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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · 4d

@jaredlogan.bsky.social joins the Good Friends to help us work out why we love gore so much, why it makes us laugh, and how we can use it in our games without it becoming numbing

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The Joy of Gore, with Jared Logan - Blasphemous Tomes

Jared Logan joins the the Good Friends to discuss the the joy of gore, and how we can bring some blood and guts to our Call of Cthulhu games

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Ain’t Slayed Nobody @aintslayed.bsky.social · 10d

The Day We Met? is now a completed series on Push the Roll with @rossbryant.bsky.social

We laughed, we panicked, we maybe fell in love. Big thanks to @rashawnscott.bsky.social for making this game unforgettable.

Catch all the episodes wherever you listen to podcasts.

Push the Roll with Ross Bryant stylized heading with a photo of Rashawn Scott smiling backstage underneath. In the bottom third the text "Completed Series" with the title "The Day we Met? with Rashawn Scott." Beside the text is an illustration of a duck wearing a coat.

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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · 18d

@rinahaenze.bsky.social joins us for a follow-up to our zombie chat. This time, we're sinking our teeth into 28 Days Later, looking for gaming inspiration.

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28 Days Later, with Maverick Haenze - Blasphemous Tomes

Maverick Haenze joins the the Good Friends to discuss the 2002 British horror film 28 Days Later, looking for gaming inspiration

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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · Sep 9

@rinahaenze.bsky.social joins the Good Friends to discuss how zombies changed from sorcerously cursed slaves to apocalyptic hordes of flesh-eating ghouls, and how we might use them in our games.

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Zombies, with Maverick Haenze - Blasphemous Tomes

Maverick Haenze joins the the Good Friends to discuss how zombies have shambled from Haitian beliefs to horror media, mutating on the way

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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · Sep 8

Most of that was down to @aptshadow.bsky.social and his amazing GMing

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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · Aug 13

Andy Goodman from @goodmania.bsky.social joins the Good Friends to explore different ways to shake up and customise the Mythos

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Roll Your Own Mythos, with Andy Goodman - Blasphemous Tomes

Andy Goodman joins the the Good Friends to discuss how to roll your own Mythos from other inspirations and transform Call of Cthulhu

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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · Aug 11

That's amazing!

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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thank you so much for joining us! We really enjoyed chatting with you.

The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · Jul 29

@stardustandsigil.bsky.social joins the Good Friends to discuss what metafiction is, how it applies to horror, and how we can bring it into our games. Or maybe how it can bring us into our games.

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Metafiction and Horror, with Eleanor Hingley - Blasphemous Tomes

Author Eleanor Hingley joins the The Good Friends of Jackson Elias to how metafiction and horror might combine in Call of Cthulhu

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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · Jul 15

@stardustandsigil.bsky.social joins the Good Friends to discuss small town horror, looking into the tropes of the genre and discussing how we can use and subvert them in our games.

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Small Town Horror, with Eleanor Hingley - Blasphemous Tomes

Author Eleanor Hingley joins the The Good Friends of Jackson Elias to discuss how the genre of small town horror might work in Call of Cthulhu

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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · Jul 1

There are some serious content warnings here. We discuss self-mutilation as performance art and religious ritual, Joel-Peter Witkin's use of human remains in his photographic tableaus, and some of the more grotesque parts of the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow, especially those involving stomach pumps.

The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · Jul 1

This is the conclusion of our discussion with Kailas from @trebuchetmag.bsky.social about Art and the Cthulhu Mythos. Here, we flip things around and look at a range of artists and art movements as inspiration for our games.

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Art and the Cthulhu Mythos, with Kailas Elmer - Blasphemous Tomes

Kailas Elmer joins the The Good Friends of Jackson Elias to seek gaming inspiration from the relationship between art and the Cthulhu Mythos

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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · Jun 17

Kailas Elmer, publisher of @trebuchetmag.bsky.social, joins the Good Friends for the first of two episodes looking into the relationship between art and the Cthulhu Mythos.

This time, we're looking at Lovecraft, his work, and his thoughts about art.

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Lovecraft and Art, with Kailas Elmer - Blasphemous Tomes

Kailas Elmer joins the The Good Friends of Jackson Elias to explore Lovecraft's relationship with art and how it shaped the Cthulhu Mythos

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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · Jun 4

Holly Buteau from @rpg-reanimators.bsky.social joins us once again. This time, we're exploring analogue horror, trying to pin down just what it is, using examples from media, and how we might bring it to the gaming table.

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Analogue Horror, with Holly Buteau - Blasphemous Tomes

Holly Buteau joins the The Good Friends of Jackson Elias to explore analogue horror, trying to pin down what the genre is and how to game it

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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · Jun 4

Thank you very much to both of you!

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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · May 22

Player signups for A Weekend With Good Friends are now open!

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A Weekend With Good Friends Player Handbook - Blasphemous Tomes

A Weekend With Good FriendsPlayer Handbook Welcome to A Weekend With Good Friends 2025! You will find links below to a number of resources for players. We ask that you read the harassment policy befor...

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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · May 21

Our latest episode heads out into the darkness of space in search of horror. Happily, we have Holly Buteau from @rpg-reanimators.bsky.social as our guide!

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Horror in Space, with Holly Buteau - Blasphemous Tomes

Holly Buteau joins the The Good Friends of Jackson Elias to explore horror in space, seeking inspiration from fact, media, and gaming

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VonStauf @von-stauf.bsky.social · May 7

Man the Good Friends has just been killing it with great guests, case in point this Comedy Horror Episode.

The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · May 6

@evandorkin.bsky.social joins the Good Friends again, this time to examine how comedy and horror work together, how we can combine them ourselves, and just why so many comedians seem to end up making horror.

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Comedy Horror, with Evan Dorkin - Blasphemous Tomes

Evan Dorkin joins the The Good Friends of Jackson Elias to discuss how we might mix comedy and horror in media and our games

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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · May 7

There's just over six hours left if you want to submit any games for A Weekend With Good Friends

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A Weekend With Good Friends GM Signup - Blasphemous Tomes

A Weekend With Good Friends GM Signup GM signups for the next Weekend With Good Friends have now begun. They will remain open until midnight UTC on Wednesday the 7th of May. You can offer...

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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · May 6

@evandorkin.bsky.social joins the Good Friends again, this time to examine how comedy and horror work together, how we can combine them ourselves, and just why so many comedians seem to end up making horror.

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Comedy Horror, with Evan Dorkin - Blasphemous Tomes

Evan Dorkin joins the The Good Friends of Jackson Elias to discuss how we might mix comedy and horror in media and our games

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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social · Apr 23

GM signups are now open for A Weekend With Good Friends!

This is the online convention organised by the lovely listeners of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias. It will run between the 13th and 15th of June, and take place on the Good Friends Discord server.

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A Weekend With Good Friends - Blasphemous Tomes

A Weekend With Good Friends is an online roleplaying convention run by the lovely listeners of the Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast

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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · Apr 22

I had the honor of being the guest co-host for two episodes of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast, the first of which is now available to listen to. Even if you're not a table top RPG gamer, I think you'll enjoy the conversation I had with hosts @sdorward.bsky.social and Matt Sanderson.

RPGs and Fiction, with Evan Dorkin - Blasphemous Tomes

Evan Dorkin joins the The Good Friends of Jackson Elias to discuss how RPGs and fiction influence each other and merge in strange ways

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Daily Dwarf @dailydwarf.bsky.social · Apr 22

The ideal opportunity to shamelessly post the "lost" Milk & Cheese entry for the Monster Manual once again.

Milk & Cheese
No. appearing: 2
Armor class: Invulnerable
Move: 12" (sober), 2" (normal)
Hit dice: They'll hit anything
Treasure type: Gin
No. of attacks: As many as necessary
Special attacks: Bottles, baseball bats, hate
Intelligence: Are you trying to start something?
Alignment: Evil evil
Size: Seriously, do you want a fight?

Milk and Cheese are dairy products gone bad. Very bad. They hate what you hate, and they hate YOU! If you try and fight them, you will lose.

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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · Apr 9

Josephine McAdam @jcvim.bsky.social is a guest host on this recent episode of @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social - a Call of Cthulhu Podcast. And, as they note, you'll also be able to see Josephine touring the UK later this year with Chaosium, playing live games of Call of Cthulhu! - details below.

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cuppycup @cuppycup.bsky.social · Apr 8

My second consecutive guest spot on @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social with @sdorward.bsky.social and Matt is here! We’re arguing about Ray Bradbury’s “Something Wicked This Way Comes” and the 1983 movie version. blasphemoustomes.com/2025/04/08/s...

Something Wicked This Way Comes, with Cuppycup - Blasphemous Tomes

Cuppycup joins the The Good Friends of Jackson Elias to discuss Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes and its 1983 film adaptation

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