tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137072316042205607.post7053468570579595945..comments2024-02-25T08:28:21.066-05:00Comments on A Rust Monster Ate My Sword: Welcome to Fright NightChristopher Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368794259249607299noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137072316042205607.post-33052454607826782382009-04-27T09:24:00.000-04:002009-04-27T09:24:00.000-04:00@tegeus: You're not alone: I have a guilty fondnes...@tegeus: You're not alone: I have a guilty fondness for the Mayfair edition. Aside from a couple horrid design decisions (text over dark design elements making some pages unreadable) and the cartoonish artwork (and even that grows on you, IMHO), I really like the game. I only got to play it once, but I had a lot of fun and would gladly do it again, given the opportunity.Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17368794259249607299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137072316042205607.post-30512256928807720652009-04-27T09:19:00.000-04:002009-04-27T09:19:00.000-04:00"It just wouldn't do to read a horror rulebook on ..."<I>It just wouldn't do to read a horror rulebook on a bright sunny day with cute bunnies hopping around the place, would it?</I>"<br /><br />Well, it would be surreal at the very least. :DChristopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17368794259249607299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137072316042205607.post-46562415785776932872009-04-27T09:18:00.000-04:002009-04-27T09:18:00.000-04:00@Propnomicon: You know, whenever I was in the plac...@Propnomicon: You know, whenever I was in the place, the other guys that were there (invariably playing games, if memory serves) acted like I was invisible. Even when I purchased something, I never got more than a couple of words from any of them. Maybe I just didn't give off enough of a gamer geek vibe... :PChristopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17368794259249607299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137072316042205607.post-34683122398211022922009-04-26T15:51:00.000-04:002009-04-26T15:51:00.000-04:00I was at the Local Gamestore back in the early '80...I was at the Local Gamestore back in the early '80s and wanted to pick up a Horror RPG for the first time. I wanted Call of Cthulhu but I could only afford Chill. I never regreted it. I ran a lot of one-off Against the Unknown Detective style adventures set in the 1930's near Boston. Great fun and great atmosphere. I actually liked the Mayfair edition as well (which I understand is rare for Chill fans).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137072316042205607.post-83184568534025464502009-04-25T17:02:00.000-04:002009-04-25T17:02:00.000-04:00I whiled away many a Saturday night playing "...I whiled away many a Saturday night playing "Car Wars" and "Star Fleet Battles" in the basement of A & J. <br /><br />Good times.Propnomiconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137072316042205607.post-58942506427326972762009-04-24T19:18:00.000-04:002009-04-24T19:18:00.000-04:00What a great story. I had a somewhat similar exper...What a great story. I had a somewhat similar experience with an oncoming storm when I purchased Call of Cthulu and flipped through it at home for the first time. It just wouldn't do to read a horror rulebook on a bright sunny day with cute bunnies hopping around the place, would it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137072316042205607.post-68046223954508341702009-04-24T13:39:00.000-04:002009-04-24T13:39:00.000-04:00"I still have that book, and the blood stain is st..."<I>I still have that book, and the blood stain is still clearly visible.</I>"<br /><br />That is just perfect! Makes me wish I owned a blood-stained horror RPG, just for the bragging rights.:PChristopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17368794259249607299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137072316042205607.post-64087366014953545072009-04-24T13:34:00.000-04:002009-04-24T13:34:00.000-04:00There are some definite parallels here with my own...There are some definite parallels here with my own experience. I was definitely simultaneously terrified and fascinated by horror movies as a kid. This was no doubt helped considerably by the fact that my mom absolutely forbade me from watching R-rated films, which only lent the thing an air of forbidden fruit.<br /><br />My first horror-related RPG purchase was GURPS Horror. Although this wasn't the first time I cracked the book, within a couple months I had an incident occur where I was reading the chapter on "Things Man Was Not Meant to Know" (aka Lovecraftian horrors) and, without realizing it, my nose spontaneously started bleeding. My first clue was when a giant dollop of blood fell onto the page. I still have that book, and the blood stain is still clearly visible.David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.com