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During this episode we spent time taking a deep-dive into the game Call of Cthulhu and other Lovecraftian topics in an effort to shed some light on a great game where goblins are not your primary prey from levels one to five. In addition we discussed Facebook-style games, impressions on recent video games including Diablo 3, Max Payne 3, and Game of Thrones, the new and improved Beavis and Butthead show, High-Speed Photography, and how life is like a box of chocolates.
Our hosts today included Jim, Nick, Darrin, Josh, and Alan.
What has everyone been up to?
- Darrin installs an AC vent without the proper tools
- Josh searching for a new car
- Taking a poop and getting paid for it
- Beavis and Butthead in the days of Reality TV
- Nick is attempting to deal with Taxes while living in Mongolia but technically being a U.S. citizen
- Facebook founder renouncing citizenship
- Facebook’s Opening price and the plummet
- Jim’s link goes to Facebook
- Marvel Avengers Alliance on Facebook
- Facebook game mechanics – time or money – take your pick
- Ninja Wars
- The Eclipse – none of us were able to see it
- Mongolia flat tax – 10%
- Game of Thrones Games – not very good
- Max Payne 3 – Jim enjoying it
- Invisible Walls
- Castle Ravenloft D&D Game
- D&D Dragon Dice
- Jim heading to Seattle – driving back to Alaska, looking for someone to drive with
- Confronting Alan about not playing guitar as an intro this week
- Game of thrones the show – the intro changes each week to represent the covered lands
- Simpsons parody of Game of Thrones intro
- Scrabble tournament where you can buy cheats
- United way bowling – buy pins
- Charity Illuminati Tournament – $100 for getting frustrated and stomping away from the table – A great way to get donations and lose friends at the same time
- Taxation for Plunder
- Diablo 3 – No Spoilers, Cash Auction House, Armory
- Chain of sex shops in france – free dildo for anyone who lost their SO to Diablo 3
- Starcraft 2 – Nick got to watch a Starcraft tournament on the airline flying from Korea back to the U.S.
- Oatmeal Cartoon about the difference between North and South Korea
- High-speed Photography - HiViz Triggers + Cheap Flashes
Call of Cthulhu (CoC) Main Topic – 35 Minutes In
- Dark Ages, Invictus, 20′s, 1890′s, Modern
- Chaosium
- BRP Gaming System
- Percentile-based system
- Insert CoC jokes here
- Mansions of Madness
- Arkham Horror
- Stephen King’s world
- Essentials: Main rulebook, settings books for your desired era
- Setting the game apart from standard fantasy RPG’s
- Sex in Gaming – how much is too much?
- Noir/Mystery Aspects of the game
- Focus on non-combat skills rather than battle-readiness – Chemistry, Astronomy, Book learning, Library
- Monsters are powerful, humans are not
- Grace under Pressure
- The game is heavy on props
- Trail of Cthulhu - Uses the Gumshoe system – Built for Noir gaming stories, then applied to the Lovecraft world
- Dealing with situations where humanity is doomed due to a failed die roll
- Knights of the dinner table – Teacher Game Master
- In the 20′s, everyone wants a Tommy Gun
- Cthulhu - The great one who sleeps under the sea who will one day destroy mankind
- Reading about Lovecraft Recommendations: Call of Cthuhlu, Shadow over Innsmouth, At the Mountains of Madness
- Minimum Acquisition list for playing: Main rulebook, Investigators Companions, Settings book for the era you want to play in
- Classes – More like real life than a normal game.
- Reference Materials such as old Sears catalogs are useful
- Yog Sothoth
- A few minis/something to diagram with is handy
- Zombies!!! is a useful mega-mini resource
- Darkest of the Hillside Thickets – Lovecraft Themed Music
- Midnight Syndicate
- Byakhee Character generator – CoC
- Delta Green – The X-Files if their bosses actually believed them to some degree
- Jim Volunteers to run CoC for anyone!
- Jim is looking for people to play Beyond the Mountains of Madness CoC Campaign. Contact him (jim at this website.com) if you are interested in participating.
Strawberry High-Speed
Balloon being popped, captured with high-speed trigger setup.
Pre-Defcon 2000 Nick, Lee, Josh, Ken, Alan
Nick @ Defcon 2000
Alan @ Defcon 2000
Josh @ Defcon 2000
Nick, Josh, Alan, Lee, and Darrin @ Darrin's Wedding Post Defcon 2000
