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by Marcus Bone
Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:22 pm
Forum: Admin Message Forum
Topic: Archiving the Forum
Replies: 0
Views: 30850

Archiving the Forum

It is with a tinge of sadness that I'm moving the DCtRPG.info forum into an archived state. This is being done as the traffic on this forum has decreased to the point where the overhead on support is no longer worth the effort. While I have done some consolidation of sub-forums, rest assured all exi...
by Marcus Bone
Tue Sep 06, 2022 10:10 pm
Forum: Anything Else?
Topic: Conspiracy X - Gaming and Writing
Replies: 11
Views: 54485

Re: Conspiracy X - Gaming and Writing

I recently popped another Conspiracy X review up on RPGGeek - https://rpggeek.com/thread/2926383/indu ... nd-edition. Just a quick look at the Conspiracy X Second Edition Introductory Game Kit...
by Marcus Bone
Mon May 16, 2022 9:55 pm
Forum: General Dark Conspiracy Discussion
Topic: Inspirational Movies and TV for Dark Conspiracy
Replies: 531
Views: 708088

Re: Inspirational Movies and TV for Dark Conspiracy

Will need to fish out my copy of Tremors and give it a watch...
by Marcus Bone
Wed Apr 20, 2022 9:37 am
Forum: Anything Else?
Topic: Conspiracy X - Gaming and Writing
Replies: 11
Views: 54485

Re: Conspiracy X - Gaming and Writing

And now I've popped out an interview with Alex Jurkat - one of the founding fathers of Eden Studios. While we mostly discuss Conspiracy X, we also chat on most aspects of Eden's heyday as a leading Tabletop Game publisher. Read on right here - https://www.unboundbook.org/?p=18532
by Marcus Bone
Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:36 pm
Forum: Anything Else?
Topic: Conspiracy X - Gaming and Writing
Replies: 11
Views: 54485

Re: Conspiracy X - Gaming and Writing

In the downtime - while this forum was closed - I've popped a few things up on my Conspiracy X site. The most interesting was No Good Deed NO GOOD DEED is an investigative scenario that will throw an unsuspecting AEGIS Cell into a race against time. From a seemingly straightforward police shooting t...
by Marcus Bone
Thu Apr 07, 2022 7:45 am
Forum: General Dark Conspiracy Discussion
Topic: April 2022 Rumblings
Replies: 9
Views: 40049

Re: April 2022 Rumblings

Morthrai wrote: Wed Apr 06, 2022 3:07 pm Let's see if anything transpires...
I'm not holding my breath! I'm done with the whole 4e thinking until either a) I get asked to develop it or b) something arrives in my inbox. :D

Welcome back to the forum, btw!
by Marcus Bone
Mon Apr 26, 2021 9:12 pm
Forum: General Dark Conspiracy Discussion
Topic: AMARGOSA UPDATE December 2020
Replies: 14
Views: 62115

Re: AMARGOSA UPDATE December 2020

I always sort of knew that the Free League version of T:2000 wouldn't keep everyone happy - it is one of those games with so much history (as in gamer baggage and anecdotes) that it would be hard to follow up.

I thought it looked okay to me from a 'play it a few times' point of view,,,
by Marcus Bone
Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:23 pm
Forum: General Dark Conspiracy Discussion
Topic: AMARGOSA UPDATE December 2020
Replies: 14
Views: 62115

Re: AMARGOSA UPDATE December 2020

<Grumpy Marcus>

Yay T:2000... not holding my breathe re: DC

</Grumpy Marcus>

Thanks for the reminder I need to download the Beta!
by Marcus Bone
Tue Nov 24, 2020 2:41 am
Forum: Anything Else?
Topic: Conspiracy X - Gaming and Writing
Replies: 11
Views: 54485

Re: Conspiracy X - Gaming and Writing

Because I get to 'toot' my own horn... My initial plan/hope was to complete a review of a Con X book or supplement every month or so, but that didn't happen now did it? Oh well, can't cry over spilt milk now can I... so here's my review of Bodyguard of Lies, Issue 3 - Synergy . Enjoy and more are bo...
by Marcus Bone
Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:55 pm
Forum: Anything Else?
Topic: Cthulhu Rising
Replies: 7
Views: 22571

Re: Cthulhu Rising

Oh no, RoH is still available, but in its 'Refreshed' format - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/281101/River-of-Heaven--Refreshed . Not much changed really, except a few added clarifications and some typos fixed. BTW, I've submitted a bit of material for RoH, and hope to see it published officia...
by Marcus Bone
Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:04 am
Forum: General Dark Conspiracy Discussion
Topic: Brainstorming for a new DarkCon campaign
Replies: 5
Views: 9438

Re: Brainstorming for a new DarkCon campaign

I think you're absolutely right in wanting to your DC game a separate identity from Call of Cthulhu. The first campaign I ran I had some difficulty getting out of of the Cthulhoid mindset. I'd run old CoC scenarios from magazines with only minimal work, excising references to tomes, spells and insa...
by Marcus Bone
Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:15 am
Forum: Admin Message Forum
Topic: Updates to www.darkconspiracy.info
Replies: 120
Views: 150708

Re: Updates to www.darkconspiracy.info

After reading the interview I did exactly what he mentioned, I went to his website and dropped a message into his inbox saying that I had read the interview you did with him and that I wanted to tell him how much I enjoyed DarkCon and was still playing it 30 years after it's release date. That migh...
by Marcus Bone
Mon Sep 21, 2020 1:50 am
Forum: General Dark Conspiracy Discussion
Topic: Dark Conspiracy's influence in RPGs
Replies: 7
Views: 13401

Re: Dark Conspiracy's influence in RPGs

These weren't big companies known for their RPGs (although I believe Dynasty Presentations was creating or managing online games at the time) re: DPI - Not really - it was more of Ken W leveraging off of his connections in the industry (having previously worked at TSR)... it was a very 'fly by nigh...
by Marcus Bone
Mon Sep 21, 2020 12:00 am
Forum: General Dark Conspiracy Discussion
Topic: Dark Conspiracy's influence in RPGs
Replies: 7
Views: 13401

Dark Conspiracy's influence in RPGs

It always amazes me that despite being 30 years old (and having only one really far-reaching edition), that Dark Conspiracy has such a far reaching influence. As an example Chris Pramas (head of Green Ronin) posted this today (as part of his ongoing series of reflecting on RPGs)... Today's game is D...
by Marcus Bone
Sun Sep 20, 2020 9:18 pm
Forum: Admin Message Forum
Topic: Updates to www.darkconspiracy.info
Replies: 120
Views: 150708

Re: Updates to www.darkconspiracy.info

That's a bit of a coup Marcus, quite comprehensive. There's a lot of detail in that interview that I don't think I've read anywhere else. Thanks! I really enjoyed the experience. Lester is a great guy and so friendly - I'm not sure he knows how much his work and writing influenced the likes of myse...