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Flash Cthulhu - Café au Morte - Chaosium | Miskatonic Repository | DriveThruRPG

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Barns. The E isn't required @elevatedpachyderm.bsky.social · 4d

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Way back when @mjrrpg.bsky.social ran this for us. It's a solid fun scenario and I'm running tonight at 9PM UK time.

One space left. It will run about an hour and a quarter.

There will be "COFEE TO DIE FOR"

Comment if you want in. I dig Flash Cthulhu muchly.

Flash Cthulhu: Café au Morte Boston, 1928. Some old friends are out for coffee when the tinkle of the bell announces an unexpected patron's entrance... Written by Michael Reid, author of the Platinum ...

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Miskatonic Playhouse @miskatonicplayhouse.com · 28d

Player sign-ups for the free online Miskatonic Repository Con are officially open! Games went fast last year, so hop in and sign up for the fun! The Con will run October 17-19.

tabletop.events/conventions/...

#ttrpg #CallofCthulhu #horror #convention #ttrpgcommunity @chaosium.bsky.social

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MJRRPG @mjrrpg.bsky.social · Sep 18

Yeah, more so the 'how.' I of course do love those three you mentioned! But I'd like to read some, I don't l own, theory? if that's the right word.

I know how to do academic reviewing, but some in depth ideas for making cultural reviews that aren't purely functional would be cool.

MJRRPG @mjrrpg.bsky.social · Sep 18

So, I've been writing #ttrpg scenario reviews for a bit now, but I realised I've never actually thought about learning how to, well, write interesting reviews.

Any recommendations for articles/books/videos/podcasts/whatever that go deeper into making reviews actually entertaining/engaging?

Obikiri Bridge Review – Call of Cthulhu (Tales of Nanafushi) - MJRRPG

MJRRPG @mjrrpg.bsky.social · Sep 10

Review of the Japanese #callofcthulhu scenario, Obikiri Bridge, written by Nanamine Kizashi and Gomi Hirufumi .

A neat little story but feels like a visual novel stuffed into a CoC scenario without allowing for much, well, roleplaying.

Read/listen:
mjrrpg.com/obikiri-brid...

#ttrpg

The following is a review of the Japanese Call of Cthulhu scenario, Obikiri Bridge (帯切橋), written by Nanamine Kizashi and Gomi Hirufumi, published online by KADOKAWA as part of the ‘Tales of Nanafushi...

Child Replay Review – Call of Cthulhu (Tales of Nanafushi) - MJRRPG

MJRRPG @mjrrpg.bsky.social · Aug 30

Review of the Japanese #callofcthulhu scenario, Child Replay, written by game-developer Sanada Makoto and Studio Arkham’s Satsukino Uso.

An unsettling but touching svenario, and made into something special thanks to an extremely well used ‘gimmick.’

Read/listen
mjrrpg.com/child-replay...
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The following is a review of the Japanese Call of Cthulhu scenario, Child Replay (チャイルド・リプレイ), written by horror-videogame-developer Sanada Makoto and Studio Arkham’s Satsukino Uso, published online b...

Cloud Jaws ~Hell’s Fleet~ Review – Call of Cthulhu (Tales of Nanafushi) - MJRRPG

MJRRPG @mjrrpg.bsky.social · Aug 27

Check out NekoMimi's funky, space-faring, one-hour scenario, The Son of Nyx

NekoMimi/TRPG @neko8mimi.bsky.social · Aug 27

Out now in Japanese & English
CoC 7th scenario
The Son of Nyx - DriveThruRPG.com legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5346...

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MJRRPG @mjrrpg.bsky.social · Aug 22

Review of the Japanese #CallofCthulhu scenario, Cloud Jaws – Hell’s Fleet (クラウド・ジョーズ～地獄の艦隊～), written by Nanamine Kizashi.

An absolute madhouse of a scenario. Slightly rigid in places, but easy enough to massage into more freeform, B-movie craziness.

Rea/Listen: mjrrpg.com/cloud-jaws-h...

The following is a review of the Japanese Call of Cthulhu scenario, Cloud Jaws - Hell’s Fleet (クラウド・ジョーズ～地獄の艦隊～), written by Studio Arkham’s Nanamine Kizashi, published online by KADOKAWA as part of t...

MJRRPG @mjrrpg.bsky.social · Jul 24

Good on ya, Nick.

Flash Cthulhu Year 1 [BUNDLE] - Chaosium | Miskatonic Repository | DriveThruRPG

MJRRPG @mjrrpg.bsky.social · Jul 18

Flash Cthulhu Year 1 bundle is further discounted during @drivethrurpg.com's Christmas in July sale.
12 scenarios, (at least) 12 hours, under US$6.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

(My Dark Ages Viking scenario 'Branches of Bone' and 1920s Japan 'A Chill in Abashiri' are also 30% off)
#ttrpg

This special bundle product contains the following titles. Flash Cthulhu scenarios are meant to run in a single, hour-long session, and are kept simple and to the point, generally in a single locatio...

Forget Me Not Review – Call of Cthulhu (The Things We Leave Behind) -

MJRRPG @mjrrpg.bsky.social · Jun 27

Wrote a review of the #Callofcthulhu scenario Forget Me Not, written by Brian M. Sammons.

Read/listen:
mjrrpg.com/forget-me-no...

A scenario with an incredibly strong opening half and an unfortunately underdeveloped tailing half, but overall held up by its nasty and memorable premise.

#ttrpg

Review of the Call of Cthulhu scenario Forget Me Not, written by Brian M. Sammons, for Stygian Fox’s modern day scenario anthology, The Things We Leave Behind, published in 2016. In-Short: A scenario ...

Cosmic Dark is a tabletop roleplaying game of weird space horror, from the award-winning author of Cthulhu Dark.

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Graham Walmsley @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social · Jun 16

The Kickstarter for Cosmic Dark, my game of weird space horror, has just over 24 hours to go, with stretch goals ahead from @mytholder.bsky.social, @sdorward.bsky.social, @gejwatts.bsky.social and more.

Back it while you can! Help us reach those goals. (And please repost)

#ttrpg #kickstarter

Cosmic Dark

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MJRRPG @mjrrpg.bsky.social · Jun 14

I'll be on the 'Transforming a Hook into a Scenario' panel for the Weekend With Good Friends convention, along with Rina Haenze, Colin Richards, and Matthew Sanderson!
Watch it live here, or later whenever you want:
youtube.com/live/4Abv28Z...
#ttrpg #callofcthulhu

Transforming a Hook into a Scenario

YouTube video by A Weekend With Good Friends

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Be Good Neighbours Narrative Replay – Call of Cthulhu (Flash Cthulhu) - MJRRPG

MJRRPG @mjrrpg.bsky.social · May 16

Wrote/recorded a narrative replay of my my Call of Cthulhu scenario, Be Good Neighbours.

What I call a narrative replay is simply an session recap/AAR/whatever, but in prose, and ‘narrative’ tacked on because I’m pretentious.
Read/listen here:
mjrrpg.com/be-good-neig...

#CallofCthulhu #ttrpg

The following is a 'narrative replay' for my Call of Cthulhu scenario, Be Good Neighbours, from the Flash Cthulhu series. I haven’t done one of these for quite a while, so to explain: what I call a na...

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MJRRPG @mjrrpg.bsky.social · May 12

Thanks! I'll run 「帯切橋」と「クラウドジョーズ」、また「チルド・リプレイ」for the Weekend With Good Friends Convention.
It's an online con for mostly horror games (and mostly CoC) from June 12-15. Player sign ups on May 22.
If you have time, take a look on the Good Friends of Jackson Elias Discord server:
discord.gg/e9KDHmK7

We love Call of Cthulhu, horror films, weird fiction and horror gaming in general! | 4164 members

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MJRRPG @mjrrpg.bsky.social · Apr 26

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MJRRPG @mjrrpg.bsky.social · Apr 26

Aaaaand purchased the 8 scenario set.
Besides 七伏ケープタワー, have you played any of the others from that set? Any you recommend in particular?

KADOKAWA運営の『クトゥルフ神話TRPG』公式BOOTHショップです。オリジナルシナリオや素材などの販売、配布を行います。 ※BOOTHでのお問い合わせに関しまして、個別での返信は行っておりません

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NekoMimi/TRPG @neko8mimi.bsky.social · Apr 26

It's been a year since KADOKAWA introduced us to the new play space for Call of Cthulhu, The Nanafuse Town.

This modern Japan setting has been a popular base of many quick-fun scenarios from the Japan official, Studio Arkham creator team & CoC loving fans.

cthulhumasters.booth.pm/item_lists/r...

七伏市奇譚 - BOOTH

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Savage Spook @savagespiel.bsky.social · Apr 26

Just ran Fruit from the Dust by @mjrrpg.bsky.social from the Flash Cthulhu bundle. Only slightly over the 1 hour intended time. And despite the expressions of disbelief from the players, it really was the first time I've ever run a game of Call of Cthulhu.

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Flash Cthulhu Year 1 [BUNDLE] - Chaosium | Miskatonic Repository | DriveThruRPG

This special bundle product contains the following titles. Flash Cthulhu scenarios are meant to run in a single, hour-long session, and are kept simple and to the point, generally in a single locatio...

Selling on the Miskatonic Repository – Case Study: Branches of Bone - MJRRPG

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MJRRPG @mjrrpg.bsky.social · Apr 26

I had trouble getting that one under an hour, you did better at pacing it than I did!
Glad you had fun with it, and an honour you used it for your first CoC run!

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MJRRPG @mjrrpg.bsky.social · Apr 25

With my first #callofcthulhu scenario, Branches of Bones passing the platinum threshold on @drivethrurpg.com recently, I thought it would be a good opportunity to do a write up of what I've learned creating and selling a title on the Miskatonic Repository.

Read/Listen:
mjrrpg.com/selling-on-t...

The following is all I’ve learned about creating something for the Miskatonic Repository, Call of Cthulhu’s community content program on DriveThruRPG, using a dissection of how I made and sold my firs...

No Breaking Off Review – Call of Cthulhu (Cthulhu 2020) - MJRRPG

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Miskatonic Repository Reviews @m-r-reviews.bsky.social · Apr 6

Fancy a quicky?

This week, we take a look at Michael Reid's Flash Cthulhu series. Quite frankly, we love it!

Read our full thoughts under the pictures Alt Text and grab a copy here:
tinyurl.com/yzdn5kts

#CallofCthulhu #TTRPG #MiskatonicRepository #Chaosium

Fancy a quicky?

Last week has been a busy one for the entire team, and one of us even had to go abroad for work (Roll for Sanity)
Fortunately, Michael Reid came to the rescue with his Flash Cthulhu series, which is a stroke of genius in our modern time of juggling work, family, and hobbies.

Flash Cthulhu is aimed at the busy Keeper who needs something quick to prepare and run.
This is perfectly suited for a demonstration game, but in our opinion, it really shines as a palate-cleanser for a group of players between campaigns or systems, or in the instance that if a couple of regulars has to cancel on a session with short notice.

Rather than point out a specific scenario, we would like to guide you towards the bundle containing 12 of these wonderful little scenarios.
Each of them has everything you need in an easy-to-digest 6-page package.
Designed to be run in short 1-hour sessions, they are tightly and brilliantly written and even includes pre-gen Investigators!

Setting varies wildly in both location and year. Ranging from a 15000 BCE scenario (yes you read that right) to the classic era and into both modern and SF times.
Quite frankly there is something for everyone.

The bundle is less than $12 for at least 12 hours of fun, and we can't recommend it warmly enough. Grab your own copy of the bundle here:
https://tinyurl.com/yzdn5kts

#CallofCthulhu #TTRPG #MiskatonicRepository #Chaosium

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MJRRPG @mjrrpg.bsky.social · Apr 4

Review of the Japanese #callofcthulhu scenario No Breaking Off, by Uchiyama Yasujirou, from Cthulhu 2020.
A linear scenario that trades player agency for a somewhat unique structure, spooky atmosphere, a neat set piece, and weird relationship stuff.
Read/Listen:
mjrrpg.com/no-breaking-...
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Review of the Japanese Call of Cthulhu scenario No Breaking Off (私には止められない), written by Uchiyama Yasujirou, from the modern-day sourcebook and scenario collection Cthulhu 2020 (クトゥルフ2020). In Short: A...