tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post2202137602365691014..comments2024-03-28T08:50:57.015+01:00Comments on Beyond Fomalhaut: [BEYONDE] The Book of Gaub (2021)Melanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-67231621281220844562022-03-20T18:51:39.131+01:002022-03-20T18:51:39.131+01:00Thanks for the review, I think Lost Pages just got...Thanks for the review, I think Lost Pages just got another customer. I only wish I can run a suitably quirky modern horror game someday with the neat stuff here.Voljahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826776454392269862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-45384632496831966762022-03-15T21:56:08.829+01:002022-03-15T21:56:08.829+01:00What V:tM has to do with quirky occult horror? Btw...What V:tM has to do with quirky occult horror? Btw I have read hundreds of rpg supplements and the 2nd ed. V:tM rulebook from 1992 is _still_ the most stylish thing ever published IMHO. Voljahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826776454392269862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-15462286696235106762022-03-12T04:32:56.480+01:002022-03-12T04:32:56.480+01:00== He mostly wrote to entertain his friends with g...== He mostly wrote to entertain his friends with grotesque stories, and apparently had a wicked sense of humour in person.<br /><br />Exactly. There is an interesting YT Will Self talk on Kafka where he seems stunned in Q&A when someone claims Kafka is funny. The most appropriate word in English I think is 'preposterous'. Certainly anxiety and dread are typical youthful reactions, and unforgettable reactions, but Kafka was not weeping over moral scabs in a self-imposed gloom as Ligotti and the horror crowd do.Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165997449776226774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-54257291495378693412022-03-11T10:11:00.404+01:002022-03-11T10:11:00.404+01:00It is Ł20 from Lost Pages ( https://shop.lostpages...It is Ł20 from Lost Pages ( https://shop.lostpages.co.uk/ ), shipping included. Not bad.<br /><br />The text is surprisingly consistent. I forgot to bring it up in the post, but the writers were either on a similar wavelength, or the editing was competent.<br /><br />Kafka as a satirist tends to be lost on most readers. He mostly wrote to entertain his friends with grotesque stories, and apparently had a wicked sense of humour in person.Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-16674437178881551842022-03-11T06:10:16.650+01:002022-03-11T06:10:16.650+01:00This is very interesting but you say nothing about...This is very interesting but you say nothing about cost or where to get it.<br /><br />As it has several contributors how broadly does the language vary? that is the chief consideration for me in horror.<br /><br />By the way Kafka is extremely funny and that was largely his intent.Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165997449776226774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-27132371869731566372022-03-11T03:37:08.504+01:002022-03-11T03:37:08.504+01:00An art punk Trojan horse!An art punk Trojan horse!Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10988755674575933713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-22549894380445624472022-03-10T00:31:51.095+01:002022-03-10T00:31:51.095+01:00Sounds like it beats the pants off Vampire: the Ma...Sounds like it beats the pants off Vampire: the MasqueradeHDAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13506175636615989219noreply@blogger.com