John Haremza
But Stranger Still is Lost Carcosa (NecronomiCon 2022)
On the shores of Lake Hali, in the star cluster Hyades stands the doomed city of Carcosa. Created by Bierce, developed by Chambers, and embraced by many others in fiction, games, and television, Carcosa is a mysterious and dread location. Our panelists discuss representations of the city and its inhabitants in different works, and how […]
Call of Cthulhu – To Put Away Childish Things 5-2
Mildred Danforth – Lisa Vivian Pemberton – Regina Georgie Prince – Jesse Harry Stanton – John H Keeper – Oscar Rios After fending off a murderous murder of crows the party enters the long abandoned polio hospital. Except it’s not as abandoned as it would seem. Golden Goblin Press and the ENnies! Twitter https://twitter.com/CORErpgsystem CORE […]
Everyone Dies or Goes Insane: Survival and Consequences in Horror Gaming (NecronomiCon 2022)
Horror RPGs such as Call of Cthulhu are characterized as “everyone dies or goes insane” in every game, but in reality, all games should not require tearing up character sheets. This panel explores the options and reasons for character survival. How does the Keeper employ game mechanics and meaningful consequences that are true to theme […]
Call of Cthulhu – To Put Away Childish Things 5-1
Mildred Danforth – Lisa Vivian Pemberton – Regina Georgie Prince – Jesse Harry Stanton – John H Keeper – Oscar Rios Having survived the night, the party makes it’s way to a farm on Orchard Island. The inhabitants, friends of the boats captain, agree to put them up and wash their clothes. During the course […]
Lovecraft in Southeast Asia (NecronomiCon 2022)
Classic pulp-era writers looked to French Indochina and the islands of the South Pacific as mysterious and exotic settings, a source for strange artifacts and distant adventure. Leng, the Tcho-Tcho, and Shugoran were inserted into the region without consideration for local cultures and history. Unsurprisingly, fiction and gaming scenarios by Western authors often focus on […]
