Miskatonic University Podcast MUP Ep 204 – Story Time with Oscar Rios
Campus Crier
The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021.
I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!
Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email MisktatonicRepositoryCon@gmail.com to get in touch!
Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it.
Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release.
Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at theoldwayspodcast@gmail.com
And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels.
https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/
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A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.
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Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2
MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa
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We create a monster from scratch!
This episode, Keepers Dave, Jon, and Murph welcomes President of Golden Goblin Press, Oscar Rios. Golden Goblin Press is about to launch a new Kickstarter for a pair of short story collections, so we thought it’d be a great time to read some short stories and discuss them. Enjoy!
Campus Crier
The Campus Crier is the Miskatonic University’s student newspaper. This edition was collected on July 16th, 2020.
One Book Shelf, the company behind DriveThruRPG has informed Chaosium that starting immediately they are suspending Print On Demand options for items within the Miskatonic Repository. Going forward only titles with Electrum status (250 sales or more) will have the POD status.
This is the same as a rule that DM’s Guild has had in place for some time now. The reasoning for the change is due to OBS just being swamped.
Good Friends of Jackson Elias Con has ended and it was a lot of fun! Jon ran some games, that I’m sure he will talk about endlessly in just a few minutes. Congrats to the Good Friends for putting together a wonderful online convention.
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Oscar Rios, President of Golden Goblin Press, returns to talk about short stories. GGP is about to launch “Growing Up / Overnight: Two Horror Short Story Collections,” a Kickstarter for a pair of cosmic horror short story anthologies. The first is Children of Lovecraft Country: An Eldritch Legacy, and the other is Between Twilight & Dawn.
For the episode discussion, the guest and hosts each read one or more stories. Please listen to the episode for the full discussion. The stories we read are:
Oscar Rios read: The Shortest Way, by David Drake, published in Vettius and his Friends.
Keeper Jon read: The Future Eats Everything, by Don Webb, published in The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu, and The Horror Out of Time, by Randall Garrett, published in Acolytes of Cthulhu.
Keeper Dave read: The Inhabitant of the Lake, by Ramsey Campbell, and The Secret Painting of Thomas Cartwright, by W. H. Pugmire, both published in The Children of Gla’aki.
Keeper Murph read: Horns, by Joe Hill.