2025-05-07T13:39:35Z
2 Likes
FWIW I know several groups that have bounced hard off this campaign. Probably worth talking with someone who’s played or run it before you buy.
4 Likes
Yeah it’s weird because reading between the lines in the review and having a look online it seems like if you’re really experienced at running rpgs and if your taste aligns with the exact themes this is going for then you’ll have a good time for half(?) of the adventure. And if you’re the kind of person who enjoys flawed works for their interesting weaknesses as much as their strengths then you’ll think it was worth it. But Quinns is super enthused about it without (enough?) emphasis on the caveats.
Seems really cool though! I like the idea of playing it more than I would enjoy playing it I expect.
3 Likes
I should mention that as a result of the video there’s a short-notice Bundle of Holding for this, until 2025-05-15T07:00:00Z. I am on the comp list for most Bundles of Holding, and the way I justify this is to mention them in places that I think may find them interesting.
3 Likes
“You as the GM don’t need the information in this book [about what’s really going on in the world], because you don’t need to know either”—this goes directly against my GMing style, where by having a complete picture of what’s really going on I am enabled to make sure that the PCs’ various contacts with it are suitably consistent and foreshadowing, rather than “huh that was weird and scary”.
So Quinns can’t enjoy reading a book unless there’s a colour illustration on every double page spread. Has he considered fixing that?
Mainline Call of Cthulhu can do and has done many of these good things. Cthulhu in boardgames is all about blasting Cthulhu in the face with your shotgun while riding a shantak round R’lyeh. That’s not very Lovecraftian, it’s just another sort of generic monster.
Incidentally, Cthulhu Eternal, for which I have written a little, uses a descendant of these rules (including Bonds) and is entirely free.
4 Likes