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On 1/17/2020 at 9:45 PM, MOB said:

Friday Jan 18, 2020: On the eve of Arcanacon, Call of Cthulhu's Reign of Terror wins the inaugural Australian Roleplaying Industry Award for BEST SCENARIO.

Congratulations to Australian Call of Cthulhu authors Mark Morrison, Penelope Love, Darren Watson, and Chaosium's own Jamie Coquillat. And all the creative team behind this book!

The Australian Roleplaying Industry Awards (ARPIA) "recognise and encourage Australian involvement in the role-playing industry". Awards presented include Game of the Year, Best Artwork, Best Scenario, Best Rule System, Best Cartography, Best Electronic Product (Best Aid or Accessory – Digital), Best PDF only Product.

Chaosium vice president Michael O'Brien, who gave the keynote address at the awards ceremony in Melbourne, Australia on Friday evening said:

"It was a pleasure and an honour to give the keynote speech at the inaugural Australian Roleplaying Industry Awards tonight. As I said in my address, the ARPIA awards are a further recognition of the depth and richness of the Australian RPG scene and its contribution to the industry on the world stage. It’s a great community to be part of – so rich, so diverse, so creative, and so welcoming. Last year RPG designer and publisher Sarah Newton was the guest speaker at the inaugural ARPIA meeting announcing the awards, having just flown in from her home in France. Something Sarah said in her speech sticks with me: although she was from a long, long way away and meeting people for the first time, she said she quickly knew everyone there shared something special - being part of the RPG tribe. The ARPIA awards are a recognition and celebration of many of the wonderful things being created by the Australian branch of that tribe, to be shared with the booming RPG community around the world."

Wow! I've only heard negative things about this scenario, even on this forum... Do you guys recommend it higher or lower than Berlin?

Looks pretty cool!

Also, how does it work?

16 hours ago, EricW said:

David Brin wrote a story "Thor Meets Captain America", an alternate history in which the NAZIs were saved from final defeat by the sudden appearance of the Norse Gods, all of whom side with the suddenly re-invigorated Axis powers, except Loki who betrays his fellow gods and joins the Allies.

The story focuses on Captain Chris Turing, who leads a suicidal attack on Valhalla, and his personal quest to understand the mystery of how and why the Gods appeared. In his final moment Chris understands the awful secret of the gods, why Loki never told them, and why his friends must never learn the secret.

Very well written - although the allies had nuclear weapons in this alternate reality and the NAZIs didn't, Loki counselled them not to use the weapons, because the power of the Norse gods would have increased in the resulting nuclear winter.

The story could make an interesting template for an unusual CoC scenario.

Sounds as backwards as a Tim Burton film... I love it!

9 hours ago, Stormkhan Cogg of Pavis said:

Just "discovered" this thread.

While I love most of HPL's work, my top three favourites are The Shunned House, The Haunter of The Dark and The Lurking Fear.

The first because it shows how much research can be done  - and in fact should be done - before an investigation. The second because the horror is implied rather than shown. Finally, the third is a grand introduction to the world of a CoC Investigator.

Welcome to the discussion!

I recently started looking into the live-action RPG system Call of Cthulhu LIVE, is it good? Well-written? Worth the price, work, or time?

On 12/31/2019 at 1:22 AM, EricW said:

Masters of Horror did an excellent take on Dreams in the Witch House.

 

Thank you EricW  for sharing! I loved this, do these creators have other, similar, creations?

Once more "At the Mountains of Madness" is the story controlling the top spot!

Welcome back! I recently started playing CoC, and it rapidly became my favorite game, and BRP became my favorite system (I transferred over from D&D 5ed).

Neil Pert was an inspiration, as well as one of the greatest drum gods of all time. He will be sorely missed, for his work was closer to the heart.

Well, it all has come down to this. Neck to neck as they approach the goal is "At the Mountains of Madness" and "The Shadow Out of Time"

Vote now to discover the truth...

Can't wait to watch, really enjoyed their last video!

Loved it! Great inspiration.

8 hours ago, Old Man Henerson said:

In the book I am writing, the cultists are very militaristic, much like Cobra. I think it comes from my days of playing Command & Conquer with Kane and the Brotherhood of Nod. Someone like Kane makes a good analog for my Nyarlathotep stand in.

My favorite kids show about terrorists descended from alien snakes who love shouting at each other to retreat, much like my second favorite kids show about terrorist "robot" aliens just trying to return home who also love shouting at each other to RETREAT! 

At the Mountains of Madness is now number 1!

35 minutes ago, Joe Kenobi said:

That surprises me, too. Among the major canon, The Shadow Out of Time is among my least favorites. It's easy for the reader to get ahead of the narrator in terms of knowing what it's going on, and I find the themes it covers better handled in At the Mountains of Madness or in The Whisperer in Darkness. (Incidentally, those two are my two favorites.)

I'm also a bit surprised The Colour Out of Space isn't doing better. I think of that one as widely highly regarded, though perhaps it's simply not many people's overall favorite.

Yeah, color out of space would be my pick for most original, at least to me. When I read that story, I was mainly thinking WTF the whole time. Also, Whisper in the Darkness' atmosphere is the most compelling (in my opinion) of his work. 

16 minutes ago, rsanford said:

Your right but you are getting dangerously near politics. There are a lot of people (not me) that believe that separation of church and state is a righful law in the US.

I know. If you wish to discuss it further, reach out to me as I love talking about this stuff, but I feel this forum is not the place for that. As I said, I respect all opinions and will leave it at that.

Well, I love the game. I'm likely going to purchase the core books and mix systems. Thank you for all your assistance!!

Fingers crossed...

WOW! 

The Shadow Out of Time is number one on the charts right now!

6 hours ago, Darius West said:

Try being an atheist some day. Consider your actions.  You do realise that atheists are murdered for "apostacy" with alarming frequency in Muslim countries I hope.  So too in the west, I see the separation of Church and state continuously eroded by religious fanatics who forget that they don't have a monopoly on the truth, and yet claim to speak for a god, while not even understanding the basic science that a real god would have to know.

I completely understand. The current state of the world is screwed up pretty bad. However, separation of church and state is a invasion of the right to "free speech" and was never part of the constitution...

My philosophy? Let people live as they want, if it doesn't effect me, I don't care. 

7 hours ago, Darius West said:

It is widely accepted in literary circles that "At the Mountains of Madness" is Lovecraft's most original piece of writing.  Not only does it provide the most context for the whole C'thulhu Mythos, but it is also the very first novel to ever introduce Geological Time as a major literary theme.  On the other hand, the question the survey asked was which story I enjoyed the most, and that is unequivocally "The Whisperer in Darkness".  I love the rural isolation, the embarrassment over buying more guard dogs, the whole alien quasi-abduction theme, the folkloric hints, and the unfolding of the alien plot.  I also voted for Smith, because while Lovecraft is more original, Smith is more poetic, has plenty of great ideas, and is eminently more readable, and doesn't get enough credit for his impact on the Mythos.  Smith is a master of the weird tale, and people treat him as a footnote to Lovecraft when he deserves better imo.

I personally didn't love "At the Mountains of Madness" (mainly because of the main character and his writing style), but I also have heard that it's super important to his mythos. I have never read Smith's writing, so I can't really comment on his work. I voted for Charles Dexter Ward because of its amazing storytelling and the fact that it is a complete story which actually has an ending, however, some other personal favorites include The Whisperer in Darkness and Reanimator.

As of now, the case of Charles Dexter Ward and the Shadow Over Innsmouth are tied for first. Vote for your favorite Lovecraft story to discover the truth!

Why do I keep seeing this? People talking about a war in heaven where the good Elder Gods fought and defeated the evil elementals called the Great Old Ones, is this a cannon idea? 

I certainly read nothing of the kind in any of Lovecraft's work...

Sounds great!