paizo.com Recent Posts in 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJpaizo.com Recent Posts in 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJ2012-07-15T01:20:55Z2012-07-15T01:20:55ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJKiller_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1932023-03-25T17:13:44Z2023-03-25T17:13:44Z<p>Turin, we really need to restart this via an online format.</p>Turin, we really need to restart this via an online format.Killer_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)2023-03-25T17:13:44ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJKiller_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1922019-10-06T21:35:26Z2019-10-06T21:35:26Z<p>This is a write up I did back in October 2018 following my first and only session in a short lived Masks or Nyarlothep campaign that came to an unceremonious end shortly thereafter. I figured I’d post it here, as it was the follow up campaign to the HotOE campaign. Turin the Mad was the Keeper/GM for this game.
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In the 10/20/18 first (and only) session of the Masks of Nyarlothep CoC campaign, there were 0 PC fatalities. There were a total of five players participating in the game session. The Call of Cthulhu game was set in the year 1921. My character (having previously survived the end finale of Horror on the Orient Express) had traveled from France to New York City (before the game started), apparently at the invitation of one of the other players characters (who was independently wealthy), and traveled with him from NYC to Lima Peru for the purpose of exploring a newly discovered pyramid. After arrival in Peru, it became apparent to our characters that the person in charge of organizing the expedition to the Peruvian pyramid had some sort of unusual personal problems, including black veins and an apparent affinity for narcotics. At some point, fellow player Haru, got the boneheaded idea to try to perform an exorcism on this guy, at which point, the crap hit the fan. (Not surprisingly, most of the trouble I experience in Call of Cthulhu games, occur when Haru gets some sort of bright idea during the game, which usually leads to all sorts of unexpected problems and consequences, which I inevitably end up reaping the heavy end of…) And naturally, the other characters present in today’s game were in a different part of the hotel and took no part in the fiasco that then ensued…
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Our said host immediately began looking somewhat more alien or monstrous in nature, with his eyes turning completely black; and his accomplice began sporting a mouth that resembled a lamprey, and the hostilities ensued immediately. I had no gun with me, (thank you Turin), so I swung pathetically with my brass knuckles and whiffed mightily. I then got hammered for 6 of my 9 HP, and it was looking like a very early character demise in the campaign was imminent. Haru, for his trouble, was trying to run his sorry ass away and leave me to fend for myself in the carnage that he created with his misguided attempt at an exorcism… My goading persuaded Haru (the player) to stop running and try to help me. I made a 25% roll and managed to get around the “sucker” (lamprey) faced guy and run into the hallway and half way down a stairwell. Haru's character was then the victim of a spell of some sort that blinded his character temporarily. “Sucker face” cornered Haru (now blinded) and I on the stairwell. I declared an intent to try to shove the alien attacker through the window on the hotel stairwell, taking myself and Haru's characters with the bastard, if needed. I rolled an ‘01’ and succeeded spectacularly, knocking the ass-clown through the window and impaling him on an object down below on the sidewalk. Haru and I didn’t even have to go through the window along with suckerface, owing to the '01' roll, and I then helped the temporarily blinded Haru down the stairs.
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We encountered the Peruvian hotel management lady, who was equipped with a 10 gage double barreled shot gun in hand, and I told her in Spanish that two idiots were trashing her hotel, and “Abuela” then proceeded to punk both of those bastards in spectacular fashion, saving out butts in the process...
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Sadly, the campaign ended after the following game session that I was not present for, but I was told did not accomplish much. Hopefully this game can be resurrected at some point in the future…. KGM</p>This is a write up I did back in October 2018 following my first and only session in a short lived Masks or Nyarlothep campaign that came to an unceremonious end shortly thereafter. I figured I’d post it here, as it was the follow up campaign to the HotOE campaign. Turin the Mad was the Keeper/GM for this game.
In the 10/20/18 first (and only) session of the Masks of Nyarlothep CoC campaign, there were 0 PC fatalities. There were a total of five players participating in the game session. The...Killer_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)2019-10-06T21:35:26ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJBrother Faust the Elder (alias of Turin the Mad)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1912019-04-15T04:06:31Z2019-04-15T04:06:31Z<p><i>Animate Thread</i></p>
<p>I have no idea why he thought that about the original HotOE ending, Bellona. As you read late last year it was pretty gruesome. </p>
<p>~squiggle~</p>Animate Thread
I have no idea why he thought that about the original HotOE ending, Bellona. As you read late last year it was pretty gruesome.
~squiggle~Brother Faust the Elder (alias of Turin the Mad)2019-04-15T04:06:31ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJBellonahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1902018-10-29T09:41:54Z2018-10-29T09:41:54Z<p>Reading this certainly brings back fond memories of my own experiences with CoC!</p>
<p>My very first CoC game was playing as a hapless investigator in Masks of Nyarlathotep (CoC 3e, I think - back in the late '80s anyway). While she didn't make it to the very end of the campaign (sanity loss, institutionalised, eventually recovered after some years), her sister nobly took up the slack and finished it for her. Talk about a baptism of fire!</p>
<p>We next tackled Spawn of Azathoth. That campaign had an unusually nihilistic ending, in that it _required_ that an investigator sacrifice him-/herself in order to hold off the Earth's imminent doom. (Earth is still doomed, it's just been delayed for a while.)</p>
<p>Plus various shorter scenarios/mini-campaigns and side trips to the Dreamlands.</p>
<p>HotOE was run by a different Keeper. Due to being curious about that London train model, but wanting to keep our investigators on the main plot line, we made new characters who were assigned the "toy" investigation. Afterwards the survivors sent a telegram to the main group which - when read aloud - went like this: "It was horrible. Stop. It was horrible. Stop. It was horrible. Stop."</p>
<p>Fennalik found our group rather irritating/frustrating at times, particularly when we re-grouped in one compartment with the McGuffins. He dangled a dead train passenger in front of our compartment window, and our only reaction was to pull the curtains closed. :)</p>
<p>Apparently our HotOE Keeper thought that the as-written ending for HotOE was a bit too much (too much what, I'm not exactly sure), so it ended with a more traditional mind-bending ceremony plus shoot-out in an empty cistern underneath Istanbul.</p>Reading this certainly brings back fond memories of my own experiences with CoC!
My very first CoC game was playing as a hapless investigator in Masks of Nyarlathotep (CoC 3e, I think - back in the late '80s anyway). While she didn't make it to the very end of the campaign (sanity loss, institutionalised, eventually recovered after some years), her sister nobly took up the slack and finished it for her. Talk about a baptism of fire!
We next tackled Spawn of Azathoth. That campaign had an...Bellona2018-10-29T09:41:54ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJKiller_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1892018-10-29T02:38:59Z2018-10-29T02:38:59Z<p>My regards to PH.
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From the one session that we have had thus far, it was a very good game. The props from the 7E version of the adventure are nice. The storyline thus far is good. The game mechanics seem excellent. I've played in an earlier version of CoC, and this is my first jaunt with 7E, but it's as enjoyable as the previous edition. I'm still hopeful that Turin will post a journal. If he doesn't, I may do something. I am not much for a player's journal, but who knows... It would seem almost uncouth to fail to chronicle an infamous adventure such as this one... TURIN!!!!</p>
<p>KGM</p>My regards to PH.
From the one session that we have had thus far, it was a very good game. The props from the 7E version of the adventure are nice. The storyline thus far is good. The game mechanics seem excellent. I've played in an earlier version of CoC, and this is my first jaunt with 7E, but it's as enjoyable as the previous edition. I'm still hopeful that Turin will post a journal. If he doesn't, I may do something. I am not much for a player's journal, but who knows... It would seem...Killer_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)2018-10-29T02:38:59ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJclgarrethttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1882018-10-26T13:54:25Z2018-10-26T13:54:25Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Killer_GM wrote:</div><blockquote> We just started CoC Masks of Nyarlothep. I don't know if Turin is up for a campaign journal. I may post some stuff on it, though I fear I won't do it justice. We'll see. </blockquote><p>We started that as well for 7e, doing a month on and off with Strange Aeons. PH Dungeon is running it, we're back to it next week after finishing off Strange Aeons book 5 this week. It's been great so far.Killer_GM wrote:We just started CoC Masks of Nyarlothep. I don't know if Turin is up for a campaign journal. I may post some stuff on it, though I fear I won't do it justice. We'll see.
We started that as well for 7e, doing a month on and off with Strange Aeons. PH Dungeon is running it, we're back to it next week after finishing off Strange Aeons book 5 this week. It's been great so far.clgarret2018-10-26T13:54:25ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJKiller_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1872018-10-23T02:03:24Z2018-10-23T02:03:24Z<p>We just started CoC Masks of Nyarlothep. I don't know if Turin is up for a campaign journal. I may post some stuff on it, though I fear I won't do it justice. We'll see.</p>We just started CoC Masks of Nyarlothep. I don't know if Turin is up for a campaign journal. I may post some stuff on it, though I fear I won't do it justice. We'll see.Killer_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)2018-10-23T02:03:24ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJBrother Faust the Elder (alias of Turin the Mad)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1862018-07-31T15:09:52Z2018-07-31T15:09:52Z<p>A largely different group. </p>
<p>Only you and Haru are confirmed investigators, and it won't be for the <i>Horror on the Orient Express</i>. </p>
<p>~squiggle~</p>A largely different group.
Only you and Haru are confirmed investigators, and it won't be for the Horror on the Orient Express.
~squiggle~Brother Faust the Elder (alias of Turin the Mad)2018-07-31T15:09:52ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJKiller_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1852018-07-31T01:09:21Z2018-07-31T01:09:21Z<p>Perhaps a new chapter in CoC is coming for this group. Time will tell:)</p>Perhaps a new chapter in CoC is coming for this group. Time will tell:)Killer_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)2018-07-31T01:09:21ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJP.H. Dungeonhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1842016-12-31T13:55:13Z2016-12-31T13:55:13Z<p>Of late, my group has found it increasingly difficult to get together face to face on a regular basis (too many of us have spawn now), so we've been playing a lot on roll20, which has saved our gaming lives. We can all pop online for a couple of hours in the evening once or twice a week and still get out gaming fixes. Currently I'm running a 5e D&D campaign every Tuesday evening, but on Sunday nights I've been doing one shot type stuff and mini campaigns in other systems. Part of that has been running some CoC, and it works real good. All the dice rolling can be done on roll20 and it has fillable character sheets for CoC as well as plenty of other systems. I can post up handouts, maps, pictures and all that. Highly recommended. The learning curve on roll20 is easy. You can figure it out in an hour or two, especially if you watch one of the youtube tutorials.</p>
<p>I've most recently been running some of the Goodman games Age of Cthulhu adventures. I finished Timeless Sands of India a couple of weeks ago, which was a lot of fun, and I'm probably going to run "Madness in London Town" in the near future. I just picked up the 7e rules, so I think I'm going to give those a shot for the next adventure.</p>
<p>I've also been thinking of running a sandbox style Dunwich campaign, but I'm not sure if that will ever happen or not.</p>Of late, my group has found it increasingly difficult to get together face to face on a regular basis (too many of us have spawn now), so we've been playing a lot on roll20, which has saved our gaming lives. We can all pop online for a couple of hours in the evening once or twice a week and still get out gaming fixes. Currently I'm running a 5e D&D campaign every Tuesday evening, but on Sunday nights I've been doing one shot type stuff and mini campaigns in other systems. Part of that has...P.H. Dungeon2016-12-31T13:55:13ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJKiller_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1832016-12-29T16:40:56Z2016-12-29T16:40:56Z<p>I'm working on it.</p>I'm working on it.Killer_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)2016-12-29T16:40:56ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJThe Mad Comrade (alias of Turin the Mad)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1822016-12-27T06:53:59Z2016-12-27T06:53:59Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Killer_GM wrote:</div><blockquote> Bump. </blockquote><p>My understanding is that you have a pbp invite outstanding. Saddle up!Killer_GM wrote:Bump.
My understanding is that you have a pbp invite outstanding. Saddle up!The Mad Comrade (alias of Turin the Mad)2016-12-27T06:53:59ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJKiller_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1812016-12-27T04:33:18Z2016-12-27T04:33:18Z<p>Bump.</p>Bump.Killer_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)2016-12-27T04:33:18ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJKiller_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1802015-03-11T02:48:48Z2015-03-11T02:48:48Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">GM Hands of Fate wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Brother Faust the Elder wrote:</div><blockquote> 26 investigators bought the farm in the blood-drenched finale to this version of the notorious Horror on the Orient Express. </blockquote>Impressive. I have yet to play CoC. I have the game, but my friends hold too tightly to their characters, and don't want to die or go insane. All the games Imhave tried to play in have been PBP and the GM has been consumed by Elder Gods within 3 weeks. </blockquote><p>I've never played PBP, but if Turin or Haru ever desire to keep gacking me in a CoC game via email or a internet chat room; I'm all for it. It's like a Wiley Coyote cartoon. You know your number is going to keep coming up again, and again, and again, and again, and...GM Hands of Fate wrote:Brother Faust the Elder wrote: 26 investigators bought the farm in the blood-drenched finale to this version of the notorious Horror on the Orient Express.
Impressive. I have yet to play CoC. I have the game, but my friends hold too tightly to their characters, and don't want to die or go insane. All the games Imhave tried to play in have been PBP and the GM has been consumed by Elder Gods within 3 weeks. I've never played PBP, but if Turin or Haru ever desire to keep...Killer_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)2015-03-11T02:48:48ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJBrother Faust the Elder (alias of Turin the Mad)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1792015-01-30T03:53:15Z2015-01-30T03:53:15Z<p>The boxed set did at long last show up. I'm awaiting the rest of the loot (coffee mugs, miniatures set specific to HotOE, other things that I forget) to show up.</p>
<p>The new boxed set is on par in size with an old school VHS player, weighing in at a solid 5 kilos.</p>
<p>Most impressive.</p>
<p>~squiggle~</p>The boxed set did at long last show up. I'm awaiting the rest of the loot (coffee mugs, miniatures set specific to HotOE, other things that I forget) to show up.
The new boxed set is on par in size with an old school VHS player, weighing in at a solid 5 kilos.
Most impressive.
~squiggle~Brother Faust the Elder (alias of Turin the Mad)2015-01-30T03:53:15ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJKiller_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1782015-01-30T03:28:21Z2015-01-30T03:28:21Z<p>Very well, I shan't try. They do have numerous stats in the Bestiary IV for Cthulhu critters, including a CR 30 write up on Cthulhu himself. As to my other point, we really need to resurrect the CoC game at some point before we start expiring...</p>Very well, I shan't try. They do have numerous stats in the Bestiary IV for Cthulhu critters, including a CR 30 write up on Cthulhu himself. As to my other point, we really need to resurrect the CoC game at some point before we start expiring...Killer_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)2015-01-30T03:28:21ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJBrother Faust the Elder (alias of Turin the Mad)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1772015-01-08T13:54:48Z2015-01-08T13:54:48Z<p>They've STILL not shipped my box o' goodies as of yet. I poked them with a sharpened femur just the other day, prompting update #123. Which basically says "We hired 2 temps to help us pack and ship all this stuff via Priority Mail, please don't go [redacted] on us!"</p>
<p>So, yippy skippy, the wait continues.</p>
<p>Pathfinder simply isn't suited to a CoC style game. Better bet is to take an "E6" approach. However, given the massive retooling certain CoC monsters would require in E6 Pathfinder, I don't think it would be worth the effort. At least, not right now.</p>
<p>~squiggle~</p>They've STILL not shipped my box o' goodies as of yet. I poked them with a sharpened femur just the other day, prompting update #123. Which basically says "We hired 2 temps to help us pack and ship all this stuff via Priority Mail, please don't go [redacted] on us!"
So, yippy skippy, the wait continues.
Pathfinder simply isn't suited to a CoC style game. Better bet is to take an "E6" approach. However, given the massive retooling certain CoC monsters would require in E6 Pathfinder, I don't...Brother Faust the Elder (alias of Turin the Mad)2015-01-08T13:54:48ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJKiller_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1762014-12-01T04:18:59Z2014-12-01T04:18:59Z<p>Turin, I was thinking about how one might tailor the Pathfinder rules system for a CoC style game. Could one say, Cap HP at the level 1 MAX + CON bonus maybe? When player characters advance a 'level', they get 1 extra Hit Point, and some skill points? What else?</p>
<p>~Squiggle~</p>Turin, I was thinking about how one might tailor the Pathfinder rules system for a CoC style game. Could one say, Cap HP at the level 1 MAX + CON bonus maybe? When player characters advance a 'level', they get 1 extra Hit Point, and some skill points? What else?
~Squiggle~Killer_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)2014-12-01T04:18:59ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJMissingNo (alias of Orthos)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1752014-10-20T19:07:57Z2014-10-20T19:07:57Z<p>=/</p>=/MissingNo (alias of Orthos)2014-10-20T19:07:57ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJBrother Faust the Elder (alias of Turin the Mad)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1742014-10-20T19:03:22Z2014-10-20T19:03:22Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Killer_GM wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Brother Faust the Elder wrote:</div><blockquote><p> The 2013 edition of Horror on the Orient Express is taking FOREVER to get finished and produced. It was supposed to be done and delivered by about GenCon this year. Instead, here we are at the end of Thanksgiving weekend and they're still working on it.</p>
<p><i>•muttergrumble•</i> </blockquote>Did this update ever occur? This game which I was a player in to the bitter end (as detailed on this campaign journal) was absolutely hilarious. Any self-respecting player should wish to be a participant in such a game. Hopefully this game continues at some point in the future. The Mountain of Madness still beckons I think... </blockquote><p>Still waiting. At this point, I will be amazed if they get this shipped to us for Cthulhumas.
<p>~squiggle~</p>Killer_GM wrote:Brother Faust the Elder wrote:The 2013 edition of Horror on the Orient Express is taking FOREVER to get finished and produced. It was supposed to be done and delivered by about GenCon this year. Instead, here we are at the end of Thanksgiving weekend and they're still working on it.
*muttergrumble*
Did this update ever occur? This game which I was a player in to the bitter end (as detailed on this campaign journal) was absolutely hilarious. Any self-respecting player should...Brother Faust the Elder (alias of Turin the Mad)2014-10-20T19:03:22ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJKiller_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1732014-10-20T00:54:58Z2014-10-20T00:54:58Z<p>I've just re-read this whole thread for s••ts & giggles. We really need to revisit this game at some point.</p>I've just re-read this whole thread for s**ts & giggles. We really need to revisit this game at some point.Killer_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)2014-10-20T00:54:58ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJKiller_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1722014-10-19T23:24:20Z2014-10-19T23:24:20Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Brother Faust the Elder wrote:</div><blockquote><p> The 2013 edition of Horror on the Orient Express is taking FOREVER to get finished and produced. It was supposed to be done and delivered by about GenCon this year. Instead, here we are at the end of Thanksgiving weekend and they're still working on it.</p>
<p><i>•muttergrumble•</i> </blockquote><p>Did this update ever occur? This game which I was a player in to the bitter end (as detailed on this campaign journal) was absolutely hilarious. Any self-respecting player should wish to be a participant in such a game. Hopefully this game continues at some point in the future. The Mountain of Madness still beckons I think...Brother Faust the Elder wrote:The 2013 edition of Horror on the Orient Express is taking FOREVER to get finished and produced. It was supposed to be done and delivered by about GenCon this year. Instead, here we are at the end of Thanksgiving weekend and they're still working on it.
*muttergrumble*
Did this update ever occur? This game which I was a player in to the bitter end (as detailed on this campaign journal) was absolutely hilarious. Any self-respecting player should wish to be a...Killer_GM (alias of Allen Stewart)2014-10-19T23:24:20ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJBrother Faust the Elder (alias of Turin the Mad)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1712013-11-30T04:30:23Z2013-11-30T04:30:23Z<p>The 2013 edition of Horror on the Orient Express is taking FOREVER to get finished and produced. It was supposed to be done and delivered by about GenCon this year. Instead, here we are at the end of Thanksgiving weekend and they're still working on it.</p>
<p><i>•muttergrumble•</i></p>The 2013 edition of Horror on the Orient Express is taking FOREVER to get finished and produced. It was supposed to be done and delivered by about GenCon this year. Instead, here we are at the end of Thanksgiving weekend and they're still working on it.
*muttergrumble*Brother Faust the Elder (alias of Turin the Mad)2013-11-30T04:30:23ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJDennis Harryhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1702013-05-23T15:07:27Z2013-05-23T15:07:27Z<p>I ran a one shot a few summers ago and my players loved it. The best part was that most of the deaths were attributed to the characters killing each other either through bad rolls or going insane and turning on one another. </p>
<p>Brother Faust is correct, the Corbitt adventure in the main book is easy to run and a tremendous amount of fun to play! The one shot that I ran was from the Mansions of Madness supplement.</p>I ran a one shot a few summers ago and my players loved it. The best part was that most of the deaths were attributed to the characters killing each other either through bad rolls or going insane and turning on one another.
Brother Faust is correct, the Corbitt adventure in the main book is easy to run and a tremendous amount of fun to play! The one shot that I ran was from the Mansions of Madness supplement.Dennis Harry2013-05-23T15:07:27ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: 2012 CoC Horror on the Orient Express CJBrother Faust the Elder (alias of Turin the Mad)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o6e1&page=4?2012-CoC-Horror-on-the-Orient-Express-CJ#1692013-05-23T12:11:06Z2013-05-23T12:11:06Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">GM Hands of Fate wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Yeah I have made probably 40 characters for C0C. It's how I learn how to make characters in a system. Although from reading this journal, I realize I put way too much backstory into a a character that may very well die or go insane within 4 minutes. Hehe.</p>
<p>Maybe I will try it as a one shot. </blockquote><p>Many of the adventures published for CoC do not delve overmuch into character development. EDIT: For a one-shot, if you are the Keeper for a group that is new to CoC, I highly recommend one or more of the short scenarios presented in the basic rules set, especially the Horror in the Attic (which I used). If they can handle that, they can probably handle Call of Cthulhu.
<p>At GenCon / this August a new, improved Horror on the Orient Express will be released. There are a ton of props [a medallion, passports, miniatures, a soundtrack, and more] that should also be available for the HotOE as well.</p>
<p>HotOE - for character development - depends on the players not going 'combat munchkin' and the Keeper recognizing that the investigators really need to get through all the way to the end if at all possible. Going full 'combat munchkin' tends to make Keepers ... remorseless. ;) Having said that, the irony is that for a RP-intensive group, HotOE can <i>really</i> go the distance. There are dozens of NPCs to interact with without swinging a fist/firing a shot. There are a gob of ways to potentially develop one's investigators ... before they die hideously / are driven insane/ both. (SAN loss in some ways is too incremental ... but that may be the PF GM in me.) In a way, the intent here is to get attached before the fit hits the shan, making the pain and suffering all the worse.</p>
<p>The availability of a plethora of replacement investigators through passengers boarding and disembarking from the train along its route, even from among the crew, makes new PCs easy to introduce... yet hard to integrate as only the investigators from the beginning will appreciate the full story. I would suggest any replacement investigators be introduced by way of "your relative's stuff showed up via courier/post - part of your relative's estate demands that you continue his/her task" or somesuch.</p>
<p>Having respectable combat capability is a must, one could do very well with investing INT points into dodge, martial arts, punch, a melee weapon and an easily concealed handgun (such as the M1918 or even better the 'Broomhandle' Mauser). Use the combination of EDU + Occupation to collect decent language skills and - cooperating with the rest of the players - the 'usual suspects' of social/investigative skills.</p>
<p>HotOE would definitely reward a chargen session with the Keeper supplying the basics necessary for the creation of successful investigators. </p>
<p>I look forward to my other group getting to play the updated HotOE late this year or more likely / perhaps sometime next year.</p>
<p>~squiggle~</p>GM Hands of Fate wrote:Yeah I have made probably 40 characters for C0C. It's how I learn how to make characters in a system. Although from reading this journal, I realize I put way too much backstory into a a character that may very well die or go insane within 4 minutes. Hehe.
Maybe I will try it as a one shot.
Many of the adventures published for CoC do not delve overmuch into character development. EDIT: For a one-shot, if you are the Keeper for a group that is new to CoC, I highly...Brother Faust the Elder (alias of Turin the Mad)2013-05-23T12:11:06Z