Next SALUTE INNSMOUTH game

[gregory privat]

Hello,

I've just discovered your forum and this is kind of my introduction. I've been working on a game for next SALUTE based on Innsmouth for a year and a half (most of this time have been used to find rules and playtest on paper board, the real making started a few month ago). The game is still not completely finished but hoppefully it will be for SALUTE. I post here some pictures of the game as it appeared at the JFJ,  a french little convention. I hope that it will be of some interrest to you. The system used is based on Chain Reaction from THW. You may want to visit my blog there : http://gloarmy.blogspot.com/ (about miniatures in general) or my webpage there : http://gloarmy.free.fr/ (mainly about Gloranthan stuff)

Thanks,

Grégory Privat

[dodge]

That board is great, love the buildings all close together , the lighthouse, excellent stuff,

hope you finish it all in time.

dodge

[Grimm]

Interesting I am working on a Innsmouth too look here
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=7251.0

It is much smaller and for 45 Adventure Games but it realy interesting me if you like my version of the Town .

Sad is that I can´t see all of your pictures I am sure I can get a few more Ideas for my Town .

Cheers Grimm

[Malamute]

Wow, that is a great looking table, you have captured the atmosphere really well. It gives me the chills just looking at it.

[Bako]

Quite a beautiful table . Shame I cannot go to SALUTE, you people have too much fun.

[gregory privat]

I ve just looked your Innsmouth Grimm : it s fantastic. As I was watching it, i wondered : would you mind sending me the files of the various signs you used (gilmans, the docks, and the various posters in the streets) ? I was planning to add such material as one of the next step and it would save me a lot of time to use yours. If you prefer to keep them for your game only, I will understand and try to make some by myself. As a thank you, I can "give you" a house or a truck with a poster advertising "Grimm the signmaker" or something like that glued on it in the city )

My private mail in case you agree to share those files : gloarmy(at)free.fr

Greg

[Dr. The Viking]

Wow!

I am so tempted by all these cthulhu cities that people make!

You city looks gorgeous!



On another note - how do you play a cthulhu scenario?!?! I've read most of lovecrafts stories and they're often rather onesided and along the line of:
1. Everything all good, but the local genius is a bit strange behaving
2. Things start getting weird and strange sounds are heard from the woods/ancient city/waterside/whatever
3. A group of ad-hoc occult investigators (often with little or no knowledge of the occult) starts an investigation
4. Things get even weirder and somebody friend/foe goes mad
5. Plot thickens and investigators enter point of no return and get killed/go mad.
6. Other are warned not to pick of the leads. 

Seriously though I would like to know how you go about the "gamey" side of things.

[SBMiniaturesGuy]

  Wow! Fantastic, absolutely fantastic! I think you have set the bar on wargaming Cthulhu, my friend!

[gregory privat]

@Thorbjørn Nielsen :
The Shadow over Innsmouth novel is the one if any novel that can be played by wargamers. The first 3 paragraphs tell how the U.S. government sent the army, and even a submarine to destroy everything in the city. I ve never read Derleth's or other successor's novels, so if there s other novel of this kind, then i m not aware. So, how it is played ? My game see all the players playing little squads and having missions in Innsmouth during this offensive. I ve designed like 25-30 missions that are played with a maximum of 10 players at a time, with some special missions that interupt all the others. The Mithos is "played" by the rule system. At the JFJ, I had up to 10 players playing together. And as I ve simplified the rules to a maximum, they were playing alone with the demonstrator (your pal) only watching them ! The game looks a bit like black hawk down, but in 1927. The system make the population appear on you or the other players or just in empty streets and so, even if basiquely all the players are doing their own missions solo, they have an influence to each other and can also help each other (+ the climax missions that everyone must work on ). A good thing (for such a participation game) is that you can come, play a mission, go do some shopping, come back and eventually play another mission. I can t give more details on the missions as some of you may end playing that game in a convention and I don t want to spoil your (eventual) pleasure. Oh, the THW Chain Reaction system help a lot to make that game playable as it is (again, this is a slightly modified and heavily simplified Chain Reaction system).

I hope I m not too blurry in my explanations (french here),

@ others : thank you, your comments urge me to work more on making the game better )
Greg

[twrchtrwyth]

Fantastic table.

[MAJIC Miniatures]

Very Impressive!

I will be showing at Salute again this year, and will have to try and sneak away from my stand to see the game in action! I am very interested in the way you have developed the participation game, with the various missions. I look forward to seeing how it works.

With best wishes,

Oliver

[Uncle Mike]

Wow! That looks fantastic! Would like to see some smaller detail shots if possible.

[gregory privat]

I did put more pictures on my first post, but many disapeared : many it was above a quota or something ? You can have a lot of pictures there : http://gloarmy.blogspot.com/search/label/Innsmouth including some WIP pictures.

[Grimm]

I Try to send you the posters I use but the email was to big sorry wich Posters do you need ?

[gregory privat]

Answered in a PM.