What I’ve been up to, Lovecraft Country links, and a podcast roundup

July’s past the midway point and the gaming goes ever on…

I’ve been working on the finishing touches for issue #3 of the Arkham Gazette.  it’s not ready yet, but I will definitely be finished soon.  I’m excited and more than a little relieved.  Sorry it took so long.  The issue issue will be done sooner!  (If you’re interested in writing for the Gazette check out our most recent call for submissions.  We’ve already had two!)  I’ve also been slowly picking my way through the Jackson Elias scenario for the Masks Companion kickstarter backers.  Lastly I’ve tinkered at the giant bibliography of New England’s gravestone carvers, adding a few new references and links to academic articles we can find online.

Speaking of Lovecraft Country, here are some recent links from the Sentinel Hill Press blog and our G+ group:

• Books and Printers in Colonial New England
• An 1880s guide to Marblehead (great for your Kingsport research!)
• A Guide to Plymouth’s Burial Hill (1907)
• And many more at the SHP blog

In more general Call of Cthulhu news, Chaosium have restarted their Keeper promotions program and GoKeeper promotions programlden Goblin Press have received the print copies of De Horrore Cosmico; shipping starts tomorrow.

“But what of recent Lovecraftian podcasts?” you whisper, stroking an snow-white long-haired cat:

• The Cthulhu Breakfast Club talked about pocket Necronomicons and more over a light meal.  There’s also an interview with Graeme Davis, one of the contributing author’s to Green and Pleasant Land and more.
• Ken and Robin Talked about Dion Fortune and Denmark Vessey.  Next week will be their 150th episode which mean they’ll be doing an all lightning-round episode.
• The Good Friends of Jackson Elias chatted about the soon-to-conclude World War Cthulhu: Cold War Kickstarter and the WWC line more generally.  The Kickstart is already past the $50k mark and there are still (as of this moment) 3 days to go.
• The Miskatonic University Podcast talked to Cubicle 7’s Scott Dorward did likewise.
• Though I often forget to mention them, Role-playing Public Radio is always a good listen.  Their most recent episode talks about how we can use real-world places as settings for gaming, among other topics.

Advertisement

ENnie voting, Interviews, and Gravestone Carvers galore

First off – I’ve put out a new call for submissions to the Arkham Gazette for our fourth (!) issue.  Please give it a read and consider submitting something.  The Gazette lives by the aid of many hands. 🙂

If you’ve somehow not heard, ENnie nominations have been announced, including a whole host of Lovecraftian-related projects have honored:

• Horror on the Orient Express (2nd Ed)
• Acthung! Cthulhu: Terrors of the Secret War
• Dreamhounds of Paris
• Ken Writes about Stuff: Vol. 2
• Ken and Robin Talk about Stuff
• The Miskatonic University Podcast

Vote now!

Speaking of of the MUP, I had a great chat with Keepers Jon and Murph of the Miskatonic University Podcast about the soon-to-be-released next issue of the Arkham Gazette, long-forgotten witch trails of New Hampshire, and Colours Out of Space.  I’m always glad to talk to the MUP crew and it was a special treat to talk a bit about one of my favorite of Lovecraft’s creations.

What else is new in podcast land?

• Since the last update, there’s been a Keeper Dan only episode of the Misk. U. Podcast, in which he recapped the most recent Lovecraftian gaming news.
• The Good Friends of Jackson Elias discussed Lovecraft’s “The Shadow Out of Time”.
• Ken and Robin talked about Hollow Earth Theory and how to barbecue a unicorn; I suspect Ken will always answer Kansas City style.

In other news have Pelgrane Press revealed the subject of their recent countdown – Cthulhu Apocalypse, The Doomsday Edition, which collects the previously released Apocalypse Machine, the Dead White World,  and Slaves of the Mother and adds on eight new short scenarios.

Cubicle 7’s World War Cthulhu: Cold War Kickstarter continues to recruit assets, crossing over $40k.

I have been doing research on New England’s Colonial gravestone carvers, and drawing upon that research, I’ve put together an annotated list of all those carvers known, including the related sources about each carver.  If that pique’s your interest, give it a look.  It is still very much a work in progress – I need to regularize all the citations and start adding more links

Let’s conclude with a projects update:

• The Arkham Gazette #3 – issue save scenario is done and laid out (I guess I need to write an intro though); out scenario author Chris Huth is revising “The Queen of Night”.  When that it ready, be assured I’ll trumpet the news here.
• My Jackson Elias scenario for the Masks of Nyarlathotep Companion backers is still in progress.
• My unnamed scenario for an unannounced project is in the earliest draft stages – outline only currently, waiting for me to finish the two projects above.
• Our first stretch-goal scenario for the Arkham Gazette Kickstarter backers is done and waiting layout.  The other scenario is being worked on and the bonus article is still being written.  The former will be released in the near future.
• I’m sure I’m forgetting something, but those projects are what has been on my mind of late.