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The Blasphemous Tome Fanzine Issue 1

The Blasphemous Tome Fanzine Issue 1


Originally published in 2016, The Blasphemous Tome is the semi-annual fanzine that we create for Patreon backers of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast. Please read the 'Please Note' below before purchasing. The Blasphemous Tome 1 is packed with articles, including a memoir of the shed, the secret history of Attract Fish, a graphic description of what Matt does to the dice that...   [click here for more]
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The Blasphemous Tome Fanzine Issue 2

The Blasphemous Tome Fanzine Issue 2


Originally published in 2017, The Blasphemous Tome is the semi-annual fanzine that we create for Patreon backers of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast. Please read the 'Please Note' below before purchasing. The Blasphemous Tome 2 sees the return of several columns, as well as some new features. Highlights include: A Peek Inside the Recording Studio Cocktail Corner The Ludomancers...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 100: The Appeal of Lovecraft

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Episode 100 – The Good Friends ponder the appeal of Lovecraft As Call of Cthulhuwriters, it’s no exaggeration to say that Lovecraft plays a central role in our lives. He is a larger presence than many people we actually know in person and who aren’t dead. But why is this the case? What is it about the man and his work that exerts such a hold on us? Lovecraft was a complex figure,...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 101: The Memory Hole

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Episode 101 – The Good Friends disappear down the memory hole We’re back and we’re indulging in some therapeutic negativity. Normally, we use the podcast to talk about things we like. This time we’re venting our bile ducts, spewing forth about aspects of gaming, books and films that give us dyspepsia. We are generally positive, or at least as positive as people who write about soul-crushing...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 102: Event Horizon

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Episode 102 – The Good Friends are sucked into Event Horizon We’re back and we’re heading out into uncharted space. Where better to talk about horror movies? This time it’s the turn of 1997’s Event Horizon, an ambitious film that blends science fiction, cosmic horror, religious imagery and extreme gore to create something that should have been exceptional. It is blessed with...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 103: Appeal of Investigative Games

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Episode 103 – The Good Friends puzzle out the appeal of investigative games We’re back, and we’re polishing our magnifying glasses, scraping the gum off our shoes and hunting for clues. This is the first of two episodes delving into the appeal of investigative games. A big topic such as this demands extra resources, so we have brought in Mike Mason, line editor for Call of Cthulhu,...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 104: Appeal of Investigative Games (part 2)

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Episode 104 – The Good Friends puzzle out more of the appeal of investigative games (Part 2) We’re back and we’re wrapping up our investigation into, um, investigations. This is the second part of our look at investigative games. Once again, we are joined by Mike Mason, line editor for Call of Cthulhu. Following on from last episode‘s discussion of player techniques, this time we delve...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 105: World of Darkness

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Episode 105 – The Good Friends illuminate the World of Darkness We’re back and we’re sharpening our fangs, picking the nits out of our fur and preparing for some paradox. Born in 1991 out of Vampire: the Masquerade, the World of Darkness has grown, changed and completely reinvented itself many times since. As a result, our discussion covers only the very basics of its history. Simply cataloguing...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 106: Creating NPCs

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Episode 106 – The Good Friends create some non-player characters We’re back and we’re poring over stat blocks, writing up physical descriptions and searching the internet for names. This is the first of two episodes about NPCs. Our focus this time is on how we create non-player characters that our players will remember (probably with muttered curses) for years to come. Next episode delves...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 107: Portraying NPCs

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Episode 107 – The Good Friends play some non-player characters We’re back and we’re putting on silly voices, adopting exaggerated mannerisms and making life as miserable as possible for the player characters. In other words, we’re playing NPCs. This is the follow-up to our discussion last episode about creating memorable non-player characters. Now we’re offering advice on how to bring...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 108: Mage: The Awakening

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Episode 108 – The Good Friends look for the magic in Mage: the Awakening We’re back and we’re following up episode 105‘s discussion of the World of Darkness with a more detailed look at one of the core games that make up the current incarnation of the line. Mage: the Awakening is the reinvention of the RPG that started life as Mage: the Ascension. Onyx Path released a second, heavily...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 109: The Call of Cthulhu (part 1)

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Episode 109 – The Good Friends answer The Call of Cthulhu We’re back and we’re talking about one of Lovecraft’s best-known stories. The Call of Cthulhu probably boasts more name recognition than any other Lovecraft tale. This is largely due to the ubiquity of old squidhead himself. Between the term “Cthulhu Mythos” and Chaosium using the story’s name for their groundbreaking RPG, Cthulhu...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 110: The Call of Cthulhu (part 2)

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Episode 110 – The Good Friends hold for The Call of Cthulhu We’re back and we’re still being haunted by those hellish dreams surfacing from lost R’yeh like bubbles of pure madness. This is the second part of our discussion of Lovecraft’s classic weird tale, The Call of Cthulhu. Last episode we talked about the first two acts of the story. This time, we wrap up the synopsis, discuss adaptations...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 111: R'lyeh Roulette 3

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Episode 111 – The Good Friends play R’lyeh Roulette: Monster Madness We’re back and we’re giving the wheel of misfortune another spin. In our earlier R’lyeh Roulette episodes — 37 and 60 — we rolled for random spells from the spreadsheet that would one day become The Grand Grimoire of Mythos Magic. This time we’re using the Malleus Monstorum as our roulette wheel, rolling for...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 112: Pacing RPGs

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Episode 112 – The Good Friends pick up their pacing We’re back and we’re putting ourselves through our paces. Over on our Google+ Community, Tore Nielsen recently asked us to explain a little more about how we handle pacing in games. It’s a topic we touched upon back in our discussion of Beginnings, Middles and Ends. We hope there is enough new material here to justify a new episode. We certainly...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 113: Hellraiser

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Episode 113 – The Good Friends solve the puzzle of Hellraiser We’re back and we have such sights to show you. Or tell you. Can you really tell a sight? You can tell of it, but does that really convey the same visceral impact? This is all getting rather tortuous, appropriately enough. Regardless of which orifices you use to receive us, we are here to tell you all about Clive Barker’s 1987 horror...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 114: Social Conflict in RPGs

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Episode 114: The Good Friends resolve their social conflicts We’re back and we’re intimidating goons, charming cult leaders and fast-talking the slow-witted. This is our look at the use of social conflicts in RPGs. By this, we don’t mean arguments over whose turn it was to bring the snacks or whether that roll of 00 was really cocked. Instead, we’re talking about the use of social skills in...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 115: Shub-Niggurath

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Episode 115 – The Good Friends are transformed by Shub-Niggurath We’re back and we’re dancing around in the woods, bleating with ecstasy, smearing our mutating bodies with Mother’s milk. This episode is our discussion of the Lovecraftian deity, Shub-Niggurath. It is part of our ongoing look at the gods of the Mythos, continuing from our recent episode about Dagon. Shub-Niggurath appealed...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 116: The Shunned House

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Episode 116 – The Good Friends dig into The Shunned House We’re back and we’re digging into another Lovecraft story, looking for the horrors that lie beneath. The Shunned House is one of the more minor of Lovecraft’s major stories, if that makes any sense. It is a lengthy, substantial piece that certainly shares thematic elements with his Mythos tales, if not any explicit continuity....   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 117: Sorcerer

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Episode 117 – The Good Friends conjure up their thoughts on Sorcerer We’re back and we’re scratching pentagrams into the floor, muttering blasphemous incantations and making ill-advised pacts with demons. This episode is our discussion of Ron Edwards’ influential indie RPG, Sorcerer. Kicking off a self-publishing revolution in the late 1990s, Sorcerer was arguably a manifesto as much as a...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 118: The Mythos as Religion (part 1)

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Episode 118 – The Good Friends get some of that old-time Mythos religion We’re back and we’re making offerings to twisted idols, praying in inhuman tongues and performing rites passed down through strange aeons. This is our look at the role religion plays in the Cthulhu Mythos. Specifically, we try to make sense of how worship of the Great Old Ones relates to more wholesome beliefs. To do so,...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 119: The Mythos as Religion (part 2)

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Episode 119 – The Good Friends get more of that old-time Mythos religion We’re back and we’re starting a cult. No, worse than that — we’re starting three of them! Last episode, we looked at how real religions and their practices might inform our depiction of Mythos sects in Call of Cthulhu. Now we’re taking things one step further. Building on what we’ve learnt, we try to picture what...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 120: The Stone Tape

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Episode 120 – The Good Friends play back The Stone Tape We’re back and we’re watching in helpless terror as echoes of the dead past haunt us, screaming endlessly. This is our look at the classic 1972 British horror film, The Stone Tape. Fittingly, the BBC originally broadcast it as a ghost story for Christmas. We may be a day late on that front, but the nights are still cold and dark, and the...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 121: System Matters

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Episode 121 – The Good Friends delve into System Matters We’re back and we’re wondering just what it is we’ve been doing with all these dice. Inspired by our mention of Ron Edwards’ System Does Matter essay in our recent episode on Sorcerer, we give some thought to how mechanics shape play. As well as talking about theory, we also try to provide some concrete examples....   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 122: Folk Horror

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Episode 122 – The Good Friends observe the rituals of folk horror We’re back and we’re hiding in the hedgerows, weaving twisted little corn dollies and performing unspeakable acts of Morris dancing. This episode is our discussion of the very British subgenre of folk horror. In particular, we’re looking into the Folk Horror Revival and how it ties into the childhood fears of those old enough...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 123: The Wicker Man

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Episode 123: The Good Friends rekindle their love for The Wicker Man We’re back and we’re erecting monstrous effigies, playing deadly games and proclaiming that Sumer is Icumen In. OK, it’s February, but we’re sure that summer is out there somewhere. In fact, as we mention, the cast and crew of The Wicker Man had to pretend that a Scottish November offered the warmth of late spring. We Britons...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 124: Inspiration and Development

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Episode 124: The Good Friends open up to inspiration and development We’re back and we’re baring all. The most common thing people seem to ask writers is “Where do you get your ideas?” Apparently, “By eating the brains of more talented writers” isn’t as helpful an answer as we’d hoped. Maybe discussing our creative process in depth might prove more useful. Please forgive us if we...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 125: Yog-Sothoth

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Episode 125 – The Good Friends open the way to Yog-Sothoth We’re back, standing atop Sentinel Hill, chill wind whipping under our robes, shrieking until our lungs hurt. Damn, that wind’s cold! This is our discussion of Yog-Sothoth, the All-in-One, the Gate, the Key, the Lurker at the Threshold and any number of other names. You can tell Yog-Sothoth is an important deity: he has almost as...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 126: The Last Feast of Harlequin

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Episode 126 – The Good Friends celebrate The Last Feast of Harlequin We’re back and we’re touching up our greasepaint, frolicking with wild abandon and preparing for an unspeakable transformation. This episode is our look at Thomas Ligotti’s weird tale The Last Feast of Harlequin. While Ligotti may arguably have written stronger stories, this established his reputation as one of the finest...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 127: Comedy in RPGs

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Episode 127 – The Good Friends have a laugh over comedy in RPGs We’re back and we’re splitting our sides, busting a gut and otherwise rupturing ourselves in the pursuit of comedy. It’s rare to find a gaming table where no one is laughing, even if the subject of the game is grim or horrible. Whether we like it or not, humour is a big part of RPGs. We may play Call of Cthulhu to scare ourselves,...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 128: Cats in Lovecraft and Call of Cthulhu

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Episode 128 – The Good Friends fuss over cats in Call of Cthulhu We’re back and we’re chasing our tails, trying to lick our nether regions and hissing at anyone who looks at us funny. Meow. This is our look into the role of cats in Call of Cthulhu. Lovecraft was famously fond of cats. He kept them as pets throughout his life, and wrote about their exploits in his letters and stories. Inevitably,...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 129: Survival Horror

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Episode 129 – The Good Friends brave the terrors of survival horror We start out by trying to define what survival horror is, using examples from media. It’s a surprisingly hard thing to pin down. What are the common factors that define the genre and only the genre? Where do slasher movies end and survival horror begin? Who ate the last protein bar, probably condemning the rest of us to death?...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 130: The Ritual

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Episode 130 – The Good Friends undergo The Ritual We’re back and we’re lost in the woods. There seem to be some familiar landmarks, however. If we look to the left, there’s The Blair Witch Project. Over there on the right is The Wicker Man. And sneaking up behind us is just about every rural horror film made. What, if anything, makes The Ritualstand out in this...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 131: Subterranean Spaces

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Episode 131 – The Good Friends peer into subterranean spaces in Call of Cthulhu We’re back and we’re strapping on our headlamps, checking our harnesses and spelunking like our lives depended upon it. This is our look into subterranean spaces in Call of Cthulhu and Lovecraft. From his work, Lovecraft seemed to be both drawn to and disturbed by deep, dark holes and the mysteries lurking within. ...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 132: Player Engagement

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Episode 132 – The Good Friends lock onto player engagement This is our discussion of player engagement, specifically what engages us, the things we do to foster it and how we cope when players disengage. In the discussion, we offer some personal insight into what draws us to play a game, which factors keep our enthusiasm fired and what turns us off a game. It’s too often easier to focus on...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 133: Masks of Nyarlathotep (part 1 of 2)

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Episode 133 – The Good Friends try on Masks of Nyarlathotep This is our spoiler-free discussion of the new edition of Masks of Nyarlathotep, with all four of the authors of the revision offering their inside views. Next episode, we shall remove the mask completely and take a good look at what lurks underneath. Get ready for that 1D10/1D100 SAN roll! The bulk of the episode is an extended...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 134: Masks of Nyarlathotep (part 2 of 2)

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Episode 134 – The Good Friends try on more Masks of Nyarlathotep Would you like a peek behind the new Masks of Nyarlathotep? After last episode‘s spoiler-free discussion of the classic campaign, this time we’re revealing all. Mike Mason and Lynne Hardy from Chaosium join Paul Fricker and Scott Dorward for an extended chat. This means we have the full team responsible for the revision...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 135: Insanity in Lovecraft

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Episode 135 – Insanity in Lovecraft We start by discussing Lovecraft’s family history and his own experiences with mental illness. These undoubtedly shaped his work, and we offer some thoughts on the matter. Then, we move on to a few examples of insanity from Lovecraft’s work, trying to determine whether it’s as major a theme as conventional wisdom holds. Finally, we try to understand what...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 136: Insanity in Call of Cthulhu

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Episode 136 – The Good Friends analyse insanity in Call of Cthulhu We’re building on last episode‘s discussion of the theme of mental illness in Lovecraft’s work. This time, we turn our attention to the role of insanity in Call of Cthulhu. Obviously, Call of Cthulhu is based upon Lovecraft’s writings, but how much does the sanity system actually reflect the source...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 137: Wild Acre

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Episode 137 – The Good Friends explore Wild Acre This episode is our discussion of Nathan Ballingrud’s short story, Wild Acre. While Wild Acre isn’t Lovecraftian horror, we thought it would make a good follow-up to our recent episode about insanity in Call of Cthulhu. It is an unusual story, raising questions about the portrayal of trauma in horror. While the emotional impact of encounters...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 138: Failure

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Episode 138 – The Good Friends embrace the joy of failure t’s easy to see failure as a bad thing in our games. Small missteps may be frustrating, making our characters seem incompetent or denying us the chance to do something cool. They could also be entertaining, leading to a bit of humour or raising the tension. Sometimes larger plans fall apart, but isn’t this the kind of thing drama thrives...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 140: Nyarlathotep

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Episode 140: Mythos Deity Nyarlathotep We’re learning hideous secrets from Nyarlathotep, Messenger of the Outer Gods, signing his black book and hoping we recognise him next time we meet him. He can be difficult to pick out of a crowd, with the thousand masks and all. Given his reputation for mocking humour, this is all going to end in deadly embarrassment. Our discussion starts with an overview...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 141: Improvisation

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Episode 141: Improvisation in RPGs Almost every new GM has felt that moment of panic when the players take the game in an unexpected direction. What should you do? Would it be fair to try to force them back towards what you have prepared? Are quick-witted enough to make stuff up instead? Why does this feel like one of those dreams where you’re back at school, sitting an exam you haven’t prepared...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 142: The Thing

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Episode 142: The Thing (1982 Film) The Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast takes a special look at John Carpenter’s horror/science fiction classic, The Thing. As well as discussing the film itself, we talk about how it might inspire our games of Call of Cthulhu and other tabletop RPGs. We’re back and we’re eyeing each other suspiciously, freezing our bollocks off and watching in dismay as...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 143: Violence in Call of Cthulhu

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Episode 143: Violence in Call of Cthulhu If you’ve spent any time discussing Call of Cthulhu online, you’ve probably had someone tell you that if your investigator so much as enters combat, you’ve lost. This is a game of careful investigation, putting pieces together and learning secrets man was not meant to know. If that’s the case, why do most of our games end up with everything...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 144: Call of Cthulhu for Beginners

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Episode 144: Call of Cthulhu for Beginners Call of Cthulhu‘s position as one of the most popular tabletop RPGs means that it may be many people’s first game. Even if you have played something like Dungeons & Dragons before, Call of Cthulhu is different enough to warrant an introduction. So, after almost 150 episodes, we thought it was time to help people get into this Call of Cthulhu thing....   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 145: Two-Headed Serpent

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Episode 145: Two-Headed Serpent We’re back and we’re cocking our hats, lighting some torches and wondering where the hell all these snakes came from. Why did it have to be snakes? This is our look at how we developed The Two-Headed Serpent, the epic Pulp Cthulhu campaign published by Chaosium. Appropriately enough, this episode serves two purposes. As well as offering insights into The Two-Headed...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 146: Heaven and Earth

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Episode 146: Heaven and Earth Heaven & Earth is a strange game, inspired by Twin Peaks, Christian theology, and, we assume, ridiculous quantities of hallucinogens. It is filled with weird Americana, eccentric characters and rich lore. While print editions are hard to obtain, you can pick up the PDFs of the core book and Paradise Lost supplement on DriveThruRPG. As we mention in the episode, there...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 147: Dunwich Horror (part 1)

The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 147: Dunwich Horror (part 1) (audio product)


Episode 147: The Dunwich Horror (part 1) As well as being one of the foundational works of the Cthulhu Mythos, The Dunwich Horror set the template for a thousand Call of Cthulhu scenarios. More than any other Lovecraft story, it presents the kind of actions we might expect to see investigators perform. All right, maybe The Lurking Fear is a better model for the Tommy guns and dynamite school of play,...   [click here for more]
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 148: Dunwich Horror (part 2)

The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Podcast Episode 148: Dunwich Horror (part 2) (audio product)


Episode 148: The Dunwich Horror (part 2) We’re back and we’re continuing our exploration of the hidden corners of Dunwich. The locals seem quite welcoming and some of them may even be described as undecayed. Those Whateleys are especially interesting, although we’re not quite sure why they’ve installed what sounds like a swimming pool in the top floor of their house. We’re sure there’s...   [click here for more]
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