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Avoiding Total Party Kill (TPK)

What is Total Party Kill? Total Party Kill is something you may have to contend to when you play Call of Cthulhu. One ill considered confrontation with one monster is...

The Perils of Long Campaigns

So I've been playing Eternal Lies, the long term so-called mega campaign from Pelgrane Press. We've actually been recording it, I'm not sure when or if it will be released,...

Sandy Petersen, Greg Stafford, and Chaosium

Well, Greg Stafford and Sandy Petersen return to Chaosium, pretty big news. If you're like me, you may not have realized that the new edition of Call of Cthulhu 7th...

Call of Cthulhu Quick-Start rules Video Tutorials

Paul Fricker, of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias and co-author of the Call of Cthulhu 7th edition podcast has created a series of video tutorials on Call of Cthulhu...

No Clues Without Consequence, GUMSHOE, and Eter...

I've been reading Will Hindmarch's excellent analysis of the GUMSHOE system, No Clues Without Consequence. GUMSHOE is an interesting thing, because even though my players and I tend to favor...

Playing Vampire the Masquerade for the First Time

My gaming group has just started a game of Vampire: The Masquerade. Although I was disinterested for many years in the setting (too cool, I guess), I've since realized that...