A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time , by Ben Burns Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Music composed by Jules Lawrence , and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at: https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuri...
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 5
A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time , by Ben Burns Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Music composed by Jules Lawrence , and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at: https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuri...
Mar 04, 2024•2 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Not sure how this episode was skipped, but here it is. Sorry for the mix-up. - Jon A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time , by Ben Burns Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Music composed by Jules Lawrence , and is used ...
Mar 04, 2024•2 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In this episode, Seth and Jon talk about introducing a new game to your table. Benefits of Playing different RPGs Learn fresh approaches (many you can port back into other RPGs) Change of pace. Why change games? Fatigue - Both players and GMs can tire of a system or genre Cult of the New (New editions, new genre, new approach to what you already enjoy (CoC, Delta Green, Trail of Cthulhu, etc.) Rotating GM Method for introduction One shot Session zero Lots of Quickstarts out there Talking to your...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 36
A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time , by Ben Burns Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Music composed by Jules Lawrence , and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at: https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuri...
Feb 12, 2024•2 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 3
A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time , by Ben Burns Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Music composed by Jules Lawrence , and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at: https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuri...
Feb 05, 2024•2 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 2
A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time , by Ben Burns Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Music composed by Jules Lawrence , and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at: https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuri...
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Happy New Year - 2024! Join Jon and Seth as they welcome their guest, Justin Alexander -- an author, game designer, and creator of The Alexandrian blogsite: https://thealexandrian.net/ . Listen in as they talk to Justin about his bestselling book and his love of games. Justin wrote the bestselling "So You Want to be a Gamemaster", published by Page Street Publishing. https://www.amazon.com/You-Want-Game-Master-Adventure_for/dp/1645679152/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1705940872&...
Jan 22, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 35
As 2023 draws to a close Jon and Seth talk about the things they're reading, watching, and playing as inspirations for future creative endeavors. Jon's Reading: Dracula, Bram Stoker - audio book The Hollow Kind, Andy Davidson - Kindle I Am Legend, Richard Matheson - paperback Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros - hardback (about to start) Seth's Reading: Finished Ben Aaronovich - Rivers of London 1-9 Re-listened to Ben Riggs - Slaying the Dragon Just started C.J. Cherryh - Downbelow Station +++ Seth's W...
Dec 18, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Jon and Seth welcome back the Creative Director for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu line, Mike Mason! In this episode, we talk about the soon-to-be released Arkham book and how it's the first in the new Arkham Unveiled series of books. Mike also tells us about the new podcast he and Paul Fricker are creating, Mason and Fricker's Eldritch Stories: http://www.eldritchstories.com Please be sure to sign-up and listen to them weave short tales of terror and talk about their love the horror genre. It's a f...
Nov 20, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 33
In this episode, Seth and Jon are joined by one of our Patreon members, Martin Heuschober to talk about Kult: Divinity Lost. Martin recently ran Seth and Jon through a short Kult scenario that he designed. The game was fully completed in just a single session, but it was filled with some very cool decisions and consequences. Unfortunately, Jon forgot to record the game, so it only lives in the player's memories and in the stories shared in this episode. We can’t do this show alone. We want to th...
Oct 16, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 32
We are joined by one of the original Shadow Handlers of Delta Green himself, Scott Glancy! In this interview we discuss his introduction into gaming in general, and specifically how he joined the Pagan Publishing crew at the dawn of Delta Green. Scott shares his tips and tricks for running a Delta Green game and shares with us his amazing take on the dream god, Nodens. You won't want to miss that! Buckle-up and bring a sandwich, cause this is a hefty episode! Of Wrath & Blood is now availabl...
Sep 18, 2023•2 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Jon and Seth are joined by Alex Guillotte and James Droucker to talk about their new book coming out, Grindhouse vol.4! Like the other previous Grindhouse books, this is a gritty Call of Cthulhu double-feature. Grindhouse vol.4 contains... Nazi Bikers Must Die! - by James Droucher Cold as Hell - by Alex Guillotte Alex and James are great guests and a whole lot of fun to talk to. We hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Use the following links to check out all ...
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Two classic Chaosium publications, Blood Brothers and Blood Brothers 2 , each include Gothic monsters as those books were designed to emulate the kind of stories seen in movies featuring those beasties. Oath of Blood (BB1) - features vampires The Haunting - Walter Corbitt was essentially a vampire or at least vampire-like Vampire Lore is an example of Lore Specialization skill in CoC (starts at 1%) — as “Lore (Vampire)” vs EDU/Know. Upcoming ‘Last Voyage of the Demeter’ -- https://en.wikipedia.o...
Aug 07, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 29
The Great Race of Yith Created in “The Shadow Out of Time,” published in the June 1936 issue of Astounding Stories. (87 years ago) Early History: Original home planet: Yith Escaped the planet by mind-swapping with a race of conical-shaped beings that ruled Earth 200 million years ago (co-existed with dinosaurs) 206 mya - 248 mya Triassic Period earliest evolution of dinosaurs and small mammals Why leave home planet? What was their original form like? Built city of Pnakotus in what became Austral...
Jun 25, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 28
In this episode, we’re again joined by actor and director Drew Shirley to discuss old school dungeon crawling and modern Cthulhu gaming. Old School Dungeon Crawling is New Again Question…? ● What is up with the old school “scene”, and its indy success? Favorite old school systems and why? ● What are the parallels between this old school style of play and Call of Cthulhu? History of D&D and its inspirations. ● How do the three: Old School, Modern D&D, and Cthulhu compare to each other, wh...
May 19, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 27
In this (belated) episode, Seth and Jon talk with author Ruthanna Emrys. We discuss her Innsmouth Legacy series, Winter Tide, Deep Roots, and The Litany of Earth. It was a great conversation with a wide range of topics and inspirations. Lovecraft Reread: https://www.tor.com/series/the-lovecraft-reread/ Reading the Weird: https://www.tor.com/series/reading-the-weird/ Ashes and Entropy, edited by Robert S. Wilson: https://www.amazon.com/Ashes-Entropy-Laird-Barron-ebook/dp/B07H9B25LF/ref=tmm_kin_sw...
May 05, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 26
In this episode, Jon & Seth talk about Deep Ones! H. P. Lovecraft first introduced the Deep Ones in Shadow Over Innsmouth. Recently published CoC scenarios that include Deep Ones: Angel’s Thirst, Waiting for the Hurricane (Pulp Cthulhu), Mother’s Love (by Seth Skorkowsky), Flotsam & Jetsam campaign Previously published CoC scenarios that include Deep Ones, courtesy of Sentinel Hill Press site: https://sentinelhillpress.com/2017/01/20/innsmouth-and-deep-one-scenarios/ “Bless the Beasts an...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 25
COMBAT: Initiative: Descending DEX order Tied DEX values are broken by relevant Combat Skill (descending) Action: One main action Time is flexible for the situation, as governed by the Keeper, but it’s typically just a few seconds… 3-5 seconds Movement can be included in the action, but only if the movement and action can be reasonably executed within the 3-5 second timeframe Types of Actions: Attack with Skill Fighting Maneuver (How does it differ from an Attack) Flee Cast a Spell Other Non-Com...
Feb 20, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 24
In this episode, Jon and Seth discuss the fallout from Hasbro's December 2022 fireside chat with their shareholders. This entire conversation is speculative, so please take it with a grain of salt. For all we know, nothing detrimental will come from this, and at worst Jon and Seth sound like old men yelling at clouds. Only time will tell for sure. The gents also discuss ghouls and how you might use them in your Call of Cthulhu game. They talk about how they differ from their fantasy RPG counterp...
Jan 16, 2023•1 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 23
In this episode, Seth and Jon share tips, tricks, and habits every player should know, and how GMs might consider addressing problematic players. Player Tips Do prep-work before the game (pick that skill/power from leveling last game) Remember Other People in the room - Hogging Time/Spotlight Avoid Distractions (phones, crafting, etc.) Look out for other players’ fun Learn your character’s skills/powers/spells/gear Help the GM keep the game going (sometimes by telling the GM to focus up) Make a ...
Dec 19, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 22
In this episode, Seth and Jon are joined by Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu Creative Director, Mike Mason. Together, the gents talk about how to manage and run long-running campaign games. Thank you to our recent patrons: Obsession Engine, Bryan Stephens, Zander Ford, Charlie Ough, and to Jim Calabrese for his extra-generous support. If you also want to support the show, please consider joining our Patreon campaign too: https://www.patreon.com/modern_mythos Get a T-shirt from our RedBubble store: htt...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Jon finally fulfilled his promise to run The Code for Seth!!! And we pulled in three patrons to play with Seth, Andy, Chris, and Nelson. It was a fantastic playthrough. The game was recorded, and it’s exclusively available for patrons of the Modern Mythos podcast to enjoy. If you're interested in checking it out, it's a five-hour playthrough completely available in a single audio file, just join the Modern Mythos Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/modern_mythos . Jon is already planning more pat...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 8 min
In this episode, we’ll be imagining changes we’d like to see in an imaginary 8th Edition of Call of Cthulhu. Automatic fire – Simplify the skill roll based on difficulty of hitting the target, ignore bullets fired. Introduce snap fire? Sanity/Mythos - Prefer the idea of relationships and cherished things being sacrificed as SAN disappears or to recover. Rather than a possible consequence for Bout of Madness. Sanity Loss - Mythos San (permanent) vs. Jump-scare San (temp) Credit rating - As with o...
Sep 19, 2022•1 hr 23 min
Pateron voting results: Jon’s plot idea is selected Jon's Idea: Chloe is missing, and could be the victim of serpent people who want to spread their sinister influence. The investigators must find Chloe before a competing team of (bumbling) investigators ruin the clue trail and seal Chloe's fate. Low-budget grindhouse movie shot in the Philippines. Name of movie: Raining Blood! Seth did a lot of research on what it was like for Hollywood to make cheap exploitation movies in the Philippines back ...
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 14 min
In this episode, Jon and Seth talk about some of their favorite books, movies, and music that inspire their tastes in horror, and they review Blackwater Creek, a scenario suitable for new players and Keepers in the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game. Topic 1: Inspirational Media for Horror Games The Fisherman, by John Langan Other short short stories by John Langan (ex: Wide Carnivorous Sky) The Color Out of Time, by Michael Shea Darkest of the Hillside Thicket (ex: Let Sleeping Gods Lie) The Haun...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 55 min
In this episode, Jon and Seth discuss running a Call of Cthulhu game without the influence of the Mythos in it, and they continue designing an original Call of Cthulhu adventure with some help from their patrons. Topic 1: Call of Cthulhu without the Mythos This isn't new, Chaosium has several adventures that don't feature the Mythos. Including the two Blood Brother books which feature more than two dozen horror trope scenarios inspired by books and film. The Rescue, originally published in the f...
Jun 27, 2022•1 hr 6 min
In this episode, Jon and Seth talk about games where skill failures are still interesting. Games like Dystopia Rising, Kids on Bikes, Achtung Cthulhu, ALIEN, Blades in the Dark, and Call of Cthulhu. Seth and Jon also begin a new series where they will collaborate to design a Call of Cthulhu scenario. We'll be sharing ideas on the Modern Mythos Discord and seeking help from our Patrons. Who knows, maybe we'll eventually publish it on the Miskatonic Repository. Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.co...
May 24, 2022•1 hr 37 min
Modern Mythos with Jon & Seth - Episode 14: Chaosium Con & Horror Atmosphere In this episode, Jon and Seth discuss ways to effectively create an atmosphere of horror at your gaming table, and the guys were able to finally meet each other in person for the first time at Chaosium Con in Ypsilani, Michigan. It was a blast, and they've got lots of thoughts on it as they reflect on the convention weekend and look forward to the next year's convention. Topic 1: Horror Atmosphere MUSIC is overr...
Apr 18, 2022•1 hr 50 min
This 12-minute audio file is a sample taken from Modern Mythos Episode 11 - Bouts of Insanity. This episode was originally released in January 2022. Jon and Seth are submitting this episode sample so it can be considered for the 2022 ENNIE Awards.
Apr 14, 2022•12 min
