Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks

Not really about Wilderness Survival Skills but I am in the wilderness, I talk about skills and I survived

Blame Jason

A long overdue coda to the Eldritch Organ. Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus calls in with a blockbuster. Lets hope he's still talking to me after my response.

Call ins about my last episode on Skills have pushed me out of my comfy chair. Thanks Jason, Daniel, Safinho, and Spencer.

Inspired by Jason from Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (as hard to type as to say correctly), I delve deep into the Skill system of Call of Cthulhu. I also make a lot of attribution errors. Thanks to Che, Joe, Daniel, and a first timer for the call-ins.

In this episode I go into more detail on why I think Berlin The Wicked City is the best sourcebook I've ever seen. In the second half of the episode I am joined by most of my players from that campaign, Daniel from Bandit's Keep , Varin, Henry and Marko as we unpack the Bookstore Incident! 

No controversy here. Keep moving.

How we spend our time is an important question, both in and out of game. What counts as progress and should I keep releasing an episode or more a week of this podcast. All shall be revealed. Thanks to Goblin's Henchman and especially Daniel Norton for their contributions to the show. TJ's patreon can be found here And don't forget to check out Grizzly Peaks Radio for all our actual plays

Where is the line between reality and roleplaying? And is it OK to knee your friend right in the hit points? Some people have some opinions

What happens when a player vs player fight turns real. I dissect an incident that happened in our game last Saturday and examine the fallout. 

I was thinking of putting a deceptive episode description but then thought better of it - yes it's more ruminating on Eldritch Organ and improvised storytelling. 

What happens when there is tension at the table, does everyone feel the same thing, does a recording of the session give us any clues. Hopefully by the end of this episode you will have an answer - but probably not You can hear more from Safer and Spencer here Music and editing by TJ Check out our Actual Plays at Grizzly Peaks Radio

This really should be titled Eldritch Organ pt.9 but I thought that would put people off - I mean who in their right mind does a nine part series on a podcast for Cthuga's sake. Herein we touch on some delicate matters - such as tension at the table and people maybe (or maybe not) feeling unsatisfied at the end of a session. Great call ins from Goblins Henchman and Loco Ludus . Music as ever by th...

Our second Eldritch Organ actual play reaches parts that other AP's cannot reach. With the youngest clocking in at 62 this must be the oldest group of investigators to ever go face to face with the mythos. We all hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed playing it.  Starring: Barney as Orville Hammond (age 89) Safer as Rob Thornton  TJ  as Jasper Sherman Spencer as Percival Fl...

The end is in sight

The last episode seemed to hit a nerve (an optic nerve perhaps). Here's some interesting perspectives from Rob, Jason and Barney.

What happens when you take away player agency? What happens when you take away their sight.  Special thanks to TJ for his new version of our theme song "The Way Up"  Don't forget to check out Grizzly Peaks Radio for our actual plays

We finally move away from the Eldritch Organ and talk about more appropriate gaming topics - like civil disorder. What a day, what a day.

If you've been following the EO experiment over the last few weeks you'll know the outcome, now listen to the tapes. We hope you enjoy our first stumbling steps into improvisational mythos investigations. A group of Eternal Guardians are warp dropped near the Scottish border in Cumbria, England where some strange events are unraveling in Carlisle Cathedral Starring: Barney as GM Safer as Captain W...

Barney and Safer have a right old Barney. Whilst I dive for cover. More deep thoughts about our Eldritch experiments in Mystery Improv.

We did it. Ended the year on a promise. Barney from Loco Ludus and I ran two improvisational Mythos games, using two different rules systems. One - designed by Barney himself called the League of Eternal Guardians and the other Azathoth's Answer. Here we discuss the successes and failures of our respective games and look to the future of Eldritch Organ. Thanks to all the players that played. ...

One day to go until we run the inaugural EO improv game - and I'm nervy Loco Ludus is here TJ's patreon can be found here And don't forget to check out Grizzly Peaks Radio for all our actual plays

A hokey set up got under Daniel's skin and he gently gave me both barrels - it was a learning experience for me. You should definitely check out this episode of Bandit's Keep on YouTube to get the full story. Daniels podcast is here as well Find more game design theory from Loco Ludus and Goblin's Henchman   TJ's patreon can be found here   And don't forget to check out Grizzly Peaks Rad...

Continuing the series about Improvisational Cthulhu Mythos mysteries. We have had a great response to our proposed experiment. Comments, requests and caveats. Call-ins from Spencer , Paul StJohn Mackintosh, Edwin, Jason , Barney , Safer and George Johnson Jr

We continue to explore every nook and cranny of spontaneous mythos eruptions