davewire

I was gonna get the 2nd edition of this from Amazon when I saw the price was low but now I’m glad I held off. I don’t know how many volumes you plan on or if you have them all planned out yet, but if you plan on releasing two of the original adventures updated alongside new content with each volume, I suspect it’s three. If you haven’t completely planned out the future volumes yet, might I make a suggestion/request to have “The Westchester House” updated for 7th edition added to this series? I’d love to see that one get the 7th edition treatment and if any classic module deserves to be part of the “Mansions of Madness” it’s that one.

Something else I’ve been pondering: I don’t know much about Pelgrane Press’ GUMSHOE system but I’m certain I’ve seen 3rd party modules that listed both Call of Cthulhu and GUMSHOE as interchangeable game systems. I also have heard that their “Trail of Cthulhu” game is a licensed modification to Chaosium’s CoC made for their GUMSHOE rules. This leads me to wonder if their game “The Yellow King” and the Trail or Cthulhu module “The Repairer of Reputations” can be adapted (with some ease at least) to CoC. Again, I’ve never played either of these nor have I even read or played the GUMSHOE rules, but I’m curious enough to look into it. The one major caveat I’ve found in my brief overview is that the GUMSHOE system requires that the GM always allows the player to find clues provided that they use the prerequisite skill whereas in CoC, this is not always the case as players can fail a roll. However, I think if, with a pushed roll, a player still fails, then they find a clue but suffer a complication.

Just one more I made.

Well, John Wick of 7th Sea fame, but I can understand the confusion. Also, that’s exactly how my plans to use “A Night at the Opera” initially came about. My brother had made an offhand comment about “The Phantom of the Opera” and it got me thinking of a Hastur cultist in a pallid mask terrorizing a theatre and forcing the actors to put on an operatic rendition of “The King in Yellow” to call Hastur from the stars as Aldebaran burns brighter and brighter up above.

I know there are plenty of people who hate the idea of using miniatures for CoC but for those who do, or just love the idea of cool minis, HeroForge updated their website with the beta for their color minis after their successful Kickstarter earlier this year. It’s easy to use, fun to play with, and they look fantastic. The color minis aren’t available for purchase yet (or rather you can preorder them) but if you want uncolored minis to paint yourself, they’re really nice. I’ve been playing with the program all night and I had quite a bit of fun designing these mythos themed figures so I thought I’d share. EDIT: Sorry, quick update. I meant to say that the beta is open for those who backed the Kickstarter. Still, if you like to paint your own minis, you can still make some fantastic ones.

I’ve also been wanting to run something with the King in Yellow. Two Chaosium books I know of focused specifically on Hastur are the aforementioned Ripples from Carcosa as well as Tatters of the King. The latter is a 6th edition book so you’ll have to do some conversions. smithh65 also mentioned “Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?” The updated version in Tales from the Crescent City isn’t on DriveThruRPG but the original version from The Great Old Ones, a series of modules for 4th edition, is. However, if you just want to get a copy of Tales through DTRPG for a digital copy to make handouts, you can always go to Golden Goblin Press’s website. They have digital and hard copies. Another book on DTRPG is John Wick’s Curse of the Yellow Sign. Personally, I’ve been toying with the idea of retooling “A Night at the Opera” from Tales from the Sleepless City into a Hastur story, swapping the opera house for a theatre, switching “Massa di Requiem per Shuggay” for “The King in Yellow”, and Azathoth for Hastur. Unfortunately that collection isn’t on DTRPG either. Golden Goblin Press’ Tales of the Crescent City https://www.goldengoblinpress.com/store/#!/Tales-of-the-Crescent-City-Adventures-in-Jazz-Era-New-Orleans-Digital-Download/p/37692597/category=6641143

I came looking to see if Chaosium had any plans to make a new Dreamlands sourcebook. It’s probably my single greatest request to see a new one made because the original two are so long out of print and hard to find. The Dreamlands are my favorite part of the mythos so I was just hoping for an update on this. Also, just finished reading through my hard copy of Gateways this morning. I’m hoping I can convince some friends to play a game over Zoom some time soon.