Talent Spotlight: Joshua Jarman

Talent Spotlight: Joshua Jarman

Joshua is our first Cthulhu’s Dungeon recruit for a paid writing gig! We asked him to create a One Shot adventure for us after he sent in a couple of Adventure Hooks for Cthulhu’s Dungeon that caught Sandy’s eye and got published here.
 
“I’m from Texas, twenty-two years old and happy to have lived in the Lone Star State all my life. I would say I’ve been playing D&D since I was seventeen, and I started running Call of Cthulhu occasionally a couple of years later. I knew about Lovecraft before D&D, and over time my interest in cosmic horror became greater than traditional fantasy. The idea of colossal, unstoppable horrors, looming beyond perception was existentially terrifying, but also great for foreshadowing in a RPG. Currently I am gamemastering for my own group, and we’ve been having fun with the Ghoul Island Saga and the eldritch horrors therein. I found out about Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos while looking for a 5E stat of Cthulhu (lucky right?), and I immediately bought it, and the rest is history. What the Hills Hide, would be my first published work, with some scenes inspired by Henry Kutner’s own story, The Salem Horror. I do enjoy writing, despite being an amateur with zero experience, and I hope that I can write more in the future. In conclusion, I love Lovecraft, I love cosmic horror, and I love TRPGs. To all of my fellow Lovecraft fans, may you find some light in the looming darkness.”

Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos Coming on Fantasy Grounds!

Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos Coming on Fantasy Grounds!

Our friend Tom Harvey assisted with the development of Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos for 5e on Fantasy Grounds! So if social distancing requires that you avoid groups, you can now play with your friends online! 

Many thanks to Tom! If you haven’t tried playing RPGs on Fantasy Grounds before, this may be the time.

It will be available to play later this week … we’re just waiting for the Fantasy Grounds admin team to launch it in their store! You will be able to purchase it from their store.

Introducing Jason Thompson and the Dreamlands

Introducing Jason Thompson and the Dreamlands

Do you love RPGs and suspect Planet Apocalypse may not be our final work? Well you’re right! Dreamlands — an entire new RPG system, is under development, and we want to give you a sneak peek at the book and the designer.

Enter Dreamland, a fairytale-like world outside of time, a place of strange cities, jungles and deserts, dragons and zoogs. You are a dreamer, one of the few people able to visit Dreamland, where your precious memories of waking life are the fuel to shape the dreamworld … but lose too many memories and you might wake up a changed person, or never wake up at all. Dreamland is a surreal fantasy RPG inspired by The Neverending Story, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath and the works of Lord Dunsany. DM’ed by the designer, Jason Thompson.

Jason Bradley Thompson first entered the Dreamlands by drawing a graphic novel adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath. He has also worked as an ENnie Award-winning illustrator for Dungeons & DragonsCall of CthulhuSwordfish Islands, Lamentations of the Flame Princess and Magical Kitties Save the Day!; co-designer of the tabletop games Mangaka and Cartooner; a manga editor for VIZ; and story artist on Minions: The Rise of Gru. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and their daughter. 

Pirates of Atlantis

Pirates of Atlantis

Ben Donges, Designer of Eternal Adversary, has launched his own project called Pirates of Atlantis. We like to support our partners, so here’s a quick run-down:

Pirates of Atlantis features a substantial amount of great content for any tabletop gamer. Bringing this campaign to Kickstarter allows the project to grow to it’s fullest potential. Beyond what is already offered in the pledge levels there are concepts for many more Full-Size Ships, Creatures of Atlantis, Pirate Captains, and some Hidden Treasures along the way.

Taking this project to Kickstarter allows for more customer interaction and gives you, the backers, the ability to choose what you want when it comes to stretch goals and more content.

The pledges also let you pick and choose what you want. If you are only interested in the Captains, just back the Captains. If you want the Ships, get the Ships. Do you want the creatures? Then get the creatures.

In true Pirate spirit, “Get what you want, forget the rest”.  More Info.

Kickstarter Campaign: Limited Edition Copy

Kickstarter Campaign: Limited Edition Copy

EverythingBoardGames Digital Magazine

We recently became Emerald level backers for this new digital magazine, and think you might enjoy supporting it as well! 

Help EverythingBoardGames launch a new magazine that will include board game reviews, news, interviews, stories, PnP games and more!

In fact, we will be featuring a new free 5e adventure each issue!