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Actual play recording with the How We Roll crew

27 July, 2016

Earlier this month, Paul and I joined Joe and Eoghan from the How We Roll podcast for a Call of Cthulhu one-shot. Unfortunately, Matt was unable to join us. Mike Mason GMed for the session, using Servants of the Lake, a scenario from the forthcoming Chaosium collection, Doors to Darkness.

We recorded the game, and Joe chopped it up into three episodes, along with a short postscript where we chatted about Call of Cthulhu. If you’ve listened to How We Roll before, you’ll know that Joe is a master of applying sound effects and background music, and this episode is no exception.

All the episodes are now available on Soundcloud. Alternatively, here is the episode downloads page on the How We Roll website, where you can select Servants of the Lake from the drop-down menu.

The Smart Party talk about Unknown Armies

24 January, 2016

If your memory can stretch back to those dim days before Christmas, you may recall that we had a showdown at Dragonmeet with Baz and Gaz, the hosts of the What Would the Smart Party Do?…

The Grognard Files

30 December, 2015

The late 1970s and early ’80s were an exciting time to be a British gamer. Roleplaying games were growing in popularity, selling in numbers that make modern publishers weep. New publishers popped up almost every…

Special: Dragonmeet 2015 with The Smart Party

16 December, 2015

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You may have seen or heard us mention that we co-hosted a seminar at the recent Dragonmeet convention in London, along with our good friends Baz and Gaz from the What Would the Smart Party Do? podcast. The topic was “Is there too much Cthulhu in gaming?”, with Baz and Gaz arguing the case for the prosecution, Matt and Scott offering a spirited defence, and Paul as chair, occasionally remembering that he was supposed to be impartial.

Paul’s Jackson Elias T-shirt should not be taken as any indication of bias.

We recorded the proceedings, including heckles, digressions and the occasional rain of fish. The audio quality is better than we anticipated, although it is sometimes difficult to hear the questions from the audience.

Photos courtesy of Tiffany Sanderson.

The Smart Party, being more organised than us, have released their version of the recording already. It is much the same, but with slightly different post-production and Gaz doing the introduction instead of us. If you’ve already listened to that, you probably don’t need to download this episode. We will pout, however.

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Top Three Mythos Deities

8 December, 2015

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We’re back, and we’re doing another top three countdown. This is a spiritual follow-up to episode 62’s look at our favourite Lovecraftian monsters, only this time we’ve set our sights a bit higher. We each champion our three favourite Mythos deities, giving some background on each, followed by some unusual ways to use them in your Call of Cthulhu games.

Although no matter how you use them, the result will be much the same.

We’re also fresh back from Dragonmeet, where we had our live showdown against our rival podcasters from the Smart Party about whether there is too much Cthulhu in gaming. Paul is busy establishing whether the recording is usable; we had to rely on sharing our trusty Yeti amongst five of us, as well as everyone in the audience who asked questions (or simply threw fish at us). If the edited and sound-balanced recording sounds better than an experiment in electronic voice phenomena, we will release it either as part of an upcoming episode or as a standalone special.

The bombardment of jellied fish from the audience caused Baz to start melting in sympathy. (Photograph courtesy of Mike Mason)

Speaking of microphones, another burst of generosity from our wonderful Patreon backers has pushed us over our target for buying some professional recording equipment. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible! Paul and I plan to go shopping next week, and assuming we can get the hang of the new kit quickly, you should notice a major improvement in sound quality soon. We are also hard at work developing the next batch of backer rewards, based on suggestions from patrons who joined us for a chat last week.