Glorious

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Glorious

FromThe Good Friends of Jackson Elias

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Sep 26, 2023

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We’re back and we’re poking around in holes. Sometimes it’s hard not to let curiosity get the better of you. There could be anyone on the other side of that barrier, even a god. You...
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Sep 26, 2023

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Nameless Horrors: This episode we’re speaking about the unspeakable, mentioning the unmentionable and naming the nameless. More particularly, we’re talking about a recently published book that we co-wrote, Nameless Horrors, using this as a starting point for a discussio... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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The Thing on the Doorstep (part 2): We’re back and we’re wrapping up our look at H P Lovecraft’s The Thing on the Doorstep. This is the episode containing all the bits you wanted to hear last time, but were bumped because we talked too much.... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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R’lyeh Roulette: In this episode, we play a game of sorts. No, this isn’t an actual play recording — Scott hasn’t been allowed to do that since the injunction. This is something a bit weirder. Matt has... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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R’lyeh Roulette II: 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... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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Haunted Houses: We’re back, and we’re poking around places where no sane person should set foot. Given that two of us live in Milton Keynes, this is hardly a stretch. In particular, we’re discussing haunted houses and their... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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Research: We’re back, and we’re doing our homework. In particular, we’re looking at what kinds of research can help GMs and players give their games depth, possible sources of information and how not to lose your... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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Cthulhu Through the Ages: 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... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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The Thing on the Doorstep (part 1): We’re back, and we come bearing some proper awesomeness. This is our discussion of another of Lovecraft’s later works, The Thing on the Doorstep, once again with an eye on how it can be used in gaming.... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Quick-Start Rules: We’re back a bit sooner this time, which is only fitting, given our topic for this episode. We have taken the recent Ennie nomination of the Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Quick-Start Rules (a title almost as... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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Our Favourite Lovecraftian Monsters: 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... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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The Shadow Out of Time (part 1): 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... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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The Shadow Out of Time (part 2): 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... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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GM Techniques: We’re back and we’re stealing everything that’s not nailed down. This episode is all about clever things we’ve seen other GMs do and how we’ve incorporated them into our own games. No matter how many pieces of... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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Maléfique & The Ninth Gate: 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... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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Primetime Adventures: We’re back and we’re looking at Primetime Adventures, a roleplaying game that uses the techniques of serial television in imaginative ways. This may seem like an unusual topic for us to cover, given our focus on... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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What’s New in Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition?: 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... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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Robert Aickman’s The Hospice: We’re back, and we’re in sounder health that the title of this episode may suggest! Although after hearing us sing again (yes, we have a new Patreon backer!) you may disagree. This time we’re looking... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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How Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Happened (part 1): We’re back… In fact, we’re all the way back to May of 2015. Around a year ago, when we believed the print release of Call of Cthulhu 7th edition was imminent, we spent a day chatting with Mike... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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Re-Animator & From Beyond: 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... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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James Raggi Interview: 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... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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INLAND EMPIRE: 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... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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Player Techniques: We’re back, and we’re nicking stuff again. Following on from episode 42’s discussion of neat GM techniques we’ve stolen, this time we’re thieving from players. There are plenty of discussions about how to be a good... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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Conflict & Secrets at the Gaming Table: 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... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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UK Convention Overview: We’re back and we’re bursting with song, but more on that later. We’re also talking about conventions, and definitely not singing about them. That would be silly. Specifically, we’re talking about the UK roleplaying conventions... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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How Cthulhu Took Over the World: We’re back, and we’re celebrating our fiftieth episode! We’re as surprised as you are that we’ve made it this far; we really should have been eaten by a shoggoth or returned to our essential salts long ago.... by The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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