{"id":1692,"date":"2015-03-03T15:25:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T21:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2015-03-03T15:25:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T21:25:51","slug":"unspeakable-episode-19-bret-kamer-of-the-masks-of-nyarlathotep-companion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/2015\/03\/unspeakable-episode-19-bret-kamer-of-the-masks-of-nyarlathotep-companion\/","title":{"rendered":"Unspeakable! Episode 19: Bret Kamer of the &#8216;Masks of Nyarlathotep Companion&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hosted by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tccorp.com\/\">Adam Scott Glancy<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/arcdream.com\/\">Shane Ivey<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/\">Ross Payton<\/a>. Produced by Ross Payton.<\/p>\n<p>This episode&#8217;s guest is Bret Kramer, co-author of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/482503977\/masks-of-nyarlathotep-companion\"><em>Masks of Nyarlathotep Companion<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(at Kickstarter until March 9, 2015) and editor of the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinelhillpress.wordpress.com\/category\/arkham-gazette\/\">Arkham Gazette<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the Unspeakable! podcast feed at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/?feed=podcast\">http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/?feed=podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-unspeakable-oath\/id441232694\">Or subscribe at iTunes.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>0:00:57\u00a0SPONSORS\u2014THANK YOU!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/atlas-games.com\/cthulhu4kids\">Atlas Games\u00a0<em>(Where the Deep Ones Are)<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/innsmouthfreepress.com\/\">Innsmouth Free Press<\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/innsmouthfreepress.com\/\">\u00a0(Sword &amp; Mythos)<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/sentinelhillpress.wordpress.com\/\">Arkham Gazette<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/goldengoblinpress.com\/\">Golden Goblin Press\u00a0<\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/goldengoblinpress.com\/\">(Island of Ignorance\u00a0<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/goldengoblinpress.com\/\">and<\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/goldengoblinpress.com\/\">\u00a0De Horrore Cosmico)<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hplfilmfestival.com\/\">The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>0:07:45 NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shane<\/strong>: TUO 25 in the works now. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/arcdream\/delta-green-tales-from-failed-anatomies\"><em>Delta Green: Extraordinary Renditions<\/em><\/a> is in editing now and lacks\u00a0only one or two stories from its writers.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modiphius.com\/achtung-cthulhu.html\"><em>Achtung! Cthulhu: Elder Godlike<\/em><\/a> is in layout now over at Modiphius. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delta-green.com\"><em>Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game<\/em><\/a> is in development:\u00a0Ray Winninger is working with us to review the latest round of playtest reports from the player&#8217;s book and we&#8217;ll start playtesting rules from the GM&#8217;s book soon. See a teaser at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/detwiller\">Dennis Detwiller&#8217;s Patreon page<\/a>. The new <a href=\"http:\/\/rpg.drivethrustuff.com\/product\/114269\/Better-Angels?affiliate_id=48458\"><em>Better Angels<\/em><\/a> campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/arcdream\/no-soul-left-behind\"><em>No Soul Left Behind<\/em><\/a> is going to layout now. The new edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/arcdream\/puppetland-the-storytelling-rpg-of-grim-make-belie\"><em>Puppetland<\/em><\/a> is in illustration now by Sam Araya and Hollie Mengert, and a bevy of writers are helping John Scott Tynes expand the book. Our goofy new card game <em>Wrestlenomicon<\/em>, featuring Great Old Ones in pro-wrestling-style brawls, will go to Kickstarter soon, written by Shane Ivey and Dennis Detwiller and illustrated by Kurt Komoda. Other stuff creeping nearer: a Delta Green card game, a couple of King in Yellow books, and more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scott:<\/strong> John H. Crowe III is moving out of Pagan House and taking all his cats and guns! Scott&#8217;s busy writing for the new Delta Green game. Also &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francis_Younghusband\">Trespassers<\/a>,&#8221; a story for Stone Skin Press&#8217; <em>Swords v. Cthulhu<\/em>. Grinding along: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/460966263\/horrors-of-war-a-convenant-with-death\"><em>Horrors of War<\/em><\/a>, which has great artists assigned.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ross:<\/strong> Finishing the Kickstarter for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/rosspayton\/boiling-point-a-superheroic-adventure\"><em>Boiling Point<\/em><\/a>, for the <em>Base Raiders<\/em> superpowered dungeon-crawling game. Back RPPR on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/RPPR\">Patreon<\/a>\u00a0to get\u00a0RPPR After Hours, games run for backers, and more fun.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bret<\/strong>: The <em>Arkham Gazette<\/em> went online free for its first couple of\u00a0episodes and succeeded at Kickstarter. Issue 3 in development now. We talk a good bit about what makes the <em>Gazette<\/em> great and veer into &#8220;The Cult of A,&#8221; Bret&#8217;s feature in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpgnow.com\/product\/132211\/The-Unspeakable-Oath-24?affiliate_id=48458\">TUO 24<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Masks-of-Nyarlthotep-ashcan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1695\" src=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Masks-of-Nyarlthotep-ashcan.jpg\" alt=\"Masks-of-Nyarlthotep-ashcan\" width=\"600\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Masks-of-Nyarlthotep-ashcan.jpg 600w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Masks-of-Nyarlthotep-ashcan-214x300.jpg 214w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Masks-of-Nyarlthotep-ashcan-560x783.jpg 560w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Masks-of-Nyarlthotep-ashcan-260x363.jpg 260w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Masks-of-Nyarlthotep-ashcan-160x223.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>0:53:25 <em>THE MASKS OF NYARLATHOTEP COMPANION<\/em> AND PLAYING <em>MASKS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>SPOILER ALERT!<\/strong><\/span> We give away everything about <em>Masks of Nyarlathotep<\/em> here, so this is your chance to quit listening if you plan to play in it.<\/li>\n<li>Why we love <em>Masks<\/em> so much. Its influence on RPG adventure design, especially <em>Call of Cthulhu<\/em> adventures: character, plot, structure.<\/li>\n<li>Some challenges in running <em>Masks<\/em> that show its age. Its legendary lethality. Clue choke-points. The need for player-characters to learn <em>Rockford Files<\/em> investigative skills and deep\u00a0paranoia.<\/li>\n<li>Tools and references in the <em>Companion<\/em>.\u00a0Shanghai background. Jackson Elias background. Useful details and context for exotic locales.<\/li>\n<li>Innovative ways to convey\u00a0too-rare clues.<\/li>\n<li>Scattered talk of Kenya, Cairo, making tomes more interesting, and more. The infinite Mythos tome.<\/li>\n<li>Lethality vs. suspense. Patrons and campaign frameworks.<\/li>\n<li>Use the <em>Companion<\/em> sparingly!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2:26:11\u00a0NYARLATHOTEP!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This episode\u2019s music is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/nyarlathotep\/id260106387?i=260106578&amp;uo=4&amp;at=1l3vm3L\">Nyarlathotep<\/a>\u201d by the Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, courtesy Divine Industries. Copyright 2012. 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