#Call of Cthulhu 2018

[eddieintheocean]

guys i have found an incredible little creature

ignore the blood its not human

[rabidmetalheadraccoon]

I saw this and thought which detectives the guys would turn to for help in finding their wives

The first one Ethan

He would probably go to Castellanos because obviously → zombie

Who can fight them better than him?

Alan is second in line

Even if the sinking city is more suitable for shadows-monsters-stuff but for the atmosphere it seems to me that the game of 2018 is more accurate

the last one for today is James

And finally, who can help with the search for the ghost of a dead wife better than a dead ghost detective in a tattoos? :D

That would be fun

[aoitakumi8148]

~ 𝓘𝓯 𝓘 𝓐𝓶 𝓜𝓪𝓭, 𝓘𝓽 𝓘𝓼 𝓜𝓮𝓻𝓬𝔂🥀𝟛 of 𝟛, 2022⇝2024.

[biomechanicaltomato]

We had a few days below 100F, so guess who got to play viddy games again? This is the final episode of Cynaide Studio's Call of Cthulhu! Time to see how bad I did!

As always, you get get a story and I get to pay my medical bills.

[dzvagabond]

OH AND 75 FOR ALGERNON

I love writing these two so fucking much my dude akjfdsakfj It's not exactly to the prompt, but I tried my best.

[Again, added read more for length]

75. Kisses meant to distract the other person from whatever they were intently doing

It had already been a long day at the bookshop in Dark Water. Between frequent shoppers buying books for study, children looking to purchase a new story for bedtime, and helping out Sarah with her nefarious projects; Algernon barely had time to do daily tasks. Thankfully, it was close to closing, and all that was left was inventory and cataloging, which the bookkeep was frivolously taking on. 

As he was counting inventory and bringing boxes in from the backroom, Newton popped in from their own tasks to check on him. They walked over to the wooden front desk, smiling as he rounded the corner. “Busy day, huh?” Algernon glanced up at his partner, a soft smile gracing his features, “A very long day dear. Still have a few more things to catch up on though.” Newton rolled their eyes, and took the box from his hands and set it down on the desk. “It’s past closing time, Al. We can finish this all up tomorrow morning since it’ll be Sunday and we rarely get customers.” 

Algernon huffed in feign annoyance, wanting to simply finish now so he didn’t have to worry about it later. He was stubborn in that way where he didn’t like to put off anything and Newton definitely knew this. They were just tired of seeing him overwork himself. 

They moved to wrap their arms around his waist, leaning up and kissing him deeply, effectively grabbing his attention. As they parted, Newt gave him a cheeky little grin, “Now, we are going to close up shop and go home to have supper at a reasonable hour Algernon.” “But--” A kiss. 

“The shop--” Another kiss. 

“There’s still things left undone--” A longer, deeper kiss.  “Fine, fine… We’ll finish everything up tomorrow. But don’t expect to not get the majority of the workload, Newt.”

Another peck, this time on his cheek, “Good, wouldn’t expect anything less.”

[bigmangamin]

[utilitycaster]

Regarding Editing and Innovating in the space, 2 people who get a Fraction of the credit they deserve are Ivan Van Norman & Marisha Ray. I mean, they created and developed one of the original mixed media cinematic interactive actual plays, Sagas of Sundry: Dread, and then Sagas of Sundry: Madness, and Marisha (later hiring Ivan as well) has continued that trajectory in some of the more intriguingly edited mixed format Actual plays at CR, like Call of Cthulhu, Undeadwood, and others, and being Instrumental in the developments at CR. Like, when you do watch the interviews you get a sense of just how Much of CR's current content designs, ttrpg intentions, and series are marisha's brainchilds, and it sucks that she doesnt get the credit others involved in similar projects, and even those projects, do.

This is a great point. I've mentioned this before w/r/t the fandom - Marisha, perhaps more than anyone, gets reduced even by many fans to "she's pretty and her characters are like what if a girlboss were a girlfailure" and her creative direction goes unheralded. It feels like this has gotten worse in recent years; I was baffled at how many people seemingly resented Calamity or Candela for taking up space they felt should go only to the main campaign when those were not only showcases for Marisha as a performer but also clearly something in which she had a strong hand in designing. Whenever people whine about there only being two main campaign episodes in a month because of Candela Obscura, I do think "You realize this was probably Marisha's call?"

I was focused in my response much more on Daggerheart, and so on the game design side (quick side note - reviews of A Familiar Problem, which Marisha worked on, were pretty positive; I wonder if something's happened in the past 2 years since that's when I've really felt this Damn Critical Role energy among actual play journalists), but I had been thinking about Sagas of Sundry and Undeadwood! I think I mentioned Sagas of Sundry in one of my posts about how Kollok isn't, in my mind, impressive. I loved Dread but never finished Madness before Alpha folded, but actually I was imagining something like Madness - fully on a set, people walking around like it's a play - for Kollok! When I saw everyone at a table with that rotating rock I was like "is this...it?" And, you know, Sagas: Madness wasn't entirely for me, but you can't fault the innovation. Similarly, when I think about the (baffling) criticism from one of the prominent actual play journalists I've had in mind while writing this, that Candela Obscura the show did not fully teach people Candela Obscura the game, I think about how Ivan Van Norman did straight up teach Savage Worlds during Undeadwood. Whenever people gush over the shadow puppets in Burrow's End I think it's deserved, but when they claim it's utterly new? Nah. Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace did it first. And Marisha had a guiding hand in the creative direction of all of these.

I think this is sort of elaboration on one of my points in my original post: I think a lot of the journalists are really out of their depth. I don't remember seeing their names when I first started watching CR in 2018, or when I got deeper into the fandom in 2019. My first actual play was TAZ, which I binged in late 2017. I really think a lot of the journalists flat-out don't know Sagas of Sundry or Undeadwood because they didn't show up until after Alpha folded. I've mentioned this elsewhere but so much of the claims of novelty and innovation are completely incorrect and not even terribly obscure. Look, I've seen/listened to most or all of 9 actual plays (this is counting D20 and CR each as one single unit, by the way - I've seen all but scattered one-offs from either), and seen or heard an episode or two of many more. I think that simply by doing that? I know more than a lot of these journalists.

Again: Worlds Beyond Number? The innovation is with the Witch class and the Wizard of the Citadel subclasses, and the allowance of extremely long downtime, but: longform podcast actual play with sound design? RQG did it starting in 2015. Griffin McElroy and Emily Axford have been composing their own music since 2017 or 2018 for their respective shows, both of which are also longform podcast actual plays. Again, Brennan pretty explicitly said "I don't think D20 is new, nor longform" in a quote and the article that quotes him argues that Fantasy High is new and longform...and that article also talks about how before D20 most AP video was livestreamed before talking about how boundary-breaking D20 was for having a livestreamed second season (you know, the thing that they just called old hat a paragraph earlier) that quickly pivoted to remote (even though remote livestreaming was actually quite common in smaller productions well before the pandemic, since you don't need anything but laptop cameras to produce it). I don't even keep up with much in the really indie AP scene, but those people I know who do are even less impressed by the state of Actual Play journalism than I, because D20 executes a lot of things extremely well, has a very talented roster of performers, and a budget most productions cannot hope to match, but a good deal of what it's credited for inventing (and which, again, it never claims to have invented. I want to be clear that the journalists decided to be like this for no clear reason) already existed. And, by placing this heavy emphasis on production, they are automatically making it hard for indie productions to impress them. For all they claim to be going after the 700 lb gorilla, they are simply cozying up to the 600 lb gorilla. It's real "um, why don't you try this little indie game called Pathfinder" hours.

I am fairly sure a lot of the people in prominent journalistic positions in the actual play sphere today came in only after the collapse of Geek and Sundry, is my point, and so I think they literally do not realize how much the medium owes to, for example, Marisha Ray and Ivan Van Norman, because they weren't watching in 2016 nor even skipping through the G&S archives, as I did as a new CR fan. I think they're absolutely out of their depth, and most of them don't even realize it.

[morpheus-somnium]

pieces of media i would make skyrim characters watch

i would totally make the characters watch these. no getting up from the couch. no getting up to get more popcorn.

i assign a few movies, series, or franchises to each character, because i spent most of my day on letterboxd

i haven't seen all of these media, but don't worry, i swear i can assign those to them based on the vibes

also i don't have caryalind, khash, remiel, nebarra and xelzaz downloaded (no storage on my pc:( ) so i went purely on the vibes and what i could find about them on nexus ToT but also, i am making them watch these, so ig it's kinda fine if they aren't that corresponding?

basic skyrim characters

babette: interview with the vampire, 1995 + eternals, 2021

brynjolf: the oceans's franchise + tangled, 2010

cicero: terrifier, 2016

delvin mallory: the pink panther franchise + the man from u.n.c.l.e, 2015 + breaking bad

enthir: the goldfinch, 2019

faralda: i'm giving her the winx franchise 🧚✨

farkas: the twilight franchise

j'zargo: whiplash, 2014

mercer frey: gladiator, 2000 + reservoir dogs, 1992

maven black-briar: the devils wears prada, 2006 + the godfather franchise

miraak: annihilation, 2018 + the call of cthulhu, 2005

nazir: the saw franchise 💕

neloth: house md

ondolemar: pride & prejudice, 2005 + anna karenina, 2012 + mean girls, 2004

runil: the conjuring franchise

serana: underworld, 2003 + the monster high franchise + the twilight franchise

teldryn sero: scream franchise + john wick, 2014

tolfdir: harry potter franchise + the lord of the rings franchise

tullius: gladiator, 2000 + the asterix & obelix franchise (especially the olympics one because i love that one)

ulfric stromcloak: the hobbit franchise

urag gro shub: the da vinci code, 2006

vex: the handmaiden, 2016 + gone girl, 2014

vilkas: fight club, 1999

modded followers

auri: the avatar franchise (she would enjoy those huge trees, omg)

caryalind: emma, 2020

gore: the scary movie franchise + the fight club, 1999 + the resident evil franchise

inigo, the brave + lucien flavius (these two come in a pair, i can't even separete them anymore): atlantis, 2001 + road to el dorado, 2000 + the indiana jones franchise

kaidan: kwaidan, 1964 LMAO

khash: the barbie franchise + hungarian folk tales + hello kitty stump village, 2004

nebarra: blade runner 2045, 2017

remiel: lara croft franchise + the martian, 2015

taliesin: the devil wears prada, 2006 + zoolander franchise (lmao)

xelzaz: ratatouille, 2007

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

Stats from Movies 1201-1300

Top 10 Movies - Highest Number of Votes

Splice (2009) had the most votes with 854 votes. Dark Cloud (2022) had the least votes with 290 votes.

The 10 Most Watched Films by Percentage

Ghostbusters (1984) was the most watched film with 83.3% of voters out of 756 saying they had seen it. T Blockers (2023) had the least "Yes" votes with 0,3% of voters out of 732.

The 10 Least Watched Films by Percentage

Salem's Lot (1979) was the least watched film with 64.4% of voters out of 449 saying they hadn’t seen it. A Snake of June (2002) had the least "No" votes with 6,9% of voters out of 391.

The 10 Most Known Films by Percentage

Ghostbusters (1984) was the best known film, 0,5% of voters out of 756 saying they’d never heard of it.

The 10 Least Known Films by Percentage

A Snake of June (2002) was the least known film, 90.8% of voters out of 391 saying they’d never heard of it.

The movies part of the statistic count and their polls below the cut.

Bingo Hell (2021) The Descent: Part 2 (2009) The Reckoning (2020) The Lair (2022) Dream House (2011) The Other Lamb (2019) Unsane (2018) Children of the Night (1991) Manichithrathazhu (1993) They Live (1988)

Chasing Sleep (2000) The Special (2020) Grabbers (2012) Blood and Roses (1960) Eating Miss. Campbell (2022) Violated Angels (1967) A Snake of June (2002) The Alligator People (1959) eXistenZ (1999) Blood Widow (2014)

Blood Widow (2020) Honeymoon (2014) Uninvited (1987) Scarecrows (2017) Talon Falls (2017) They Reach (2020) Devil's Gate (2017) Killer Sofa (2019) The Ghost Within (2023) Hidden 3D (2011) Grave of the Vampire (1972) Lamb (2021) See No Evil (2006) Planet Terror (2007) Lights Out (2016) Gerald's Game (2017) Webcast (2018) The Love Witch (2016) No One Gets Out Alive (2021) Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

Wounds (2019) Paintball Massacre (2020) A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) Charlie's Farm (2014) Child Eater (2016) Monster Brawl (2011) 247°F (2011) Dark Cloud (2022) The Hole (2001) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)

Hazard Jack (2014) Pumpkinhead (1988) The Resurrected (1991) Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) The Curse (1987) The Dunwich Horror (1970) Earth vs. the Spider (2001) The Fan (1982) Mute Witness (1995) The Call of Cthulhu (2005)

The Suckling (1990) It Conquered the World (1956) Bug (2006) The Signal (2007) Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) Gehenna: Where Death Lives (2016) Monsters (2010) YellowBrickRoad (2010) The Blood Spattered Bride (1972) T Blockers (2023) The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow (2008) The Mothman Prophecies (2002) Baba Yaga (1973) Kill List (2011) Splice (2009) The Crazies (2010) Fire in the Sky (1993) Banshee Chapter (2013) Angel Dust (1994) Blood and Black Lace (1964)

It Came from Outer Space (1953) TerrorVision (1986) Lurker in the Lobby (1998) A Night to Dismember (1983) Altered States (1980) Cube²: Hypercube (2002) The Dark Half (1993) Darkness (2002) Ghostbusters (1984) The Keep (1983)

Cobweb (2023) The Empty Man (2020) Bloody Hell (2020) The Green Inferno (2013) Turistas (2006) Salem's Lot (1979) Stir of Echoes (1999) Christine (1983) Found (2012) The Hole (2009)

[vintagerpg]

A Victim of the Art (2018) was originally a Call of Cthulhu scenario, included in the Pagan Publishing sourcebook, Delta Green: Countdown. This version has been retooled for the Delta Green RPG. I am pretty sure it has only been published as a stand-alone booklet and hasn’t been included in any of the adventure anthology hardcovers.

Anyway, it’s great, a story of a serial killer stalking a seaside town. As with most Delta Green scenarios, the way through is neither clear nor comfortable. The source of the supernatural troubles isn’t a maniacal sorcerer; rather, there is a lack of intention behind all the key players that makes the mystery a real tragedy in the end. Delta Green is about costs, for the player characters, and for everyone they meet.

I enjoy Dennis Detwiller’s cover for this one, it is one of the covers that really enticed me into trying out Delta Green in the first place.

[eluviannaa]

For October, 31 days of Lovecraft movies:

- The Call of Cthulhu (2005)

- The Lighthouse (2019)

- Dagon (2001)

- Color Out of Space (2019)

- In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

- The Dunwich Horror (1970)

- The Void (2016)

- Underwater (2020)

- The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)

- The Mist (2007)

- The Endless (2017)

- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

- Annihilation (2018)

- The Last Winter (2006)

- Prince of Darkness (1987)

- Resolution (2012)

- Spring (2014)

- The Borderlands (2013)

- Absentia (2011)

- A Dark Song (2016)

- Possession (1981)

- They Remain (2018)

- The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

- Possum (2018)

- The Ritual (2017)

- The House by the Cemetery (1981)

- The Resurrected (1991)

- Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)

- The Innkeepers (2011)

- The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)

- The Endless (2017)

[clumsysquid-stasnova]

Call of Cthulhu 2018 plot was like

[creepypastabookclub]

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Welcome to Mal 101 with Jonah, Wednesday and their guest Birdy!

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Featuring Hosts:

Jonah (he/they) (https://withswords.tumblr.com/)

Wednesday (they/them) (https://www.instagram.com/xx_wormsday_xx/)

Birdy (any)

Works Cited:

Recreation Watch: https://retractionwatch.com/

Museum of the Vanishing Dog, Episode 6: The Immortal Canine; https://open.spotify.com/episode/0buq8ilZlyl5iCN7Qu0qbz DFTD: https://nre.tas.gov.au/conservation/threatened-species-and-communities/lists-of-threatened-species/threatened-species-vertebrates/save-the-tasmanian-devil-program/about-dftd

Call of Cthulhu TTRPG: https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/

Brian Wansink: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/09/26/651849441/cornell-food-researchers-downfall-raises-larger-questions-for-science

Seven Sisters: https://medium.com/@myf.amra/the-seven-sisters-could-be-the-oldest-story-in-the-world-ed0ce8442c28

Ancient Viruses: https://www.the-scientist.com/ancient-viral-dna-plays-a-role-in-human-disease-and-development-70656

Further Reading:

Bear, Jonah, “EverymanHYBRID Unboxed: Unpacking the Psychology of EverymanHYBRID”;

Boyczuk, Robert, “Cure For Cancer”,https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Cure_for_Cancer

Chambers, W. Robert, “The King in Yellow”, 1895; https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8492/8492-h/8492-h.htm

Demidova, Aleksandra; Strugatsky, Boris; Strugatsky, Arkady; et al; “Stalker”, 1979; https://www.criterion.com/films/28150-stalker

George, Jean; “My Side of the Mountain”, 1959; https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/41668

Lovecraft, H.P.; “The Colour Out of Space”, 1929; https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cs.aspx

Mikaelsen, Ben; “Touching Spirit Bear,” 2001; https://www.benmikaelsen.com/touching-spirit-bear

Paulsen, Gary; “Hatchet”, 1986; https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50

Rettner, Rachel; “Tapeworm Spreads Deadly Cancer to Human”,https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tapeworm-spreads-deadly-cancer-to-human/

Strugatsky, Arkady; Strugatsky, Boris; “Roadside Picnic”, 1972; https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/331256.Roadside_Picnic

VanderMeer, Jeff; “Annihilation” & The Southern Reach, 2014; https://www.goodreads.com/series/112239-southern-reach

Wojcik, Jonathan; “Bogleech’s Coolest Parasite Eve Monsters”, 2011; https://bogleech.com/halloween/hall11-parasiteeve

Wojcik, Jonathan; “Bogleech’s The Flawless Bestiary of PARASITE EVE,” 2015; https://bogleech.com/halloween/hall15-parasiteeve

Questions? Comments? Email us at: creepypastabookclub@gmail.com

[aoitakumi8148]

~ 𝓜𝓪𝔂 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓖𝓸𝓭𝓼 𝓟𝓲𝓽𝔂 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓜𝓪𝓷 𝓦𝓱𝓸 𝓘𝓷 𝓗𝓲𝓼 𝓒𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓸𝓾𝓼𝓷𝓮𝓼...🥀𝟙 of 𝟛, 2022⇝2024.

[dzvagabond]

[ 6 for ❄️, if you want to 👀 if not, then 6 for egon!! and 8 for algernon :3 ]

❄️: I guess I can go ahead and reveal myself since my little snowflake tried so hard to keep me a secret. I can go ahead and answer.

6. Be honest, what was your first impression of s/i when you first met them?

Gotta admit, Dell was a little weirdo around base trying to make friends with everyone at Windows' suggestion. Tellin' us all different stories and shit from back home and how we all got the job at Outpost 31. First interaction with me was correcting my chess game. Helped me win the match against the cheating bitch.

8. What is your favorite thing to do with s/i?

I would definitely say reading, ironic enough as it is since we own the Dark Water book shop. Newt and I spend a lot of time in front of our fire place just simply reading or comparing notes from occult research. There's nothing more I'd rather do.

[futa69]

You're already a fan of the ancient astronaut theory.

Here's a list of books, movies, TV shows, and video games featuring ancient astronauts. (revised)

▪︎Edison's Conquest of Mars (1898)

▪︎The Call of Cthulhu (1926)

▪︎Analog Science Fiction and Fact (1930)

▪︎At the Mountains of Madness (1931)

▪︎Childhood's End (1953)

▪︎Forbidden Planet (1956)

▪︎Quartermass and the Pit (1958)

▪︎The Twilight Zone (1959)

▪︎The Sirens of Titan (1959)

▪︎The Flintstones (1960)

▪︎Doctor Who (1963)

▪︎Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)

▪︎Known Space (1964)

▪︎Star Trek (1966)

▪︎2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

▪︎Chariots of the Gods (1968)

▪︎The Bible & Flying Saucers (1968)

▪︎Horror Express (1972)

▪︎Rendezvous with Rama (1973)

▪︎Land of the Lost (1974)

▪︎The Spaceships of Ezekiel (1974)

▪︎The Outer Space Connection (1975)

▪︎Space: 1999 (1975)

▪︎The Sirius Mystery (1976)

▪︎The Earth Chronicles (1976)

▪︎Star Wars (1977)

▪︎Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

▪︎The Manna Machine (1978)

▪︎Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

▪︎Battlestar Galactica (1978)

▪︎Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1978)

▪︎Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

▪︎Alien (1979)

▪︎Hangar 18 (1980)

▪︎Valis (1981)

▪︎The Thing (1982)

▪︎Xevious (1982)

▪︎Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982)

▪︎The Transformers (1984)

▪︎Cocoon (1985)

▪︎Bio Booster Armor Guyver (1985)

▪︎The Legend of Zelda (1986)

▪︎Predator (1987)

▪︎Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

▪︎Red Dwarf (1988)

▪︎The Gods of Eden (1989)

▪︎Moontrap (1989)

▪︎Spriggan (1989)

▪︎Total Recall (1990)

▪︎Babylon 5 (1993)

▪︎The X-Files (1993)

▪︎Stargate (1994)

▪︎Neon Genesis Evangelion (1994)

▪︎Fingerprints of the Gods (1995)

▪︎Encounter with Tiber (1996)

▪︎Final Fantasy (1997)

▪︎Earth: Final Conflict (1997)

▪︎The Fifth Element (1997)

▪︎Space Island One (1998)

▪︎Naked Pictures of Famous People (1998)

▪︎Dilbert (1999)

▪︎Futurama (1999)

▪︎Star Ancestors (2000)

▪︎Mission to Mars (2000)

▪︎Halo (2001)

▪︎Ice Age (2002)

▪︎Alien vs. Predator (2004)

▪︎The Orion Zone (2007)

▪︎Mass Effect (2007)

▪︎Assassin's Creed (2007)

▪︎Outlander (2008)

▪︎Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

▪︎Marvel Cinematic Universe (2008)

▪︎Spore (2008)

▪︎Knowing (2009)

▪︎The Fourth Kind (2009)

▪︎Ancient Aliens (2009)

▪︎Borderlands (2009)

▪︎The Great Airship of 1897 (2010)

▪︎Dark Void (2010)

▪︎The Ancient Alien Question (2011)

▪︎Cowboys and Aliens (2011)

▪︎Battle: Los Angeles (2011)

▪︎Paul (2011)

▪︎John Carter (2012)

▪︎Prometheus (2012)

▪︎Iron Sky (2012)

▪︎Man of Steel (2013)

▪︎Beyond the Sky (2018)

▪︎Resident Alien (2021)

▪︎Moonfall (2022)

▪︎Prey (2022)

▪︎65 (2023)