I'm about to run this with my players, but I'm also using the Eldritch hack system that really simplifies the mechanics of the game. I'm hoping they have a great time
@sybrelsford23 күн бұрын
Great tips, I'm running this now! Thanks for the video!
@RPGNook22 күн бұрын
Have fun!
@douglashorton1368Ай бұрын
This was very helpful! Thanks!
@RPGNookАй бұрын
You're welcome!
@kuribo1Ай бұрын
The image of Weyland Yutani at the 5:52 mark say Weylan Yutani....I am surprised that such an important piece of lore imagery would be wrong.
@keb4456Ай бұрын
Love your input! I’m running it this weekend. I like the idea of having the deep one hybrids around. Would you put two on the island? (One at the generator torturing Samuel and one by the boat) Or would that be too much in terms of difficulty with the younglings about?
@RPGNookАй бұрын
Probably a bit much, since there are so many younglings. You could have one of those instead looking after the boat. The idea was just to give some social interaction to the whole thing. Depends on how many players you have to be honest. But if you plan to add in the lighthouse keeper in the lamp room you could have him live and help out. Still trying to keep his gold even after all this, backstabbing the players to get away in the boat scot free with the gold while they deal with the monsters.
@keb4456Ай бұрын
@@RPGNookThank you so much! 🦑
@kylegrey1071Ай бұрын
Seems like an interesting setting for sure. I'll have to run this by my Call group but I think it sounds super fun
@Craig_Tucker48Ай бұрын
Amazing help. Loved the story flowchart map at the start, insanely helpful. Really love your tip on playing the mob boss as scary. You have earned yourself a subscriber as I will be dropping by before running anything now ❤
@RPGNookАй бұрын
Thanks, glad you found it useful!
@josephgarcia9076Ай бұрын
Why is this not a movie
@nateopfer7542Ай бұрын
What's a set rep reminder from Hatfield?
@RPGNookАй бұрын
Sit rep. Situation Report.
@StrategicCastle2 ай бұрын
I can never read the nice organized overview you always do. Can you add a link to download and view them?
@RPGNook2 ай бұрын
Np. There is always a link in the description.
@ziabatsu44222 ай бұрын
Players that get salty in games like this honestly ruin the fun for me. What's the point if playing if you aren't having fun, even if your character dies. I think it's hilarious when bad things happen to my characters.
@zeehond232 ай бұрын
Really liked running this one. Tried it in the Delta Green setting. It kinda worked, but should have just kept it in CoC. Anyway, great vid!
@RPGNook2 ай бұрын
Thanks! Good to hear someone trying the DG playthrough though! At least now we know :D
@matthew_thefallen2 ай бұрын
Hah you value my players as well knowledgeable of Romeo and Juliet 😂 none of my players in my group knows anything about it lol (not even myself!)
@victorhenriksson42642 ай бұрын
There is also the scenario Hung by the Chimney with Care that Chaosium sent out for a Christmas
@CheerfulPessimist6863 ай бұрын
I'm running this story as set in autumn, because 'deer hunting in summer' makes no sense to me. In a similar vein, I don't see hunters shooting at noises... Maybe the trigger happy pair are clueless urbanites? Wait, yes: Londoners visiting the U.S. Perfect.
@RPGNook3 ай бұрын
Good solution! US brits don't know much about hunts, pretty niche here. :)
@CheerfulPessimist6863 ай бұрын
@@RPGNook Often bemused how in the U.K. 'hunting' appears to be an activity reserved for the elite while here in the U.S. it's more identified with the lower classes. (At least actual hunting of wild game as distinct from blasting away at released farmed birds.) And that whole business of blundering around fields straggling after a mob of hounds? Surely it's the canines doing the hunting, not the horse-straddlers. What should it really be called? 'Dog-bothering'? 'Doggery'? Something like that...
@RPGNook3 ай бұрын
@@CheerfulPessimist686 Yeah dude, its all a bit mad! hahaha!
@CheerfulPessimist6863 ай бұрын
This is a fantastic breakdown. I'm prepping to run this as my first-ever scenario as Keeper and I wish I'd come here first thing. Your roadmap example is pure gold, thank you. Do you write CoC adventures, and where can I find them? Edit: Oh, you write for ASN! Hot damn, I've already been enjoying your work. You make great art! Thank you kindly!
@RPGNook3 ай бұрын
Thank you for the kind words! Yes I work with ASN! Glad you have enjoyed the show. I have a link to my scenairos in the description if you fancy checking them out. Cheers, Graeme.
@CheerfulPessimist6863 ай бұрын
@@RPGNook Cheers! Found, will scrutinize. :-)
@KingOfShadeEmpire3 ай бұрын
Thank you for this rundown. Especially the reference picture! Tonight we'll see how our motley crew manages to unwind the situation. My guess is I'll have to make them believe they forgot their dynamite as soon as I introduce Lester Goodmen into the scene.
@RPGNook3 ай бұрын
Sounds like it'll be a blast, hahaha.
@Tasomo3 ай бұрын
Thanks for this review, I know I'm late but it was a good watch and insightful review. I agree with your point on not ignoring rank. Yeah the Aliens universe is built upon abusive authority figures but also, it's a book about the military. If people don't want that then they shouldn't be playing a book about the military.
@cli2603 ай бұрын
Amazing breakdown as always. I will be running the final for my group pretty soon. So far it's a delicious ride 🙌
@RPGNook3 ай бұрын
Have fun!
@mjrrpg3 ай бұрын
Not actually watching this as I'm still holding out to one day be able to play this, but just popping by to say I'm glad these are back! They're super helpful for preparing a scenario.
@Jamesleyden24 ай бұрын
Good to have you back!
@cormacmacassery47024 ай бұрын
Long live Randy...
@RPGNook4 ай бұрын
Oh no... what happened to Randy??
@cormacmacassery47024 ай бұрын
@@RPGNook Something about catching a bad case of Sasquatch and a volatile chemical reaction between flame and trinitrotoluene.
@RPGNook4 ай бұрын
@@cormacmacassery4702 Happens to the best of us...
@LaserCat0064 ай бұрын
Found your channel a couple of months back. I just got into CoC at the end of last year, so I'm happy you are posting again. I was afraid i found another Dead CoC channel 😅
@RPGNook4 ай бұрын
I'm not dead yet! And even then... I'd still post.
@astrangefool4 ай бұрын
A great video that really hit upon the problems we had with this case. I'll be recommending your videos as a prelude to running any future cases :)
@RPGNook4 ай бұрын
Thank you! Thats great to hear.
@icedcoffee22794 ай бұрын
Glad to have you back brother, best scenario breakdowns on KZfaq
@RPGNook4 ай бұрын
Thanks! Last year or so has been hellish, glad to see you stuck with the channel! It means a lot.
@RPGNook4 ай бұрын
After a long hitaus, we are back. Let us know how you ran Pipeline!
@Bill_Mize4 ай бұрын
Welcome back! I'm prepping Grave Robbers as we speak, and I'm really looking forward to running it!
@RPGNook4 ай бұрын
@@Bill_Mize thanks for picking it up! That's great to hear.
@BBJones934 ай бұрын
Hell yea!
@richardpain4 ай бұрын
Great breakdown, and your recommendations to improve the scenario are fantastic. Your ideas make the scenario so much better, especially the suggested cliffhanger ending. Bravo.
@richardpain4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. I've watched a few of your scenario breakdowns and you highlight lots of the problems I've identified as well. I played this scenario as a player the other day and to me, it seemed that the zombie victim and the hitman was the most compelling thread to follow, not some band member who played the trumpet and had a gig at a funeral the next day. Going to the dead accountant's apartment and finding it a dead end was a let down, and then realising that the only other activity presented was going to a funeral of somebody the players don't know felt like being railroaded. Also this was the players first scenario and the keeper didn't provide a reason for the players to know each other or work together. I feel that the structure of the story and the motivations of the players could be improved a lot. Your idea of putting the players in jail beside the band, so they can learn more about the trumpet player is very clever. It paints the police as assholes and helps keep the story on track. Same with your suggestion of linking the players to the funeral, by making it the funeral of somebody they know, is very clever. Great suggestions. If I was the publisher of CoC, I'd want you to review the scenarios before publication.
@RPGNook4 ай бұрын
Thanks! That means a lot. Hope you have fun playing CoC!
@fin89274 ай бұрын
this is awesome stuff!
@nikita36054 ай бұрын
Key clues in the left corner are from another adventure
@mudokon11765 ай бұрын
About 1/4 of the way through now, enjoying it a lot! Bought the oneshot and will be running it in a few days as my first ever game as Keeper! If you see this, thank you for the great resources!
@RPGNook4 ай бұрын
Thanks man! Good luck with your game
@Velzhaed5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video- great breakdown and suggestions for improving it.
@RPGNook5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! I really do like the old West setting
@douglasrood26505 ай бұрын
Desperately needs closed captioning so we know what the Hell the other fellow is saying, I cannot make out a single word he is saying, too bad I can't understand the audio.
@RPGNook5 ай бұрын
The doors to darkness scenario breakdowns were just just messing around before really figuring out everything. These will be redone in time.
@Krissosik5 ай бұрын
thanks, used some of your comments yesterday, for two of my players. They seem to enjoy it :). they had to persuade to get out of the island, failing to repair radio and failing to swim out of the island on the boat. Tension was slowly rising, so I am happy how it played out. They finished in the nearby village, eating breakfast, spoting one person in the pub, with wider eye sockets sitting nearby... Now what to get them into now? :)
@plissken22455 ай бұрын
Very helpful. TY! I don't understand why the players would know Reese is dead in the beginning briefing. I'm just going to show the AWOL's pictures and not info.
@nickschuyler5 ай бұрын
Way too Fast. Way too much stuff for 1 video.
@RPGNook5 ай бұрын
Fortunately you can watch it, pause it, watch it again, slow it down, and skip around.
@nickschuyler5 ай бұрын
@@RPGNook - Unfortunately, that's bloackable advice. NEXT. [Blind Guy Thinks YOURE A DICK!] #YouHaveBoomerSensibilities #ZoomerStupid
@StephMcAlea5 ай бұрын
My hatchlings wanted the gold AND the lighthouse keeper. To survive, my PCs wracked with guilt, handed the keeper to the deep ones.
@RPGNook5 ай бұрын
Very traumatising! Definitely a good addition.
@MrAndrewGil5 ай бұрын
Funny how experiences can vary from group to group. I played this as my first CoC game ever. We had a small group and I took some time to let the investigators (funny enough) "investigate" prior to moving to the woods. Ofc, I also prepped the group for a horror/mystery section and tried to get the most out of music and ambience (using candles, for example). I made sure that they had some connection or ambition that could drive them to investigate, get the bounty but save the girl too (in our case, one of the characters was a close friend and the other was too ambitious to just get a bounty and move on). Our game lasted good 5 hours. They started by getting some info (the handouts) from the local newspaper archives (one of the investigators was a young journalist) and library (the other a librarian!). Then, they took some time to buy some equipment (including guns). I also used that time to set a NPC that would be accompanying them (tho, at first, I used him to poke the players into a 20s mindset, as he was a little "sexist" and they both were girls doing what many would say was a "man's job".) After getting them together as one of the rescue groups, we really had a blast. So many foreshadowing and suspicion. The dreams and encounters that eventually made most of their group disband. At the end, only the players and that NPC carried on. They came across all the horrors and the supposedly stronger NPC (who was a "hunter" looking to cash in) was saved by the librarian when they battle the crazy kidnapper. Finally, they decided to go all the way to save the girl and both the dad and kid that got captured. It was intense and we had fun. The NPC didn't make it, as a last action he blew the hole place up with himself. All the girls made back to town but really affected by the whole experience. I loved that when we began the sun was still up irl, and it was way into the evening when we finished, so that also contributed to the mood and setting. Both players loved the adventure and we are running Blackwater Creek. As for me, this adventure really got me into CoC. I'd just advice you to prep your players by both letting them know that it's a horror game (so they keep "outworldly" jokes out of it) and that it is a mystery game, thus they need to actively investigate the mystery. Otherwise, they are gonna just run away and it was going to awfully terrible! (that doesn't mean they just need to kill themselves, but that their character's need to "want" to take part to.) Great Review! Keep it up.
@RPGNook5 ай бұрын
That is a crazy journey for everyone. Glad it all worked out
@Kasino806 ай бұрын
This was my first run as Keeper. I've run it twice and both times none of my Investigators picked up on anything other than going STRAIGHT to the cemetery. They didn't speak to the neighbour, the police nor the newspaper. Were I to run it again, I think I'll give Thomas a connection to the newspaper. Maybe have him so frustrated with the police that he wants the story out. Also, I will have Douglas Kimball show up much later and not in the grave yard. I think I'll leave the gravestone open, so they don't have to open it, but lure the Investigators that way.
@RPGNook6 ай бұрын
It does struggle with being overly simple as an adventure. But there is enough there to play with. Edge of Darkness is better, hope you have fun with it next.
@brush50046 ай бұрын
this is a really great graphic and i plan on preparing my own mysteries this way in the future. good video!
@RPGNook6 ай бұрын
Glad you like it!
@brunob17656 ай бұрын
Hello ! Loved the video Thank you @RPGNook ! Please can you tell me what website / software you used as a chalkboard here ? I find that very slick. Thank you !
@RPGNook6 ай бұрын
Glad you liked the video. I just make the boards with Adobe Illustrator.
@mattjoe43356 ай бұрын
Extremely useful and concise. Good video
@klaykid1176 ай бұрын
With all the diner stuff it feels like this would play better tone wise if the time period gets converted to the 1950s. That way you can have a classic American diner under attack by a mysterious killer.
@REfan20026 ай бұрын
I just bought the Alien RPG core book, the Colonial Marines operations book and the Destroy of Worlds. Is it ststed that we have to use the pre-gen characters or can we use our own?
@RPGNook6 ай бұрын
The pregens have a link to the plot but you can give the ones that matter to your own pcs. The main one that matters is the android.
@REfan20026 ай бұрын
@@RPGNook Perfect, thank you.
@grumpybuddha9277 ай бұрын
Great and helpful summary. One mistake, though -- the formula that Ekford carries and the one that looks like a stimulant is the weaponized *2B* strain, not the original. The Medbay is the best way to remove Dante's Chestburster, but I can also having the original around and giving it a 1/3 chance of working.
@JaroslavSl365cupsofcoffeevlog7 ай бұрын
thx a lot for help, will GM for first time and looking for some advices