The Good Friends of Jackson Elias

We’re back and we’re looking at all the different ways in which people use Call of Cthulhu at the gaming table. Conveniently enough, we have Call of Cthulhu line developer Mike Mason on hand to help... The post Styles of Play in Call of Cthulhu appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back, and we’re talking about everyone’s favourite eldritch curtain-twitcher, Erich Zann. Lovecraft’s short story, The Music of Erich Zann, is a highpoint of his early career. More importantly, it is a rare example of a work... The post The Music of Erich Zann appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back, and we’re taking a look at David Lynch‘s 2006 film, INLAND EMPIRE. This is a strange, strange film, even by Lynch’s standards, and unravelling it almost proved too much for the three of... The post INLAND EMPIRE appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back, and we’re taking a whistle-stop tour through what’s new in Call of Cthulhu 7th edition. While we’ve done episodes on some of the new mechanics before, and Paul has recorded a series of videos summarising the... The post What’s New in Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition? appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back, and we’re getting physical. This time we’re taking a look at all those neat little things that Keepers can give to players in the course of a game, excepting the keen sense of their own mortality... The post Props and Handouts appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back, and we’re chasing you young whipper-snappers off our lawns. Things just ain’t what they used to be, with all these mobile telephonic doodads skulking in people’s pockets, cheap flights to all corners of the world,... The post Horror Gaming in the Modern Day appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back, and we’re wrapping up our discussion of H P Lovecraft’s eerie mix of the Gothic and the cosmic, The Colour Out of Space. This time we’re looking at various adaptations, as well as... The post The Colour Out of Space (part 2) appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back, and we’re looking at another of Lovecraft’s major stories. This time it’s the turn of The Colour Out of Space, an unsettling tale that Lovecraft considered the closest he came to capturing the essence... The post The Colour Out of Space (part 1) appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back, and we’re looking at the two Clive Barker feature films that aren’t Hellraiser. We have nothing against Pinhead and his cruel crew of sadomasochistic sybarites (just trying to say that is a torture that would... The post Nightbreed and Lord of Illusions appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

You may have seen or heard us mention that we co-hosted a seminar at the recent Dragonmeet convention in London, along with our good friends Baz and Gaz from the What Would the Smart Party... The post Special: Dragonmeet 2015 with The Smart Party appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back, and we’re doing another top three countdown. This is a spiritual follow-up to episode 62’s look at our favourite Lovecraftian monsters, only this time we’ve set our sights a bit higher. We each... The post Top Three Mythos Deities appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back, and we’re mulling over a topic suggested to us by good friend of the Good Friends, Tore Nielsen: what is the appeal of horror? Apparently this is a huge subject, and even pinning down... The post The Appeal of Horror appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back and we’re looking at another classic horror short story. This time it’s Karl Edward Wagner’s Sticks, a nasty little tale that is both of the Cthulhu Mythos and about it. The story draws from a... The post Karl Edward Wagner’s Sticks appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back, and we’re continuing last episode‘s coverage of Lamentations of the Flame Princess with an interview with James Edward Raggi IV, the man behind the horrors. This was originally meant as a brief insert for the... The post James Raggi Interview appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back, and we’re looking at the Old School Renaissance and, more specifically, Lamentations of the Flame Princess. In case you aren’t familiar with the OSR, it’s a broad movement that embraces the simplicity and immediacy... The post Lamentations of the Flame Princess appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back and we’re looking at monsters, hoping against hope that they don’t look back at us! In particular, we’re talking about our favourite monsters from Lovecraft and Call of Cthulhu. There’s one entry on... The post Our Favourite Lovecraftian Monsters appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back, and we’re watching horror films about books. We don’t mean films based on books (although one is, just to confuse things), but films where a book plays a central role. In fact, you... The post Maléfique & The Ninth Gate appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back, and we’re plunging once more into the abyss of despair and madness that is R’lyeh Roulette. In case you didn’t listen to our first round, back in episode 37, this is where we let... The post R’lyeh Roulette II appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back, and we’re watching each other from the corners of our eyes. Paul is hiding something behind his back, Matt keeps glancing at the door, and I’m trying to look nonchalant. It’s only a matter... The post Conflict & Secrets at the Gaming Table appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

Our minds may have escaped the clutches of the Great Race, but their interest in other ages has clearly rubbed off on us. We have also grown new protuberances, capable of fine manipulation, from atop our... The post Cthulhu Through the Ages appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back from the distant past! Our minds have escaped the sinister and rugose clutches of the Great Race, and we have returned to the present to wrap up our discussion of Lovecraft’s classic story, The... The post The Shadow Out of Time (part 2) appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re breaking normal communication protocols to get this time-sensitive transmission to you before counter intelligence can trace the source. Memorise the contents and burn after listening. The Kickstarter for World War Cthulhu: Cold War, Cubicle... The post Special: World War Cthulhu: Cold War appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back — back about 250 million years in the past, to be precise! At least this gives us a chance to take an extended look at Lovecraft’s classic tale of time travel, identity theft... The post The Shadow Out of Time (part 1) appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

We’re back, and we’re looking at a couple of old favourites: Re-Animator and From Beyond. While these films have been around for almost as long as Matt, we would still be remiss if we didn’t... The post Re-Animator & From Beyond appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .

This episode we’re taking a look at Unknown Armies, a roleplaying game that’s not strictly horror, but is close enough that we feel little remorse for talking about it. We also have too many hardened notches... The post Unknown Armies appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes .