Sorry there have been no updates for a while! It doesn't mean the 'game' has ended - we finished 'Freak Show' and started 'A Happy Family', plus Mark has started running his Cthulhu Invictus campaign 'The Legacy of Arrius Lurco', and we'll be starting 'Escape frrom Innsmouth' soon and some Trail of Cthulhu material that Andrew is running. If anything, we're playing even more. And that, combined with converting Tatters of the King and writing my own scenario and of course the demands of family responsibilities,
Dr Edward Robinson had teaching responsibilities back at the University and the spare time that he had, he decided to devote to study of De Vermis Mysteriis.
De Vermis Mysteriis, Latin, Ludwig Prinn, 1543, Eucharius Cervicornus Press, Cologne
Literally translated as “The Mysteries of the Worm”, this is an infamous, apparently hashish-induced, text by the Belgian sorcerer Ludwig
The following day, Dr Robinson was too busy with his teaching responsibilities and studies to devote more time to watching the carnival. Patterson and Gibson thought they needed some help so they tracked down William Merriweather on campus. Alvin Woodhams had stayed at Dr Robinson's place over the weekend while, as usual, he went out to hunt 'The Beast', and Alvin had mentioned that he had a bit of time on
A visit to the carnival...
That was the tonic George Gibson recommended for his friends: Alvin, obsessed with hunting the semi-mythical 'Beast of Ross's Corners' that had brutally slain his beloved Olive; Dr Robinson, obsessed with his translation of the foul grimoire, De Vermis Mysteriis; Dr Porter, obsessed with deciphering foul Walter Corbitt's diary; and young Merriweather, still haunted
Scene 1: Harry Patterson's apartment, Salem, Thursday 18 May, 1922
Harry Patterson was a journalist tipped for great things at the Boston Herald before his experiences in the Great War. Now obsessed with uncovering cult conspiracies and paranormal events, and having lost most of his reputation, he lives in Salem to make it easier to research the 'Beast of Ross's Corners' for his book.
The phone rings.
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