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Post by tkdco2 on Sept 6, 2017 1:50:26 GMT -6
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Post by foxroe on Sept 7, 2017 3:22:31 GMT -6
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Post by tkdco2 on Sept 23, 2017 9:43:11 GMT -6
I heard of the Vornheim setting before, but I didn't take a close look until recently. Maybe it can be placed somewhere in Carcosa. In case you haven't heard of it, here's a review on Grognardia. |
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Post by distortedhumor on Sept 23, 2017 14:38:56 GMT -6
Carcosa is a bit bleak for my play, but it always a source of amazing stuff to throw in for flavor in my campaign.
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Post by tkdco2 on Sept 24, 2017 0:59:10 GMT -6
It is indeed a treasure trove for ideas.
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Post by tkdco2 on Oct 15, 2017 17:57:42 GMT -6
I just watched a short animation on YouTube called "The midnight parasites." I won't link it because it has too many NSFW elements. But it is weird and disturbing enough that the video may very well take place in Carcosa.
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Post by tkdco2 on Nov 23, 2017 20:34:10 GMT -6
I picked up D6 Fantasy last weekend. It's a flexible system, the same one used in the Star Wars rpg by West End Games. I will try to do a Carcosa game with it once I figure out how to perform the rituals. While this video isn't set in Carcosa, it's pretty neat. Here's The Call of Cthulhu, Dr. Seuss Style: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRhrzau-7wU |
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Post by tkdco2 on Nov 23, 2017 20:35:52 GMT -6
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Post by Malcadon on Nov 24, 2017 4:04:11 GMT -6
While Carcosa is cosmologically atheistic with regards to anthropomorphic gods (not counting the god-like cosmic horrors intrinsic to the setting), the inhabitants of that planet would be as prone to superstition as humans in our world. Being an alien planet, the people of Carcosa would be far removed from our own values morals and traditions. While the game strongly implies that Carcosa is morally gray at its best, and bleak in most cases, it is easy to forget how the people of that world look at things we object to with a sense of perforce mundaneness, only for us to project our own values on our characters and have them act out is ways alien to that world.
The best teacher in the area of running exotic fantasy settings in table-top gaming was the late Prof. M.A.R. Baker, of Tékumel fame. In one of his Tékumel books, he established a primer on how the people of Tsolyáni think and behave so the players and DMs could better run the setting. Although setting-specific, the Tékumel primer is no less a good read, and a good exercise in culture shock. More over, I highly recommend an essay he wrote back in the 1970s, about running his setting with students at the university he taught at, called 'Create a Religion in your Spare Time for Fun and Profit', which was printed in the recently-made Petty Gods* supplement.
A richly detailed setting like Tékumel requires so much homework that it tends to spoil its own effort at escapism for many people accustomed to more accessible (generic) fantasy settings. On the other hand, a creative DM could spoon-feed the exotic cultures and social-norms to the players as they go along, with each new detail and encounter increases the level of game immersion thru world-building.
*Petty Gods is easy to track down, and it is free to download. The "dead-tree" edition is not that expensive. There are a lot of funny entries to be found. And the book is THICC!!
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Post by tkdco2 on Nov 24, 2017 4:44:11 GMT -6
Borrowing from Tekumel may be a good way to flesh out a Carcosa campaign.
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Post by foxroe on Nov 29, 2017 4:59:34 GMT -6
Borrowing from Tekumel may be a good way to flesh out a Carcosa campaign. And I think geoffrey would agree! |
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Post by foxroe on Nov 29, 2017 5:03:04 GMT -6
I watched Guardians of the Galaxy 2 last night (great movie, BTW). I can't help but think about Carcosa when reviewing it (and the first GotG) in my mind... lots of great ideas for your campaign.
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Post by geoffrey on Nov 29, 2017 10:09:52 GMT -6
Borrowing from Tekumel may be a good way to flesh out a Carcosa campaign. And I think geoffrey would agree! I think you're right.  |
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Post by terje on Dec 28, 2017 13:07:41 GMT -6
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Post by foxroe on Dec 28, 2017 19:46:16 GMT -6
Wow, yeah. VERY Carcosa. I can imagine a village in Carcosa that is comprised of multiple members of the different colorful races, and a social convention has evolved of wearing masks/helmets so as to make them all "equal". |
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Post by tkdco2 on Dec 31, 2017 5:26:18 GMT -6
Nice find! I can see that taking place in Carcosa. I saw a short film while watching Adult Swim on Cartoon Network last month. It looked like something that could happen in Carcosa. I'll try to find it. |
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Post by burningtorso on Jan 1, 2018 15:56:39 GMT -6
YESSSSS! This is perfect!!!
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Post by tkdco2 on Jan 12, 2018 5:42:33 GMT -6
I recently got the d6 Fantasy book by West End Games, although I haven't run a game yet. The mechanics are similar to the Star Wars rpg the company used to produce.
Maybe I'll set a game in Carcosa.
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Post by foxroe on Jan 19, 2018 1:57:32 GMT -6
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Post by tkdco2 on Jan 20, 2018 20:36:53 GMT -6
Nice find, foxroe! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by burningtorso on Jan 21, 2018 1:38:44 GMT -6
Definitely one of his. I have seen him post it either at G+ or Facebook. |
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Post by tkdco2 on Apr 30, 2018 1:52:46 GMT -6
I posted a photo of the Flintstone House in Hillsborough, CA a while back. The new owners added dinosaur sculptures (Very Carcosa)! Check out the photo gallery of the house (click on photo gallery to begin slideshow). Includes views of the interior, which I've never seen before. Here's the article showing the dinosaur photos. You can still see the photos even without disabling your adblocker. |
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Post by Malcadon on Apr 30, 2018 11:55:46 GMT -6
I posted a photo of the Flintstone House in Hillsborough, CA a while back. The new owners added dinosaur sculptures (Very Carcosa)! Cool! I grew-up in the Bay Area, and I remember it fondly. As a kid, me and my old friends from school would see while heading north on an superstition bridge on Interstate 280 and we imagine living inside of it, often with Dinosaurs or Droids inside. (It was also known as "The Star Wars House" and "Luke Skywalker's Home.") If I remember correctly, the residence of Hillsborough absolutely hated it, as it 'ruined' their 'million dollar view'. Most of the people I knew form Hillsborough were not pleasant people, so their misery is my pleasure.  |
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Post by tkdco2 on Jul 19, 2018 19:02:58 GMT -6
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Post by tkdco2 on Aug 11, 2018 8:53:11 GMT -6
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Post by foxroe on Aug 12, 2018 2:23:36 GMT -6
Those faces are way too friendly for Carcosa. Needs more teeth and tentacles. |
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Post by foxroe on Aug 12, 2018 2:28:42 GMT -6
I've never read/played it, but perhaps Alphonso Warden's module based on The Nameless City could be used in Carcosa as well. |
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Post by stevemitchell on Aug 12, 2018 11:37:46 GMT -6
I think Warden also did the game module based on A. Merritt's story "The People of the Pit." That would probably work in Carcosa as well.
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Post by tkdco2 on Aug 12, 2018 22:58:28 GMT -6
Thanks for the suggestions, guys! I'll check them out.
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Post by tkdco2 on Aug 17, 2018 13:35:06 GMT -6
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