I love the horror stories of H.P. Lovecraft, loosely set in a 1920s America in which the nihilist mood induced by the horrors of the First World War is applied to the universe as a whole. Uncaring gods, aliens to whom Man is less than an insect, ancient histories stretching back millions of years, secret cults and their sanity-blasting secrets, a hopeless, meaningless, doomed world… Good times! 🙂 And, as you can see in the sidebar, one of my favorite roleplaying games is one based on Lovecratft’s works, Call of Cthulhu*. So you can bet your sweet shoggoth that I’m looking forward to this:
This is from the same group that did the wonderful Call of Cthulhu silent movie, so I have great hope that The Whisperer in Darkness will be just as good or better.
(via Moe Lane)
*(Seriously. You wouldn’t think a game in such a world would be fun, but it is!)
A Seat By The Fire 
Haven’t actually purchased their CoC movie, but plan to at some point. This looks like loads of fun too, would make for a great “movie night” with beer and popcorn.
Wow, really makes me nostalgic for some rp’ing goodness.
The silent movie is great, perfect for a popcorn-and-pizza evening. And the dialogue cards can be set to about 20 languages. You really can’t appreciate “The Call of Cthulhu” until you’ve seen it in Basque. 😉
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