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A Different Kind Of Thinking
15 years ago
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Inane Rambling of a Demented Predator
Evening's Cthulhu was supposed to be a playtest of a scenario set in 1930s Soviet Russia, but I faced a player mutiny unless I continued with the regular campaign. I couldn't run the Classic Era homebaked adventure I had ready as a back-up, since it's Boston-based and I'm saving that for Amy's visit to her parents. Happily, however, I had notes ready for a third game, ripped off from one of Theodore Sturgeon's astoundingly good short stories.
It was set in New York, so it was easy to fit into their return trip to Massachusetts, since Rondale wanted to report to Agent Landing at ONI, & Dr von Habsburg & Guiliano lives in NYC anyway.
And the fact that the story has a medical hook made it even easier - a fellow medico wanted to consult regarding a nasty case of multiple broken bones that happened whilst the young man was walking down the hall of his apartment. And keep on happening, even when he's at hospital or being wheeled around on a stretcher. And there's all the other hemorrhaging & necrosis & adhesions, it's been going on for months, and it's killing him by inches. The stress isn't doing his doctor or brother any good either
McGinty : Sounds like he was beaten up
Rondale : *darkly* Yes, and we all know you're the expert when it comes to savage beatings.
The Doctor sends McGinty and the brother across town for fresh canteloupe, just to get him out of the house whilst he calls in more specialists.
McGinty : We're off to fetch the Paddy melon
Investigations uncover the claim that last year the young man got a girl 'in trouble'. This euphemism confuses McGinty & Rondale for a moment
Rondale : When you get people in trouble, McGinty, they don't end up pregnant!
McGinty comes home with a bottle of fine whiskey. Don't bother asking where from, it's as if the stuff gravitates towards him. He's a bottomless black hole for booze, dragging anything alcoholic to its inevitable doom.
McGinty : I'm all for the sharing
Me, GM : Can I get an acting check for that bare-faced lie?
McGinty : We'll put the bottle on the table and go 'supper's on'
The Amazing Julius has a plan. There's still a few holes in it.
The Amazing Julius : I'm stuck at Step 1) Go to speakeasy. Step 2) ??? Step 3) Profit!
Unfortunately, their target is too dim to even recognize the bait.
The Amazing Julius : I collect things. To sell. From overseas.
Charity : *looks blank* What, like from Canadia?
It was set in New York, so it was easy to fit into their return trip to Massachusetts, since Rondale wanted to report to Agent Landing at ONI, & Dr von Habsburg & Guiliano lives in NYC anyway.
And the fact that the story has a medical hook made it even easier - a fellow medico wanted to consult regarding a nasty case of multiple broken bones that happened whilst the young man was walking down the hall of his apartment. And keep on happening, even when he's at hospital or being wheeled around on a stretcher. And there's all the other hemorrhaging & necrosis & adhesions, it's been going on for months, and it's killing him by inches. The stress isn't doing his doctor or brother any good either
McGinty : Sounds like he was beaten up
Rondale : *darkly* Yes, and we all know you're the expert when it comes to savage beatings.
The Doctor sends McGinty and the brother across town for fresh canteloupe, just to get him out of the house whilst he calls in more specialists.
McGinty : We're off to fetch the Paddy melon
Investigations uncover the claim that last year the young man got a girl 'in trouble'. This euphemism confuses McGinty & Rondale for a moment
Rondale : When you get people in trouble, McGinty, they don't end up pregnant!
McGinty comes home with a bottle of fine whiskey. Don't bother asking where from, it's as if the stuff gravitates towards him. He's a bottomless black hole for booze, dragging anything alcoholic to its inevitable doom.
McGinty : I'm all for the sharing
Me, GM : Can I get an acting check for that bare-faced lie?
McGinty : We'll put the bottle on the table and go 'supper's on'
The Amazing Julius has a plan. There's still a few holes in it.
The Amazing Julius : I'm stuck at Step 1) Go to speakeasy. Step 2) ??? Step 3) Profit!
Unfortunately, their target is too dim to even recognize the bait.
The Amazing Julius : I collect things. To sell. From overseas.
Charity : *looks blank* What, like from Canadia?
Waaah......
But hey - manged to find somone who was reprinting the old FASA 'RENEGADE LEGION" material. Best SF combat games ever written - immaculate stuff. I've picked up the space fighter and capital ships rules... still need to get the tank rules. And a copy of the RPG is on the way. REALLY happy to have foud them again.
Love to run a campaign. Scot and Tamara are my ony games group right now - and they're hard to motivate! Must find more peoples!
*chuckles darkly* I love that the cthulu gamebook lists how to tell things get silly.. I'm waiting for someone somewhere to integrate an anime style tentacle beast into the mix as a cthulu-spawn
the one I have includes a listing in helping with the atmosphere, including setting mood for somber games rather then silliness