MOB Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 In #thegreatpicture, two investigators go to see an old, dear friend. Messages: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 In #thegreatpicture fears are made true. Meeting 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 the great picture unites two souls with a shared goal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 the great picture: once you start looking for it, there's no turning back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 (edited) the great picture contains terrors unimaginable... "One man dropped dead within moments, and people fled. Wells didn’t even remember what the photos were of." Edited August 4, 2017 by MOB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 In pursuit of #thegreatpicture, not even dreams are a refuge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 the great picture: "Much like the Wells description of the exhibition, it was on one wall, covered by a curtain." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 Injured and on the run, Cate and Peter have finally seen #thegreatpicture. Things are far from over. #callofcthulhu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 Friendship or #thegreatpicture: which comes first? Only the shadows know how much time they have left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 If they could face it together, they would. But this time, they have to go it alone. #thegreatpicture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 #thegreatpicture is nearly complete. Tonight, Cate and Peter's story comes to a close as the Eclipse approaches. Soon, their vision will be ready for the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warthur Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Hrm. OK, so I've just seen the blog post on Chaosium.com and I see that this process was a teaser for the new Masks of Nyarlathotep cover art reveal. Which is, admittedly, a really cool bit of art... but I feel like I have to gripe a little. I got really into #thegreatpicture and was very excited about it because all of the teasers were set in the modern day, and I greatly prefer the modern day as a setting for CoC - to my mind the sort of emotional separation and distance you get when playing a distant time period is exactly what you don't want in a horror game. Precisely because all the teasers were modern-day stuff, I was all excited for some sort of interesting modern-day product being announced, so discovering that it's a reprinted 1920s campaign feels really deflating. Possibly the fault is mine - I did, after all, jump to conclusions. But I'd argue that it was an entirely fair conclusion to jump to given the format of the teasers - an entirely logical conclusion from the information given. (It's possible that I could have picked up more hints from the teasers to suggest that this was Masks, but it's been long enough since I ran it that I don't remember a lot of the fine details.) So I guess I have a little request: please, Chaosium, the next time you do one of these teaser campaigns, try to present them in a way appropriate to the milieu of the product they're teasing - it helps with managing expectations and stopping people getting keen for something which isn't actually getting delivered. (Caveat: I'm probably part of the minority that really doesn't like Masks of Nyarlathotep as a campaign - I dislike globetrotting campaigns generally because I don't think they are true to much of the source material short of Derleth's Trail of Cthulhu, a novel I profoundly dislike, and I feel like Masks steers slightly too hard into a "heroic Westerners save the world from evil foreigners" mode which sits especially uncomfortably with the 1920s late Colonialism setting. It is possible that some of my grump comes from disappointment there. But still.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 (edited) On the other hand, I really liked this little Easter Egg hunt, and seeing cover art for the new MoN was just icing on the cake. Having it era-specific may have been better, but it was intriguing in any case. As far as the flavour for MoN, I really like the whole rollicking adventure investigation flavour it has going, I think it will work well if especially tailored for the Pulp Cthulhu rules. Horses for courses I guess Edited August 22, 2017 by Mankcam 1 Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warthur Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Yeah, Pulp Cthulhu isn't my personal jam, but I can 100% see how it would fit the style of Mask perfectly, and if the new version includes suitable support for using it with Pulp Cthulhu then that makes it decidedly worth the update for those who like Masks and/or Pulp. I don't resent the existence of the product and think it's a sensible move, I'm just disappointed that Cate and Pete's story got me set up for something that it wasn't about. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike M Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Warthur said: Yeah, Pulp Cthulhu isn't my personal jam, but I can 100% see how it would fit the style of Mask perfectly, and if the new version includes suitable support for using it with Pulp Cthulhu then that makes it decidedly worth the update for those who like Masks and/or Pulp. I don't resent the existence of the product and think it's a sensible move, I'm just disappointed that Cate and Pete's story got me set up for something that it wasn't about. Warthur Understand your feedback - many thanks for sharing this. It does, of course, illustrate the dire need for a great modern-day campaign - something we will have to fix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Now that is a good outcome for all involved !!! Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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