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I fear the typical European weakness is showing here: Europa Dividuus. Everybody feels his back yard is the center of the universe. :rolleyes: Personally I feel Paris-Brussels-Amsterdam is the most central axis in Europe. But in all honesty: thats my back yard. The best vennue would seem to be...

Sounds really cool. Might I suggest Brussels as the European capital?:D Seriously, I'dd be interested, but, as for the rest, depending on time and location. Also: just bought a house, so trips weren't really part of my summer plans.:( But hey, if I can sgueeze it in... There used to be an...

I use a set of tabletop wargames rules (an easy,low cost option is Hordes of the Things) to resolve the flow of the battle and zoom in on PC actions. Magic is a minor factor in these battles (mages being non-martial and few and far between in my world.) From previous topics I rember that this...

The strenght of a roman army came from the fact that they tried not to commit to many legionaries, but they committed their allies. They considered the glory greater if no Roman blood was shed. I a medieval world there was no such thing as a standing army. Armies were mustered when there was a...

In a typical medieval setting, states and lords try to extend their sphere of power to it's maximum. Territorial fragmentation and political strife made it difficult for the emperor to extend his influence directly over the whole of his territory, even though he had a legal claim. (The history...

Situations like this one seem to happen more often than not. When a DM starts a campaign thet is ment to last long term, he should talk about his goals to the players: what kind of world wil this be, setting, mood,... Usually this increases the players involvement with the game world and helps...

I can just not think of anyone carrying a weapon in civilian life anywhere for any reason. I can not think of anyone who would give a weapon as a gift to anyone (for other than ornamental purposes, and even then!) I cannot understand, althought I have the greatest respect for ohter peoples...

One movie that comes up is "From Beyond" Its pretty hard to find and I've only seen it once, but I remember it as verry Lovecraft-esque. And, of course: REANIMATOR.

I think it's hillarious! First the shock and then the absurdity of the whole situation sinks in! Monthy Python could have done this! BTW, Christian: great link, my favourite would be "The Coffee Shop"

:D BTW, quiche and foccacia?

I suppose you're playing modern day? Nice start, but I'dd make it Antartica, gives you a tie into Lovecrafts work (read his novella: At the mountains of madness and check out Chaosium's Beyond the mountains of madness.) Also, give you investigators (thats just a name, its like you refer to PC's...

Again, Horatio, I'm as stunned as you are. Mabybe it's a reversed scenario in which the NPC are the investigators being attacked by cultists caming in their back yard?;) Ah wel, "Vive la difference!"

Two points: 1.There are many examples of great empires being overrun by technically less advanced cultures (Sea People, Huns, Germans, ...) 2.Two cultures living side by side would adopt customs. This could happen on a technological level (mostly through commerce) and on a cultural level (take...

We all have way too much time on our hands. ;) You scored 122 out of a possible 490. That's 24.9% for you math-geek types. Congratulations! And I thought I had an original score.:(

.45? You know what they say about men with big guns...:p As a keeper, I've noticed people tend to bring along an arsenal even for grocery shopping when they know they're playing CoC. Firearms might be generally available in some parts of the world and while I don't like that on a personal...

Suggest stuff to your players: let their imaginations run wild. Players can scare each other (or even themselves) more than most GM's can.

Might I also express my interst in a D20 Midkemia setting?

The coolest Latin threath ever: "Hannibal at portas"

Playing tactically isn't necessarily bad. It just depends on the group and the DM. Our group also likes to play wargames. So nobody minds if you think before you act. I don't see a problem with trying to stay out of harms way (especially when you're a low hit point character with the ability to...

Be sure to read these: "At the mountains of madness", this is actually a novella and gives a great feel of his style and the mythos; "The shadow out of time", yet another aspect of the above, "The call of Cthulhu", Why settle for the lesser evil? And as Epametheus said: "The Dunwich horror"...