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The Mythos Files: A Cthulhu/X-Files Mashup
Hi All,
First post for me in a while…I’d been in gaming hibrenation, but it’s Spring again…
I’ve had this on my back burner for a while, a Mashup of the [URL=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu”%5DCthulhu%5B/URL%5D Mythos and the [URL=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files”%5DX-files%5B/URL%5D. And while I’m waiting for my D&D gaming group to be available to play again in a couple of weeks, I thought I’d move it to the front burner, throw some dough against the wall, and see what stuck.
One can see how the two series would mesh well together, both center around investigation of the truly unknown and terrible (whether that be the [URL=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos_deities”%5DOld Ones[/URL] or the Aliens of [URL=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51″%5DArea 51[/URL].
Just let all that goodness soak in and get your creative juices floating on that…
A few questions for input (or at least thought by me if no one else is interested):
1) What rule set – The no-brainer is to use the Call of Cthulhu rules and update them for more futuristic things (like cell phones – whether they be the 90s monstrosities from the original series or more modern phones, gps, etc.) or something else altogether (FATE, d20, GURPS) OR even a completely homebrewed (or Frankensteined) ruleset (I dabble in these a lot). What are your thoughts?
2) Nature of the Cthulhu Mythos *actual* involvement – Is it direct and apocolyptic OR (as I’m leaning towards) very subtle and mostly an influencer of the Cthulhu cult (with an occasional off-camera intervention…perhaps with that crucial witness npc)?
3) OK, so we have the Old Ones, Cultists, FBI Agents (and other competing adventurers)? What else? Do we keep things like the Men-In-Black? What else? What would you like to see in there?
4) Other thoughts?
I’m going to keep building on this, both at rpg.net and on my blog at High Adventure Games. Your thoughts would be most welcome!
Game On,
~AoB
Fab Party of Bards
Who knew the Beatles played back in the day?!?! Pete Best is about to sample a suspect potion….I hope he makes his save.
🙂
~AoB
T-Rex High-five
This always kills me….
~AoB
LesIsMor – The Purge is at Hand
In the spirit of the new year, we’re looking to cut down on the clutter….And this includes 
games. I’m a great collector of games and gaming schtuff with a penchant for #compleatism. It is time to cut through this and unload some of the gaming stash. “WHAT?!?!”, you say. “WHAT BLASPHEME IS THIS?!?!?”. Some explanation may be in order.
Last year, I had a mortality-affirming experience that reminded me there are only so many days left on this ball of rock and wonder. Only so many more books to read, movies to watch, games to play….and there are only so many more hugs (and other more important schtuff). Whatever, I digress. I’ve decided to keep the stuff I’m really likely to use and get rid of the rest.
As part of this process I’m planning a series of mini-reviews as a sort of send off for these items. It isn’t that these items, games, etc. are bad products. It is just that my tastes have changed, I’ve found something I like more, etc…..I’m just not likely to play them. So I’d rather have them in the hands of someone who will. And don’t worry; I’ll post a disclaimer in the reviews that I’m planning to part with said product (full disclosure and all that). I’m also likely to post some reviews of stuff I’m planning to keep and use (or already use)….these should be fun. In any case, I plan on writing here a lot more.
Watch this space as the Purge unfolds. Happy New Year!
~AoB
High Adventure Games 