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Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · 6d

After one too many issues with Facebook I'm shifting the
bulk of my online posting over to the new Innsmouth Forum.
Please take a look, sign up and take part - it will hopefully become a focus for weird fiction chat, reviews, new and event reports.

innsmouth.freeforums.net

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Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · 6d

IBC 112 Authors John Houlihan and Christopher Michael join us in the Library for a discussion of the Mythos at War. We talk WW2, the Napoleonic era, research and detail, Georgian science, the perils of velcro, modern warfare and cavalry sabres.

www.buzzsprout.com/1982490/epis...

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Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · 9d

A report on the first public outing for We Want the Gold at ILF25. Plus details of a new forum!
youtu.be/RaYbEbXaBIs

On Manoeuvres 16. ILF25

YouTube video by Innsmouth Book Club

Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · 11d

Innsmouth Literary Festival 25 Highlights. Thanks everyone for a great day!

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ILF25 Highlights

Builds 29. The Innsmouth Bus

Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · 16d

Who can tell who you will bump into in Innsmouth?

Last chance for ILF25 tickets!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innsmouth-...

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Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · 17d

How do you get to Innsmouth? You take the bus, of course, courtesy of Joe Sargent. But leaving might not be so easy...

youtu.be/mHAbUY0eU60

SS4 06 The Ice Demon - Strange Shadows

Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · 19d

You never know what's around the corner in Innsmouth...

eventbrite.co.uk/e/innsmouth-literary-festival-25-tickets-1494615127079

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Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 24d

Finishing touches to my box of tricks for @innsmouthgold.bsky.social Literary Festival one weekend from now! These will be bookmarks - the camera doesn't really do them justice 🖤

A piece of whitish cross stitch fabric with LIVE LAUGH LOVECRAFT stitches repeatedly in black. The letters have then been painted over so they're dripping down the fabric.

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Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · 20d

Strange Shadows S4 06 Frozen Hyperborea beckons for the creeping doom that is The Ice Demon. We talk D&D, the Pleistocene era, Ithaqua, £50 notes, nematodes, and inclement weather.
Reader: Scott Dorward
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Frozen Hyperborea beckons for the creeping doom that is The Ice Demon. We talk D&D, the Pleistocene era, Ithaqua, £50 notes, nematodes, potholes and inclement weather.Reader: Scott DorwardFavourit...

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Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · 26d

Isn't it funny how you find something long after you've stopped looking for it? Rob looks over the classic Firefly WW2 1/300th ruleset by Bruce Rea Taylor.

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WW2 3. Firefly

September Viewing | Innsmouth Book Club

Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · 26d

Here's our ILF map. This year's talks in the Library include
Paul Roland on his The Curious Case of HPL.

The Key of Dreams on their interactive experience.

Heather Miller on her upcoming paper on HPL

Tickets going fast, be sure to get yours from
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innsmouth-...

Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · 27d

Due to ILF25 prep there is no IBC episode this week. Instead, here's a couple of Youtube channels. The first is Morgan Scorpion reads ghost and horror stories old and new. The second is People's Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos podcast.
www.patreon.com/posts/138739...

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Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · Sep 10

£5 would barely cover the printing costs of anything more than about 10 pages tbh.

On Manoeuvres 14. Hereward 25

Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · Sep 9

It's a quick trip up the A1 for the excellent Hereward 25 Wargames Show.

youtu.be/kMW1BCcwOUQ

We Want the Gold Introduction

Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · Sep 5

Coming soon - an exciting new skirmish ruleset that combines table-top with RPG!
In WWTG you take charge of one of a group of characters, each with their own aims and objectives. Forget noble aims of heroism and fighting for justice - We Want the Gold!

youtu.be/xTRYGlPwTGs

Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are pleased to announce that we will be putting on a special "Forbidden Knowledge" quiz on the Friday for all you ILF25 early-birds! It will start at 7pm at The Kings Arms. Exclusive to ticket holders! Festival tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innsmouth-...

Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · Sep 1

Marvellous!

SS4 05 The White Sybil - Strange Shadows

Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · Aug 31

It's a return to Hyperborea with Smith's classic tale of allure and creeping doom. We chat Sybil, the Frost Giant's Daughter, tropigoths, the children of Woolpit, elevated horror and technicolour prose. Oh, and Rob tells the moth joke...
Reader: Helena Nash

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It's a return to Hyperborea with Smith's classic tale of allure and creeping doom. We chat Sybil, the Frost Giant's Daughter, tropigoths, the children of Woolpit, elevated horror and technicolour pros...

www.buzzsprout.com

IBC111 Scott Dorward - Innsmouth Book Club

Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · Aug 30

ILF25 has a great lineup of guests joining us for panels, presentations, book launches, and more!
Plus Innsmouth After Dark with Paul Roland, Edwyrdian Tales performing From Beyond, Deadbolt Films screening, and poet CJ Hooper!
eventbrite.co.uk/e/innsmouth-literary-festival-25-tickets-1494615127079

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Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · Aug 24

We celebrate HPL's birthday in the Gilman Hotel with games designer and podcaster Scott Dorward. We talk on-line gaming, scenario design, Milton Keynes, quantifying the Mythos, new perspectives on gaming and The Good Friends of Jackson Elias.

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We celebrate HPL's birthday in the Gilman Hotel with games designer and podcaster Scott Dorward. We talk on-line gaming, scenario design, Milton Keynes, quantifying the Mythos, new perspectives on gam...

www.buzzsprout.com

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Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · Aug 23

A catch-up with what has been happening in the first month of Bane Wars Phase 2. We look at some new figures, see where the various armies are at, discuss some of the rules tweaks and answer viewer questions.

youtu.be/knDsHV5Vo9Y

Bane Wars 16. Eyes in the Sky

SS Bonus 12 The Three Phases of Smith | Innsmouth Book Club

Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · Aug 17

Strange Shadows Patron Bonus 12
We discuss two CAS poems - For an Antique Lyre and The Muse of Hyperborea - and take a look at the three phases of his creative career. Plus we get to peek inside the libraries of both Smith and Lovecraft!
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Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · Aug 17

Real life combat involves lots of things happening at the same time. But how do we make sense of this in a tabletop game? Rob looks at the pros and cons of different activation mechanics.

youtu.be/Pw9ZvfPAlXo

Chat 24. Activation