MUP Episode 187 – Cultes des Fools




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Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Back us on Patreon!<br> <br> <br> <br> We've made some long awaited changes to our Patreon page, which you can find <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mup">here</a>, and we humbly ask you to help us keep this show going forward! Keeper Murph will be adding Patron-only posts there, and Backers can look forward to an exclusive outtake reel of each episode. We can't thank all of our listeners enough, backer or not, you listeners are the reason we keep going on! If you have any questions please email us at <a href="mailto:mup.feedback@gmail.com">mup.feedback@gmail.com</a>!<br> <br> <br> <br> Campus Crier<br> <br> <br> <br> HBO has released the “first look” trailer for their shows coming out in 2020. Included in this cornucopia of shows are some very brief snipits of <a href="https://www.essence.com/entertainment/lovecraft-country-first-look/">Lovecraft Country, by Jordan Peele</a>. A full trailer to advertise Lovecraft Country should be coming soon. <br> <br> <br> <br> The <a href="http://fairfieldproject.wikidot.com/shotgun-contest-announcement">2019 Delta Green Shotgun Scenario Contest</a> is afoot! It does wrap up soon, on December 7th, so jump in now. Entries must be set in the Delta Green-verse, and be 1500 words or less. You can submit as many Shotgun Scenarios as you want. To submit an entry, there is a link in the show notes. Go there first so you can see all the specifications, and you’ll see the email address to send them to. <br> <br> <br> <br> The folks at HPLHS have launched a new podcast, titled “<a href="http://www.hplhs.org/voluminous.php">Voluminous</a>.” This is Andrew Lehman and Sean Branney’s endeavor, to read and discuss some of HP Lovecraft’s copious personal letters. The first few episodes have dropped, and cover Lovecraft letters to August Derleth, Robert H. Barlow, and...his mom. <br> <br> <br> <br> There’s a new zine on Kickstarter that would cover a lot of the MUP topic wheelhouse. It’s called <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tpkzine/tpk-an-indie-horror-gaming-zine">TPK</a>, and it’s billed as “a new zine dedicated to exploring and celebrating horror, dark fantasy and the Old School Revival movement of role playing games (OSR).” This is the work of Michael Francis of Canberra, Australia, a veteran zine publisher with titles such as the “Atomic Elbow Professional Wrestling Fanzine,” “Soda Killers” and the “Slash Dance” horror zine. <br> <br> <br> <br> It has been a while since <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1881168175/haunted-west-a-historical-weird-west-rpg-corebook/description">Haunted West</a> closed out, but just to follow up, it finished strong with 889 backers at just under $54,000. The backerkit survey went out a few days ago, and Chris has pledged monthly updates as it progresses through production. This is the stand-alone game we talked about a few episodes, that pieces together stories of forgotten people of the Old West who have been whitewashed by history.<br> <br> <br> <br> Modiphius is at it again playing the licensing game this time with an Agatha Christie based card game called <a href="https://www.modiphius.net/products/agatha-christie-presents-death-on-the-cards">Death on the Cards</a>. The game for 2-6 players can and last up to 20 - 40 minutes and features many of the characters from the fiction, Miss Marple, Poirot, etc. You can get the game at their website now for $19.33 US. We have a link in the show notes. <br> <br> <br> <br> Our own Keeper Dan sent us a link to some news that there is a <a href="https://www.cbr.com/cinematic-lovecraft-universe-in-the-works/">Lovecraftian cinematic universe</a> in the works. SpectreVision’s Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah are partnering with Color Out of Space director and writer Richard Stanley to create a cinematic universe based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft.