, as opposed to your typical CoC figures. Any leads? Thanks.

I use Roll20 for my old school D&D campaign, and I played in a demo game of Bethorm there, too. You can easily play any rpg on Roll20, the rules you're using won't matter. It's simple, free, and can handle just about anything you need or want. Check their site for info, there are also videos on YouTube.

Hey, if you remember TableMaster, software that let you create and run rpg tables on your computer, you'll be pleased to know that the author is rewriting the software for use on modern machines. Don't know about you, but I can see myself using it with my Judges Guild stuff, and for Traveller, within an hour of when she releases it! The link is below; she's got a blog, and she's asking for input. I can't wait! wintertreeredux.com

So, I had a minute today, and finally caught up on this thread. Seems to have been thread-jacked. Apologies to the OP. To review, I posted what I thought was a pretty mild, neutral comment yesterday. I had no agenda, and I've posted similarly on other forums, regarding a whole range of game lines and intellectual properties. I didn't even narrow the post down to the Glorantha family. It was a general statement, and based on the history in the industry, something that I consider to be common sense. And I DO cringe when I see these types of threads. Honest comment, honest reaction. Within a fairly short time, Rick posted a response. He accuses me of “scaremongering,” and tells me to post specifics, or not post. Rick's a moderator now on the formerly fan-based BRP Central, which is now the official Chaosium forum. So his choice to post his reply, make an accusation regarding my supposed motives, and his instructions (he's a moderator) not to post if I can't back it up, have to be taken seriously. Taking a bit of umbrage at the situation, which I think is understandable, I answered that I would oblige him and give specifics if he wanted. I considered it quite bold for him to (a) take my post personally, and then (b) attack me personally. Especially since I had a clear memory of Moon Design sending such a take-down order. I left it up to him, wondering idly if upon reflection he'd apologize or something for over-reacting and getting personal. So, I was having a sleepless night (my mother-in-law just passed away, and I'm putting my wife on a plane for the funeral today). I got up, scanned my phone while I had a glass of water, and decided to do a quick search for the kind of online commentary I'd seen over the years (the requested “specifics”). I came across Soltakss' site pretty quickly, and posted the link about the Issaries policy days. Then I went back to more sleepless time in bed. I wasn't setting up a “straw man,” Rick. Do you really think I'd bother? Why? You thought I was provoking a fight? Against who? You took it there, not me. I wasn't making “veiled comments” or “hints,” or saying “I know secrets” (what I referred to, the history of fan materials being taken down, is hardly secret). C'mon, re-read my initial post, and then what you've posted! I was being civil and discrete in my initial post, didn't call anyone out, and you as much as call me a liar. When I'd seen that Moon Design take-down order. You imagined I (or anyone) wouldn't get indignant in such a situation? So yeah, if you say “I call you out; I dare you. Show your cards or shut up,” I'll react. At this point, I was posting any specifics about fan-based material disappearing from the web that I could scrounge up in a short time. Soltakss' comments on his site have been up for a long, long time. I wasn't trying to “score points” or “support positions against” whatever people he happens to like these days (because he certainly was upset back then); a man had just accused me of trying to scare people by making something up, assumedly because he thinks I'm seeking some sort of ego-gratification. Why I would think Soltakss would object to my quoting his public post that had been up for many years, I don't know. Happy to oblige you at this point though, sir. Why Soltakss posts that I shouldn't refer to him because he's just a “fanboy” or because I wouldn't mention something I'd heard at a gaming table, I don't know. Of course I would! A source is a source. But at that point I hadn't read the posts that were appearing in the thread; I was just having a glass of water and killing fifteen minutes by copy-pasting links. Also, whether the post was made eleven years ago is really irrelevant. Rick asked me to back up my statement that fan-based material has been ordered removed from the web. Again, I had accused no one, and only reacted to Rick's “dare.” It did happen. Point already proved: companies will ask people to take down fan materials. But if those companies don't hear about the materials, they won't have to come down. So be careful when posting in forums. That's all I said, and this is an example of why I said it. Rick, I “own what I said.” I have no clue what you mean by “self selecting reasons,” but I think I've explained my reasons pretty clearly at this point, no? So Jeff posts it's from eleven years ago, was Issaries not Moon Design or Chaosium. Not that I think that's particularly relevant to the specific statement of mine that was challenged. However, I still know that take-down letter from Moon Design is out there, and Jeff must know it too. So, bold statement on Jeff's part, too. Anyway, he says he “gutted” the Issaries policy. First I've heard of it, but sure, less restrictions on fan work = good, so if that's the case he gets points for that. And Soltakss posts, and he's very nice to all the companies, says nice things to them. Then seems to have taken offense to me. I don't really understand why. I did what Rick asked. Sorry I quoted a long public statement that the Soltakss of today doesn't want me to. OK then, won't do that again. Then Vile posts a friendly, calm commentary that I appreciate. As he acknowledges, what I said did happen, it happened to the fan bases of many different IP's, including Glorantha (which AGAIN I point out, I didn't even specifically bring into the mix – Rick took it there). Again, my point is supported, from my initial post that Rick took exception to. Perhaps further down in the thread, he (and Jeff) might acknowledge that, and that his response was inappropriately adversarial. Perhaps. So, a few hours go by, I try to sleep but only doze. I get up again, sit at the kitchen table and pick up my phone. Maybe I'll just browse the net for any more examples. Sheesh, can't believe he wants me to point this stuff out. Oh, here's Nick Brooke's site, and he makes a comment about the hate in response to “the 'official policy on fan publications', together with the website policy.” Let me copy that link. Poking around specifically for maps being pulled, I immediately come back to Soltakss' site and find what I had in mind, that take-down letter from Jeff Richards, at Moon Design, sent to order Soltakss to remove his map of Pavis. Exactly what I had been referring to. Copied that link out too, posted it quickly (again without reading the threads) and went back to bed. Now, sorry Soltakss. Again, I still hadn't read your reply asking that you not be quoted. So I won't paste the body of the take-down letter you received from Jeff. I haven't even re-read it since years ago, just pasted the link and went to bed. Perhaps this is the “one time” you refer to that you were asked to take something down, I don't know and you don't have to reply. But it IS the specific letter that I remembered reading years ago, that made me find Rick and Jeff's responses so “bold.” (Again, I was using a polite word. Would be nice to get credit for civility around here.) So point made. Not only do companies require fans to remove materials from the web, but it happened with the Moon Design team. Before the days of the SRD, the D&D folks were all over the web intimidating fans. Loz anticipated such problems with a certain little “unofficial” fan write-up that he asked go unnamed online. I've read accounts over the years from many different boards, and I'm not about to go through all that for the sake of argument. But it would be nice if I wasn't attacked for my initial bit of advice, and my statements or motivations questioned. And in reply to Joerg, no I'm certainly not new to Glorantha web presences. I read all that years ago. And again, that has no relevance to my statement. I find it inadvisable to bring up those kinds of topics in open forums, because I've seen what can happen. And I'd certainly like things to be civil. But I haven't crossed the line into incivility.

http://www.etyries.com/rants/hate.htm This hate is, of course, linked to the latest incarnation of the "official policy on fan publications", together with the website policy, Duck Point Press, the various Approval schemes, and other stiflers of creativity. http://www.soltakss.com/newpavis.html However, this map has now been taken down, following instructions from Moon Design...

http://www.soltakss.com/fanpol01.html OK, now I'm going to bed. "Now that Glorantha is on a high, Issaries seems to be turning its back on Fan-based publications and seems to want more official material. Since I know of at least 4 people who have stopped producing non-Issaries material, I can see the wealth of material we have had in the past not being carried forward in the future. What will happen in five years when Issaries shoots itself in the foot, as has happened consistently in the past of Glorantha? Where will the fan communty be? Who will carry Glorantha when that happens? Somehow, I think the answer will be: Nobody. The fan community has carried Glorantha too many times and this Fan Policy may well be the thing that kills off all support for Issaries and Glorantha. In my opinion, it is a mistake."