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Kontamination, Achtung! Cthulhu Adventure

Posted on July 23, 2015August 10, 2026 by Ron McClung

Kontamination is a new RPG Adventure/One Shot from Modiphius Entertainment Ltd. When I try to run a published adventure, I sometimes find myself asking if the adventure was written with the GM in mind. For me, it’s important to convey the story of the adventure to the players in the most succinct and clear fashion with minimal page turning and book diving as possible. However, not everyone retains the same information at the same rate and every GM is different. So what is the way to best write an adventure? Keep it as simple as possible in terms of wording and stat blocking, and make key aspects of the adventure easy to reference if at all possible.

Blackwater Creek

Posted on March 7, 2015August 10, 2026 by Ron McClung

Setting/System: 1920s USA/Call of Cthulhu 7e I ran this at RonCon Spring 2015 in 7th edition CoC. It was a blast. The basic premise deals with a source of illegal whiskey somewhere in the backwoods of Massachusetts. I did not change the adventure all that much but I planned for at least 8 players (although…

Rapture – The End of Days RPG

Posted on October 27, 2014August 10, 2026 by Ron McClung

The Rapture has been the subject of various books and movies and all have approached it from a similar fashion – portraying it as something in the near and foreseeable future. No one that I have seen before this game has ventured out and asked the question “What if it happens way far in the future after man has found ways off this world?” Rapture: The End of Days is a game about that very thing.

Achtung! Cthulhu: Keeper’s Guide to the Secret War

Posted on July 16, 2014August 10, 2026 by Ron McClung

Achtung! Cthulhu: Keeper’s Guide to the Secret War is a new RPG Core Book from Modiphius Games. Having reviewed the Investigator’s Guide, it is only natural to take on the next book in the series – the Keeper’s Guide. For me, as a keeper or game master, this is where the meat of the story begins. This is where the setting really comes out for me. Included in this book, among other things, are Allied and Nazi forces & intelligence agencies, Occult organizations and Mythos-based missions, new tomes, secret weapons, artifacts & equipment, key characters & vile creatures, and new rules and strategies for World War II combat & survival. Like the Investigator’s Guide review, I thought it best to go chapter by chapter and comment on each.

Achtung! Cthulhu – Investigator’s Guide to the Secret War

Posted on July 10, 2014August 10, 2026 by Ron McClung

Achtung! Cthulhu: Investigator’s Guide is a new RPG Player’s Guide from Modiphius Games. Two of my passions are H.P. Lovecraft Cthulhu Mythos and World War II history. When these two are combined, I will dive into it head first every opportunity I have.

Uncle Timothy’s Will

Posted on September 3, 2013December 18, 2015 by Ron McClung

For the past year, I have been running “Uncle Timothy’s Will” from the Blood Brothers supplement at conventions. I have always been skepticle about non-Lovecraftian horror in CoC but I decided to give it a shot. I ran this at MACE West 2013 and StormCon 2013 adn both turned out awesome! I plan to do…

B Movie Inspirations: Chernobyl Diaries (2012)

Posted on August 16, 2013August 9, 2026 by Ron McClung

Recently I have found a new fascination in abandoned locations around the world. Of course the most famous is Chernobyl in the Ukraine. It is fascinating to me to imagine a city that was abandoned in 2 days. What is still there? Have others looted it by now or is everything undisturbed? From what I hear, the new Diehard movie goes there (I have not seen it yet).

Uncle Timothy’s Will (RonCon Spring 2013)

Posted on July 7, 2013August 10, 2026 by Ron McClung

System/Setting: CoC 6e/USA 1920s From Blood Brother’s supplement. Little modification was made to this adventure. I had a blast running this at a RonCon and StormCon.

B Movies Inspirations: Outpost (2008)

Posted on June 3, 2013August 9, 2026 by Ron McClung

This movie is a rare one, but maybe I am alone in this. I found it on Netflix, watched it, bought it on Amazon, and watched it again. It is, in my estimation, a rare gem. But where can you go wrong with Nazi zombies? Like I said, this is one of my new favorite films because it just clicked with me. I love the premise, the production and the look and feel. I did end up using it in one campaign as a side adventure. I even mapped out the entire outpost.

B-Movie Inspirations: Day of the Triffids (1962)

Posted on May 2, 2013August 9, 2026 by Ron McClung

Another movie I remember very well from my childhood days of watching way too much TV was the Day of the Triffids. I will always remember the sounds the Triffids made. Only recently did I find out (thanks to Wikipedia) that it was based on a 1951 novel of the same name and there were also several TV series based on it. However, this movie stands out to me because of certain aspects of it that were not in the book or the TV series. Some may call it an Americanization of the film while others may write it up to the era of filmmaking, but there are some aspects that I really liked about this movie.