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[Chaosium] "Tentacled but OK" - the late, great Brian Lumley on Call of Cthulhu fans
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael O'Brien" data-source="post: 9255080" data-attributes="member: 6807727"><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://www.chaosium.com/product_images/uploaded_images/dagon13.jpg" alt="Dagon #13 - the Brian Lumley issue" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p>Esteemed horror writer and Mythos creator Brian Lumley, who <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-brian-lumley-19372024/" target="_blank">passed away</a> in early January, was not a player of the <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/" target="_blank">Call of Cthulhu</a> TTRPG himself. But he did once have nice things to say about the <em>Call of Cthulhu</em> fans he'd interacted with. This was in the pages of the seminal 1980's <em>Dagon</em>, which played an important and influential role in both the horror gaming and literary scene of the era. </p><p></p><p><em>Dagon</em> #13 from 1986 was the "Brian Lumley Issue", and in it, as part of a lengthy interview, <em>Dagon</em> editor <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/blog/vale-carl-t-ford/" target="_blank">Carl T. Ford</a> (who in 2017 also sadly left us) asked the question:</p><p></p><p><strong>DAGON:</strong> "I would now like to turn to the subject of role-playing games, and in particular, <em>Call of Cthulhu</em>. Have you ever had any role-playing experiences? And do you feel this sort of thing lends itself to Lovecraftian Lore?"</p><p></p><p><strong>BRIAN LUMLEY: </strong>"I've never played. From what I've seen of fans of <em>CoC</em>, however, I'd say it must have something. I mean, these are <em>intelligent</em> blokes; mainly young, very switched-on lads. I know several of them poisonally (sic): people like Guy (the Cowled One) Colishaw, and James (the Felpham Foulness) Simmons. When I first met these blokes, I thought: "animal, vegetable, or mineral?" But now that I know them better ... I still wonder! Seriously, it seems to me that the Mythos is admirably suitable. The guys who've contacted me through <em>Dagon</em>, for books, or stories or information, all seem decent, well-educated, nice sorts of blokes. Tentacled, but OK."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael O'Brien, post: 9255080, member: 6807727"] [CENTER][IMG alt="Dagon #13 - the Brian Lumley issue"]https://www.chaosium.com/product_images/uploaded_images/dagon13.jpg[/IMG] [/CENTER] Esteemed horror writer and Mythos creator Brian Lumley, who [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-brian-lumley-19372024/']passed away[/URL] in early January, was not a player of the [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/']Call of Cthulhu[/URL] TTRPG himself. But he did once have nice things to say about the [I]Call of Cthulhu[/I] fans he'd interacted with. This was in the pages of the seminal 1980's [I]Dagon[/I], which[I] [/I]played an important and influential role in both the horror gaming and literary scene of the era. [I]Dagon[/I] #13 from 1986 was the "Brian Lumley Issue", and in it, as part of a lengthy interview, [I]Dagon[/I] editor [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/blog/vale-carl-t-ford/']Carl T. Ford[/URL] (who in 2017 also sadly left us) asked the question: [B]DAGON:[/B] "I would now like to turn to the subject of role-playing games, and in particular, [I]Call of Cthulhu[/I]. Have you ever had any role-playing experiences? And do you feel this sort of thing lends itself to Lovecraftian Lore?" [B]BRIAN LUMLEY: [/B]"I've never played. From what I've seen of fans of [I]CoC[/I], however, I'd say it must have something. I mean, these are [I]intelligent[/I] blokes; mainly young, very switched-on lads. I know several of them poisonally (sic): people like Guy (the Cowled One) Colishaw, and James (the Felpham Foulness) Simmons. When I first met these blokes, I thought: "animal, vegetable, or mineral?" But now that I know them better ... I still wonder! Seriously, it seems to me that the Mythos is admirably suitable. The guys who've contacted me through [I]Dagon[/I], for books, or stories or information, all seem decent, well-educated, nice sorts of blokes. Tentacled, but OK." [/QUOTE]
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