Characteristics or More on Monsters Point 2: Gothic Novels

Characteristics or More on Monsters Point 2: Gothic Novels

Mr. Wigglestick here, coming to you today from the Hallowed Halls, where fine suggestions lurk behind every nook and deep within the crannies of the mind. The Hallowed Halls is a fine establishment, with room to accommodate most any sort of appetite, no caveats attached. So take your time, browse the collection and admire the artwork, feel free to visit the front desk for entertainment, refreshments, or lodging requests.

Welcome, one and all.

Ahh the Gothic Novel and all of it’s successors. Truly the Horror genre holds the most esteem for this source of fear and monsters. None of the other genres have held our fascination as long as this has.

1. The Frankenstein’s Monster
2. Le Loop Garou
3. The Vampire
4. The Golem (Predecessor to The Frankenstein’s Monster)
5. The Gargoyle
6. The Stalker (Jack the Ripper in essence, also under Grotesqueries)
7. The Mad Scientist (Personified in Captain Nemo in this case)
8. The Mad Man or Woman (also in the Grotesqueries)
9. Wild Beasts and altered versions of such (wolves, bats, rats, etc.)
10. Lost Worlds, savages, dinosaurs, etc.
11. Christian Demons and Angels

Protodimension Issue 7 is Available

The Premier Horror Gaming Free EMagazine Protodimension Issue # 7 is uploaded and available for free at the Download Page on Protodimension.Com

The Winter Issue has the following content for your reading pleasure

• From The Shadows By Norm Fenlason
• When a Cold Heart Comes to Call a Mini-Adventure by Dave Schuey for Dark Conspiracy®
• dark story Fiction by Andrew Gardner-Blatch
• Where Have They Gone? Poetry by Eleanor Williams
• Wheels of Terror an Adventure by Linden Dunham for Cold City®
• Flash Backs a Classic RPG Review by Marcus Bone for Dark Conspiracy®
• Grim Wisdom a “Grim” Interview by Lee Williams
• The Container Witchcraft Fiction by Kevin Dawson
• Canadian Content Northern Dark Races by Tim Bisaillon for Dark Conspiracy®
• Friendly Fire a Mekong Delta Adventure by Peter Bowkett for Call of Cthulhu®
• The Coney a New Dark Race by Tad Kelson for Dark Conspiracy®
• Not Much Larger Than a Cat Minion Hunter Fiction by Joel Steverson
• Rasputin a Dark Lord by Norm Fenlason for Dark Conspiracy®
• Decrepit Blade Dark Weapons by Tad Kelson for a Pair of Systems
• Floorboards RPG Bits by Lee Williams 

Over 70 pages of content, quarterly release schedule, covering Dark Conspiracy, Call of Cthulhu, Cold City, Little Fears, and other horror and surreal oriented RPGS.

Protodimension Issue 4 is available

The Spring Issue is here. Issue #4 of Protodimension Magazine featuring Spring Rites
is now available on the main site.

The direct download link is ready and able to accept your free requests

It is stuffed with all sorts of horror and conspiracy oriented goodness such as the Table of Contents indicates

•Silence, Poetry by music-freak101
•A Rite of Spring, An Adventure by Dave Schuey For Dark Conspiracy
•Market Direct, An Interview with Literature Innovator Jess Hartley
•The Necromancer, New Horror Art by CosmicGhost
•Rotten Factory, A Demonseed by CW Kelson III (Tad)
•The Precontinental Order, An Organization By Ryan Quinn, for Spycraft 2.0
•Firearm Accessories, Weapon Options by Zvezda for Dark Conspiracy
•Liveathan, Setting Elements by Michael Pevzner for All Systems
•Report on the Viability of, A Short Story, by CW Kelson III (Tad)
•Staring, A Poe, by music-freak101
•Memories Of A Killer, Fiction by Peyton Bisaillon
•Outbreak Generator Charts, A Plot Device by Citizen X (Joe Klemann)
•Motorway: The Gremlins’ Playground, A Proto-Dimension by Linden Dunham for Dark Conspiracy
•The Big Long Wait, A Short Story by Tim Bisaillon
•The Strayer-Voigt Infinity Gold Special, High Class Handguns by Kevin OíNeill for Dark Conspiracy
•Big Guns and Bigger Stuff, Gear in a Modern Setting by Kevin OíNeill for Dark Conspiracy
•Mechanisms, Fiction by CW Kelson III (Tad)
•Under the Floorboards, A Column by Lee Williams
•Into the Woods, Humor by The Braincase Factory

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Protodimension 3 is available

The 3rd issue of the Horror and Conspiracy gaming oriented E-Magazine Protodimensions is posted at http://www.protodimension.com/ ready to download.

It is 76 pages of gaming goodness all for the price of downloading it for free

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Issue 4, Spring, is slated for the April Timeframe

Protodimension Magazine

Greetings all.

Issue #2 of Protodimension Magazine is currently on schedule. The current list of articles and literature is available here:

http://www.protodimension.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=66

As always, we welcome any horror & conspiracy-related submissions you may have. We are always in need of everything: adventures, art, scenarios, art, backgrounds, art, blurbs, art, stories, art, plot hooks/adventure seeds, and did I say art?

The Issue 3, Winter 2010 submission cut-off date is 1 January 2010. That date would normally be December 1, but the holiday is a wonderful time of the year, isn't it Cool

Also, if anyone is willing to work up a cartoon strip (4 times a year, pretty easy, eh?), contact us at the usual email address:

submissions(at)protodimension(dot)com

Note that if we had more submissions, we could publish more often. Very Happy

Cheers!

Norm Fenlason
Lee Williams
Tad Kelson - Editors

Relaunched

Ohh how long has it been since the darkness was last pierced with clarity and insight into the inner workings of depravity. Well something like that, and now for a change in direction. Originally this was intended to touch on the larger aspects of horror in life, literature, film and other activities. But that is a total waste. My interest in horror is much more focused, sharper, more piercing than an overreaching view will encompass. So instead, the foci have altered. No longer the big view, instead it is time to narrow it down, bring it into a gun sight focus on a few areas of the horror genre.

Welcome to the varied worlds of Horror Tabletop Gaming, or Horror Roleplaying Games and Gaming. Horror RPGs have a wonderful history in the overall hobby of Tabletop Gaming. There is a nice wide assortment of products still in print, with new ones coming out every year. Oftentimes in fact a non-horror game will have nice facets of the horror gaming genre in it making for plenty of choices to pick and chose (and borrow) from for the gaming enthusiast.

Now for purposes of this writing, the genre includes the weird, paranormal, macabre, occult and the conspiracy oriented genres as well. Often these are essential elements in addition to the horror factors, so no need to exclude them now is there. I might add in Urban Fantasy and some elements of SF gaming, often there can be an element of horror (See the movie Alien for a prime example) included in those. The initial focus is on the core elements though.

Starting off is a list of the titles I personally own, which are the ones I have experience and most of my interest falls into. I then go on to some other very arbitrary distinctions about the games and settings. I am going to focus my writing and support efforts on the systems and settings I have and are the most acquainted with.

Ones that I still possess
Call of Cthulhu (Chaosium)
Dark Conspiracy (Far Future Enterprises)
Kult (Unknown as of this time)
Dark Matter (Alternity Edition)
The Mutant Chronicles (Target Games and CMG version Fantasy Flight Games)
Dark Heresy (Fantasy Flight Games)
Unknown Armies (I forget right now)
The Whispering Vault (I forget right now)
Code Black (BTRC)
Ravenloft (AD&D)
Etherscope (Goodman Games)
Nightlife (BKM)
UnHallowed Metropolis (I forget right now)

Others I know of and want to get
Little Fears Nightmare Edition

Others I know nothing about
Dread
Chill

In Production (that I am personally aware of) Includes
Dark Days RPG (George Cotronis)

Related to the genre are the following
Eclipse Phase
Capacity (my own product in production have to plug my own items)

Most of the various generic game systems have horror based settings as well. GRUPS has the GURPS: Horror and GURPS: Screampunk setting books, Hero Games has the Horror Hero sourcebook (a perennial favorite of mine ideal to mine for sources and material). The d20 OGL world has the d20 editions of Call of Cthulhu, Dark Matter, and the more Urban Fantasy Urban Arcana (which can have horror elements and in fact it incorporates ideas from the old Rising Tide AD&D setting as well). Some of these are a bit more peripheral.

So time to embark on the weird and wonderful world of Horror Gaming

Protodimension Magazine Issue 1 available

We are very pleased to announce that Issue 1 of Protodimension Magazine is now available for download. Protodimension is a free PDF publication focusing on modern and near-future horror and conspiracy genre roleplaying.

You can get a copy from here:

http://www.protodimension.com/zine/?page_id=101

We are seeking submissions for future issues, as usual. If you are interested in contributing something then email us at guidelines@protodimension.com and you will receive a copy of our submission guide. If you already have something that fits our remit, why not send a copy to submissions@protodimension.com

If you see something you like and want to discuss it with other fans and the editors, we have also established a forum for just such a thing. Just point your browser to:

http://www.protodimension.com/forums

Cheers!

Norm Fenlason
Tad Kelson
Lee Williams
- editors -