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Arc Dream Presents: How to Game the Weird, a panel discussion on the ins and outs of designing and running a weird horror scenario. Moderator Daniel Harms leads a discussion with panelists Fiona Maeve Geist, Kenneth Hite, Shane Ivey, Badger McInnes, and Sandy Petersen.

Lovecraft’s creations featured in early iterations of role-playing games, and since the emergence of “Call of Cthulhu” and its spinoffs, RPGs have increasingly explored—or exploited—cosmic horror in a Lovecraftian universe. Our experts discuss the ins and outs of designing and running a weird horror scenario. How does one create and maintain suspense when players know the Mythos and the tropes? How do different games systems either lend themselves to, or undermine, an atmosphere of horror?

FEATURING

Daniel Harms (blog)

Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia and The Unspeakable Oath

Fiona Maeve Geist (Twitter)

Mothership and Dead Planet

Kenneth Hite (Twitter)

Delta Green: The Role-Playing Game and The Fall of Delta Green

Shane Ivey (Twitter)

Delta Green: The Role-Playing Game and The Unspeakable Oath

Badger McInnes (web)

Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition and Feed the Shoggoth

Sandy Petersen (Twitter)

Call of Cthulhu and 8-Bit Attack

From the top: Sandy Petersen, Badger McInnes, Fiona Maeve Geist, Daniel Harms, Kenneth Hite, and (unseen) Shane Ivey

INTERESTING FACTS

One of our two microphones did not record. This is why the audio is better for some guests than others.

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ABOUT THE SHOW

This episode of Arc Dream Presents was recorded live at The Omni Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island at NecronomiCon Providence 2019.

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This episode’s music is “Nyarlathotep” by the Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, courtesy Divine Industries. Copyright 2019. Visit www.thickets.net.