This month, I explore a genre I have not spent a lot of time with — Victorian horror! Most of my horror gaming has happened in the 1920s, the default setting for Call of Cthulhu. The 1880s never pulled me into its dark embrace, but the excellent new edition of Cthulhu by Gaslight inspired me […] The post Methods of Madness for Gaslight Horror – An Opera Unceasing appeared first on 1Shot Adventures.

I learned a big lesson writing this month’s free adventure! Mood changes everything. Coming off of Gotham ’39, a noir adventure filled with twists, interconnected families, and dark secrets, I yearned to move on to something simpler. Good GMs know when to pull back and do something different for their players (and they’re own sanity). […] The post Moody Folkloric Fantasy – The Beast of Black Keep appeared first on 1Shot Adventures.

Years ago a common criticism of Call of Cthulhu‘s investigative adventures was “if the players fail a single Spot Hidden roll to find a clue, the adventure is over.” I think that’s mostly a lazy critique. It’s like saying if your D&D players never find the dungeon, the adventure is over. But there is some […] The post Placing Clues is Hard – Gotham ’39 appeared first on 1Shot Adventures.