The adventure was the classic Secret of Castronegro, and it ended in almost-TPK. My players were somewhat uncareful, something you can’t afford in a remote town packed full with Mythos-tamed villagers, not too keen on strangers. Long story short, only one investigator survived, and then decided judiciously it was the proper time for an early retirement.
Some months pass, and the very same group of players are leading a brand new pack of intrepid adventurers… who are hired to investigate some strange disappearances in a certain town named Castronegro.
They decide to do their homework before leaving for that town and find out that, some months ago, another bunch of detectives dissapeared in that town… save one, who is retired somewhere in southern USA. They decide to call him trying to get all possible information.
Of course, we all chose to make the call the very same player who managed to survive our previous incursion in Castronegro, and, since it was his old character he was phoning, I decided he had to roleplay both characters – so he had his new investigator inquiring his old investigator! It was a funny monologue-cum-conversation that the player managed successfully, getting all the information he needed from himself and gaining a deserved round of applause from the table thereafter.
Regardless to say, the second time around Castronegro things came along much better!
Bot Eat Bot is undergoing some changes – expect some weird behavior in the following days. Hopefully, everything should be normal within the week.
The Geek Related blog has an excellent post about my beloved Call of Cthulhu. It’s great to see the increasing support for the Chaosium masterpiece.
Call of Cthulhu has always been my favorite game and the one in which I have spent more GMing hours. I’m obviously thrilled with all the new releases and the renewed interest in the setting.
Cthulhu Resurgent?
Some interesting info on the Fantasy Flight forums about the upcoming Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition:
So, the system doesn’t look as bad as I feared, but I still don’t like it.
What if I lose a card? What if I lose a custom dice?
What if I want to create a custom career? A custom career specility? A custom whatever that is now handled with a deck of cards? With the old system I could just make some scribblings in a piece of paper.
What if I forget to bring a certain deck of cards or some custom dice to the game? In 2nd edition I just had to remember bringing along the core book and the character sheets. Players will always bring enough dice (regular, standard dice) and, as any experienced GM knows, a pre-planned adventure is always optional. 3rd edition seems to need an awful lot of custom material.
Will I buy it? I frankly don’t know – I’ll have to read some reviews when the final product becomes available. Again, it’s a real pity this is not a separated product from the already excellent 2nd edition.
On a somewhat related note, Fantasy Flight really knows how to make a desirable product: their Rogue Trader Collectors Edition looks truly fantastic! It’s a bit on the expensive side, true, but what a treat for WH40k fans.
