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In this episode, all four hosts gather to discuss classic vintage sci-fi and how to add an infusion of Mythos. This episode was recorded on September 27, 2018. Campus Crier Cthulhu Chronicles is now available on Android – Cthulhu Chronicles brings the terror and thrill of Chaosium’s award-winning role-playing game Call of Cthulhu to life on your mobile device. It emulates the tabletop experience, giving you choices to make, enemies to fight and mysteries to uncover. Mystery, intrigue, horror, and madness await your investigator, who can gain insights and lose sanity as they chart their way through Arkham City’s various interactive stories. Each story presents its own challenges and also plays a part of a larger campaign, which unfolds around you as you play. It is a great way to introduce yourself to the thrill of Call of Cthulhu, or, if you are already a player, to dive into a game and get a touch of Mythos on your own! Cthulhu Reborn has released Dateline Lovecraft #2 – Help Wanted by Jo Kriel on RPGNow as a pay what you want release. This is a 19 page extra scenario designed to work with the broadsheet styled newspaper released in Dateline #1. I’ve downloaded it and have started reading through it, and it is awesome. Retro Style Horror RPG ‘Cthulhu Mythos RPG -The Sleeping Girl of the Miasma Sea-‘ English ver. is Released on DLsite.com and Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/938240/Cthulhu_Mythos_RPG_The_Sleeping_Girl_of_the_Miasma_Sea/ The Sassoon Files is a kickstarter that is set in Shanghai in the 1920s. They have already funded with $14k of a 5k goal. A creator called 2d6.io has created printable props for the Masks of Nyarlathotep campaign to represent two of the artifacts investigators may encounter during the prelude adventure in Peru. They include something called “The Golden Mirror” and “The Golden Ward.” These are STL/3D-Printer Files, and they are all available on thingiverse for free! This person is planning to continue making stuff for the campaign, so stay tuned. Link in the show notes. The Props of Nyarlathotep, the Perù chapter. Handcrafted props for the whole new prologue created for the awarded Call of Cthulhu RPG Campaign : the Masks of Nyarlathotep. Something is Wrong Here is an RPG based on the films of David Lynch, specifically Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, and Lost Highway. Do we really need more of a reason to back this? This has already been funded by the time you hear this, but it is worth a mention in case it drops on shelves near you. Golden Goblin update: By the time this airs, four Golden Goblin products will be newly available for download on the company’s site. Two game products and two fiction products. That includes Riot at Red Plank and the Guide to the Caribbean, after those are released to backers, and then Tails of Terror fiction and the Further Tales of Cthulhu Invictus – all available for for download. And probably the 7th Ed conversion rules for the De Horrore Cosmico – the first Invictus book that they did – will be available for free download. Also, the new Cthulhu Invictus book is scheduled to arrive at the Goblin Lair on Oct. 1 – so the first batch should be in the mail by the time this episode reaches your noise holes. ALSO all PDF versions of the company’s fiction line has been dropped. Many went from $10 to $8, for example. A quick update on the Occam’s Razor collection of modern scenarios by Brian Sammons – the KS will be done by the time this episode airs. The Listening Room Now we’re heading back to the “Listening Room” of Orne Library. Mr. Tyler is on hiatus for this week, but we have something new from the cold files of “Agent Dinos” – this is a new segment and I think you’ll dig it. Next up, we have another episode in Season Two of Glimpses into the Empire, about a particularly notable “informant” in Roman history. Once again, if you have any interest in producing a segment for the podcast, please contact mup.feedback@gmail.com Card Catalog Arkham Advertiser Editable PDF newspaper generator – 3 column front page newspaper with large AA bannerhead. It comes in two styles, with an ad on the front page, and without an ad. The creator also provides examples so you can see how to fill one out. Generic Newspaper Generator – This is most likely a reminder, but it’s always good to remind listeners of great game resources. This generator produces a great newspaper article JPEG that looks like a close-up of a folded Page 1 of a newspaper. Topic Lovecraftian Science, from a fantastic, Gothic angle, and how it could be twister and used in a Call of Cthulhu game at your table. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and other classic inspiration. Chad delves into Edgar Allen Poe’s sci-fi roots, with Poe’s scientific Hoaxes. Poe explored galvanism (Frankenstein-style electric revivification), time travel and weird speculative fiction. ‘The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfall‘ relates a man’s balloon journey to the moon. EThe boundaries between horror and science are blurred in stories such as “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar.” HOOKS: Fascinated by the voluntary nature of revivification experiments. Astral Projection. Once dead, you can go to certain places. But maybe it slowly corrupts you. Pulp: Once you are dead, you might be able to withstand the rigors of space travel. Moon race in 1830, sponsored by medical schools. Oh, and he randomly references The Powers of Matthew Star. Jon picks The Time Machine by HG Wells. PCs as giants in the past. Yes please. Time travel to the past and their sizes increase. Dan picks Jules Verne’s 20000 Leagues under the Sea (1870) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Thousand_Leagues_Under_the_Sea http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/164 https://www.amazon.com/000-Leagues-Under-Wordsworth-Classics/dp/1853260312 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Thousand_Leagues_Under_the_Sea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20,000_Leagues_Under_the_Sea_(1954_film) Nuclear battleships and submarines powered by azathoth engines. Mecha based on a Dark Young. Stranbeests as monsters. https://www.mortalengines.com/ Murph picks HG Wells’ Invisible Man ]]>

In this episode, Jon, Dan and Chad talk about the horrors of plagues and pandemics to inspire game ideas! Please note that the Crier is a little short and hastily put together this week, and we know we’ve missed big news items. This episode was recorded on September 13, 2018. We want to hear from you! By email: mup.feedback@gmail.com By phone: (401) 400-0MUP (0687) By Twitter: @MU_Podcast By Speakpipe: (Click the floating tab on the far right of this page) On our forum: mu-podcast.com/campus. Like what you hear? Please become a Patron! >> mu-podcast.com/patron << Campus Crier ‘Hardware’ director Richard Stanley’s adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘The Colour out of Space‘ coming ‘in the near future’ Check out the first hour of Call of Cthulhu – watch as Focus Home Interactive and Cyanide Studio showcase the upcoming adventure. Miskatonic Repository Reviews Jon reviewed: Idol of Thoth by Joe Trier and Mizuumi no bakemono by Jean-Michel Abrassart. As a companion, here is Chaosium’s Secrets of Japan. Chad reviewed: “Plague” by Matt Ryan and Noah Lloyd. The Listening Room Now we’re heading back to the “Listening Room” of Orne Library. This episode, part two of Mr. Tyler’s punitive ramblings on “The Derelict.” Listen to the story ready by FNH on his Cthulhu Podcast- Part 1 and Part 2. Next up, we have another episode in Season Two of Glimpses into the Empire. This time, we’ll hear the story of a certain “demi-god.” Here’s some background about the “magical” rebel children in Myanmar, who recently reunited. And finally, this episode we have something from a longtime listener, and a familiar voice to our airwaves. Check out this report from Chemistry PHD candidate Matthew Brown, a deep dive into the mystery of the Black Eyed Children. Context: Blurry Photos episode Skeptoid episode Once again, if you have any interest in producing a segment for the podcast, please contact mup.feedback@gmail.com Topic Fun with diseases! We started here >> Each of us covered one disease, and we talked about related Mythos hooks. Chad: Cholera outbreaks of 1832-1866. Jon: 1918 Spanish Flu Dan: Typhoid fever Randomly, here’s a “plague fort” in Russia.    ]]>

This is Chaosium’s GenCon 2018 panel, “Cool of Cthulhu,” recorded on Saturday, August 4. The panelists were: James Lowder Mike Mason Paul Fricker Chris Spivey Sam Riordan The moderator was Michael O’Brien (a.k.a MOB).]]>

This episode, Murph, Jon and Chad put peanut butter into the chocolate as we mix together random monsters and random global coordinates. This episode was recorded on August 30, 2018. We want to hear from you! By email: mup.feedback@gmail.com By phone: (401) 400-0MUP (0687) By Twitter: @MU_Podcast By Speakpipe: (Click the floating tab on the far right of this page) On our forum: mu-podcast.com/campus. Like what you hear? Please become a Patron! >> mu-podcast.com/patron << Campus Crier [Keeper Chad joins the show late] Occam’s Razor, a collection of scenarios for Call of Cthulhu by Brian Sammons! This is a collection of modern scenarios that have a dark tone, “more akin to True Detective and American Horror Story and is written for Mature Gamers Only. The scenarios look into the dark heart of humanity and the mythos… but this book has a twist.” The twist is that the scenarios seem to have link to the Cthulhu mythos but they have mundane causes and outcomes. Zweihander is about to kickstart a new supplement called Main Gauche, which looks dark and weird as hell on their page. Doctor Cthulittle – an illustrated tale. This is a completed Kickstarter from December 2017, but Jon got it from his local comic shop – and it is amazing! Haunting of Hastur available in print or at DTRPG. The Haunting of Hastur just had a successful KS to produce the 5e and OSR 4-part adventure scenarios in print. But many of them you can get now on DTRPG. A big Salute to SKYPE OF CTHULHU for 500+ episodes!!! And a big thank you goes out to..wait…to DAN this time for editing the show! Thankorry very much Dan for editing this one. The Listening Room This episode, let’s kick it off with an installment from Mr. Tyler, with a deep dive into a seminal weird fiction story: The Derelict. Then, we have the first episode in Season Two of Glimpses into the Empire. Let’s gaze up at the timeless stars for a story about the surprising fate of one Roman Astrologer. Once again, if you have any interest in producing a segment for the podcast, please contact mup.feedback@gmail.com Feedback We have some audio feedback from Ritterton. The Google transcription is just too weird to post. Topic Riffing on a randomly generated monster in a randomly generated place. Here’s what we used: Random.org to randomly select a position on planet Earth Convert decimal to minutes/seconds.]]>

We want to hear from you! By email: mup.feedback@gmail.com By phone: (401) 400-0MUP (0687) By Twitter: @MU_Podcast By Speakpipe: (Click the floating tab on the far right of this page) On our forum: mu-podcast.com/campus. Like what you hear? Please become a Patron! >> mu-podcast.com/patron << This episode, Dan and Chad talk about their experiences at GenCon, and we catch up on a ton of industry news. The episode was recorded on August 16, 2018. Campus Crier The Diana Jones Award went to “Actual Play” Darker Hue Studios won three gold Ennies for Harlem Unbound: Best Cover Art Best Setting Best Writing In related news, Harlem Unbound is getting a second edition as a Chaosium book – with more scenarios and maps and art. Chaosium to publish second edition of the critically-acclaimed Harlem Unbound AND the book is on the syllabus for a course on American Horror this coming semester at Johnson C. Smith University, a Historically Black university in Charlotte, North Carolina. Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu awards: Best Supplement — GOLD: Reign of Terror Best Monster/Adversary — SILVER: Down Darker Trails Fan’s Choice, Best Publisher — SILVER: Chaosium Inc. Arc Dream/Delta Green awards: Best Rules – GOLD for the DG RPG Best Game – SILVER for the DG RPG Product of the Year – SILVER for the DG RPG Best Production Values – GOLD: Delta Green: The RPG Best Electronic Book – GOLD: A Night at the Opera Best Adventure – SILVER: A Night at the Opera This year’s award harvest marks the 10th ENnie for Delta Green since 1996, as outlined on the Arc Dram site. http://theunspeakableoath.com/home/2018/08/delta-green-wins-its-10th-ennie-award/ Sidebar news: The ENnies announced after GenCon that it was going to be “reviewing the awards structure” to make them better – specifically citing “more secure voting systems, changes to the ways the judges are nominated, and more.” Announced on the GenCon panel “Cool of Cthulhu” were a few odds and ends. There will be a Call of Cthulhu collectible card game in digital form using Blockchain. Cthulhu Chronicles content lead Sam Riordan was there to talk about the interactive fiction game, which was being demoed at the Chaosium booth, and you can see an extensive blog interview on the Chaosium site. Mark Morrison ran a new Reign of Terror scenario on Twitch TV’s “Saving Throw Show” Issue #25 of The Unspeakable Oath has been released. It’s 68 pages of TUO #25 in both PDF and print via DriveThruRPG, now. It has artefacts, tomes, and scenario seeds for Call of Cthulhu…four Delta Green scenarios. Delta Green features on privacy (or the lack thereof) and tactics for agents… and more. The Delta Green panel from GenCon was posted on the Unspeakable podcast. Chaosium has recruited renowned role playing author Robin Laws (Feng Shui, Hillfolk) to write an updated version of the RuneQuest supplement Pavis & Big Rubble. The first of two volumes, A Big Rubble, will release late in 2019, with Pavis planned for 2020. Robin Laws is also the writer for the King of Dragon Pass and Six Ages games. The amazing Gamer Prop Set for Masks of Nyarlathotep is now shipping! This truly is the ultimate collection of authentic RPG gaming props, from the masters—our friends at the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society. Gen Con Reaches New Heights in 2018 with a Year of Firsts INDIANAPOLIS (August 6, 2018) Gen Con, the largest and longest-running game convention in North America, has announced that its 2018 convention is the most attended ever, propelled by a record number of 4-Day badge sales, a 16% year-over-year increase in Saturday badge holders, and astounding 60% jump in year-over-year growth for both Sunday badge holders and children attending with wristbands. Friend of the show David Larkins was announced as the new line editor for Pendragon and related titles. Mothership is a sci-fi horror roleplaying game where you and your crew try to survive in the most inhospitable environment in the universe: outer space! You’ll excavate dangerous derelict spacecraft, explore strange unknown worlds, exterminate hostile alien life, and examine the horrors that encroach upon your every move. http://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/mothership http://imboardwithlife.libsyn.com/pod/mothership-pt-1 http://imboardwithlife.libsyn.com/pod/mothership-pt-2 Stygian Fox News: Fear’s Sharp Little Needles is now available for purchase! This is an anthology of 26 one-night modern day scenarios for Call of Cthulhu. IMPOSSIBLY LONG LIST OF AUTHOR CREDITS: edited by Jeff Moeller, and written by Christopher Smith Adair, Glynn Owen Barrass, Simon Brake, Stuart Boon, Chad Bowser, Brian Courtemanche, Scott Dorward, Adam Gauntlett, Allan Goodall, Helen Gould, Tyler Hudak, Jo Kreil, Jeff Moeller, Andi Newton, Oscar Rios, Brian M. Sammons, Matthew Sanderson, Jennifer Thrasher, Joe Trier, Jason Williams, Matt Wiseman, and Simon Yee with art by Dean Engelhardt, Reuben Dodd, Badger McInnes Golden Goblin Press news: Riot at Red Plank has gone to proof-readers, 7th Edition Guide to Cthulhu Invictus is now at the printer, Tails of Valor and Terror is now in layout. And a big thank you goes out to EDWIN this time for editing the show! Thankorry. The Listening Room This episode, Mr. Tyler correlates the contents of notes passed in detention hall. Season two of Glimpses into the Empire is starting up again soon, and we already have two in the editing phase and other scripts trickling out. So stay tuned! Once again, if you have any interest in producing a segment for the podcast, please contact mup.feedback@gmail.com. Feedback From Danial: Oh my god, you guys blew my mind by discussing Moon Knight. He’s my favourite comic character and the majority of people don’t even know who he is, so to hear you guys talking about him made my day. I’ve got every one of his comics (except the most recent runs) and he even has his own space on my shelf (see attached) – Danial C From Lazlo Tamasfi: The Observatory webcomic is being bound and released as a graphic novel by Caliber Comics. The comic has a Lovecraftian wrapper that contains numerous shorter weird stories in between. It is a really neat book that you can pick up on Amazon for $12.99. Topic GenCon recap!]]>

In this episode – honestly I have no idea. This is Keeper Chad. Oh right…MUP won an ENnie! Go Pods! A big thank you to all who voted. While Dan and I were in Indy…Jon and Murph were minding the store and… [FYI, this one is explicit af.]]]>

This episode, we’re talking about the Tillinghast Resonator and other ideas that spawn From Beyond. This episode was recorded on July 19, 2018.   We want to hear from you! By email: mup.feedback@gmail.com By phone: (401) 400-0MUP (0687) By Twitter: @MU_Podcast By Speakpipe: (Click the floating tab on the far right of this page) On our forum: mu-podcast.com/campus. Like what you hear? Please become a Patron! >> mu-podcast.com/patron << Campus Crier The Campus Crier is Miskatonic U’s student paper. Here’s where we go through Mythos related news and feedback to the podcast. This episode was recorded on July 19, 2018. Delta Green: The Labyrinth – Delta Green co-creator John Tynes presents a sourcebook of threats, allies, and mysteries to deepen the terrors of your campaign. Over the Edge – Return to the island of Al Amarja in this new edition of Jonathan Tweet’s freeform roleplaying game of paranormal chaos. Tails of Valor for Cathulhu has funded! It wrapped up at $16,380 with 320 backers (a the time of recording it was just past the $12,500 goal with 228 backers), and unlocked six stretch goals, including extra interior art and fiction stories, sinister seeds, and bookmarks. Also, Sentinel Hill Press did a Q&A with Oscar about the project, mostly on the Kingsport Council feline investigator group and Grey in the Dark”, a scenario also set in Kingsport. You can check that out in the show notes! Check out Cthulhu: Death May Die, a “cooperative board game for 1 to 5 players willing to take on the Cthulhu mythos like never before! Cultists are summoning one of the Elder Ones to consume our world, and it is up to the ragtag group of investigators to face the nightmarish forces and disrupt the ritual long enough to make the Elder One vulnerable. And then kill it dead.” Jon was a guest on Spellburn! Spellburn is a podcast that focuses on the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG, and episode 70 is all about using the Cthulhu Mythos in your DCC fantasy game. Jon talked about his Cthulhu Mythos inspired DCC adventures and the upcoming Cthulhu Alphabet book coming soon from Goodman Games. Amazon Studios has greenlit, “Tales from the Loop,” an hour-long science-fiction series executive produced by “War for Planet of the Apes” director Matt Reeves. The series is based on the famous artwork of Simon Stålenhag. A co-production with Fox 21 Television Studios, the eight-episode series will be helmed by executive producer Nathaniel Halpern, with Mark Romanek directing the pilot episode. “Tales from the Loop” explores the town and people who live above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe — making things possible that were previously relegated only to science fiction. In this fantastical, mysterious town, poignant human tales are told that bare universal emotional experiences while drawing on the intrigue of genre storytelling. Punktown is out in PDF! Originally a Kickstarter from Miskatonic River Press in 2012, various development problems (and the closure of MRP) meant that the Punktown setting book, based on the works of Jeffrey Thomas, has now been completed and made available through Chronicle City (@AngusA). The print edition of Punktown is still in process. MetaArcade have launched the next chapter in the Investigations in Lovecraft Country series of linked adventures for Cthulhu Chronicles – an original scenario called The Good Professor. It builds on everything you have experienced so far in Cthulhu Chronicles; tensions are rising, and your decision-making skills will be put to the test. Like all others, this scenario is available for 20 tickets, or you can play it for free using one of your trials. The Good Professor will be followed by 3 more scenarios, as the campaign arc reaches its epic conclusion. Are you ready for the challenge? Check out Cthulhu Chronicles on the Apple App Store today. MetaArcade have also confirmed an Android version of Cthulhu Chronicles is their highest priority post-launch. More details at the MetaArcade Dev Blog. And a big thank you goes out to MAX this time. Thank you so much for the editing MAX! The Listening Room Now we’re heading back to the “Listening Room” of Orne Library. This episode, Mr. Tyler is turning his chair backwards and getting a bit more serious about a personal matter. Please check out Tyler’s Once again, if you have any interest in producing a segment for the podcast, please contact mup.feedback@gmail.com Topic Beyond From Beyond! We talk about the original story, which you can read here. Other mentions: Artifact Zero Infrared sight experiments in WWII. Project Rainbow (Delta Green) The Man with the X-Ray Eyes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYowsdlWv1g]]>

Hello out there MUP Nation! This is Keeper Dan with a little addendum to our last episode. In the Crier, we were talking about the lovely HPLHS Masks prop sets, and we saw that they showed as sold out. It turns out that the sold out text is just a coding quirk, and they are in fact not sold out at all! So if you’re lamenting the missed chance at a Deluxe Edition or the SUPER Deluxe, then wait patiently, for the Dark Masters at the HPLHS will set their trained shoggoths (who wear little bow ties by the way, it’s adorable) after you to purchase these epic pieces worthy of the most stately of collections. And if you already got the Dark Adventure Radio Theatre, then they do state on their site: “Should you wish to upgrade a Standard or Deluxe edition, we are happy to apply your original purchase price against the upgrade item.” Here are the options- Masks of Nyarlathotep – Gamer Prop Set (No DART Audio) $ 95.99 Release August 1, 2018 Dark Adventure Radio Theatre – Masks of Nyarlathotep (Standard Version) $ 69.95 Release August 1, 2018 Dark Adventure Radio Theatre – Masks of Nyarlathotep Deluxe Edition Unknown cost Undetermined Release Date Masks of Nyarlathotep – Super Deluxe Limited Edition (This has the Deluxe DART and the Gamer Prop Set and MORE!) Unknown cost Undetermined Release Date]]>

In this episode, we take a look at horror-adjacent nominations for the 2018 ENnies, and then we do some riffing on how to make bad films into fertilizer for games. This episode was recorded on July 5, 2018. We want to hear from you! By email: mup.feedback@gmail.com By phone: (401) 400-0MUP (0687) By Twitter: @MU_Podcast By Speakpipe: (Click the floating tab on the far right of this page) On our forum: mu-podcast.com/campus. Like what you hear? Please become a Patron! >> mu-podcast.com/patron << Campus Crier First, thanks to everyone once again for making our Sesquicentennial so memorable! IMPORTANT CORRECTION: During the recording for this show, we mentioned that HPLHS prop sets for Masks of Nyarlathotep had sold out. This is not the case at all. There is a quirk with the website that displays “sold out” before it launches, but the text clearly explains that this is not true. Please accept our apologies for the error! ENnies! There are several horror-adjacent products on the list of nominations this year. Click here to vote for your favorite ENnie nominees! Chaosium won a total of 8 nominations, including 5 Call of Cthulhu products: BEST ADVENTURE: The Two-Headed Serpent BEST ART COVER – Down Darker Trails BEST MONSTER/ADVERSARY – Down Darker Trails BEST PRODUCTION VALUES: The Grand Grimoire BEST SUPPLEMENT: Reign of Terror Darker Hue Studios got 5 nominations: BEST ART COVER: Harlem Unbound, Darker Hue Studios BEST RULES: Harlem Unbound, Darker Hue Studios BEST SETTING: Harlem Unbound, Darker Hue Studios BEST WRITING: Harlem Unbound, Darker Hue Studios PRODUCT OF THE YEAR: Harlem Unbound, Darker Hue Studios Arc Dream also got a bunch of nominations: BEST ELECTRONIC BOOK: Delta Green: A Night at the Opera, Arc Dream Publishing BEST ADVENTURE: Delta Green: A Night at the Opera, Arc Dream Publishing BEST GAME: Delta Green: The RPG, Arc Dream Publishing BEST PRODUCTION VALUES: Delta Green: The RPG, Arc Dream Publishing BEST WRITING: Delta Green: The Way it Went Down, Arc Dream Publishing; Author: Dennis Detwiller Other horror game nominations include: BEST ELECTRONIC BOOK: Hudson and Brand, Stygian Fox Publishing BEST RULES: Cthulhu Confidential, Pelgrane Press; Authors: Robin D. Laws, Chris Spivey, Ruth Tillman BEST PRODUCTION VALUES: Bluebeard’s Bride, Magpie Games BEST GAME: Red Markets: A Game of Economic Horror, Hebanon Games; Authors: Caleb Stokes, Laura Briskin-Limehouse, Ross Payton And…MU PODCAST ALSO GOT A NOMINATION! Voting is open through Saturday, July 21, at 11:59pm Eastern Daylight Saving Time. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on August 3rd at GenCon. https://www.chaosium.com/blogchaosium-receives-eight-nominations-in-the-2018-ennie-awards/ http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5378-Congratulations-To-The-2018-ENnies-Nominees! There has been a little reorganization at Stygian Fox. Stephanie MacLea wrote on the publisher’s Facebook page, that frequent editor Jeff Moeller will be moving on to work on other projects, and after a series of effusive “thank yous,” she said: “we feel that Jeff and I have kinda run our course in terms of joint projects.” But before that, comments on the Kickstarter page for Fear’s Sharp Little Needles were initially tense and suggested the split was not on such good terms. But backers for Fear’s Sharp Little Needles have received a version of the book in PDF for review, and proof copies are on their way back from the printer. At the time of recording, Tails of Valor and Terror, the Cathulhu scenario collection from Golden Goblin Press that’s paired up with a feline horror fiction collection, was past the $9,000 mark out of its $12,500 goal with 148 backers and many days left to go. This looks on pace to fund and overshoot to reach some stretch goals, which includes extra art, bookmarks, stickers, and extra fiction stories. By the way, Sixtystone Press is offering a coupon to backers (above the $1 level) for 25 percent off the the purchase of the rules Cathulhu – Velvet Paws on Cthulhu’s Trail. YSDC has re-launched its longstanding newsletter after purging 18,000 email addresses. The new one is called Yog-Sothothery. It’ll come out monthly-ish, and you can sign up on the site. We’ll have link to the YSDC blog that has instructions for how to subscribe. They are giving away a copy of Fall of Delta Green to one subscriber. Fall of Delta Green from Pelgrane Press is now available. This setting adapts Arc Dream’s Delta Green RPG to Pelgrane’s own Gumshoe system, with Kenneth Hite creating a work focusing on the Delta Green of the 1960s leading to the official dissolution of the organisation at the end of the decade, following events in the jungles of Indochina. Syrinscape has released “Part One: Peru sound pack for Masks of Nyarlathotep” So this is funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpoDdihq5Mc Masks of Nyarlahotep has been released! We have it in PDF currently, with the print release not yet announced. And don’t forget the HPLHS Masks items – Dark Adventure Radio Theatre – Masks of Nyarlathotep, Gamer Prop Sets and more! A heartfelt thank you goes out to EDWIN for editing this episode. The Listening Room Sharpen your number 2 pencils and sit up straight, Mr. Tyler is about to take us all to reform s-GHOUL. Once again, if you have any interest in producing a segment for the podcast, please contact mup.feedback@gmail.com Feedback Via voicemail, Canageek talks about inter-generational gaming, Cthulhu Bob demands more game recordings from Murph and the Arseholes, and we cover some text feedback as well: Just listened to your 150th episode, congrats! Catching up from the many I’ve missed due to life stuff. Great job for all the memories I’ve heard before and many I haven’t yet. As always, you’ve done an amazing job and drive me to make my Savage World’s ETU games better and always keep me entertained while assembling and painting minis or props. Still hoping for the Fighting Cephalopods car decals 😉 Go Pods! Happy to be able to back you again on Patreon. – Farquhar Congratulations on your Sasquatch Centennial 😉 This was a really enjoyable clip show which gave me many a chuckle. It seems that [insert deity here] may have been sending their congrats also, as while I was listening in the car, I passed this truck [see show image]. – Danial Carrol Topic We roll the dice on a random riff topic generator, and land on “make a bad movie into a good game idea.” We end up with the 1988 film “Hobgoblins.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0fhewrzBRM]]>

This episode is our sesquicentennial! To celebrate, the hosts review some clips from past episodes. Our editors, Sean, Edwin and Max (but particularly Sean) inserted some hilarious sections and throwbacks – and touching messages from friends of the show. This one really took some effort, and we are so very grateful. This episode was recorded over the course of 6 years, since March 2012. A big warning: this one is totally explicit and salty AF. We want to hear from you! By email: mup.feedback@gmail.com By phone: (401) 400-0MUP (0687) By Twitter: @MU_Podcast By Speakpipe: (Click the floating tab on the far right of this page) On our forum: mu-podcast.com/campus. Like what you hear? Please become a Patron! >> mu-podcast.com/patron << Campus Crier The Campus Crier is Miskatonic U’s student paper. Here’s where we go through Mythos related news and feedback to the podcast. This Campus Crier was recorded on June 22, 2018. Chaosium has announced a PDF release date for the Masks of Nyarlathotep campaign: Sunday, July 1st – which was yesterday. It’s $60 for the PDF. That money will go toward the retail price if you buy a print copy later – maybe 3 or 4 months down the road. The PDF is 666 pages! The latest Kickstarter from Golden Goblin Press went live on Friday, June 29th. It’s called Tails of Valor and Terror. This will be the first supplemental material in support of Sixty Stone Press’ Cathulhu – Velvet Paws on Cthulhu’s Trail. Tails of Valor is a collection of three scenarios, where your feline investigators will battle the forces of the Cthulhu Mythos in ancient Rome, ancient Egypt, and dark ages France. The scenarios are by Jeffrey Moeller, Stuart Boon, and Oscar Rios. There is also a fiction collection with at least a dozen stories, featuring cat protagonists of various sorts. Check the Kickstarter page for more details. It will run through July 29th. Darker Hue Studios is making some news. First, Harlem Unbound has been named as a nominee for the Diana Jones Award! A big congratulations. Comments on the site: “While most games dodge the issues of racism, often claiming it not suitable for gaming, Harlem Unbound places them front and center and focuses the spotlight on them until they begin to smoke and burn. It’s an important book in that it takes games as a serious art form in which such matters can be explored, plumbed, and — if we’re lucky — understood.” Chris Spivey will also be a guest of honor at the “High Level Gaming” and “U-Con” this year. So that’s pretty cool. High Level Gaming is in Atlantic City in October, and U-Con is in Ann Arbor in November. AND Chris has also teased that he is working on a campaign for Chaosium using the Pulp Cthulhu rules for a modern superhero-Mythos campaign. He has been calling it [Redacted]. And I am teasing right now what I am under an NDA to playtest said [Redacted] project. AND Chris is developing a new Basic Role Playing-based science fiction line for Chaosium! More info will be released at GenCon! He’s looking for contributors. Interested? Click here!  Sentinel Hill Press has announced that copies of the revamped and expanded version of Arkham Gazette #2, the “Innsmouth issue,” is now available, in print and in PDF on DriveThruRPG. That means all three of the first issues of the Gazette are available, and Arkham Gazette #4 is closing in toward completion. He says to look for it, hopefully, late this summer. Also, there’s an update on “The Dare” Kickstarter – Badger has sent along some sample pages. Layout is getting hammered out and Bret says there should be “a rough version for backers in the near term.” Chaosium has officially re-launched its fiction line, with James Lowder at the helm as executive editor of fiction. In September, we’ll see the humorous picture book H.P. Lovecraft’s Dagon for Beginning Readers, by R.J. Ivankovic. Coming in October is Sisterhood: Dark Tales and Secret Histories which is an anthology of horror and Mythos stories set in female religious communities around the globe and across the centuries, including some of the genre’s leading female voices. Then in November, The Leaves of a Necronomicon, a braided novel revealing the fates of the doomed owners of one particular copy of that infamous cursed tome. And a heartfelt thank you to SEAN for editing this episode, but also to his conspiracy partners of Edwin and Max for all the extra work on this particular episode. Listening Room Our resident disciplinarian, Mr. Tyler, is back in session, this time with a new topic for all the boys and GHOULS. A note about Tyler – you have got to check out the podcast he co-hosts, Book Reports Podcast, which covers all kinds of cool stories from Henry Kuttner and Ray Branbury and scads of others. That’s co hosted by Sam Tyler and Bryce Diener. This time we also throw back to “MU Podcast Episode 9 – Roll SAN,” the first appearance of Dr. Gerard’s History Lecture. Once again, if you have any interest in producing a segment for the podcast, please contact mup.feedback@gmail.com Main Topic This is our version of a “bottle episode.” Along the way, we mention a whole ton of shows and links. This section is a work in progress, because we have to send this episode to your ears now. Check back in a day or so for more links!]]>