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Rolling the bones with Really Dicey!

Cthulhu during the Napoleonic wars? They said it couldn’t be done… I’m here to prove them wrong! Well, I exaggerate a little… slightly… for effect… mainly. No-one actually said it couldn’t be done, but maybe it shouldn’t be done? Nonsense, the Napoleonic age is a prime setting for weird fiction adventures. There’s the grand backdrop […]

October 22, 2024 – 7:54 am | By john-houlihan | Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Rolling the bones with Really Dicey!

A chat with the British Fantasy Society!

The interviews are coming thick and fast ahead of the full online launch of Shadow of the Serpent next week in the UK and US (or above!), but it also was a delight to take part in a member profile for the British Fantasy Society, which has just gone live today. The British Fantasy Society […]

September 27, 2024 – 3:57 pm | By john-houlihan | Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on A chat with the British Fantasy Society!

Massive Damage Adventures

It’s always marvellous to have a chat about my work as an RPG narrative designer and I joined the splendid Meric Moir from Massive Damage Adventures for an extended Q&A where we discuss the forthcoming release of Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20. We cover all kinds of material including the factions, lore, and much much more in […]

September 16, 2021 – 2:47 pm | By john-houlihan | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Massive Damage Adventures

League of Cthulhu #1 – In conversation with David J Rodger

The appeal of Call of Cthulhu and the worlds of Lovecraft has never been stronger. Everywhere you seem to look nowadays there’s Cthulhu masks, Cthulhu cakes and even Cthulhu Cosplay (loving those tentacles ladies). You name it, someone’s invoking it and slapping Cthulhu’s name all over it. Cthulhu-based fiction continues to run rampant and grows […]

October 4, 2013 – 2:13 pm | By john-houlihan | Posted in Blog | Tagged , | Comments Off on League of Cthulhu #1 – In conversation with David J Rodger

Farewell Iain M

Double tough viewing and reading this week, following the recent death of SF and literary legend Iain M Banks (I’ll always append the M). There was a particularly decent and poignant interview in The Guardian over the weekend, displaying all the man’s wit, macabre humour and humanity. Tonight also sees the first broadcast of Raw […]

June 18, 2013 – 1:54 pm | By john-houlihan | Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Farewell Iain M