Modern Mythos with Jon & Seth

A podcast about the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game, writing, game mastering, and playing -- presented by the hosts, Jon Hook and Seth Skorkowsky

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Update frequency: every 20 days
Average duration: 90 minutes
Episodes: 77
Years Active: 2021 - 2025

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Egg Out of Time - ep.1

A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted mission…

01:41:00 | Mon 29 Jan 2024

Modern Mythos ep.35

Happy New Year - 2024! Join Jon and Seth as they welcome their guest, Justin Alexander -- an author, game designer, and creator of The Alexandrian blogsite: https://thealexandrian.net/ . Listen i…

01:41:50 | Mon 22 Jan 2024

Modern Mythos ep.34 - Inspirational Reading/Watching/Playing

As 2023 draws to a close Jon and Seth talk about the things they're reading, watching, and playing as inspirations for future creative endeavors. Jon's Reading:

Dracula, Bram Stoker - audio b…

01:39:58 | Mon 18 Dec 2023

Jon and Seth welcome back the Creative Director for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu line, Mike Mason! In this episode, we talk about the soon-to-be released Arkham book and how it's the first in the new A…

01:11:22 | Mon 20 Nov 2023

Modern Mythos - ep.32

In this episode, Seth and Jon are joined by one of our Patreon members, Martin Heuschober to talk about Kult: Divinity Lost. Martin recently ran Seth and Jon through a short Kult scenario that he…

01:08:52 | Mon 16 Oct 2023

Modern Mythos - ep.31

We are joined by one of the original Shadow Handlers of Delta Green himself, Scott Glancy! In this interview we discuss his introduction into gaming in general, and specifically how he joined the…

02:22:55 | Mon 18 Sep 2023

Modern Mythos - ep.30

Jon and Seth are joined by Alex Guillotte and James Droucker to talk about their new book coming out, Grindhouse vol.4! Like the other previous Grindhouse books, this is a gritty Call of Cthulhu doub…

01:24:16 | Mon 21 Aug 2023

Modern Mythos - ep.29

Two classic Chaosium publications, Blood Brothers and Blood Brothers 2, each include Gothic monsters as those books were designed to emulate the kind of stories seen in movies featuring those beastie…

01:20:08 | Mon 07 Aug 2023

Modern Mythos - Ep.28 - Ecology of the Great Race

The Great Race of Yith

Created in “The Shadow Out of Time,” published in the June 1936 issue of Astounding Stories. (87 years ago)

Early History:

Original home planet: Yith
Escaped the planet by…

01:13:19 | Sun 25 Jun 2023

Modern Mythos - ep.27: OSR Meets Cthulhu!

In this episode, we’re again joined by actor and director Drew Shirley to discuss old school dungeon crawling and modern Cthulhu gaming. Old School Dungeon Crawling is New Again Question…? …

01:09:04 | Fri 19 May 2023

Modern Mythos - Ep.26 - Ruthanna Emrys Interview

In this (belated) episode, Seth and Jon talk with author Ruthanna Emrys. We discuss her Innsmouth Legacy series, Winter Tide, Deep Roots, and The Litany of Earth. It was a great conversation with a w…

00:55:56 | Fri 05 May 2023

Modern Mythos: ep.25

In this episode, Jon & Seth talk about Deep Ones! H. P. Lovecraft first introduced the Deep Ones in Shadow Over Innsmouth. Recently published CoC scenarios that include Deep Ones:

Angel’s …

01:32:32 | Mon 20 Mar 2023

Modern Mythos - ep.024 - En-garde!

COMBAT: Initiative:

Descending DEX order
Tied DEX values are broken by relevant Combat Skill (descending)

Action:

One main action
Time is flexible for the situation, as governed by the…

01:04:55 | Mon 20 Feb 2023

Modern Mythos: Ep.23 - Hasbro Fireside Chat and the Ecology of Ghouls

In this episode, Jon and Seth discuss the fallout from Hasbro's December 2022 fireside chat with their shareholders. This entire conversation is speculative, so please take it with a grain of salt. F…

01:49:08 | Mon 16 Jan 2023

Modern Mythos Ep.22 - Player Tips & Trick, and Dealing with Problem Players

In this episode, Seth and Jon share tips, tricks, and habits every player should know, and how GMs might consider addressing problematic players. Player Tips

Do prep-work before the game (pick t…

01:30:00 | Mon 19 Dec 2022

Modern Mythos ep.21 - Campaigning with Mike Mason!

In this episode, Seth and Jon are joined by Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu Creative Director, Mike Mason. Together, the gents talk about how to manage and run long-running campaign games. Thank you t…

01:14:19 | Mon 21 Nov 2022

Modern Mythos ep.20 - Patron Games & Pacing

Jon finally fulfilled his promise to run The Code for Seth!!! And we pulled in three patrons to play with Seth, Andy, Chris, and Nelson. It was a fantastic playthrough. The game was recorded, and it’…

01:08:06 | Mon 17 Oct 2022

Modern Mythos ep.19 - Updates to Call of Cthulhu?

In this episode, we’ll be imagining changes we’d like to see in an imaginary 8th Edition of Call of Cthulhu.

Automatic fire – Simplify the skill roll based on difficulty of hitting the target, ignor…

01:23:10 | Mon 19 Sep 2022

Modern Mythos Ep.18 - The Writing Project

Pateron voting results: Jon’s plot idea is selected Jon's Idea: Chloe is missing, and could be the victim of serpent people who want to spread their sinister influence. The investigators must fin…

01:14:00 | Mon 15 Aug 2022

Modern Mythos ep.17 - Blackwater Creek and Inspirations for Horror!

In this episode, Jon and Seth talk about some of their favorite books, movies, and music that inspire their tastes in horror, and they review Blackwater Creek, a scenario suitable for new players and…

01:55:28 | Tue 26 Jul 2022

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