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"This property faces certain real estate challenges.  I would rather list it than love it." "Well...um...I am suddenly of the opinion that this place is haunted." We take on the classic introductory scenario to Call of Cthulhu the only way we know how...shambolically.

Ruh Roh Cave AKA shotungmanx 300% flat tire skull & crossbones.    It's guns-a-blazin against future sonic terminator dudes and evil bowling balls in the conclusion of our second Towson mystery in Evil Hat's "Monster of the Week".   Using the 2015 Revised Edition rules, written by Michael Sands & Steve Hickey   Published by and available from Evil Hat Productions https:...

"I'll pull out an infinite number of handkerchiefs to help wipe her face down".   Our intrepid investigators are called back to Arkham to attend to an old dying friend.  Along the way they pick up a stranded stage magician.  What can possibly go wrong?  The answer is, of course, everything...   As always, expect mistakes-a-plenty, profanity, stumbles, mumbles, and monsters...

"No, cats!  No!  I'm typing!"   Things take a bizarre and violent turn in the second part of our continuing play of Evil Hat's "Monster of the Week".   Using the 2015 Revised Edition rules, written by Michael Sands & Steve Hickey   Published by and available from Evil Hat Productions https://www.evilhat.com/home/monster-of-the-week/

"You know cloven-hoofed boots went out of fashion decades ago?"   We're off to glorious Michigan for a short Call of Cthulhu intro scenario.     As always, expect mistakes-a-plenty, profanity, stumbles, mumbles, and monsters.   Using 7th edition Call of Cthulhu rules by Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis & Mike Mason, and the scenario "Paper Chase" by John Sullivan & Mike...

"This is not my beautiful Towson!"   Time loops?  A sinister cult?  An ancient civilization of cave dwellers?  A humdinger of a lightning storm?  Gravy with everything?   We're back in the hills of southern Ohio in the first of a three-part tale from Evil Hat's Monster of the Week.   Using the 2015 Revised Edition rules, written by Michael Sands & Steve Hicke...

Lordy, lummy!  It's the mummy!   Murderously cursed deeds are run amok in the  college town of Towson, Ohio.   Cultists.  Crooked cops.  Several thrilling pursuits.  And a monster that just won't get back in its box.   The thrilling conclusion to our first sojourn in Evil Hat's Monster of the Week.   Using the 2015 Revised Edition rules, written by Mich...

What misadventures will a ruthless "Forestry Dept." agent, a hired assassin laying low, a drifter with some dubious magazine subscriptions, a guy who might be an angel, and a thousand year old Irish goat get into?   Strange things are afoot in the sleepy college town of Towson, Ohio, so let's find out in part 1 of a MotW two-parter. Using the 2015 Revised Edition rules, written by Michael San...

The thrilling, inexorable conclusion of our little jaunt to the island of Al Amarja.   The heist!  Ultraviolence!  Some very weird science!  The Over the Edge "bullshit" clicks into place!  Fights, fights, more fights, and an unusual amount of penis-driven innuendo (probably from all of the fight-induced testosterone).   Using 3rd edition rules by Jonathan Tweet and C...

"Is there any reason to believe we are in danger?  Please say yes"    We journey back to the Valley of the Kings, Egypt in 1924 for a short CoC intro scenario.    As always, expect mistakes-a-plenty, a lot of profanity, stumbles, and some very bad acting.   98 minutes of pure terror, punctuated by bouts of quiet typing.  Using 7th edition Call of Cthulhu rules by...

Kidnapping!  Intrigue!  Fascists!  Energy Vampires!  A maze a third the size of Uzbekistan!  Lanyards!  A run-in with the government, and a daring heist that may or may not get off the ground!   Our third foray to the island nation of Al Amarja finds our daring party try to case the joint, while our GM bumbles his way through a mountain of esoteric quasi-scientif...

Part Two of our trip to the Ultimate Democratic Republic of Al Amarja finds us all a bit overwhelmed by all of the weirdness.   As always, expect mistakes-a-plenty, a lot of profanity, stumbles, and some very bad acting.  There's more dancing too!   It's a bit of a train wreck, but it's only 90 minutes.   Using 3rd edition rules by Jonathan Tweet and Chris Lites, and the scenar...

"So, who's gonna go get Tony out of the sex rooms?"   Part One of the audio car crash that was our trip to the Ultimate Democratic Republic of Al Amarja.   As always, expect mistakes-a-plenty, some profanity, and some very bad acting.   This time around you can also expect baboons, copious amounts of profanity, drug-dealing grandmas, ultraviolence, and lots and lots of dancing! &nbs...

The conclusion of John Nephew's "The Ghoul of St. Lazare".   Presented here in all of its unedited, warts-and-all, improperly-played, mispronounced glory. Expect mistakes-a-plenty, some profanity, and some very bad acting.    As usual, using (loosely) Ars Magica 5th edition rules by Jonathan Tweet and Mark Rein-Hagen, and the text of "The Ghoul of St. Lazare" from the 1998 ArM4...

"Yeah, but I'm a knight.  Whatever!"  After a late start, our intrepid (and under the weather) housebound group, and first-time story guide, enter the "difficult third act" of John Nephew's "The Ghoul of St. Lazare". Presented here in all of its warts-and-all, improperly-played, mispronounced glory. Expect mistakes-a-plenty, some profanity, and some very bad acting.  As usual, using...

Our (mostly) first-time ArM group and fresh-faced middle-aged story guide shelter from the Coronavirus, and tread once again into John Nephew's "The Ghoul of St. Lazare". Presented here in all of its warts-and-all, improperly-played, mispronounced glory. Expect mistakes-a-plenty, some profanity, and some very bad acting.  As usual, using (loosely) Ars Magica 5th edition rules by Jonathan Twee...

Our first foray into Ars Magica proper, and played part one of John Nephew's "The Ghoul of St. Lazare". Presented here in all of its warts-and-all, improperly-played, mispronounced 90 minute glory. Expect mistakes-a-plenty, some profanity, and some very bad acting. Also, this was the first time I've GM'd in 40 years, so be gentle.  Using (loosely) Ars Magica 5th edition rules by Jonathan Twee...