why is this series so well done? why cant i stop watching even though i dont even know the rules to the game and most likely will never be a gamemaster?
Excellent advice! I wish more people made videos like this for running RPGs in general and pre-written campaigns in specific. I've run Masks before but I still found useful advice here. Please, keep up the great work!
Really nice overview. Ran the original game back in 1984, so _MASKS_ has been part of my life for awhile now. Very cool to see this new prologue being outlined.
One of the best chapters in the campaign I felt, strong in every aspect. Playing Larkin was really fun and my players really couldn't figure out who to trust. I threw in a bunch of Mexican banditos/desperados who Larkin had hired to meet them at Puno, none of the locals being willing to sign up. They looked and acted grim and the players were instantly suspicious of them, they turned out to be useful canon fodder and allies for the PCs.
Your videos on this campaign convinced me to purchase it. Telling us how your group of investigators played this really helps. Jackson Elias is such a great NPC!
Thanks for the video. Helpful stuff. I recently acquired the HP Lovecraft Historical Society's Masks Prop Box, which pretty much cements that I have to run the campaign now. I'm still going to have to build myself up, as my decade plus hiatus from the hobby has made me rusty, and I don't have a regular, in-person group. But your series (along with Bud's RPG Reviews's series) hare doing a lot to help me get my head on straight. Your practical and experienced advice is going to be invaluable. Again, thanks.
That's awesome to hear! I would definitely recommend warming yourself up back to the Call of Cthulhu system with some one-shots. I'm sure you'll fall back into it pretty quickly and be ready to dive into masks!
watching this before my mini-campaign of MoN... going to be running peru, america, england, and china, and some side quests... maybe more if people get more attached to the story but yeah, thank you for this video! i can't wait for the future installments
Thank you so much for making this / these! I've been playing other RPGs for over 30 years and started listening to CoC actual play podcasts during the start of the pandemic. I'm finally getting ready to start Keeping and for my first effort I am going to try the utterly insane course of running 'Masks' for my family. I know, horrible idea, right? These tip videos are therefore gratefully appreciated. Subscribed, and going to watch them all. :-)
Thanks for the tips! Yesterday I started the campaign, changed a little bit some events to create a conspiration about the kharisiri (Rizo was actually captured, the players had to investigate to find her and the clue with the information about Gaspar Figueroa). It was a great start. Also, I'm using the element of the larvae as a element of supernatural events, such as when players fail a sanity roll they begin to see the larvae and feel them crawling under their skin hahahah. Anyway, thanks for this series!!!
Awesome content! And this comes quite in handy, I've just started keepering this chapter. Your previous videos also encouraged me to run this campaign, so thank you very much. I hope to see more videos about the other chapters too :D cheers from Brazil
Thank you so much for this video, LOVECAT I just bought the set on Saturday I would love to see more Keeper tips from you I'm just starting out as a Keeper, been drawing inspiration from other scenarios to homebrew my own, and would like to run this campaign once I have more experience under my belt Anything you can provide by way of tips or how to streamline the process would be helpful If you wrote down the scenario progression or if you used a digital format, anything helps
In a movie , Gus Larkin would have been best played by Klaus Kinski. I took his picture to show to my players, watched "Fitzcarraldo" (but making the characters less manic off course) and went along with a few of his ticks and mannerisms.
What are the odds I decided to run this campaign with my group and watched your tips yesterday but was saddened the location tips hadn’t been released. Talk about perfect timing!
Thanks for the video, new sub here. As an non-native english is really easy to understand you and the quality of the content is great! Keep it cool! :) Im about to direct the Perú scenario for a group that has already finished the whole campaign in spanish 6th edition, it's going to be great to see their faces when they meet again Jackson Elías.
I purchased this a few years back (mainly I just enjoy reading the call of Cthulhu books, I have the horror on orient express as well) and have finally got a group I feel like are ready to tackle a long campaign, we normally play dnd 3.5 and 5E so this is a different beast. I have considered running as pulp or running a short one shot like necropolis from the gateways of terror book. What are your thoughts on running as a pulp campaign or should I, being fairly new to coc run something else first.
Excellent video as always. As someone who has run MoN twice. I find Peru makes the adventure too linear. From my perspective - and others will and can validity disagree - the chaotic start to the campaign in New York, when paired with the incomprehensible and disjointed clues, creates the Fuel that jump starts the campaign. To be fair, however, I do use a one shot with Elias to introduce the players but it is a more mundane adventure ripped from the MoN Companion. That being said, Peru is an interesting addition. Best of luck with the channel!
I can see that, Peru is pretty linear. I found that the connections to the main story weren't too deep, so there's definitely still chaos. I'll have to mention working to create this tone for the beginning of the America chapter can help gameplay! Thank you for watching
I ran it classic. There are some helpful callouts for pulp in the book that I took as inspiration to spice things up, so I recommend still reading them to have ideas on hand if you decide to go classic.
Crazy timing! I just finished Peru with my group last night, within 12 hours of this upload. I hope you keep doing more content on the rest of the chapters, I've been looking forward to them since seeing your first intro to masks video (which has been a godsend when first starting prep btw). You've made this beast of a campaign much more approachable, thank you!
Great timing. I'm literally starting Masks this week. Are there any game prep tips you have for it? Our team ran through Two-Headed Serpent during covid, and I think they want pulpy sessions. Great Vid, thanks for making/sharing.
Here's a video on all the prep work that I recommend before diving into the chapters: th-cam.com/video/zx5-qFbz0E4/w-d-xo.html Good luck with your campaign!
The timing of these videos is perfect as our group is just getting back into Cthulhu after a 5 year break. I’m really looking forward to the rest of the series. Did you use the Pulp Cthulhu rules at all when you played?
We played the non-pulp rules. That being said, there were places that I took inspiration from the pulp callouts (in particular I'm thinking about the England sidetrack adventure where it talks about the painting in the closet...we had a ton of fun with this).
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why is this series so well done? why cant i stop watching even though i dont even know the rules to the game and most likely will never be a gamemaster?
Excellent advice! I wish more people made videos like this for running RPGs in general and pre-written campaigns in specific. I've run Masks before but I still found useful advice here. Please, keep up the great work!
thanks for your videos on the campaign, they've been super helpful ! 🙏
one guy recommened you to me in reddit and thank you u/terkistan this channel is wonderful
Oh yay! I'm so glad you've enjoyed it. Thank you for watching!
Bruh I literally ran this today and saw this on the way home. Nice video regardless! :D
hahaha I just missed it! I hope you all had fun
Really nice overview. Ran the original game back in 1984, so _MASKS_ has been part of my life for awhile now. Very cool to see this new prologue being outlined.
One of the best chapters in the campaign I felt, strong in every aspect. Playing Larkin was really fun and my players really couldn't figure out who to trust. I threw in a bunch of Mexican banditos/desperados who Larkin had hired to meet them at Puno, none of the locals being willing to sign up. They looked and acted grim and the players were instantly suspicious of them, they turned out to be useful canon fodder and allies for the PCs.
Your videos on this campaign convinced me to purchase it. Telling us how your group of investigators played this really helps. Jackson Elias is such a great NPC!
It is a wonderful story and I encourage you to give it a run if you can.
That's amazing! So happy to hear that
You are a god send, THANK YOU! You gained a fan.
Yay! So glad you found this helpful. The America chapter will be coming out very soon!
Thank you very much!! We start in two months!!
Thanks for the video. Helpful stuff.
I recently acquired the HP Lovecraft Historical Society's Masks Prop Box, which pretty much cements that I have to run the campaign now. I'm still going to have to build myself up, as my decade plus hiatus from the hobby has made me rusty, and I don't have a regular, in-person group.
But your series (along with Bud's RPG Reviews's series) hare doing a lot to help me get my head on straight. Your practical and experienced advice is going to be invaluable.
Again, thanks.
That's awesome to hear! I would definitely recommend warming yourself up back to the Call of Cthulhu system with some one-shots. I'm sure you'll fall back into it pretty quickly and be ready to dive into masks!
I'm running this campaign as a novice keeper and your video helps a lot, thanks!
watching this before my mini-campaign of MoN... going to be running peru, america, england, and china, and some side quests... maybe more if people get more attached to the story but yeah, thank you for this video! i can't wait for the future installments
Thank you so much for making this / these! I've been playing other RPGs for over 30 years and started listening to CoC actual play podcasts during the start of the pandemic. I'm finally getting ready to start Keeping and for my first effort I am going to try the utterly insane course of running 'Masks' for my family. I know, horrible idea, right? These tip videos are therefore gratefully appreciated. Subscribed, and going to watch them all. :-)
Yay! Best of luck running it!
Great content! I'm currently setting up my Peru scenario on my FoundryVTT server and you have provided some great tips! *subscribed*
Great video! I've been watching this played on the Glass Cannon Network and the story is so good!
The story is incredible. It makes me want to play it again!
Thanks for the tips! Yesterday I started the campaign, changed a little bit some events to create a conspiration about the kharisiri (Rizo was actually captured, the players had to investigate to find her and the clue with the information about Gaspar Figueroa). It was a great start. Also, I'm using the element of the larvae as a element of supernatural events, such as when players fail a sanity roll they begin to see the larvae and feel them crawling under their skin hahahah.
Anyway, thanks for this series!!!
I'm going to be running MoN in a couple of months and your videos are going to be a huge help!
So exciting!!! Welcome to the incredibly rewarding journey of running Masks.
Awesome content! And this comes quite in handy, I've just started keepering this chapter. Your previous videos also encouraged me to run this campaign, so thank you very much. I hope to see more videos about the other chapters too :D cheers from Brazil
Yes! That's awesome, I'm so glad your were encouraged to give it a try. I will be completing a similar breakdown for all of the chapters.
Thank you so much for this video, LOVECAT
I just bought the set on Saturday
I would love to see more Keeper tips from you
I'm just starting out as a Keeper, been drawing inspiration from other scenarios to homebrew my own, and would like to run this campaign once I have more experience under my belt
Anything you can provide by way of tips or how to streamline the process would be helpful
If you wrote down the scenario progression or if you used a digital format, anything helps
In a movie , Gus Larkin would have been best played by Klaus Kinski. I took his picture to show to my players, watched "Fitzcarraldo" (but making the characters less manic off course) and went along with a few of his ticks and mannerisms.
What are the odds I decided to run this campaign with my group and watched your tips yesterday but was saddened the location tips hadn’t been released. Talk about perfect timing!
Yay! That's super exciting that your embarking on this awesome (and insanity inducing) journey!
Thanks for the video, new sub here. As an non-native english is really easy to understand you and the quality of the content is great! Keep it cool! :)
Im about to direct the Perú scenario for a group that has already finished the whole campaign in spanish 6th edition, it's going to be great to see their faces when they meet again Jackson Elías.
Oh good! I'm so glad my videos are easy for you to follow. I'm excited you'll be trying out Peru.
Fantastic
Superb content and thanks for putting this great guidance together!
Thank you Ian! And thanks for watching.
I purchased this a few years back (mainly I just enjoy reading the call of Cthulhu books, I have the horror on orient express as well) and have finally got a group I feel like are ready to tackle a long campaign, we normally play dnd 3.5 and 5E so this is a different beast. I have considered running as pulp or running a short one shot like necropolis from the gateways of terror book. What are your thoughts on running as a pulp campaign or should I, being fairly new to coc run something else first.
I just finished the Peru section 😭
Looking forward to the NY video!
Sorry I missed your Peru timing! How did your it go for you and your players?
Excellent video as always.
As someone who has run MoN twice. I find Peru makes the adventure too linear. From my perspective - and others will and can validity disagree - the chaotic start to the campaign in New York, when paired with the incomprehensible and disjointed clues, creates the Fuel that jump starts the campaign. To be fair, however, I do use a one shot with Elias to introduce the players but it is a more mundane adventure ripped from the MoN Companion.
That being said, Peru is an interesting addition.
Best of luck with the channel!
I can see that, Peru is pretty linear. I found that the connections to the main story weren't too deep, so there's definitely still chaos. I'll have to mention working to create this tone for the beginning of the America chapter can help gameplay! Thank you for watching
Great video! MoN 7e is amazing, planning to run this soon. Did you run your campaign classic style or pulp btw?
I ran it classic. There are some helpful callouts for pulp in the book that I took as inspiration to spice things up, so I recommend still reading them to have ideas on hand if you decide to go classic.
Crazy timing! I just finished Peru with my group last night, within 12 hours of this upload. I hope you keep doing more content on the rest of the chapters, I've been looking forward to them since seeing your first intro to masks video (which has been a godsend when first starting prep btw). You've made this beast of a campaign much more approachable, thank you!
That's awesome to hear! The other chapters are absolutely in the works and will be releasing about 1 a month until I'm completed with the campaign.
Great timing. I'm literally starting Masks this week. Are there any game prep tips you have for it? Our team ran through Two-Headed Serpent during covid, and I think they want pulpy sessions. Great Vid, thanks for making/sharing.
Here's a video on all the prep work that I recommend before diving into the chapters: th-cam.com/video/zx5-qFbz0E4/w-d-xo.html
Good luck with your campaign!
The timing of these videos is perfect as our group is just getting back into Cthulhu after a 5 year break. I’m really looking forward to the rest of the series. Did you use the Pulp Cthulhu rules at all when you played?
We played the non-pulp rules. That being said, there were places that I took inspiration from the pulp callouts (in particular I'm thinking about the England sidetrack adventure where it talks about the painting in the closet...we had a ton of fun with this).