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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PelgranePress wrote:

If this one is succesful, I'm hoping to do six a year, allowing us to cater for different styles of play, and perhaps be a bit experimental.


Huzzah.

Simon, you keep putting them out, and I'll keep buying them :}
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PelgranePress wrote:
This is also a mouth/trousers test...
Shocked ?

Is that like "put your money where your mouth is?

Must be one of those English things
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PelgranePress wrote:
This is also a mouth/trousers test for the many people who have talked about a more Purist style. We'll do more if this sells OK.


Excellent! I'll definately buy it, both as it is a new adventure for Trail, and that the purist-style is my prefered style of play.

By the way; I have no problems with shorter adventures like this being PDF-only - rule books and larger campaigns should be in print form (PDF can be used as back-up, though).
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice, I will have to check this out. I was wondering when a more purist-heavy scenario was going to be released.

On an unrelated note, is anyone else loving Shadows Over Filmland right now? I got the PDF+Print preorder and am halfway through reading it - truly excellent material. I'm especially enjoying Dr. Grave Dust.
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On an unrelated note, is anyone else loving Shadows Over Filmland right now?
The Black Chateau is my favorite. Gave me chills just reading it.
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The Dying of St. Margaret's is an awesome scenario, all kinds of win! I just love the story, it feels like an old school Val Lewton production (is it a leftover from Shadows Over Filmland?). I'm tempted to contact the writer so I can write a screenplay adaptation!

I think it also has what I would consider the Platonic ideal for Trail of Cthulhu scenario writing format: a non-linear collection of scenes and clues and multiple ways of obtaining information listed. Also liked the hints on how to roleplay the key NPC's.

Bravos all around!
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dr_Locrian wrote:
The Dying of St. Margaret's is an awesome scenario, all kinds of win! I just love the story, it feels like an old school Val Lewton production (is it a leftover from Shadows Over Filmland?). I'm tempted to contact the writer so I can write a screenplay adaptation!


No trouble, but you have to buy me a pint if the movie's successful.

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No trouble, but you have to buy me a pint if the movie's successful.

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Consider it done! Laughing

Although if I ever really wrote it, it would probably be set in an isolated Pacific NW or California New Age school; I'm told by various people that period pieces not set in the US are hard to sell to American producers, for some reason or other. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2009 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just bought the scenario. I'll try to print it during the week and read it. My intention is to run it as a stand-alone scenario for my wife, her brother and his girlfriend (as an introdution to roleplaying).

I love the idea of a steady flow of PDF-scenarios, complemented by physical books. When can we expect the next one? Wink
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PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 12:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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This is also a mouth/trousers test for the many people who have talked about a more Purist style. We'll do more if this sells OK.


Perhaps I'm missing something - but isn't Purist/Pulp a style of play? I mean, as the Keeper, I could elect to run The Dying of St. Margaret in a Pulp style if I wanted, with only some minor adjustments. The same for Stunning Eldritch Tales - should I want to run any of these in a Purist style, it would only require me to make a few minor adjustments (if any adjustments were needed at all). Correct?

That said, why make the distinction between a Purist product and a Pulp? Is it a marketing tool? Or is there a deeper understanding that I have overlooked?
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PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

toddaroo wrote:
Perhaps I'm missing something - but isn't Purist/Pulp a style of play? I mean, as the Keeper, I could elect to run The Dying of St. Margaret in a Pulp style if I wanted, with only some minor adjustments.


I would say both "yes" and "no" to that. It is a style of play, but also affects which rules that are being recommended. But the most important thing, in my opinion, is that certain scenarios are designed more towards 'pulp' and some other are designed more towards 'purist'. Sure, they can be slighly modified towards one or the other, but some scenarios are really difficult to change from one style to the other (as the style is so deeply rooted in the scenario design). As an example of the latter, I would say it is very difficult (or would require a lot of work, re-writing etc) to change MoN (which I regard as being extremely "pulpish") into something "purist" (it's not impossible, but would require alot of work).

I would also like to think that it is easier to change a scenario from "purist" to "pulp", than the other way around.
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PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 5:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Purist is not only a style of play, but a style of story. There can be a lot of crossover and mixing of the two styles, but when "Dying of St Margaret's" was released, I had certain expectations of what the scenario would be like based on its marketing as Purist. This text reinforced it:

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In this supplement, there is no escape, no comfort, no salvation when faced with the Mythos. You are powerless and insignificant: your only choices are death, insanity or a quiet life with a shattered mind.

Guns will not help you, reason will not protect you, faith will not give you comfort.


I think Chaosium's game usually straddles a middle line between Purist and Pulp. In order to make a roleplaying game with continuing characters (doomed though they may be), they emphasized some of the pulpier aspects of the Mythos.

"Dying of St Margaret's" does include notes on how to make the scenario pulpier for those who want to use it thusly, everything from changing the descriptions, the pacing, and the climax.
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WatsonSE wrote:
Just bought the scenario. I'll try to print it during the week and read it. My intention is to run it as a stand-alone scenario for my wife, her brother and his girlfriend (as an introdution to roleplaying).

I love the idea of a steady flow of PDF-scenarios, complemented by physical books. When can we expect the next one? Wink


A couple of weeks ago, we playtested another Graham Walmsley adventure. I'm very happy with it, and we'll put out our call for playtesters shortly. It has a Purist feel, but with Pulpy elements (in particular it concentrates on Sources of Stability).
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WatsonSE wrote:
Just bought the scenario. I'll try to print it during the week and read it. My intention is to run it as a stand-alone scenario for my wife, her brother and his girlfriend (as an introdution to roleplaying).

I love the idea of a steady flow of PDF-scenarios, complemented by physical books. When can we expect the next one? Wink


A couple of weeks ago, we playtested another Graham Walmsley adventure. I'm very happy with it, and we'll put out our call for playtesters shortly. It has a Purist feel, but with Pulpy elements (in particular it concentrates on Sources of Stability).


Excellent news, Simon! Keep'em coming! Smile
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PostPosted: Sat May 09, 2009 8:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I too would absolutely love to see more short adventures being published as PDFs, both for Trail of Cthulhu and Esoterrorists! It is a great way to get material out quickly, and as long as we are talking 25-50 pages, I think a purely electronic release is just fine.

Thanks for a great adventure by the way, I can't wait to run it Smile
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