Game Geeks #46 COC Mansions of Madness & Beyond

[SavageArms357]

How exactly would you "Play" this?

[Tiggermk4]

@SavageArms357

If you've never come across a table-top roleplaying game its one of those things that is difficult to explain in text but easy to understand once you've seen it being played, or played it.

Think something like a online MMRPG, but immensely more involving, where people replace the computer and use description, props, tables and dice.

[ardon68]

the mansions of madness is a very good book for a keeper that has players that comes and goes and not only that it a good source book for beging investegators to intermedate investgators. as far as beyond mountians of maddness be ware that it be a at least a year or more campaign to play out. i have both and alot and i mean alot of the call of cthulhu books.

[blithium]

You know how I know that Beyond the Mountains of Madness is good? I read about the "though choice", got curious, flipped through the book, found it, and immediately wished I hadn't looked. Isn't that what the Mythos is all about?

[nutherefurlong]

might want to switch the "madnes" tag to madness-- Beyond the Mountains of Madness sounds really good. I wonder if it might be fun to read even as a straight book, just to see how things unfold.

[tetsubo57]

I have an autographed copy of Beyond. One of my old players was a play tester and knew the authors. He actually played ion their campaign.

[NaturalTwentyFilms]

I'll look into both f those. CoC is my favorite RPG. Sadly, I don't have a hardcore group of CoC players around me these days.

Cheers!

[EryxUK]

Did Beyond the Mountains of Madness ever get that 2008 reprint?

[hydra66]

Nice vid. As an expericenced COC player, could you do an article on your top supplements that you'd recommend to new players

[NodDisciple1]

Robert E. Howard, who was a friend of Lovecraft, did several Cthulhu-esque horror stories that took place in the Southeast and Southwest. I would suggest them as reading for anyone trying to set up such scenarios in those locations.

[teddywinroth]

Wow.. this is really cool. Keep it upp dude

[novemberleaf2012]

I love your reviews! I knew very little about RPG games and as of now, I still never played one, and the whole thing remains abstract to me, but it sounds damn interesting! Thanks for your kickass work!

[wamblingwombat]

Chaosium never did pay up the money owed to the folks that made BtMoM happen. Some of the worst abusers of creators in the industry. If you ever feel inspired to write for them, get the money up front.

[brothersaul]

I have to say I have been enjoying your series. I am a podcaster and I do game reviews so I appreciate the quality and quantity ofr content you put out regularly. kudos to you sir.

[bazorkin]

Hey, Savannah gamer shout out! :)

I totally agree with you Kurt; I could see HP basing his Mythos tales in a south georgia city founded long ago.

[knwiegel]

I spent 3.5 years in Statesboro- its pretty much Dunwich ithout the charm. Savannah always felt like Kingsport to me for some reason.

[Jonazzz]

In The Spanish Mansions of Madness, they sell the book in 3 parts

[natewheatshelf]

Mansions of Madness looks really good! Great video!

[venusboys3]

Cool!

Didn't know the Mansions of Madness had new stuff in it...

Mountains Of Madness does seem costly but there's a LOT of stuff in there... more than 3 regular scenario books. It's the size of a Sears catalog...

[walt776]

I just went to the Chaosium web site and found that the Mountains of Madness book (hardback, paperback n/a) was $75. That's steep, even in this age of high-priced RPGs. I think you would need to find a group of players very dedicated to this game to justify the price and get the full value from it. My interests wander too much to play the book from cover to cover, and I suspect that is true of a lot of people. The company really needs to find a way to get that cost down.

[knwiegel]

The pricetag is an issue. Dedication would be key.

[frankfreyiii]

Kurt,

Good review. I've seen all 46 of them so far and you've been a help getting me interested in several games(Hollow Earth Expedition and New World of Darkness). BTW, when are you going review Savage Worlds?

[ConayR]

Another great set of reviews. You should consider changing the table to the one that's a little bit more stable. :)

[OXAXCO]

I have both books and just ran "the Sanatorium" for a friend of mine ( a little tweaking becasue it was only him )and it was great. What's the title of the new adventure and does it read well ? Great as always Kurt. Thx.

[commiedeer]

A little early for March Madness don't you think? ;)

[kaosdevice]

Have you actually ran Beyond the Mountains of Madness?

[knwiegel]

Bits of it, and stuff I've pulled out. The length is daunting, especially with players that come and go.

[kaosdevice]

I have it, but I think it would take like six months or more to completely finish the thing.

[Electrik7701]

Awesome Vid, Kurt. Now I gotta go book hunting ! I love this game.