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<blockquote data-quote="Lawrence Whitaker" data-source="post: 7640529" data-attributes="member: 6678376"><p><span style="color: #353C41"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><strong>Casting the Runes: Occult Investigation in the World of M.R. James</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p><em>The Design Mechanism & Quills Media Team Up. Casting the Runes brings classic supernatural stories to roleplaying games: RPG recreates the ghostly Edwardian world of M.R. James</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Toronto and London, July 26th, 2019. </em></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #353C41"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">The </span></span><span style="color: #353C41"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><strong><em>Design Mechanism Inc,</em></strong></span></span><span style="color: #353C41"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"> publishers of acclaimed roleplaying game </span></span><em>Mythras</em><span style="color: #353C41"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">, and </span></span><span style="color: #353C41"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><strong><em>Quills Media Ltd</em></strong></span></span><span style="color: #353C41"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">. are delighted to announce that The Design Mechanism will be acting as publisher for </span></span><em>Casting the Runes: Occult Investigation in the World of M.R. James</em><span style="color: #353C41"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">, a roleplaying game written and developed by Quills Media, based on the classic tales of the supernatural by British scholar and author, M.R James.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #353C41"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Using the GUMSHOE investigative roleplaying system developed by Robin D. Laws and Kenneth Hite, and published by Pelgrane Press, players in </span></span><em>Casting the Runes</em><span style="color: #353C41"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"> take on the roles of investigators at the turn of the 20th century, researching antiquarian mysteries and occult practices, and unearthing (as M.R James himself describes it): “malevolence and terror, the glare of evil faces, ‘the stony grin of unearthly malice,’ pursuing forms in darkness, and ‘long-drawn, distant screams’.”</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #353C41"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Paul StJohn Mackintosh, the game’s author, said: “M.R. James wrote some of the most powerful, enduring, horror stories in the English language. These tales have been crying out for a game to embody them and recreate the kind of horror that M.R. James excelled at; the chill, atmospheric, measured, often quiet escalation towards something genuinely horrifying.”</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #353C41"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">“As huge fans of M.R. James’s work, the opportunity to publish a game based on these outstanding tales was one we couldn’t resist,” said Lawrence Whitaker, Director of The Design Mechanism. “Paul and the Quills Media team have done a wonderful job of representing James’s stories, both in terms of interpretation and presentation. We are thrilled to be able to help bring Casting the Runes to publication.”</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #353C41"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">A Kickstarter campaign to launch </span></span><em>Casting the Runes</em><span style="color: #353C41"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"> will be forthcoming, and will focus on funding artwork and print options for the rulebook. “All the work, including the layout, is complete,” Whitaker said. “But we want to run a crowdfunding campaign to source the kind of art that truly conveys the unique atmosphere of M.R. James's stories, and produce a print version that will look quite at home on the bookshelves of antiquarians, James aficionados, and discerning gamers alike.”</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #353C41"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Updates on the progress of Casting the Runes: Occult Investigation in the World of M.R. James will be made via The Design Mechanism’s website, forums, newsletter, and facebook page.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lawrence Whitaker, post: 7640529, member: 6678376"] [COLOR=#353C41][FONT=Roboto][B]Casting the Runes: Occult Investigation in the World of M.R. James[/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [I]The Design Mechanism & Quills Media Team Up. Casting the Runes brings classic supernatural stories to roleplaying games: RPG recreates the ghostly Edwardian world of M.R. James Toronto and London, July 26th, 2019. [/I] [COLOR=#353C41][FONT=Roboto]The [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#353C41][FONT=Roboto][B][I]Design Mechanism Inc,[/I][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#353C41][FONT=Roboto] publishers of acclaimed roleplaying game [/FONT][/COLOR][I]Mythras[/I][COLOR=#353C41][FONT=Roboto], and [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#353C41][FONT=Roboto][B][I]Quills Media Ltd[/I][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#353C41][FONT=Roboto]. are delighted to announce that The Design Mechanism will be acting as publisher for [/FONT][/COLOR][I]Casting the Runes: Occult Investigation in the World of M.R. James[/I][COLOR=#353C41][FONT=Roboto], a roleplaying game written and developed by Quills Media, based on the classic tales of the supernatural by British scholar and author, M.R James.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#353C41][FONT=Roboto]Using the GUMSHOE investigative roleplaying system developed by Robin D. Laws and Kenneth Hite, and published by Pelgrane Press, players in [/FONT][/COLOR][I]Casting the Runes[/I][COLOR=#353C41][FONT=Roboto] take on the roles of investigators at the turn of the 20th century, researching antiquarian mysteries and occult practices, and unearthing (as M.R James himself describes it): “malevolence and terror, the glare of evil faces, ‘the stony grin of unearthly malice,’ pursuing forms in darkness, and ‘long-drawn, distant screams’.”[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#353C41][FONT=Roboto]Paul StJohn Mackintosh, the game’s author, said: “M.R. James wrote some of the most powerful, enduring, horror stories in the English language. These tales have been crying out for a game to embody them and recreate the kind of horror that M.R. James excelled at; the chill, atmospheric, measured, often quiet escalation towards something genuinely horrifying.”[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#353C41][FONT=Roboto]“As huge fans of M.R. James’s work, the opportunity to publish a game based on these outstanding tales was one we couldn’t resist,” said Lawrence Whitaker, Director of The Design Mechanism. “Paul and the Quills Media team have done a wonderful job of representing James’s stories, both in terms of interpretation and presentation. We are thrilled to be able to help bring Casting the Runes to publication.”[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#353C41][FONT=Roboto]A Kickstarter campaign to launch [/FONT][/COLOR][I]Casting the Runes[/I][COLOR=#353C41][FONT=Roboto] will be forthcoming, and will focus on funding artwork and print options for the rulebook. “All the work, including the layout, is complete,” Whitaker said. “But we want to run a crowdfunding campaign to source the kind of art that truly conveys the unique atmosphere of M.R. James's stories, and produce a print version that will look quite at home on the bookshelves of antiquarians, James aficionados, and discerning gamers alike.”[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#353C41][FONT=Roboto]Updates on the progress of Casting the Runes: Occult Investigation in the World of M.R. James will be made via The Design Mechanism’s website, forums, newsletter, and facebook page.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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