Pulp Egypt (4)

So after all this preparation, I've run a string of very enjoyable adventures which create a loose campaign. My wife's PC meet some interesting NPC, fought with nazis and other scums, find tombs, meet ancient mummies and other strange beings. All in all, it was a very well spent time. I cannot highly recommend Pulp Egypt setting!

Here You have a mashup of all materials used in the Pulp Egypt campaign (except Radio News of course!). But it was time for Mike to leave Cairo and Egypt, but he didn't go to NYC straight away. Another soldier from under the sphinx situation during Masks of Nyarlathotep was needing help in Kirkuk, Iraq, but this will be a story for another day...

Pulp Egypt (3)

Firstly if You read one or more of Pulp Egypt Adventures, You know that one of the handouts is The Egyptian Gazette. I do not want to translate it to Polish for the game and make another paper prep,  but I've decided to create it radio information program. With the use of Audacity and Freesound page, I've created a retro radio vibe for news from 1935. At the beginning of every new scenario, we listen to this news for about 3 to 5 minutes. It was something new in our games. Not only listening gives an opportunity for pieces of information to be acquired but also to immerse in-game and setting.
Another very important piece of this campaign were NPCs. Because for one player You have to create many diverse but also memorable Non-Player Characters. So I took characters from Hartwell Colledge Expedition and using Pulp Cthulhu rules I've given them stats and using Google-Foo - faces. Here they are:

When You have NPC ready, time for adversaries. I blend information from Astounding Adventures for BRP with Pulp Cthulhu and created this little booklet.

That is for now. But we not close the Pulp Egypt subject yet...

Pulp Egypt (2)

After I decided to make a little campaign from Pulp Egypt adventures, first I read them all. One thing that strikes me instantly was the number of historical cars, planes, and tanks that the author put in these scenarios as means for players (in my situation player) to make use of them. A quick search on the net showed me all these great machines, but if the game is in 1920 or 1930 I do not like to use a computer or other new tech in showing things. So I decided to make a couple of "period photos". Here You got them all:

Nothing big, but very informative. I took the same approach to maps. So I create an aged paper and print on these sheets all the maps form adventures. Here are the maps:

Doing so I create a more immersive experience for my wife. But this is not enough yet. Stay tuned!

Pulp Egypt (1)

Long-time no see here! But Our table is busy as never before! Since July all through October, we delve in one of the best Pulp settings out there! I was looking for something to be a little different than standard Pulp Cthulhu scenarios. I roam the web for inspiration and find one in super deep pulp book Pulp Egypt by Griffon Publishing Studio. After couple of other searches, I found PWYW adventures. I cannot highly recommend this adventures. They create some sort of campaign, but let's not jump ahead!
My wife wanted to play her character from Masks of Nyarlathotep, so I've decided to push time in this game world 10 years into the future. So Mike Pawlowsky (her PC) was in NY. First I've decided to use free adventure from Chaosium - Murder in the Footlights as a catalyst for Mike to move from NY to Cairo. Then I've started chronologically adventures from Pulp Egypt. But this is a story for another time...

Waiting for another hurricane... Wait what?

Ah yes! Last FLGS game night was super fun for us. We meet great gamers, play fun session and maybe have a new group! So... I've decided to create another intro to celebrate this event! Here it is:

Waiting for the hurricane again...

I've got another opportunity for Pulp Cthulhu game last weekend. This time with 6 players at my side, I decided to run something I've already played and it is an instant classic for me - from Pulp Cthulhu rulebook, adventure from Matthew Sanderson Waiting for the hurricane. This adventure is for me a perfect example of how should Pulp Cthulhu scenarios should look like. Everything in this adventure is perfectly balanced and in the right place. Obligatory adventure for every Pulp Cthulhu fan.

We used pre-gen characters from the previous scenario (The Midnight Masquerade). I've just adjusted the date of the scenario for a better fit with starting pulp campaign. So it was the only logical choice to create another intro for this adventure in the same aesthetic.

 

Midnight Masquerade

In the last post, I've told about Our peak of Cthulhu gaming. Like some kind of aftershock, I present You with an intro for my game Midnight Masquerade. It is short but sweet and maybe it will be something longer than just a one-shot. Players really liked Pulp Cthulhu!

Peak of RPG?

Yesterday (19.04.2019) I had a pleasure to play online with splendid Players and great Handler in his own scenario. This was my first foray to online gaming in English. The game was so much fun! I would like to thank every Player and Handler for this opportunity to try something new. I do not want to spoil this particular scenario for anyone else (I don't know if our Handler will run it in the future for another group), but a flayer for the reelection of Tom Spurlock for Sheriff will be with me for a long time...

And today (20.04.2019) I've got the opportunity to play in my wife's own scenario with our DG group. It was something new because it was mainly a debriefing after an Opera went south. I've played a psychologist who was ordered to investigate the DG group after they come back from the mission, but everyone got different memories of what happened in a small town in Vermont. It was a very tense and psychologic thriller. Something rather rare in our DG games, especially it was a one-shot, so we've got a chance to not necessarily care about what happened to these characters... But we delve into insanity to the extreme. Nice change of pace from our typical DG Ops.
After that, we change places with my wife and I run a short Pulp Cthulhu scenario Midgnith Masquerade from Chaosium's Cult of Chaos forums. Quick, action-packed scenario. Grate for the first time experience we Pulp as a system or expansion. Maybe it is the start of something new? Maybe? We will see... But for now, I'm happy. Three sessions in two days... Wow!

7th Edition all over again

Many of You know that Kickstarter for Korean or Japanse edition of Call of Cthulhu was very successful. But the Polish edition is interesting too. After my comparison of original and Polish edition of Alone Against the Dark, I thought it will be interesting to show You my pledge level in Polish crowd campaign for Zew Cthulhu 7 edycję. 

Keepers rulebook of course with two distinct covers to choose from, with quick start rules and two dice (for bonus and penalty - Qworshop fame).

Keepers screen with additional stuff (just like in original Keepers Screen - including adventures, maps, etc.)

HEAR THE CALL OF CTHULHU - 5 scenarios in one book.

CREEPING CONTRREVOLUTION - a scenario in PDF.

NEED TO FEED THE FIRE - a scenario in PDF.

IN THE MIDS OF STORES - a scenario in PDF.

Three booklets with additional information for Keepers.

New interior art.

Translated Keeper decks.

Soundtrack.

5 character sheets for different game periods.

AS above but in PDF.

Maps of 4 big Polish cities in PDF (period accurate).

Map of Arkham Asylum.

Postcards from Arkham.

Military Service Book.

Many player handouts in paper and PDF format.

So as You can see is worth to wait for this bundle. This is not shown off, just attempt to show You something from a distant place, from a dark corner of the earth...

Alone Against The Dark

Today I've got something different. I think in the first time in the history Polish version of Call of Cthulhu book looks better than the original version. Of course in the near future, there will be a total revmap or maybe a coloring of a couple of books that were first in 7th Edition line, but for now...

Polish edition is hardcover so it makes a big difference from the start. When You open the book it is not closing quickly. Art on the cover is a matter of personal preferences, I like both! Then, when You look inside,  page layout and most of the handouts also are in full color. 

Everything is the same, maybe except for two things. In the original version, the character sheet is blurred and in Polish book is razor sharp.

The second difference is in the advertisement at the end of the book - of course, it is reasonable. In the end, both of this book gives so many hours of superb tentacled fun, that whichever version You choose, You will be satisfied or terrified, or both.

Can You hear? Music from a darkened room...

After PX Poker Night scenario, once more we came back to our present campaign. So I decided to use one of my favorite classics - Music from a darkened room. What more can I say? This is a very specific mission, very hard and very dangerous. Everyone lose so much sanity, that next time it will be a breaking point time. House on Spooner is still standing. Maybe in the future, somebody will go back there?

As always I use my typical format for the intro for this game.

And for next time... I've started preparing something special: 

(I know, I know, not official cover just a mashup I made...)

Sounds interesting?

New Year! New Possibilities!

Ah yes! The New Year has come. With its old problems, new problems and lots of possibilities!

But the new year is a moment of great sales, so I choose to buy something I thought about for a long time. Ladies and Gentlemen! Pirates and scums! In my greedy little tentacles is...

...Blood Tide! Maybe someday I will run something in that genre, maybe. Who knows!? 

The second thing I received lately is something much smaller, much more awaited. 

This is little zin, made by Good Friend os Jackson Elias. I myself lately became a Good Friend of a Good Friends, so this is a present from them to all of their Patreons.  Everyone should definitely check them out on:

Blasphemous Tomes

Other things lurk in Our little dark corner of the earth...