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Alexander Lucard

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I wrote that thing you might have read that one time. Worked on everything from Castlevania to Pokemon, & have had a hand in several TTRPGs over the years. If you want to see an old Goth post pictures of painted miniatures or a horde of cats, here you go.

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Alexander Lucard @alexanderlucard.bsky.social · 1h

Painted up Joker for DC United today.

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Day 37: Ravenloft 3e

Ravenloft + White Wolf? One of the easiest & smartest ideas ever to happen. 3e is not only the best version of Ravenloft, but is also the best campaign setting for the entire edition. The Gazetteers alone are some of the most beloved books in the history of the industry.

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5e WFB. Still have it on my shelf.

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Day 36: Liminal Horror

Out of the the many new horror games that have come out over the past few years, this has been my favorite. The rules are easy to learn, it can be applied to any type of horror & the adventures are fun; many of which are homages to older TTRPG adventures for other systems.

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Day 35: In Nomine

About 30 years ago, SJG brought over a French RPG about Angels & Demons. Although not a horror game in the usual sense, this is a morality play in RPG form. it IS pretty easy to make this a creepy or scary considering we are dealing with Hell and its denizens.

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Painted up a Mind Controlled Superman for DC United today.

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Day 34: De Profundis.

There are a lot of Cosmic Horror TTRPGs out there, but this one stands out. As an epistolary game, this is primarily writing letters between other players and the GM. Think the format of the novel Dracula but as a RPG. It reminds me a lot of the golden era of PBEM & PBW RPGs.

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Day 33: The God Machine Chronicle. Easily the best bit of the New World of Darkness, it is the creepiest thing ever put out for either WoD. It is surreal, mysterious & purposely vague about the God Machine’s origins & intent.

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Day 32: Red Markets.

Red Markets is a zombie game, sure - but it is also a game discussing socio-economic horror via metaphor. This is the type of RPG that a certain audience will think is SO COOL because it’s exceedingly violent & then will complain years later that “they made it political.”

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Did a mediocre job on Harley Quinn today.

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Day 31: Chill 1e. I miss OG Pacesetter and 80s Chill. A wonderful tribute to Hammer Horror and Roger Corman films alike, Chill was the first ever traditional
Horror RPG (CoC was cosmic horror) & it died more because of Pacesetter’s internal issues rather than a lack of popularity.

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Day 30: The Shivering Circle

64 pages. PWYW. Folk Horror. There’s absolutely no excuse not to own this gem that came out in 2018. It’s rules-lite, heavily focused on storytelling, & is more
MR James than survival horror. Little indie games like this are well worth supporting.

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Day 29: CthulhuTech

The original CthulhuTech was THE EdgeLord TTRPG. It was doing Black Dog without the tongue in cheek. That helped kill it as quickly as it gained attention.

This year, CthulhuTech came back, but sans the purposely offensive bits. What remains are nifty ideas & solid mechanics.

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Day 28: Don’t Look Back. One of my favorite indie horror TTRPGs, I discovered the second edition of this game in a bargain bin decades ago and I loved the charm of this mostly one man show. In 2017, 175 people backed a KS for a Third Edition, using the d6xd6 system. Remember when that was a thing?

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Painted up Corvus Glaive for Marvel
United.

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Day 27 - Curseborne.

Wish Onyx Path was still doing World of Darkness 20AE? Well, it kind of is. Curseborne uses the Storypath system & is a truncated version of the five WoD games - barring the trademarks & IP. The feel, look & writing all reminds me of 2e VtM, just with less Timothy Bradstreet.

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Painted up Bullseye for Marvel United.

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Day 26 - Dead Reign

Not your usual Palladium game in rules or mechanics. It’s a post apocalyptic Zombie filled world, but it feels more like a BRP release than anything RiFTS-like. I always liked the covers for this game and Nightbane, even if I prefer AFMBE for my zombie fix.

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Day 25: Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

My copy is old & well loved. It’s too bad there isn’t a PDF option. The game is infamous for its charts & insane stats for everything, but the mechanics are fine. It revolves around finding clues & an eventual encounter with a big bad. It makes a fun Scooby Doo game.

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Day 24: Army of Darkness

It is crazy to think that there has only ever been 1 TTRPG featuring Ash. There have been some Evil Dead board games, & Leading Edge put out a miniatures line (also a board game), but nope, Eden Studios’ version with Unisystem mechanics is it. Thankfully it’s very good.

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Day 23: Accursed

Accursed has a pretty crazy history. It’s a Ravenloft meets Castlevania setting for Savage Worlds, but it’s moved around from Melior Via to Sigil to Star Anvil. Now it’s apparently going to Baskerville Games. This has kept the game from finding an audience & roots.

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Day 22: Transylvanian Adventures

TA took DCC & made it into (more of) a horror game. There were supposed to be 2 more books. They never came. Author apologized & promised the rules would be put out in PWYW format. They never came. You CAN use the book - just not to the full effect. Shame.

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Day 21: Arkham Horror

Arkham Horror started as a Call of Cthulhu board game. After being dead for decades, FFG brought the board game back. Then they made a LCG with it. Now they’ve made an RPG, which makes it a RPG based on ANOTHER RPG, & it’s an RPG of a LCG of a board game of a RPG. Oy.

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Alexander Lucard @alexanderlucard.bsky.social · 17d

Painted up Robin for DC United today.

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Day 20: Ghostbusters

While Paranoia & Star Wars have seen life long after WEG died, Ghostbusters has not.
No edition of the game has been reprinted, nor has anyone picked up the license. I get that the game didn’t have the best rules set, but an anniversary edition would sell just from the license!

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