tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886547051691715141.post922342996807127129..comments2024-03-28T00:53:49.609-07:00Comments on PLANET ALGOL: Carcosa and "The King in Yellow"Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886547051691715141.post-66913659588128390402009-10-17T13:19:57.260-07:002009-10-17T13:19:57.260-07:00There's a Monograph setting called Cthulhu Adv...There's a Monograph setting called <i>Cthulhu Adventus</i> which is set After The Mythos Wins, so I suppose it can be done, but it's a bit bleak for me, I think. I prefer the doomed heroism of the basic game, or a more gonzo post-apocalypse of the <i>Carcosa</i> sort.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886547051691715141.post-72306534000930988882009-10-17T12:18:03.765-07:002009-10-17T12:18:03.765-07:00And I think a straight CoC/bleak version of the po...And I think a straight CoC/bleak version of the post-apocalypse would be appropriate, there's a fair amount of supernatural apocalypse material, such as zombie movies, that deal with the "doomed protagonists" motiff.<br /><br />You know your going to die horribly or become one of the gibbering mindless savage wretches of the eternal Kali Yuga, the struggle is to hold onto whatever last scraps of humanity and maybe effect some form of retaliation before your doom.<br /><br />I'm imagining surviving USAF members battling through the hell on earth trying to cobble together nuclear strikes against R'yleh and so forth.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886547051691715141.post-70315381367537251902009-10-17T12:12:00.632-07:002009-10-17T12:12:00.632-07:00I guess "A Colder War" by Charles Stross...I guess "A Colder War" by Charles Stross is about the Cthulhu-pocalypse as it's happening.<br /><br />And there's "In the Mouth of Madness," which deals briefly with a Cthulhu-pocalypse at the end.<br /><br />Gordon R. Dickson's "Necromancer" deals with occultists trying to bring about a "reality crash" which I imagine a Cthulhu-pocalypse would involve, at least on the human's perception of the event side of things.<br /><br />Some savvy designer should send a proposal to Chaosium about doing a post-Cthulhu-pocalypse sourcebook...Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886547051691715141.post-37195499382263931572009-10-17T10:59:03.259-07:002009-10-17T10:59:03.259-07:00I think there's potential in a post-Cthulhu ga...I think there's potential in a post-Cthulhu game, but I don't think you could do it with <i>CoC</i> itself as it's too bleak; something with more of a pulpy, high-adventure feel would be much more palatable.<br /><br />The <i>Hellboy</i> movie only has a very brief snippet of the post-Ogru Jahad future, literally only seconds, but we see a bit more of it in the <i>BPRD</i> comics; Liz Sherman has a number of psychic episodes involving glimpses of the potential future. It's mainly giant Cthulhoid entities striding across the land, with Deep Ones running free amongst the ruins of civilisation, picking off those humans unlucky enough to be out in the open. I'm about to hit my <i>CoC</i> players with a similar vision, just to let them know what's in store if they don't defeat the villains. ;)thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886547051691715141.post-74880849598047219072009-10-17T08:51:13.643-07:002009-10-17T08:51:13.643-07:00The weird thing about the Cthulhoid post-apocalyps...The weird thing about the Cthulhoid post-apocalypse is that it's often referred to, but almost never shown....now that would be "survival horror!"<br /><br />What issue of Hellboy? I don't think I have got to it yet, going to have to watch the movie for the brief post-apoc content.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886547051691715141.post-75976254411821478782009-10-17T05:44:10.637-07:002009-10-17T05:44:10.637-07:00Hastur is problematic. As you note, the King in Ye...Hastur is problematic. As you note, the King in Yellow aspect is very similar to Nyarlathotep, and Hastur itself is rather poorly described, particularly in gaming materials. All of which led me to reinvent the whole Hastur mythos for my <i>Call of Cthulhu</i> game, but it's a bit too involved to go into here!<br /><br />I really like the idea of a Cthulhoid post-apocalypse. There are hints of something similar in the <i>Hellboy</i> comics (and a brief glimpse in the first film too).thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.com