Description:

This Halloween the gang goes trick or treating with a pillow case full of 'fun' sized batteries no, hopefully not tampered with 'treats' to inspire your Halloween based TTRPG session. The occasionally comic 'trick' might also rear its skeletal head.

Comments: The Mummy as a Monster: Unraveling a Pop Culture Icon – Arlington Heights Memorial Library https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWrk_OLMC7Y

The Chimera House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_House

Bloody Mary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_(folklore) The Hanging Coffins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_coffins Famadihana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famadihana

Ma'nene Ritual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famadihana

Thomas Pettigrew https://www.britainuntold.co.uk/articles/the-british-surgeon-who-unwrapped-a-living-piece-of-egypt

Mummia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummia

The Fly (1986) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1986_film)

Fire in the Sky (1993) Alien abduction scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5e2wzjuwJQ

The Frightners (1996) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frighteners

Ghost (1990): Taken to Hell scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkQda_bL7tk

The Monster Squad (1987) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monster_Squad

(see youtube for more)

Timestamps: 00:00 - Chilling Coffin Opening (Woo) 03:26 - Halloween Fun Size 07:26 - (Hot) Topic Introduction Sandra's Folklore Tryptich 08:57 - The Origins of 'Poison' Candy 16:11 - A Halloween Urban Legend 22:30 - A serving of Bloody Mary's Jay's refections on the rituals of death 28:47 - The Hanging Coffins 31:18 - Famadihana, Ma'nene Ritual and Japanese Funerals 36:31 - The Burial wishes of the 3RPG hosts Chris's Halloween Monster Gambit 39:16 - What is the worst monster? 43:17 - Mummies aren't scary 49:25 - Rerouting the Mummy for RPG 50:34 - Film Recommendations 57:52 - Music Recommendations 60:00: This years costumes?

Description:

Our discussions of Genre continues on the pod as Jay, Sandra and Chris get into with our inner Goth as we discuss the popular genre: The Gothic. Complete with lace, decay and a touch of the sublime (in silly comic format).

Comments:

Rata, I. (2014), An Overview of Gothic Fiction https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339018083_An_Overview_of_Gothic_Fiction The Castle of Otranto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castle_of_Otranto Les Chants de Maldoror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Chants_de_Maldoror Bleak House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleak_House Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvia_Moreno-Garcia Rebecca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_(1940_film) Haxan Film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4xan

Timestamps: 00:00 - Cold Open (Ranking Words) 05:53 - Topic Introduction 08:04 - Gothic Defined 11:34 - Unknowing 13:38 - Citations (see Rata, I.(2014) above) 15:49 - The Supernatural and the Sublime 18:33 - Weather 21:29 - Architecture, Society and Feminism 25:55 - Putting Gothic into a TTRPG 31:19 - Gothic in our Games 33:49 - Vampires 39:18 - Recommendations 4237 - Outro

Description:

This week the gang talks VPL's, scary movies and other things that go bump in the night in our attempts to scare the bejeezus out of each other as we discuss the genre of Horror and how it can be used in your game as part of our Halloween month! Join us...if you dare! Mu-wa-haha

Comments:

Amityville Horror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_based_on_the_Amityville_haunting#Films Poltergeist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltergeist_(1982_film)

The Comedian who we couldnt think of who talks about being scared of the doorbell: Sebastian Maniscalco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Swzvm-gXHg

Carroll, N. (1987), The Nature of Horror https://academic.oup.com/jaac/article-abstract/46/1/51/6340662

Cherry, B. (2009), Horror (1st Edition) https://www.routledge.com/Horror/Cherry/p/book/9780415456685

Tudor, A. (1997), Why Horror? The pecular Pleasure of a Popular Genre https://www.academia.edu/586146/Why_horror_The_peculiar_pleasures_of_a_popular_genre

Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 4:01 – Topic introduction 5:51 – Horror Defined 9:31 – What scares the 3rpg? 13:14 – Horrors movies (being a child of the 80s) 15:07 – Thought 16:21 – Doorbell 17:58 – Horror at the table 20:34 – A little dip into subgenre (body horror) 25:03 – Theme: Knowledge 29:09 – Ghost hypothetical 31:20 – Ghost Stories 39:09 - The smell of fear 36:50 - Suggestions and Stories to add horror to your games

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