tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post8669368094919625882..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: SevensGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-56713821503324254112007-05-19T16:51:00.000-06:002007-05-19T16:51:00.000-06:00Yes! I noticed that. If I were a better meme-start...Yes! I noticed that. If I were a better meme-starter, I'd suggest it as a good, more informal way, for the folks on the OList to get to know each other.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-69445661862947253672007-05-19T16:05:00.000-06:002007-05-19T16:05:00.000-06:00Rational Jenn also did one of these on her blog :)...Rational Jenn also did one of these on her blog :) It's weird to run across someone very similar to myself.Jennifer Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00039865566870992465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-65889974250292056172007-05-16T18:45:00.000-06:002007-05-16T18:45:00.000-06:00Yeah, yeah, I know. Credit naivete: I'd only playe...Yeah, yeah, I know. Credit naivete: I'd only played D&D up until that point, and was not yet familiar with Lovecraft. (If you have a dark sense of humor, you'll enjoy the end of <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/area51/shire/7473/statement.html" REL="nofollow">this</A>, which is my favorite Lovecraft short story.)<BR/><BR/>I'll see your short "dumb gaming story" and raise you one. The game master of Call of Cthulhu had a reputation for being a sadistic GM. In D&D, when he wasn't the DM, he invariably played proselytizing clerics. <BR/><BR/>He has since gone on to combine the best of both fantasy worlds: He has become a priest who trains other priests. I almost pity his students!Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-50591287599094891072007-05-16T18:22:00.000-06:002007-05-16T18:22:00.000-06:00Dude, Call of Cthulhu is based on H.P. Lovecraft's...Dude, Call of Cthulhu is based on H.P. Lovecraft's novels of gothic horror. You're SUPPOSED to get killed or go insane. Granted the reason why this is supposed to be fun escapes me.<BR/><BR/>If you want something even weirder, play Deadlands: it's Call of Cthulhu meets The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The blurb on the back of the players' guide calls it "The Spaghetti Western . . . with meat."<BR/><BR/>My character's main accomplishment in that game was not dying for over a year. Oh, and I think I shot a giant crocodile in the eye with a Winchester '76 rifle.<BR/><BR/>I'd better shut up, there's nothing in the universe more boring than Dumb Gaming Stories.Jennifer Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00039865566870992465noreply@blogger.com