Mysteries of Montreal

There's a new exhibition in Paris , containing posters and brochures from the Orient Express . There are other posters from the Simplon line in SwitzerlandAs I am gearing up to finally run this campaign, I'll be sure to make use of some of these, though many of them are already available through a Google search. At the end of the sliodeshow, you can download the images in pdf format for ease of use.   A major exhibition on the Orient Express is currently on show in Paris. retours presents a brief history of the famous luxury train by taking a closer look at 10 posters along with matching brochures and photos, partly from the exhibition and partly from own collection. The creators of this exhibition are also the authors of  this amazing app and ebook on the history of the Orient Express. For a grand $6.99, I'll be sure to be investing in that for my tablet, for use at the table.

Robert Barlow, 1931 H.P.L. was in the news in this recent New Yorker article , written by the author Paul La Farge, which has clearly come from the research for this book , looks at the relationship between Lovecraft and Robert Barlow . The article contains another attempt to guess at Lovecraft's sexuality through his associations with others, but I think the article pins it with this phrase, even if it continues afterwards to try to suggest otherwise. " the salient feature of his sexuality really seems to be how indifferent he was to it " Even the choice of image to accompany the article is provocative There are many more existing images that could have been used, even of Lovecraft and Barlow together . However, it is an interesting article in how it goes on to talk about Barlow himself. I have heard of him, but he isn't someone I looked into a great deal, and that seems a shame, as he looks to be an interesting character. It does strike me though, that Barl...

This is a nice little video as both a quick introduction to Call of Cthulhu, if not an in depth review of 7th edition, as the title suggests.