Once again, the good people at You Too Can Cthulhu! allowed me to sit in on a few of their events. An awesome time was had by all.

The first event I attended was a brand new campaign this year entitled, “A Time of Crisis.” It takes place in Revolutionary France, where the head of the Committee for Public Safety has collected a team of individuals to track down a formerly well-respected doctor and philosopher. The team travels to a picturesque village, chasing the now mad doctor to arrest him, but find unspeakable horrors instead.

Six players participated in the campaign, including an actual medical doctor and his bookish companion, a coquettish spy, a ladykilling (allegedly) actor, a former soldier, and a no-nonsense inspector. Everyone did a fabulous job, and I was entertained the entire time.

Listen to some of the audio from the event here*:

1.) Introduction
2.) Thomas
3.) Afflictions
4.) Thomas (Again)
5.) Inspector
6.) Mysterious Boils
7.) Identifying Gustav
8.) Back at the Inn
9.) Climax/Big Finish!
10.) Black Letter Winner

*You may need to turn your speakers up or down accordingly. Pictures to follow.

Stay tuned for audio and character interviews from Sunday’s “Black Letter Game.” Trust me, you don’t want to miss it.

Tom of Peryton Publishing was kind enough to answer some questions about his Cthulhu roleplaying event, “SkitSkat.”

1.) Tell me about your event. How, why, and by whom was it started?

It’s the sequel to last year’s “Cthulhu at the Sands” where the Rat Pack battled to save humanity from the evil schemes of Liberace. No one wanted to play Jerry Lewis for some reason. Teamsters saved the day.

2.) What makes it different from other Cthulhu Mythos games?

I could be sued for using real persons as player-characters and NPC’s? I don’t really have an answer to this, except to say that I am trying to
stay apart of the CoC tradition of running interesting games in unique
settings. I try to be as well researched as most other CoC scenario
designers that I read, if prone to a little exaggeration here and there.

3.) How can other gamers join, and when/where does your event take place?

Too late. Already full. Even the after-game event in Dayton. The where and when? Sunday at GenCon, check the listings. And then a private spin-off game in Dayton for friends unable to make it the
convention.

4.) Any additional information you’d like to add, such as contact info or a website?

Tom K. Loney
Chief Flunky
Peryton Gamers
www.perytonpublishing.com

GenCon 2008 is finished, and I’m finally home. It was a fabulous time, and I have a few more posts to make with video of some of the events I attended. The following videos are from an RPG campaign from the group, “You Too Can Cthulhu!” based on the popular “Call of Cthulhu” Role-Playing Game.

These videos, sadly, are only a sampling of the nearly three hour session. I would have liked to film the entire thing, as these players were absolutely fabulous. Sadly I had to cut it short and skitter off to the Zombie Walk, which I will be adding later.

An introduction to the setting: A handful of people are left behind on the last day of a mental institution before it closes for good. Those left include a doctor, a nurse, the groundskeeper, and several patients (one with Jerusalem Syndrome, one who can see ghosts, and another who believes he is from the future!) The intrepid few are investigating mysterious deaths, and a grey dust that seems to have coated everything…

The GM was fair, but points to him for having written this campaign. Hopefully these videos at least give you a taste of how fun this was to watch!