As I wrote in my review of Dungeon Crawl Classics, the game is what we used to call a ‘beer & pretzels’ game. Nothing too serious, just… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Shadow Under Devil’s Reef”
Tag: Horror
Tabletop RPG Review: The Compact Trail of Tsathoggua
These two connected Call of Cthulhu scenarios by Keith Herber have a lot of potential, but as is, they’re sort of representative of what’s sometimes wrong with… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: The Compact Trail of Tsathoggua”
Book Review: Claimed
Over the years, I’ve tried to read some of the books that inspired my favorite writers. H.P. Lovecraft was fairly vocal about what he liked and what… Read more “Book Review: Claimed”
Tabletop RPG Review: Spawn of Azathoth
I read an older edition, because it’s what I own, and because I’m not dropping collector prices for a newer edition. So, perhaps some things I might… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Spawn of Azathoth”
Book Review: Edge of Sundown
When it comes to fiction, Chaosium is generally known for their anthologies of Lovecraftian Mythos related stories. This collection, edited by Kevin Ross and Brian M Sammons,… Read more “Book Review: Edge of Sundown”
Tabletop RPG Review: The Golden Dawn
A supplement to the supplement Cthulhu By Gaslight for the Call of Cthulhu tabletop role-playing game, this is an exploration of the real life secret society, The… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: The Golden Dawn”
Tabletop RPG Review: Cthulhu by Gaslight
The default time to set games of Call of Cthulhu is the 1920s. This makes sense, as it was the decade Lovecraft produced much of his work… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Cthulhu by Gaslight”
Book Review: For the Blood is the Life
Ghost stories are not my bag. They just aren’t. I generally find them more silly than scary. However, once in a while, the style of the story… Read more “Book Review: For the Blood is the Life”
Book Review: The Moon Pool
I’ve been reading Adventure stories, Horror stories, and Science Fiction stories from the late 1800s and early 1900s for most of my reading life. I started with… Read more “Book Review: The Moon Pool”
Book Review: The Cult of Alien Gods
The more history and science I read, the more it becomes clear that everything is connected, and nothing exists in a vacuum. I don’t mean that in… Read more “Book Review: The Cult of Alien Gods”
Matthew J. Constantine 