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Hello Partons!

The last few weeks have been super-busy. For the past couple years my wife and I have been planning a major remodel of our house. And after more setbacks than I can count, we have finally begun. Basically, 1/3 of our house, including the kitchen and my gameroom have been gutted. New floors, knocking out some walls, whole new kitchen (our old one was a perfect time-capsule of 1977, save for the dishwasher and fridge). 

So we had to move every item from one side of the house to the other, and we're living in a cramped maze of boxes, furniture, plastic tarps, and oh, so much dust. Hopefully it will go somewhere close to the estimated timeline (yeah, right. We were supposed to have started in September), and we'll return to normal in a couple weeks.

Needless to say, recording this video was tricky, as there is very little room and I have to work around the worker schedules, as it is kinda loud. Next one I think I'm going to try hitting up a buddy and using his office to record. I'm sure that by the time I've figured out a good system the work will be done and I can return to normal.


Top that all off, I got what I'm 95% sure was food poisoning Saturday Night. So if I look particularly withered in this video, it's not just the lights. I'm feeling much better now, but still pretty worn.

Anywho, I hope you enjoy the review video. I'll be posing it for the general public Wednesday.

Thank you for all your support.

-Seth



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Call of Cthulhu: Unland - RPG Review

The investigators venture into an abandoned amusement park with a dark and terrible past. They quickly discover that only the truth will set them free. Written by Scott Dorward, this modern-era scenario appears in the collection Fear's Sharp Little Needles. It's also become a popular adventure to be converted to Kult: Divinity Lost, and I'll share how I made those conversions. You can purchase the adventure here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/245289/Fears-Sharp-Little-Needles--26-Modern-Day-Call-of-Cthulhu-Scenarios?affiliate_id=1017650 You can get the free map and handout pack 'Counterfeit Identities' here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/259114/Counterfeit-Identities?affiliate_id=1017650 For my own handouts, maps, and conversions, go gere: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zG84M19vWF78hwELaiyJPfi6HxH32xd_?usp=sharing SUPPORT ME ON PATREON (Tip Jar): https://www.patreon.com/SSkorkowsky A heartfelt thank you to my 233 Patrons for their continued support in making this channel possible. ______ CHECK OUT MY NOVELS If you want to support my channel, or just want to read an action-packed Urban Fantasy about modern-day monster hunters and their sentient weapons, check out my four-novel Valducan series. They feature gun fights, sword fights, car chases, monsters, and a smattering of horror (except Book 2, which is mostly horror). Audio book editions narrated by the badass R.C. Bray: https://amzn.to/3rehNnJ I also write pulpy Sword & Sorcery thief adventures in my Tales of the Black Raven series. It's 21 short stories packed with action, intrigue, and daring heroics. Audio editions read by R.C. Bray. https://amzn.to/3faj4cX And if you want a kickass and dark revenge story about a modern-day sorceress hunting across the multiverse for lost Carcosa, my novel Ashes of Onyx is available in print, ebook, and audio book: https://amzn.to/3sfh1IA If you enjoyed my stories, please leave a rating or review on Amazon, Audible, and/or Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4088554.Seth_Skorkowsky __________ MY PUBLISHED RPG ADVENTURES A Mother's Love (Call of Cthulhu 7e). This collection of adventures won the 2020 Gold ENnie Award for Best Digital Adventure Book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/299661/New-Tales-of-the-Miskatonic-Valley?affiliate_id=1017650 Mysteries on Arcturus Station (Mongoose Traveller 2e). This is two adventures. One is written by me, and the other is my update to J. Andrew Keith's brilliant Murder on Arcturus Station: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/350034/Solomani-Adventure-1-Mysteries-on-Arcturus-Station?affiliate_id=1017650 And while I didn't write it (Marc Miller has that distinction), I did greatly expand and update the classic Traveller adventure Death Station to Mongoose 2e, which is TOTALLY FREE: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/380659/Death-Station?affiliate_id=1017650 And while not an adventure, here's Mythos Artifacts I wrote with Jon Hook of some neat magic artifacts for Call of Cthulhu: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/390047/Mythos-Artifacts?affiliate_id=1017650 __________ GOT DICE? Check out the Q-Workshop Seth Skorkowsky RPG Icons Dice, a 10-die set that I designed with Q-Workshop: https://q-workshop.com/en/rpg-dice-sets/1670/icons-seth-skorkowsky For individuals of the 12-sided D6: https://q-workshop.com/en/single-dice/1713/twelve-sided-d6-seth-skorkowsky __________ SHIRTS! Check out the Channel Store for some shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/seth-skorkowsky __________ FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER I mostly ramble about movies, tabletop roleplaying games, and random other things as they occur to me: https://twitter.com/SSkorkowsky __________ I HAVE A PODCAST Check out the Modern Mythos Podcast where veteran RPG writer Jon Hook and I discuss horror and gaming, especially Call of Cthulhu: https://modernmythos.libsyn.com/?fbclid=IwAR1_wArr3cKQhXj5GNv52s2Q-_gdM9yyq-0O-_dugpOYp3CsevyZiir5mBU You can find the podcast on YouTube as well (You should totally subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmk5Y_OheFJL7-Xgvx-REJA __________ As an Amazon and DriveThru RPG Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases from those websites. #ttrpg #callofcthulhu #kult

Comments

Myles

Hope the remodel goes swift and smooth!

Cadence

Dude, you're kitchen was as old as Star Wars 🚀

Cadence

Perhaps, in memory, you could remodel it in the style of the Mos Eisley cantina 👽

J. Kevin Carrier

I feel for you. I recently had some minor home repair done (fixing a leaky pipe, plus replacing the drywall they had to cut into to *reach* the pipe) and even that felt like it took forever and screwed up my whole routine, so I can just imagine how disruptive this must be. Thanks for persevering and getting out a new video, always appreciated!

Anonymous

Good luck, man. Construction dust is the worst!

Seth Skorkowsky

There's always the surprise when you start ripping through walls. Right now our time-scale is being thrown off because when we removed the kitchen soffits to make room for our larger cabinets, we discovered that 40 years ago the A/C guy trimmed a slight corner by having the lines go through that space. So we can't install cabinets until we have an A/C guy come out and re-route the line. Had the original dude simply moved the line 4 inches to the right, it wouldn't have mattered, as the compromised cabinet would be that weird dead-space in a corner, and we'd write it off. We also discovered a phantom A/C duct. So wednesday the A/C guy is going to tell us what all we can do and how much of a pain in the ass it's going to be.

David Hughes

Really enjoyed this, Seth, and glad to see you’re recovered from food poisoning, which also knocked me out this week. Can’t believe there are so many ideas in a FIVE PAGE scenario? If Scott pitched this to Blumhouse as a movie they’d bite his hand off I’m sure - you made it sound so cinematic! Gonna pick this up right away. Good luck with the remodelling! And watch out for the waltzers and dodgems (or whatever you guys call them 😂)

Anonymous

Food poisoning is a mess. Glad you are feeling better. I really enjoyed your look at Modiphius' Conan game. You come at things from a very practical point of view which is very valuable. Where I am headed with this is all the releases that Free League has issued. Do you have any plans to look at any of their games? I'm particularly interested in "Forbidden Lands" and "Symbaroum". Thanks for listening!

Anonymous

Oops, I just read your comments on your page; where you mention to pitch a game if you want a review. So, here is my pitch. They both are set in worlds that are dark. I've seen you mention that you like this kind of thing so I think your group probably does. Also, Forbidden Lands has a very interesting dice rolling mechanism. It is very easy (both of the games are much more rules light than D&D 5th Edition) and the results of the roll can have interesting after affects. Much like the Fantasy Flight system used in their Star Wars games. I like the way a dice roll can affect the future as well as the current situation. Thanks again.