William Jones has news of “Frontier Cthulhu” making it to the semi-finalists for the Origin awards. I’ll have to get cracking and finish reading “Pulp Cthulhu” so I can read “Frontier Cthulhu” next!
Unfortunately, according to what Unfilmable says, Fangoria says that Stuart Gordon says that the House of Re-animator is no longer going to be. I’m bummed. I’d like to have seen another Re-animator film made, and this one sounded like it was going to be fun. Maybe a bit campy… but then weren’t the others as well?
Chaosium News for March 2008.
Chaosium has more Malleus Monstrorum in stock. A couple of books in the works, and conventions they’ll be going to. And a catalog update.
Read more at Chaosium.
Its a sad day for many RPG’ers as the man who co-created Dungeons and Dragons the year before I was born (1974) has passed away.
Wil Wheaton: Across the sea, a pale moon rises
When I was a kid, I played many a game of Dungeons and Dragons with my two brothers. None of this fancy Advanced D&D. The good ol’ Basic D&D red book, with the fancy-shmancy Advanced booklet in blue. 3d6 stats… and many a reroll. 
The rules were so simple I was even able to pull it out my ass and write up a rule set and character sheets in the middle of Army Basic Training for my buddies and I to play there. Good stuff. And Dragon Magazine. Also fun stuff. I am sad to say I haven’t touched the game in many years. Role playing is fun, but so is a good session of roll playing.
Gary Gygax’s passing is a sad, sad thing for many a gamer, because he has managed to touch so many lives with the creation of a game. There is probably so much more in today’s world that was affected by Dungeons and Dragons than we even realize. While the game is seen as a nerdy thing to many, I say that there passed a man of greatness. Any game or any thing that can bring so many people together for a fun time, social interaction, and family building can only be a good thing.
Here are four longer scenarios set in and around the Second World War. Each scenario offers a distinct setting and location though, roughly speaking, each gives players at least a glimpse of the Mediterranean Sea. There is no plausible way (we can see) of linking the scenarios into a campaign, but this is the idea: the situation of war is ideal for one-shot scenarios.
Read more at YSDC
Casting calls have begun for Stuart Gordon’s movie adaptation of HP Lovecraft’s “The Thing at the Doorstep”. Mania.com has the lengthy details for the character calls for the following characters:
Head to Mania.com to read the details for the calls, but beware… spoilers included.
Yog-Sothoth.com has news that the Worlds of Cthulhu Magazine, issue #5, for Summer 2007, is now out and about.
“The long awaited Worlds of Cthulhu #5’s journey from publishers to printers to shop shelves is almost a horror story in itself, but the Summer 2007 issue is finally in shops across North America, the UK and Europe.”
“Blade Runner: The Final Cut” releases today on DVD! Coming in two, four, and 5 disc sets, its going to have all sorts of extras and versions, not to mention some digital enhancements. If you have the money for the Ultimate 5 disc set, you can get yourself the Rick Deckard briefcase! This being one of my favorite movies since I first saw it, I’m pretty dang excited. The question is, “How much money do I want to spend up to, and which set will it get me?”
Get more details at TheDigitalBits.com
