56 days ago by Dominik

Lovecraft RPG Macabre Tales ist ein weiteres Rollenspiel in der langen Reihe von Spielen, die es sich zum Ziel gemacht haben, die Geschichten von H.P. Lovecraft umzusetzen. Hierbei macht es einige Sachen wirklich richtig, andere wiederrum wollen nicht so überzeugen. Beginnen wir mit der Optik. Das C ...

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92 days ago by Brendan Falconer

Cynthia took the time to discuss the design process of Macabre Tales over at Flame Rising. It is an interesting read if you're considering buying the game. The essay isn't too long but briefly covers the game from her initial ideas through to the finished product.

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95 days ago by Brendan Falconer

Part Six – Lovecraft’s Reality Chapter 6 begins with a discussion of Lovecraft and his world, examining how he populated his imaginary Arkham with people, places and monsters. From here, we move to a discussion of Arkham itself, and the surrounding towns that featured in his weird tales. These are n ...

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96 days ago by Brendan Falconer

Let’s get straight on with things. Part Three – Character Creation This chapter begins with a discussion of Lovecraft’s (oft’ nameless) protagonists in his weird tales. From here, it moves to how best, if at all, to emulate creating that style of character in a role-playing game. The player picks st ...

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97 days ago by Brendan Falconer

Macabre Tales is a .pdf book written by Cynthia Celeste Miller and released through Spectrum Games. For the record, this is my third purchase from the company and I do not know Cynthia, though I was an early play tester for the WWE - Know Your Role role-playing game, a game for which she was one of ...

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100 days ago by Brendan Falconer

Cynthia C. Miller has most kindly sent me a .pdf of Macabre Tales to review. That review will go up during weekdays next week, once I've had a good chance to read the book through. Since my Woodland Warriors preview has proven popular I thought I'd do the same for Macabre Tales. Like most fans of ho ...

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101 days ago by Dominik

Domino-RPG? Spectrum Games ist erfreut darüber, die Veröffentlichung von Macabre Tales bekannt geben zu können, einem mit Dominosteinen gespielten Rollenspiel, das zum Ziel hat, die Art der seltsamen Gruselgeschichten – aus der Tradition der „weird stories“ – aus der Feder von H.P. Lovecraft werkget ...

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102 days ago by Brendan Falconer

A game I had all but forgotten about finally hit RPGNow and other .pdf stores, the Lovecraftian horror game by Cynthia C. Miller, Macabre Tales. I have downloaded and read through the sneak peek preview booklet and I'm likely to pick up the .pdf for review just as soon as my terrible finances improv ...

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