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Raiders of R'lyeh

Started by RPGPundit, May 29, 2013, 08:41:07 PM

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The Butcher

#105
September 16, 2014, 04:55:25 PM
Quote from: Géza Echs;787290Edit: Did Howard write any "weird menace" stories? I've reviewed his non-Conan, non-Morn, non-Kane horror writing to compose my chapter on his weird fiction, and I don't recall coming across any weird menace texts (note that weird menace is a specific off-shoot genre of weird fiction - one of its primary characteristics is that there's nothing supernatural at all in them; their resolutions always reveal the action of the plot to be entirely mundane).

Oh, that? I just call it "pulling a Scooby-Doo" ;)

I know a few Howard stories that lack supernatural elements, but none that he explicitly pulls a Scooby-Doo.

Jason D

#106
September 17, 2014, 02:32:44 PM
Quote from: Géza Echs;787290If this does get released, I'm going to be pretty interested.

Edit: Did Howard write any "weird menace" stories? I've reviewed his non-Conan, non-Morn, non-Kane horror writing to compose my chapter on his weird fiction, and I don't recall coming across any weird menace texts (note that weird menace is a specific off-shoot genre of weird fiction - one of its primary characteristics is that there's nothing supernatural at all in them; their resolutions always reveal the action of the plot to be entirely mundane).

For some reason I'm thinking he did this with some of his humor stories, but I'm hard-pressed to think of any horror stories that lack a supernatural element. However, I don't have my books handy, so I can't be sure.

crkrueger

#107
September 17, 2014, 03:08:37 PM
Quote from: The Butcher;787319Oh, that? I just call it "pulling a Scooby-Doo" ;)

I know a few Howard stories that lack supernatural elements, but none that he explicitly pulls a Scooby-Doo.

They would have gotten away with it too, if not for that meddling Cimmerian.
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Géza Echs

#108
September 17, 2014, 04:14:41 PM
Quote from: The Butcher;787319Oh, that? I just call it "pulling a Scooby-Doo" ;)

I know a few Howard stories that lack supernatural elements, but none that he explicitly pulls a Scooby-Doo.

Quote from: Jason D;787467For some reason I'm thinking he did this with some of his humor stories, but I'm hard-pressed to think of any horror stories that lack a supernatural element. However, I don't have my books handy, so I can't be sure.

I'm just surprised to see that terminology used here, since the weird menace magazines (also known as the "shudder pulps") didn't really come around until the 1940s, long after Howard's suicide. They're also partially what's given pulp fiction its misogynist gloss, since by the end of their run the weird menace pulps had become little more than torture-porn and exploitation stories.

Edit: The "Scooby-Doo" effect is a very good label, actually, since that's how weird menace stories specifically operated. I haven't seen a single one of Howard's sword-and-sorcery or weird fictions that could be safely called "weird menace," but I admit that I haven't investigated the archive of his humor stories.

JeremyR

#109
September 18, 2014, 11:26:25 PM
The Fire of Asshurbanipal originally had a fake-supernatural ending, but then he revised it so it had an actual supernatural ending.

http://howardworks.com/storyf.htm

Géza Echs

#110
September 20, 2014, 05:33:27 PM
Quote from: JeremyR;787737The Fire of Asshurbanipal originally had a fake-supernatural ending, but then he revised it so it had an actual supernatural ending.

http://howardworks.com/storyf.htm

Thanks! I wasn't aware of that (for what it's worth, my expertise is limited to Howard's horror and weird fiction with a Southern / Southwestern regionalist element).

RPGPundit

#111
September 23, 2014, 12:59:57 AM
Quote from: CRKrueger;787470They would have gotten away with it too, if not for that meddling Cimmerian.

Why am I imagining Conan going on a rampage at the abandoned amusement park.

"The ghost.. it was human all along!"
"Was it Old Man Jenkins?"
"Who the fuck knows? Conan didn't leave enough pieces for us to be able to tell!"
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#112
September 23, 2014, 05:56:56 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;788239Why am I imagining Conan going on a rampage at the abandoned amusement park.

"The ghost.. it was human all along!"
"Was it Old Man Jenkins?"
"Who the fuck knows? Conan didn't leave enough pieces for us to be able to tell!"

Hah! Now THERE'S an idea: a crossover campaign involving Conan in a Toon universe. :D

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#113
September 26, 2014, 04:34:46 AM
Quote from: Géza Echs;788295Hah! Now THERE'S an idea: a crossover campaign involving Conan in a Toon universe. :D

Its insane enough that I might need to figure out how to incorporate it into my DCC game.
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Jason D

#114
November 22, 2014, 03:21:29 AM
Any news on this project? Is it available yet?

RPGPundit

#115
November 25, 2014, 09:31:58 AM
Quote from: Jason D;800257Any news on this project? Is it available yet?

I've had no news from Bauer in a very long time. I'm going to check up on him, but my confidence is dwindling.
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K Peterson

#116
November 25, 2014, 01:31:52 PM
The last Kickstarter update came out on Halloween. To paraphrase: the core rules document was supposed to be released to backers as the next step in the process. Layout was still underway, and there were supposed to be KS updates with some layout examples.

RPGPundit

#117
November 27, 2014, 10:09:41 PM
Quote from: K Peterson;800827The last Kickstarter update came out on Halloween. To paraphrase: the core rules document was supposed to be released to backers as the next step in the process. Layout was still underway, and there were supposed to be KS updates with some layout examples.

Considering that the original plan was to have it released around March, I can't say I'm not disappointed.
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JeremyR

#118
November 28, 2014, 05:12:51 AM
Just FWIW, Kevin Crawford has a Lovecraftian horror game (based on his OSR rules, not BRP) up on Kickstarter right now

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1637945166/silent-legions-a-sandbox-horror-rpg

If I were a betting man, I'd say that would be out before Raiders...

Herne's Son

#119
November 30, 2014, 09:13:00 PM
Just stumbled upon this thread. Ended up looking at the manufacturer's website, which as far as I can tell hasn't been updated since October 2013.

Looks like another crapstarter.
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