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Oh, I absolutely agree Sorry, didn’t realize you meant the question earnestly. So, this is entirely culture-dependent, because...

I hope not. I never liked the custody battle his inclusion in Ravenloft created. I'd rather him remain a part of Dragonlance lore and...

I have been playing--mostly GMing--ttrpgs since 1981. I've run and played numerous games: D&D (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th), Call of Cthulhu...

I'm familiar and I've played a little CoC too. I still have one of the 4e books (from the eighties) I think

There is no evidence of this claim. The idea that they don't intend people to buy the new books if they already have the 2014 books is...

Jaws literally lead to declines in beach community tourism for a year or two and experts believe it's partially to blame for the...

I mean, HPL wrote that story in 1928 - a big steamship was huge and leading technology at the time, and Cthulhu pops and reforms unhurt...

Yes, yes and yes.

I gotta disagree with you there. It’s a slow burn, but many of the best horror stories are.

Not to defend HPL, but that's a strong statement considering who all is in Appendix N. That said, he's dead. His characters are public...

By way of agreeing with you, Dan O'Bannon literally described "Alien" as being an inverse Lovecraft story - in HPL, aliens from beyond...

I could definitely see using the mythos -- although probably not by that name, since it's too familiar and not mysterious enough for...

I HATE the idea that "adventure" has morphed into meaning 12 or 14 level campaign. Yuck.