Category: Inspiration

We’re back and we’re playing God. It’s a demanding role but we have hubris to spare! In fact, no one has ever had as much hubris as we do. We shall use our hubris to remake the world in our image! Our hubris will shake the very pillars of the universe! Those fools at the institute told us that hubris would be our undoing, but what do such petty-minded idiots know? We’ll show them! We’ll show them all! But before then, have an episode about weird science in Call of Cthulhu.

Main Topic: Weird Science in Call of Cthulhu

This episode is our exploration of the role played by weird science in Call of Cthulhu. From Crawford Tillinghast and his resonator to Herbert West and his ill-fated experiments in reanimation, Lovecraftian horror is built upon the archetype of the mad scientist. Pulp Cthulhu has expanded this reach, drawing in elements of the weird science hero from the pulp magazines. But how does all this work at the gaming table? What can we steal from other media? And will anyone notice if we transplant our laboratory assistant’s brain into this handy gorilla? Listen to find out the answers to at least two of those questions.

Links

Things we mention in this episode include:

• The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H P Lovecraft
• “Dial F for Frankenstein” by Arthur C Clarke
• “Herbert West – Reanimator” by H P Lovecraft
• Pulp Cthulhu
• Doc Savage
• “From Beyond” by H P Lovecraft
• Masks of Nyarlathotep
• Beyond the Mountains of Madness
• The Mythos as Science Fiction
• “Cool Air” by H P Lovecraft
• Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley
• The Island of Moreau by H G Wells
• The Invisible Man by H G Wells

• Frankenstein (1931)
• Young Frankenstein (1974)
• Lake Vostok
• Michael Crichton
• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
• The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
• State of Fear by Michael Crichton
• Westworld (1973)
• Adrian Tchaikovsky interview
• Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Horror on the Orient Express
• The Cthulhu Mythos skill in Call of Cthulhu

• The Outer Limits (1995)
• The Time Machine by H G Wells
• “A Stitch in Time” episode of The Outer Limits
• Inception (2010)
• “The Sentence” episode of The Outer Limits
• Deep Space Nine
• “White Christmas” episode of Black Mirror
• Existenz (1999)
• The Prestige by Christopher Priest
• Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys
• “The Thing on the Doorstep” by H P Lovecraft

• Petersen’s Abominations
• The Two-Headed Serpent
• Narbonic
• Mansions of Madness vol 1
• The Blasphemous Tome
• Galactica (formerly Air) at Alton Towers
• The Boys (2019)
• Keep Off the Borderlands
• Grizzly Peaks Radio
• The Good Friends of Jackson Elias Discord

News

A Weekend With Good Friends returns

At the time of posting, we are a month away from the next Weekend With Good Friends, starting on the 20th of August 2021. This is the online gaming convention organised by our wonderful listeners and hosted on our Discord Server. If you would like to offer a game, GM sign-ups begin on the 31st of July. Player sign-ups begin a week later. Full details can be found on this very website.

Chase rules videos on Arkham Studios

Paul and Mike Mason chased Nathan from Arkham Audio all around the place and recorded it for posterity. The resulting videos now provide examples of play for the Call of Cthulhu chase rules.

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