Age of Cthulhu 2: Madness in London Town

[Pookie]

[woodnoggin]

[Pookie]

[Pookie]

[goodmangames]

Hello,

Everything Goodman Games publishes is playtested extensively. Our primary focus is always to publish adventures that produce fun gaming experiences.

For those of you who read adventures, but do not play them, I'll provide the same answer which I've provided to the Acaeum collector crowd (another vocal, highly critical site focused on our Dungeon Crawl Classics modules): if you don't actually play adventure modules, these adventures may not be meant for you. Please note that Pookie's review is not a playtest review.

For those of you who enjoy playing the game, I suspect you will have a lot of fun with Madness in Londontown, and find that the "errors" identified in this thread (some correctly and others incorrectly) will have little to no impact on your play experience.

Here is a review that demonstrates the difference between reading and playing:

http://rpg.geekdo.com/thread/434099

Constructive commentary is of course always appreciated, though our focus is always on playing the game. Our Age of Cthulhu authors, artists, and editors have all been playing the game for decades.

Enjoy,
Joseph Goodman
Goodman Games

[fojo]

Dear Mr. Goodman, I for myself find only arrogance in your post.

I personally think that the Respect for the reality where other people Actually Live and the Geography and History of their Countries is (or Should be) much more Important than the Fun Results of your scenario.


As I am just one of thousands of aficionados, this is probably not of any importance to you anyway.

P.S.- Would you be so kind as to discover to us which of the mistakes found in this forum have been "incorrectly" identified as such?
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[Karloff]

@ goodmangames

While I won't go as far as Fojo, I don't much care for the heavy-handed attempt to dismiss a less than stellar review from Pookie.

I was unaware that people who read modules are somehow less worthy than those who play them - which does seem to be the gist of your post.

[PoC]

Joseph's post seemed a point of view, fairly put.

From experience, there can be a significant difference between reading a roleplaying scenario and actually playing it (things that appear large issues on reading are not in actual play, and vice versa.)

For factual issues, Pookie's idea may be a good one, a sort of mini glossary for those who would like things described a little closer to the real world - that could satisfy everyone: those who mind and those who don't (and could be rather fun to do)!

I think one of the important things Goodman Games is doing is publishing these short-form scenarios and getting them out there far and wide. If people who haven't played Call of Cthulhu (but perhaps enjoyed some of Goodman's Dungeon Crawl Classics) pick it up, it's yet another potential gateway to more CoC materials by a (now) whole variety of publishers.

I always think of Cthulhu gaming as a fairly broad church and as long as people are having fun, then that's the best accolade there can be.

Personally, I'm looking forward to Age of Cthulhu III, set in Russia.

Paul
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[twilight]

Pookie both enlightens me and frightens me.

I found his review of "Londontown" to be spot on. Sadly, this was only after I bought a copy. I won't be buying anything from Goodman Games unless Pookie gives them the all clear (no pressure!).

The reason he frightens me is that I have my own products out soon-ish and as i know I have a tendency to ramble am a little worried that his ire may be directed my way soon enough (gulp!)

I don't think this is the authors fault. We all write scenarios which take our players to countries we've never been to. I'm sure we've all, wittingly or unwittingly, made similar errors. perhaps less glaring ones to be sure but still...
It is the fault of the editor/line editor. You can't check something for print without checking its authenticity. (I gulp again as I realise I am my own editor for Realms of Splendour & Cthulhu Adventus)

All this said and done, there's no reason to hamper Goodman's attempts to produce these items. I, for one, have missed the one-night-scenario that Chaosium seem strangely shy of.

Dont be put off Mr. Goodman. I didn't see your post as arrogant but an attempt to defend your product using the restrictive language of the written word which doesn't really allow for nuance, tone or emphasis.
Maybe writing 'Pulp Cthulhu' scenarios?
Or hiring Britons to check the facts (ahem... I'm available)

[Karloff]

[goodmangames]

[chicklewis]

I don't find Goodman's response arrogant, nor is it heavy handed.

I read it as simply a policy statement: - - Historical accuracy and getting the details right are just NOT important to them.

This makes perfect sense, and explains a lot about their two CoC releases.

Chick
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[Pookie]

[jasonw1239]

I find it interesting that the link that Joseph Goodman posted to Chad's review supports many of Pookie's points about the scenario.
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