Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks

Never mind the quantity - feel the length. Three interesting responses to Barney and my speculations on Improv Cthulhu games that we are planning

Barney from Loco Ludus and I finally address the Shoggoth in the room. Can you run Improvisational Cthulhu Investigations. Spoiler - yes you can and here's how we are going to do it

I finally get back to series three and talk about the crazy month of November - and finally finish talking about preparing Masks and what horrible things have happened in Kenya so far.

After my first episodes of the Preparing for Epic series Mike got in contact and gave me a bit of a telling off (very gentle don't worry) about my assertion that you need to do a lot of extra preparation beyond the campaign book to run Masks well. I thought what better way to address the issue than to invite him on to the show. For those of you that don't know, Mike is the Creative Director of Cal...

How do you prepare for heavily plotted campaign. How do you live a parallel life in a parallel world.

We continue our deep dive into preparing for epic campaigns. In today's episode we look at the structure of Masks of Nyarlathotep and how this helps you prepare for the world spanning hugeness of it all. Thanks to Daniel and Jason for their calls 

Collecting some thoughts on prepping for Epic campaigns - I need a long run up for this one

A question was asked a little while ago in a call in - which I studiously ignored. The reason being that to answer to would have taken not just one, but probably a whole lot of episodes. So here's my first attempt to answer - how do you prepare for an epic campaign. There's also an epic message from one of my epic players in my epic campaign.

The debate about planning versus improv finally goes up its own fundament

Who knew a bloody dress could lead to so many voices raised in anger

Herein Nate and I discuss topical issues such as Seinfeld and Post Structuralism, oh and the President of the United States. And don't forget to check out Grizzly Peaks Radio for all our actual plays

A fireside chat with Actor, Gamer and Bon Vivant, the incomparable Nate Gilton. This episode was first broadcast on Nate's fairly average podcast " I'm right. Your welcome " you may want to check it out just to understand what on earth this is all about.

Seems like everyone has a word or two to say about the bloody dress and whether or not I am a good GM. A fusillade of call ins from Jason, Barney, Daniel, Che and Safer. Thanks to you all you are all super. https://anchor.fm/rpgrescue https://anchor.fm/sfc-saferfantasycrafting https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton https://anchor.fm/jason376 https://anchor.fm/loco-ludus And don't forget to check out Griz...

In this episode I finally face the music. I speak to Ciara from my Call of Cthulhu campaign to discuss how I committed one of the worst sins a GM can commit - taking away player agency. 

We take a road trip into the burning California wastelands 

What would my 11-year self tell me about where I am going wrong

We continue to talk about the problems in my Masks of Nyarlathotep campaign and how we are going to make it through to the other side. Content warning - there is a pretty strong and bloody clip from the AP of Masks - but it's worth listening to. Thanks to Karl, Jason, Rob and Safer for the calls.

What does it take to keep a game together - what does it take to keep a relationship together.

Can we play without fear, is death inevitable

You don't play DnD to go to college, you go to college to play DnD

We are all self facilitating media nodes now. Thanks for the continued discussion about derailment from Barney, Jason and Spencer. You are all my partners in thought crime.

Another provocative message from Barney of Loco Ludus podcast has prompted me to stop dithering and launch Season 3. Here he takes me over his knee and gives me a good spanking, because I have been a bad boy. Or at least a bad GM.

Wherein we discuss the correct way to pronounce Dunwich and emerge smiling from the apocalypse. Thanks for all the call ins, and thanks especially to Barney, Colin, Spencer and Scott for humouring me in the first session of the Watchers at Walberswick.

Waking up to find that you are in Carcosa is a weird feeling. It's actually the 9th of September not the 10th, but you can excuse my confusion. Here's a lot of wonderful and weird call ins from my RPGaDay run. See you in Season 3

Rinse and repeat