Rex WaidMar 16, 20212 minNew for Cthulhu: Under the Tree!Yes, it's been a while since I posted anything. (Sorry.) This has mainly been because I've been working on publishing my first scenario...
Rex WaidFeb 3, 20215 minTricky Ports: Kaiju EigaAs regular visitors will know, one of the strands here on the blog is If…, where I look at the storytelling of movies and TV shows and...
Rex WaidFeb 1, 20213 minScenario Seed: Death by MoonshineHere's another idea for a scenario based on a historical event. The setting involved - the United States in the 1920s - inevitably points...
Rex WaidJan 27, 20214 minIf Captain Kronos (1974) was an RPG...Time to look at another movie and see what ideas we can find to improve a role-playing game session or campaign. This week, the 1974...
Rex WaidJan 25, 20213 minScenario Seed: In Caseus VeritasAs usual, let's start a new week with an idea for a scenario. Rather than an actual event, this one is based on a genuine bit of slightly...
Rex WaidJan 24, 20216 minInvestigations and the Frame ProblemOne thing which perpetually gets discussed in relation to Call of Cthulhu and many other investigation-oriented games is that of skill...
Rex WaidJan 20, 20216 minIf Ronin (1998) was an RPG...In If... was an RPG... I'll be looking at books, movies, and other kinds of storytelling to see what we can learn (and, more importantly,...
Rex WaidJan 18, 20214 minScenario Seed: The Dyatlov Pass IncidentThis Monday's scenario seed is another example of how you can easily find inspiration for horror-mystery ideas simply by doing a little...
Rex WaidJan 16, 20216 minThe Name of the GameHere's the thing: I've played a lot of Call of Cthulhu over the years, mainly as GM; I've also dabbled in the one-player variant of Trail...
Rex WaidJan 11, 20214 minScenario Seed: The Mystery of UB-85Here’s a scenario seed to get the week started, most likely for a Cthulhu Mythos game. It’s based on true events (for a given value of...
Rex WaidJan 9, 20214 minA Different DreamlandsFor an idea which is only tangentially connected to Lovecraft’s best-known stories, the Dreamlands have a substantial presence in the...
Rex WaidJan 7, 20212 minWhy Scenario Seeds?Different people get different things out of playing and gamesmastering an RPG. I enjoy the process of actually running a game very much...
Rex WaidJan 6, 20212 minInto 2021So here we are in yet another new year, which so far doesn't look like much of an improvement on the last one. But let's try to be...
Rex WaidDec 9, 20201 minOpening the WindowI always knew 2020 was going to be a leap into the dark, but this? I don't think anyone was expecting this. You don't need to read...