HypnogoriaWhile we often associate the works of MR James with the Yuletide season, one of his most celebrated tales takes place in the spring at Easter, a story of an ill fated hunt for the lost crowns of Anglia - A Warning to the Curious!
A Warning to the Curious - illustration by Les Edwards
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https://www.hypnogoria.com/gl_warning.html
Strange Quark@hypnogoria Thanks for this — it was one of #MRJames tales adapted by the #BBC in 1972. I know what I'm watching tonight.
@strangequark Yes, starring the great Peter Vaughan - I'll be dusting off my copy tonight!
CharnockDid either of you play any of the MR James supplement for CoC?
@Printdevil @strangequark I have ran the Casting the Runes Gumshoe game https://thedesignmechanism.com/casting-the-runes-1/
I've always wondered if you can capture that "whistle and you'll be very worried, what's that at the window, oh dear" feeling about MR James in an RPG (except outside of a very specific player group)
@Printdevil @strangequark Casting the Runes does a good job of building mechanics for that - or rather a lot of advice for crafting a Jamesian ghost story in scenario form
I have that - I was just wondering how it played. I never quite had the exact group I think would have bought into it.
Are those the eyes at the window, or you realising that supplement existed?
@Printdevil @hypnogoria I hadn't heard of this supplement before.
Looks like the UK publisher (Aeon Games) may be at UK Games Expo, I will have a look for this.