Convention Panel
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 […]
Grimdark Fantasy RPGs as Comic Horror
Any system can be played dark, but some have brutality, hopelessness, and dystopia baked into their core. What are the challenges and pitfalls of running a grimdark campaign? What systems and mechanics work to reinforce those themes? Our experts discuss systems, rules, tips and methods for keeping the brutal, nihilistic darkness fun at the tabletop, […]
The Body as Horror Landscape – Body Horror, Gender and Sexuality
Our panelists discuss the ways in which the body is a physical and symbolic vehicle for horror and the weird in film, art, and literature, with particular attention to the intersections of gender and sexuality. Victoria Dalpe (M) https://victoriadalpe.blogspot.com/ Michal Choinski https://michalchoinski.com/ Scott Dwyer http://www.theplutonian.com/p/plutonian-press.html Zin E. Rocklyn https://twitter.com/intelligentwat LC von Hessen https://twitter.com/lcvonhessen CORE Products: […]
Gaming with the King in Yellow – GenCon2020
Join Robin D. Laws, Ruth Tillman, Sarah “Sam” Saltiel, and Kenneth Hite discuss everything that Robert W. Chambers’ The King in Yellow can bring to your roleplaying games – with special insight into The Yellow King RPG from Pelgrane Press! Twitch: twitch.tv/PelgranePress Twitter: @PelgranePress The Yellow King RPG: https://bit.ly/31o0PZa
Describing the Indescribable – Pax 2020
“Each time you present a monster, present it afresh. Make the description intense and visceral. A deep one is never just a deep one. It is a creature from the depths of the sea and old as time itself, a creature whose very presence hits you deep in the gut, repelling humanity in a profound […]
