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'Consumption' - by Brian M Sammons in Golden Goblin Press' "Island of Ignorance" 3rd Cthulhu Companion 2e for 7e CoC

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 Another break in play from the regular Ptolus 5e campaign (which my dear friend Stuart is blogging here ), meant that in a rush I needed a one shot (it became a 2 shot) Call of Cthulhu scenario for my intermittent Arkham / Lovecraft Country campaign.  More research online and perusal of my insanely large collection of CoC material reminded me I have tons of great material from Oscar Rios ' Golden Goblin Press outfit. He produces great material and has been a very faithful servant to the Cthulhu gaming community IMHO.  [Am very much looking forward to the Cthulhu Invictus Campaign The Legacy of Arrius Lurco . Should be arriving soon in the post]. So, I came across the scenario Consumption which fits perfectly into the Arkham sandbox I am developing. It was written by   Brian M Sammons in Golden Goblin Press' "Island of Ignorance" 3rd Cthulhu Companion 2e for 7e CoC.  Consumption reminds me a little of Pagan Publishing's Coming Full Circle, in that this sc...
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A Lonely Thread (from No Time to Scream)

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 So -  its been a while since I had a go at blogging - teaching during cuts, Covid, having a young son.... all meant I was never to have time.  Will have another go here. I am currently finally successfully running a 5e Ptolus campaign  - woot - more on that another time.  However, 2 of the players fell ill on the day of play (online via Roll20) so - what to do?  I quickly did some searching online for a one shot Call of Cthulhu scenario  - and found the new shiny No Time to Scream collection from Chaosium.  I already had an Arkham Country sandbox mini-campaign going with pre-existing PCs on Roll20 (no need to create new PCs on Roll20 which is a bore).  I quickly bought and downloaded the pdf from Chaosium, and scanned it, fixing on to A Lonely Thread.  It was ideal - looked great fun, some roleplaying, investigation and a bit of combat. All wrapped up within 2 hours. Nice - so I printed it off and got reading, highlighting, and then u...
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The Mirkwood Campaign

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In the following blogposts, I will briefly inform anyone who is interested in what I did to make running the Mirkwood Campaign for ‘Adventures in Middle Earth’ (5e version of The One Ring’s The Darkening of Mirkwood) as enjoyable and straight-forward as possible. But first of all, a little bit about  me/ my background/ needs which influence my decisions My background Who am I?   I am an A level teacher (Politics and Sociology) and also have a 3 year old son…. Thus…. I am pretty busy and time-poor. Gaming-wise: I used to run a lot of games in the past (ie before my son was born!), primarily Call of Cthulhu and D&D/ Pathfinder.   Have also run other systems (Fading Suns 1e, Deadlands 1e).   Biggest campaigns I have run: Masks of Nyarlathotep(CoC), Carrion Crown (PF), & Kingmaker (PF).   More recently I have run some Eberron (using the Cypher system), as well as some Delta Green (with plans for more once I get the GMs book) Since becoming...
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Location: Haywards Heath, UK
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