Show 200! Your questions please
Added 2020-11-26 19:35:14 +0000 UTCThe 200th episode of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias is fast approaching, and we want your help!
Please send any questions you have for the three of us, about gaming, Lovecraft & horror (or cider making), and we'll do our best to answer!
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New to the Patreon but old hat at listening to you all. Here are my two questions: What was the most exciting or rewarding experience you each had as players or keepers? What is something you have always wanted to accomplish as a storyteller but have not?
Jonah Criswell
2020-12-28 01:26:02 +0000 UTCI've always gone for natural yeasts, nothing added. Just a bit of sugar when bottling for sparkle. - Paul
The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
2020-12-26 08:52:00 +0000 UTCWhat's your preferred yeast culture for making ciders? My spontaneous fermentions have been a little funky, but I've had nice results with my sourdough culture and with brettanomyces. I'm sure ale and bread yeasts are fine as well.
Pelle
2020-12-24 15:55:20 +0000 UTCLate to the game but still have a question. When writing a scenario, do you think of overall theme for a Call of Cthulhu scenario? I find myself writing a story for my group and later realize there is a theme to it, such as "sins passed down" or "people are their own undoing", but I'd be interested to know if y'all professionals identify these things beforehand to help create?
Sam Windham
2020-12-20 09:31:36 +0000 UTCAs authors published by Chaosium, what advice do you have for aspiring scenario writers? (Playtesting, editing process, what makes a scenario publishable, etc) How has your experience with Miskatonic Repository / DriveThru RPG compared to working directly with Chaosium?
Dave Kracker
2020-12-07 23:11:27 +0000 UTCOoh this a good one! I think the FromSoft game Bloodborne has some of what you might be looking for depending on what ending you go with
Juju
2020-12-05 22:40:20 +0000 UTCWould it be possible to run a game that was the reverse of Cthulhu, where you started out insane in a world with a risen old one and had to work your way back to sanity?
Trebuchet Magazine
2020-12-03 13:57:54 +0000 UTCSing to us one more time!!!
JamesH
2020-12-03 07:31:42 +0000 UTCWhen scenario writing for publishing to Miskatonic Repository etc and having a scenario inspired by a real person or actual place: what are your thoughts on using the actual persons name / place vs renaming/relocating? Are there any legal issues with using a real person/building from history and using real names? Does legality mean less if the place no longer standing?
Scott Smith
2020-12-02 19:44:26 +0000 UTCI believe that when you all did the episode on Kult it was before the new 4e had come out. What do you guys think of the new edition? Did the switch to PbtA mechanics address your complaints about the tedious combat?
Thomas Funck
2020-11-30 15:41:11 +0000 UTCWhat games have you always wanted to play, but never had the opportunity?
Derek Robertson
2020-11-30 15:15:25 +0000 UTCMatt, you write great scenarios with lots of human interaction and drama (as well as subtle horror), and yet any time we hear of you playing, you just seem to blow stuff up with dynamite. Why is that? ;)
Derek Robertson
2020-11-30 15:01:23 +0000 UTC
