Modern Mythos with Jon and Seth

In this episode, Jon and Seth are joined by Call of Cthulhu's Creative Director, Mike Mason! We talk about the new Arkham book, the further plans in the Miskatonic Valley line of books, Chaosium Con 2024, and the Basic Roleplay (BRP) Contest.   This episode was graciously sponsored by the creators of Northern Lights & Darkness compellation of modern day Call of Cthulhu scenarios set in Scandinavia...

A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time , by Ben Burns   Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore   Music composed by Jules La...

A T i m e f o r S a c r i f i c e campaign Chapter 1: E g g O u t o f T i m e , by B e n B u r n s   Cast: B r e t t B o o k o u t as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B . S a w y e r as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest D a v i d F o g e l as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante S e t h S k o r k o w s k y as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and J o...

I n this episode, Seth and Jon talk about werewolves and lycanthropes in your Call of Cthulhu game.   Episode Sponsor: Northern Lights & Darkness Northern Lights and Darkness is a collection of six modern-day Call of Cthulhu scenarios written by Scandinavian authors and taking place in each of the author's home countries. The settings include Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, offering...

A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time , by Ben Burns   Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore   Music composed by Jules La...

A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time , by Ben Burns   Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore   Music composed by Jules La...

Not sure how this episode was skipped, but here it is. Sorry for the mix-up. - Jon   A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time , by Ben Burns   Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq...

In this episode, Seth and Jon talk about introducing a new game to your table. Benefits of Playing different RPGs Learn fresh approaches (many you can port back into other RPGs) Change of pace.   Why change games? Fatigue - Both players and GMs can tire of a system or genre Cult of the New (New editions, new genre, new approach to what you already enjoy (CoC, Delta Green, Trail of Cthulhu, etc.) R...

A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time , by Ben Burns   Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore   Music composed by Jules La...

A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time , by Ben Burns   Cast:  Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney   and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore   Music composed by  Jule...

  A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time , by Ben Burns   Cast:  Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore   Music composed by Jules...

Happy New Year - 2024!   Join Jon and Seth as they welcome their guest, Justin Alexander -- an author, game designer, and creator of The Alexandrian blogsite: https://thealexandrian.net/ . Listen in as they talk to Justin about his bestselling book and his love of games.    Justin wrote the bestselling "So You Want to be a Gamemaster", published by Page Street Publishing.  https://www.amazon.com/Y...

As 2023 draws to a close Jon and Seth talk about the things they're reading, watching, and playing as inspirations for future creative endeavors.   Jon's Reading:  Dracula, Bram Stoker - audio book The Hollow Kind, Andy Davidson - Kindle I Am Legend, Richard Matheson - paperback Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros - hardback (about to start) Seth's Reading: Finished Ben Aaronovich - Rivers of London 1-9 R...

Jon and Seth welcome back the Creative Director for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu line, Mike Mason! In this episode, we talk about the soon-to-be released Arkham book and how it's the first in the new Arkham Unveiled series of books.   Mike also tells us about the new podcast he and Paul Fricker are creating, Mason and Fricker's Eldritch Stories: http://www.eldritchstories.com  Please be sure to sign...

In this episode, Seth and Jon are joined by one of our Patreon members, Martin Heuschober to talk about Kult: Divinity Lost.   Martin recently ran Seth and Jon through a short Kult scenario that he designed. The game was fully completed in just a single session, but it was filled with some very cool decisions and consequences. Unfortunately, Jon forgot to record the game, so it only lives in the p...

We are joined by one of the original Shadow Handlers of Delta Green himself, Scott Glancy!   In this interview we discuss his introduction into gaming in general, and specifically how he joined the Pagan Publishing crew at the dawn of Delta Green. Scott shares his tips and tricks for running a Delta Green game and shares with us his amazing take on the dream god, Nodens. You won't want to miss tha...

Jon and Seth are joined by Alex Guillotte and James Droucker to talk about their new book coming out, Grindhouse vol.4! Like the other previous Grindhouse books, this is a gritty Call of Cthulhu double-feature. Grindhouse vol.4 contains... Nazi Bikers Must Die! - by James Droucher Cold as Hell - by Alex Guillotte   Alex and James are great guests and a whole lot of fun to talk to. We hope you enjo...

Two classic Chaosium publications, Blood Brothers and Blood Brothers 2 , each include Gothic monsters as those books were designed to emulate the kind of stories seen in movies featuring those beasties.  Oath of Blood (BB1) - features vampires The Haunting - Walter Corbitt was essentially a vampire or at least vampire-like    Vampire Lore is an example of Lore Specialization skill in CoC (starts a...

The Great Race of Yith Created in "The Shadow Out of Time," published in the June 1936 issue of Astounding Stories. (87 years ago) Early History:  Original home planet: Yith Escaped the planet by mind-swapping with a race of conical-shaped beings that ruled Earth 200 million years ago (co-existed with dinosaurs) 206 mya - 248 mya Triassic Period earliest evolution of dinosaurs and small mammals  W...

In this episode, we're again joined by actor and director Drew Shirley to discuss old school dungeon crawling and modern Cthulhu gaming.   O l d S c h o o l D u n g e o n C r a w l i n g i s N e w A g a i n Question…? ● What is up with the old school "scene", and its indy success? Favorite old school systems and why? ● What are the parallels between this old school style of play and Call of Cthulh...

In this (belated) episode, Seth and Jon talk with author Ruthanna Emrys. We discuss her Innsmouth Legacy series, Winter Tide, Deep Roots, and The Litany of Earth. It was a great conversation with a wide range of topics and inspirations.   Lovecraft Reread: h t t p s : / / w w w . t o r . c o m / s e r i e s / t h e - l o v e c r a f t - r e r e a d /   Reading the Weird: h t t p s : / / w w w . t...

In this episode, Jon & Seth talk about Deep Ones!   H. P. Lovecraft first introduced the Deep Ones in Shadow Over Innsmouth . Recently published CoC scenarios that include Deep Ones: Angel's Thirst, Waiting for the Hurricane (Pulp Cthulhu), Mother's Love (by Seth Skorkowsky), Flotsam & Jetsam campaign Previously published CoC scenarios that include Deep Ones, courtesy of Sentinel Hill Press site:...

COMBAT: Initiative: Descending DEX order Tied DEX values are broken by relevant Combat Skill (descending) Action: One main action Time is flexible for the situation, as governed by the Keeper, but it's typically just a few seconds… 3-5 seconds Movement can be included in the action, but only if the movement and action can be reasonably executed within the 3-5 second timeframe Types of Actions: Att...

In this episode, Jon and Seth discuss the fallout from Hasbro's December 2022 fireside chat with their shareholders. This entire conversation is speculative, so please take it with a grain of salt. For all we know, nothing detrimental will come from this, and at worst Jon and Seth sound like old men yelling at clouds. Only time will tell for sure.   The gents also discuss ghouls and how you might...

In this episode, Jon and Seth discuss the fallout from Hasbro's December 2022 fireside chat with their shareholders. This entire conversation is speculative, so please take it with a grain of salt. For all we know, nothing detrimental will come from this, and at worst Jon and Seth sound like old men yelling at clouds. Only time will tell for sure.   The gents also discuss ghouls and how you might...