Euro Cult AV just did an in-depth exploration of quite a few of our books. And ith Klaus Kinski from Aguirre: the Wrath of God in their banner image, you know they are people of taste and distinction.
I probably should avoid reading the rest of their site, should not get put on a path of blowing a bunch of money on Vinegar Syndrome, like it will start with Devil Fetus, and next thing I know I sent the final gas bill money for my old place on blurays, and Enbridge sends me to collections.
So let's just stick with their game talk.
Land of Eem is an RPG that has been described to death as Muppets meets Lord of the Rings, it would be dishonest to disagree with that since it is lovingly all over this game system, but growing up in the early 80’s at Jim Henson’s creative peak, I couldn’t help but field comparisons to Henson’s Labyrinth and Dark Crystal films (as well as the Storyteller TV series), as well as the famed Kermit-led squad of anthropomorphic animals.
Very good call, particularly on the Storyteller insight. What else do they have to say?
Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme might be the biggest TTRPG surprise I’ve seen so far this year. It works perfectly in its intended space creating an RPG filled with the ingenuity, chaos, and creativity of Monty Python themselves.
That is very smart and insightful!
There is something to be said for writing that makes you see something you were too close to see otherwise. When Euro Cult AV is talking about The Molt, it shook something loose in my brain. Almost typed brian, that is who wrote it.
The descendants of those who followed Fatuma into the Kor believe that the world will end when cracks in the Kor become enough that the titular “Molt” will happen destroying the outer shell of the planet, and leaving them to dominate the remains... [The Molt] is a humorously dark RPG with elements of body horror...
Is The Molt GWAR's "This Toilet Earth" the game? There a dude with a GWAR sweatshirt, like another parent at my younger kid's preschool. I keep wanting to be like, cool GWAR sweatshirt, can our kids be friends. But I'm always in a hurry. Cats in the Cradle, world maggot in the earth.
When talking about Mausritter, Scott writes, "To get a bit personal for a moment, my daughter got married a little under 2 year’s ago. She is almost done with college, and so I know Grandkid’s are on the horizon." To get a bit personal in turn, I've inferred that Scott of Euro Cult AV is about my age, so this really hammers home the geriatric character of my parentness? Is that the word for of being a parent?
Last little thing, this is pretty nice:
If there is one commonality between all the Exalted Funeral books I’ve written about in this column thus far it is the abundance of fantastic art from the Gilliam-esque graphics of the Monty Python RPG to the grimdark, body-horror fantasy of The Molt and beyond. The Ballads of Oraed is no different, the book itself is 230 pages, and at least half of this is filled with gorgeously rendered fantasy art.
Anyway, check out the Euro Cult, our cults should hang out.
