null Sprites

Blog

"Tentacled but OK" - the late, great Brian Lumley on Call of Cthulhu fans

"Tentacled but OK" - the late, great Brian Lumley on Call of Cthulhu fans

Posted by Michael O'Brien on 1st Feb 2024

Esteemed horror writer and Mythos creator Brian Lumley, who passed away in early January, was not a player of the Call of Cthulhu TTRPG himself. But he did once have nice things to say about the Call of Cthulhu fans he'd interacted with. This was in the pages of the seminal 1980's fan … read more
Happy 50th birthday Dungeons and Dragons from Chaosium

Happy 50th birthday Dungeons and Dragons from Chaosium

Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Jan 2024

Happy 50th birthday Dungeons and Dragons from Chaosium! Chaosium's own first TTRPG RuneQuest (1978) was dedicated to D&D creators Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, "who first opened Pandora's Box". Everyone playing, creating and working in tabletop roleplaying games today appreciates that audacious first … read more
Vale Brian Lumley (1937–2024)

Vale Brian Lumley (1937–2024)

Posted by Michael O'Brien on 29th Jan 2024

Today we learned of the sad news of the passing of Brian Lumley (1937–2024). Brian was the recipient of a World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association.Coming to the fore with his Cthulhu Mythos fiction in 1971 with The Caller … read more
Announcing the premiere of Graveyards of Arkham: Wednesday February 7th

Announcing the premiere of Graveyards of Arkham: Wednesday February 7th

Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Jan 2024

"Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil, as I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave..."Graveyards of Arkham premieres on twitch Wednesday, February 7th 6:30pm PT/9:30pm ET, running weekly for six weeks. With Keeper Mark Meer, and investigators Lucia Versprille, Patrick … read more