I recently ran across The Seventh Seal: Roleplaying Game of Prophetic Revelations at a local game convention. With all the other games about the end of the world out, or coming out, I wanted to know what made this game stand apart. Initially it appeared that the setting was the major difference. This game did not take place after the apocalypse, or even during the final epic battle between good and evil. Instead this game takes place during the events that lead up to that war. The result is a game that has more in common with our own world, and, therefore, places it firmly in the Modern Horror genre.

InSpectres is described as a “fast, simple and fun game that mixes horror and comedy” and it lives up to that description throughout the entire book. The author has blended the mystery of X-Files and the humor of Ghostbusters and Men in Black. It features an easy system to learn that doesn’t get in the way of a fun night of gaming. No one should expect InSpectres to replace more serious investigation/hunter games like Call of Cthulhu or Orpheus, because that really isn’t the point of this game. InSpectres is about fun, it is full of jokes, one-liners and offers everyone a chance to cut loose for an evening of entertainment.

There are 232 pages. There are six chapters, a section of Archetypes, a Forward, an Appendix, and an Index. The first chapter explains to you what you’ll find in the book. The second chapter describes character generation. A list of well-thought out Archetypes are given – with good artwork to go with them. The third chapter goes over game mechanics. Equipment is discussed in chapter four. The fifth chapter explains zombies, how to create them, and how to use them. Chapter six discusses different Deadworlds that you can use for your settings.

Cthulhu Live is set in the universe of eldritch horror created by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Cthulhu Live is a theater-gaming experience of horror, action and suspense. The participants are both actors and audience. The game is a full evening’s worth of fun every time it is played.

LARP (Live Action Role Playing) offers players a chance to get into costume, test their acting skills and interact with many more characters than the standard tabletop game usually entails. Several different LARP games are available; Cthulhu Live remains one of the most widely played in several countries.

How did you get into gaming? I’ll restrict “gaming” to mean role-playing in my case, because other activities under that label have meant very little to me. I like board games and card games as well as anyone who’s not a gamer likes them, and I regard wargaming with a kind of bemused shock. In […]

How did you get into gaming? The Dungeons and Dragons Marvel Comics ads are what hooked me. I was intrigued, and ordered my first D&D books through the Sears catalog (this is about 1983 or so). I grew up in a small coal-mining town, so game stores weren’t something that existed (in fact, the nearest […]

Available at Amazon.com Directed by Tim Sullivan Starring Robert Englund Review by Brian LeTendre The South will rise again! “2001 Maniacs” is a remake of goremeister Herschell Gordon Lewis’ 1964 film “Two Thousand Maniacs”. Robert Englund plays the mayor of a southern town that was destroyed during the Civil War, where the residents come back […]

How did you get into gaming? My brother dragged me into it, actually. He tried to get me to play a couple different games but it was Starchilde’s second edition of “Justifiers” that finally lured me in. That was in ’92, ’93. My first actual group was made up of some friends of mine. Occasionally […]

How did you get into gaming? I started gaming when I was about 10. I heard about it in, of all places, Sunday School. Some people were talking about it and I played with them a little. Eventually, I got some D&D books of my own and started my own group. Besides D&D, we played […]

Micah tells us the origins of the Obsidian: the Age of Judgement RPG and what some of his future plans are with the game. He also lets us know just what he is up to with the band Cruciform Injection.

Robert Baxter tells us about his work on the Seventh Seal RPG from Creative Illusions and gives us a few ideas about some upcoming work.

Rich talks to us about his work on Wraith: the Oblivion, Orpheus and other products from White Wolf Game Studio.

Stefan tells us about writing Orpheus fiction, Vampire comic books and Hunter short stories.

Kraig tells us about his work on Orpheus, Time of Judgement and other World of Darkness books. He also talks horror gaming and some of his upcoming fiction projects.

Matt tells us about his work in RPGs, video games, comics, fiction and other projects. We talk a little bit about Brave New World, Deadlands and freelance writing as well.

Bruce talks to about writing the last of the Mage: the Ascension novels, developing the Mind’s Eye Theatre line of LARP products and lots of other dark and dreary projects.

We talk to Sam about his work at White Wolf Game Studios in this interview and he tells us the ins-n-outs of good horror gaming.

In this latest edition of “Kill the Monsters, Steal the Treasure, Bite your Buddy” Steve Jackson paints a comedic look of horror gaming, LARP, cinema, and more!

The rules are similar to other games in the Munchkin line, but with a few notable differences. Players have races and powers instead of races and classes. The race cards are vampire, werewolf and changeling. All have special abilities and all are appropriate. Vampires suck levels off of other players, werewolves have an added +4 bonus against Demons and the Undead, and Changelings can choose what deck to choose from after combat.

Game designer and horror author Dav Harnish tells us about his work on the Post-Apocalyptic RPG Obsidian: the Age of Judgement in this interview.

Pat tells us about his work on the Seventh Seal RPG and the Cyberpunk CCG. He also talks shop about art and design.