In this episode, Jon and Seth are joined by Call of Cthulhu's Creative Director, Mike Mason! We talk about the new Arkham book, the further plans in the Miskatonic Valley line of books, Chaosium Con 2024, and the Basic Roleplay (BRP) Contest.

This episode was graciously sponsored by the creators of Northern Lights & Darkness compellation of modern day Call of Cthulhu scenarios set in Scandinavian cities and country sides. Each scenario is set in the author’s home countries and uses elements of Scandinavian folklore and myth.

The Excursion, by Maja Kvendseth, is set on the Norwegian coastline.

The Art of Hygge, by Poul Holmelund, takes us back to the year 1999, and is set in and around Copenhagen, Denmark.

Dreamers of the Bogland, by Wille Ruotsalainen, is set in Helsinki, Finland.

The Hidden People, by Theodor Helgason, is set in modern day Iceland.

The Tunnel People, by Jonas Morian, is a “dungeon crawl of Cthulhu” set in the metro lines beneath modern Stockholm, Sweden.

And finally, A Shadow of What Once Was, by Oscar Sedholm, is set in the Sapmi region of Sweden.

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The new Arkham book has been well received by fans and critics alike. Mike Mason and the entire Chaosium crew couldn't be more thrilled. Mike was kind enough to join us to talk about the new Arkham book and the other books that will follow in this line.

Topics discussed include: Matt Ryan's amazing maps, creating Arkham specific investigators, and the broadsheet Arkham Advertiser newspaper created by the fine folks in the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society.

We also talked about Chaosium Con, both in The United States and Australia. And the new BRP Contest!

Chaosium Con: https://www.chaosium.com/blogchaosium-con-2024-registration-is-live-see-you-in-ann-arbor-in-april/

BRP Contest: https://www.chaosium.com/blogthe-basic-roleplaying-design-challenge/

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A Time for Sacrifice campaign

Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns

Cast:

Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist

B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest

David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante

Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney

and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore

Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at:

https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/

It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.