MOB Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?493068-The-Even-Stranger-Truths-Behind-Stranger-Things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Personally I think the whole thing is CoC based, dimensional portals, people losing their sanity mysterious disappearances. It's clear to me but my D&D based friend says the monster is a MindFlayer from the Monster Manual, which is clearly Lovecraftian in its concept anyway. Either way HPL is all over Stranger Things. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius West Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 I thought the creature was a bit like a gug. But just around the head, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painterz Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 My vote is for Dimensional Shambler. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 Stranger Things Season 2 Monster Was Inspired By H.P. Lovecraft (Of course, it was obvious in season one the kids were actually in a Call of Cthulhu scenario, despite the 80's retro-D&D vibe...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvincent Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 On 9/4/2016 at 5:39 AM, Darius West said: I thought the creature was a bit like a gug. Agreed. It looked a *lot* like the gug miniature from Pathfinder Battles: Shattered Star (but the lack of extra arms indicated it wasn't truly an HPL gug). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHistorian Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I immediately thought gug as well. That's the most similar. 1 Quote 44/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klecser Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Or an homage to Nyarlathotep? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius West Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 It is looking a bit more Bloody Tongue-esque. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hooded Claw Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I would go further. Given the Duffer Brothers' love of role playing, their inclusion of D&D as an ongoing plot device in the series, and their mention of Lovecraft, there is no conceivable way that Chaosium's Call Of Cthulhu game itself wasn't THE major influence on Stranger Things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvincent Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 8 hours ago, Darius West said: It is looking a bit more Bloody Tongue-esque. I agree: the new season two monster certainly resembles Nyarlathotep's Bloody Tongue aspect (and definitely has the feel of a giant, Great Old One style monster) For clarity though: the original post was talking about the season one monster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 On 21/11/2017 at 3:58 AM, Addison said: I would go further. Given the Duffer Brothers' love of role playing, their inclusion of D&D as an ongoing plot device in the series, and their mention of Lovecraft, there is no conceivable way that Chaosium's Call Of Cthulhu game itself wasn't THE major influence on Stranger Things. Tabletop Tribe rightly lists CALL OF CTHULHU as one of games the Stranger Things Kids might have played back in the 80's—along with Talisman and Axis and Allies(!), among others. But watching the show, regardless of what they're playing, it's clear those kids are in a Call of Cthulhu scenario... https://www.tabletoptribe.com/games-stranger-things-kids-play-dnd/ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 SPOILER: suspect it will turn out the Stranger Things kids have been in a CALL OF CTHULHU campaign all along... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klecser Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Season 3 felt especialy like a CoC investigation to me. I loved it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnage_lee Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 The 'Mind Flayer' in season 3 was a SHOGGOTH! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud64 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Careful, some of us haven’t watched it yet. I shall stay away from this thread till I have, just in case. Not having a moan, just a gentle reminder that there’s spoiler tags. My answer to the thread title is, of course! From the beginning the show was clearly a Call scenario. Sadly the D&D mob have claimed it, even producing a new starter set which, frankly, looks a bit poor. Given the makers have licensed for D&D, might they be interested in licensing to Chaosium? A Stranger Things Call of Cthulhu starter set could bring the game a lot of new attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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