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Step into the shadows of the unknown with us as we unearth the fascinating history behind the Call of Cthulhu RPG, a game that turned tabletop horror on its head. We'll trail the game's evolution, from Sandy Peterson's early work to the atmospheric depths of the 1920s setting, and delve into the ingenious Sanity Score. Prepare to celebrate the game's unique approach to horror as we guide you through its legacy, a journey not just for seasoned investigators but for anyone drawn to the call of the cosmic unknown. Our exploration doesn't stop at the game's inception; rather, it expands into the realms of Call of Cthulhu's thrilling expansions and the 7th edition's Kickstarter odyssey. Discover how this RPG has transcended time with globe-trotting campaigns like "Horror on the Orient Express," and how it has traversed different eras through supplements like "Cthulhu by Gaslight." We'll dig into the logistical labyrinth the creators navigated, revealing how a simple miscalculation in shipping costs almost sunk the company, and how the original masterminds saved the day. Embrace the refined mechanics of the 7th edition, and get a glimpse of the extensive catalogue of supplements that continue to bolster the mystique of Call of Cthulhu, ensuring its place at the pinnacle of horror role-playing games. Join us for an episode dealing with the birth and growth of a game that has captured the imaginations of players for decades. Contact us at: EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page). TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page).

Greetings citizen! Join Troubleshooter Rapid Response Team 413 as they take on another fun, routine task for your friend and mine, The Computer. As with most Troubleshooter missions, this one will be perfectly safe for everyone concerned. I've heard from some listeners who apparently like to listen to the whole series in one go so, this monster episode is for you folks - all five episodes of ToOHLFYD in one package. Enjoy. Thanks to our cast of @manticoretale, @4cornersgames, @cowsquashmelon, @sidthehistorian, @dmgrun and @addryc1 - check them all out on Twitter! If you're wanting to see their podcasts then look no further than: The Four Corners Games Podcast Tale of the Manticore Run DMG on TikTok EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog SPECIAL GUESTS: Kris Bowser, Victoria Martinez FRIEND COMPUTER: Keeley Wilson MUSIC & SFX: http://www.epidemicsound.com

Greetings citizen! Join Troubleshooter Rapid Response Team 413 as they take on another fun, routine task for your friend and mine, The Computer. As with most Troubleshooter missions, this one will be perfectly safe for everyone concerned. This episode sees the team enter silo RYI as they attempt to complete their mission (whatever that might be). Naturally, it's a fiasco. Oh, and there's singing...again... Thanks to our cast of @manticoretale, @4cornersgames, @cowsquashmelon, @sidthehistorian, @dmgrun and @addryc1 - check them all out on Twitter! If you're wanting to see their podcasts then look no further than: The Four Corners Games Podcast Tale of the Manticore Run DMG on TikTok EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog FRIEND COMPUTER: Keeley Wilson MUSIC & SFX: http://www.epidemicsound.com

Greetings citizen! Join Troubleshooter Rapid Response Team 413 as they take on another fun, routine task for your friend and mine, The Computer. As with most Troubleshooter missions, this one will be perfectly safe for everyone concerned. This episode sees the team dealing with the consequences of messing around in a power plant, as well some very lively demonstrations of just how well protected a Comp Node actually is. They also *gasp* try and attempt to accomplish their mission objectives. Naturally, it's a fiasco. Thanks to our cast of @manticoretale, @4cornersgames, @cowsquashmelon, @sidthehistorian, @dmgrun and @addryc1 - check them all out on Twitter! If you're wanting to see their podcasts then look no further than: The Four Corners Games Podcast Tale of the Manticore Run DMG on TikTok EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog FRIEND COMPUTER: Keeley Wilson MUSIC & SFX: http://www.epidemicsound.com

With a certain Baldur's Gate 3 taking the world by storm, we decided to do an episode on computer RPGs - all those digital versions of our favourite games that we've lost hours to. Join us as we talk about games from the past that we loved (and loathed) and marvel at just how much time Steve has lost to Baldur's Gate 3... Contact us at: EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page). TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page).

Greetings citizen! Join Troubleshooter Rapid Response Team 413 as they take on another fun, routine task for your friend and mine, The Computer. As with most Troubleshooter missions, this one will be perfectly safe for everyone concerned. This episode sees our team explore RYI sector where they begin to suspect that Friend Computer isn't as...well..."stable" is a stretch, but isn't as "predictable" as usual. They also explore a cubicle farm and a nuclear reactor, because we all know letting troubleshooters near a nuclear reactor is a BRILLIANT idea. Thanks to our cast of @manticoretale, @4cornersgames, @cowsquashmelon, @sidthehistorian, @dmgrun and @addryc1 - check them all out on Twitter! If you're wanting to see their podcasts then look no further than: The Four Corners Games Podcast Tale of the Manticore Run DMG on TikTok EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog FRIEND COMPUTER: Keeley Wilson SPECIAL GUEST: Victoria Martinez MUSIC & SFX: http://www.epidemicsound.com

Greetings citizen! Join Troubleshooter Rapid Response Team 413 as they take on another fun, routine task for your friend and mine, The Computer. As with most Troubleshooter missions, this one will be perfectly safe for everyone concerned. Our brave heroes spend this episode navigating a PLC warehouse, trigger happy Army troopers, experimental soft drinks and improvised religious icons. And guess what? More singing. Yes, the singing still isn't good. Thanks to our cast of @manticoretale, @4cornersgames, @cowsquashmelon, @sidthehistorian, @dmgrun and @addryc1 - check them all out on Twitter! If you're wanting to see their podcasts then look no further than: The Four Corners Games Podcast Tale of the Manticore Run DMG on TikTok EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog FRIEND COMPUTER: Keeley Wilson MUSIC & SFX: http://www.epidemicsound.com

Greetings citizen! Join Troubleshooter Rapid Response Team 413 as they take on another fun, routine task for your friend and mine, The Computer. As with most Troubleshooter missions, this one will be perfectly safe for everyone concerned. This episode sees our brave team summoned to their mission briefing where they learn that they will be exploring a totally safe and doubtlessly disarmed missile silo, whilst also looking for game show hosts to interview. Predictably, there is singing. Not good singing. Thanks to our cast of @manticoretale, @4cornersgames, @cowsquashmelon, @sidthehistorian, @dmgrun and @addryc1 - check them all out on Twitter! If you're wanting to see their podcasts then look no further than: The Four Corners Games Podcast Tale of the Manticore Run DMG on TikTok EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog FRIEND COMPUTER: Keeley Wilson SPECIAL GUEST: Kris Bowser MUSIC & SFX: http://www.epidemicsound.com

Draw a Venn diagram of geeky interests, and there will be a massive circle where RPGs and Miniature Wargaming meet. In this episode, we're going to talk all about this cousin to RPGs, our experiences with it and some recent announcements in the mini wargaming community that have caught our interest. This is our second miniature wargaming episode - if you want more nonsense like this, check out part one. Contact us at: EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page). TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page).

Steve's had this great idea that we should do some actual plays of the games we are talking about. So, here is the fourth of these - Episode 5 of "The Assumptions", a SLA Industries actual play podcast. We hope you enjoy it! In this episode, Bob continues his investigation of the sewage plant's records, whilst McTavish and Bovril battle it out with the spider creatures that seems to have taken up residence in Wooly's desiccated corpse. Contact us at: EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Jason Downey, Steve SPECIAL GUESTS: Matt Sanderson ALL MUSIC: From the good folks at Epidemic Sound. Find them at http://www.epidemicsound.com/ @epidemicsound

Join Troubleshooter Task Force 451 as they take on another fun, routine task for your friend and mine, The Computer. As with most Troubleshooter missions, this one will be perfectly safe for everyone concerned. This episode (and apologies for the delay in it coming out!) sees our intrepid team try to solve the problem of dealing with whatever fell off Mark IV and caused the warbot to stop working. As would be expected, the Troubleshooters are a picture perfect example of teamwork, leadership and co-operation. Thanks to our cast of @manticoretale, @4cornersgames, @guydadams, @dicepopuli - check them all out on Twitter! If you're wanting to see their podcasts then look no further than: The Four Corners Games Podcast Tale of the Manticore Dice Populi EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog FRIEND COMPUTER: Keeley Wilson MUSIC & SFX: http://www.epidemicsound.com

Steve's had this great idea that we should do some actual plays of the games we are talking about. So, here is the fourth of these - Episode 5 of "The Assumptions", a SLA Industries actual play podcast. We hope you enjoy it! In this episode, the Assumptions split up - leaving Bob to do some ever so exciting data analysis, whilst Bovril and McTavish go off to investigate Wooly - the missing sewage plant worker. Several doors were harmed in this episode... Contact us at: EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Jason Downey, Steve SPECIAL GUESTS: Matt Sanderson ALL MUSIC: From the good folks at Epidemic Sound. Find them at http://www.epidemicsound.com/ @epidemicsound

Draw a Venn diagram of geeky interests, and there will be a massive circle where RPGs and Miniature Wargaming meet. In this episode, we're going to talk all about this cousin to RPGs, our experiences with it and some recent announcements in the mini wargaming community that have caught our interest. After recording we realised that there was a ton of other stuff that we wanted to mention, so consider this Part 1 of our trip into the world of plastic crack! Contact us at: EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page). TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page).

Join us as we ramble on about the Mind's Eye Theatre - White Wolf's fantastic series of Live Action Roleplay games. We talk about our experiences with the system, the games we've played in, the good times we've had and share the inevitable LARP horror stories. This is part two of our MET episode - part one features a review of the history of this system and how it came to be. Contact us at: EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson SPECIAL MUSICAL GUEST: Cher / Wesley Williams BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page). TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page).

Join us as we take a deep dive into the Mind's Eye Theatre - White Wolf's fantastic series of Live Action Roleplay games. We talk about how MET got started, the various supplements released along the way, as well as some of the nuances of the LARPing scene. This is part one of our MET episode - part two will feature a round table discussion where we put on our rose tinted glasses and talk about our favourite memories of the game. Contact us at: EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog HOST: Iain Wilson VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page). TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page).

Ok, ok... 2021 was a LONG time ago and this episode is horrendously late. We know... However we're back - that's the main thing, so settle back and enjoy this - rather long - episode where we warble on about 2021 and all the cool things we've played, bought and backed. WARNING: tangents abound in this episode! EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Jason Downey, Steve SPECIAL GUEST: Ryan Mossbarger (@ryan_mossb, @DicePopuli, @dmg_run) VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page). TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page).

Join Troubleshooter Task Force 451 as they take on another fun, routine task for your friend and mine, The Computer. As with most Troubleshooter missions, this one will be perfectly safe for everyone concerned. This episode sees the team get into an argument with a presumptive scrubbot, play a game of "who can get inside the Mark IV first", interpret the Computer's instructions incorrectly and with fatal consequences, and test out the fire suppression systems of the bot they're meant to be guarding. Thanks to our cast of @manticoretale, @4cornersgames, @guydadams, @dicepopuli - check them all out on Twitter! If you're wanting to see their podcasts then look no further than: The Four Corners Games Podcast Tale of the Manticore Dice Populi EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog FRIEND COMPUTER: Keeley Wilson MUSIC & SFX: http://www.epidemicsound.com

Welcome to the Dying World - a Mörk Borg solo actual play podcast. In this episode Keftar, Belum and Felban decide to make their way down to the village they discovered last episode and see what the inhabitants are up to. Especially with that creepy, massive coffin... Thanks again to our voice actors. They are, in no particular order: Josh McKeand -Bellum Keeley Wilson - Keftar Tyler Bushman - Felban Tyler has a ton of content over on Tik Tok; you can find him here. If you want to try your hand at Mörk Borg solo gaming you will need the following (or rather, this is what we're using - feel free to do your own thing!): Mörk Borg main rulebook Mörk Borg Cult Feretory Mythic Game Master Emulator Deck Solitary Defilement Lots of Philip Reed's fun stuff EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog FRIEND COMPUTER: Keeley Wilson MUSIC & SFX: http://www.epidemicsound.com

Join Troubleshooter Task Force 451 as they take on another fun, routine task for your friend and mine, The Computer. As with most Troubleshooter missions, this one will be perfectly safe for everyone concerned. This episode sees our intrepid team finally open the crate of mission equipment that Friend Computer generously provided for them. They meet some VERY anti-personnel landmines, have fun with a green clearance doll and generally indulge in a LOT of violence. Seriously, the body count is pretty high. Oh and there's some mutant powers flying around too, the filthy traitors (apart from Sasha-R of course - your confessed genetic abnormalities make you slightly less abhorrent). Naturally, Mark IV's ego gets pandered too. After all, if you met a building sized warbot, wouldn't you? Thanks to our cast of @manticoretale, @4cornersgames, @guydadams, @dicepopuli - check them all out on Twitter! If you're wanting to see their podcasts then look no further than: The Four Corners Games Podcast Tale of the Manticore Dice Populi EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog FRIEND COMPUTER: Keeley Wilson MUSIC & SFX: http://www.epidemicsound.com

Steve's had this great idea that we should do some actual plays of the games we are talking about. So, here is the fourth of these - Episode 4 of "The Assumptions", a SLA Industries actual play podcast. We hope you enjoy it! In this episode, the Assumptions arrive at the water treatment works in Downtown, intent on getting to the bottom of the mystery of the contaminants (and getting paid in the process). Here they meet the crew of the plant, have fun with some padlocks and are introduced to an intriguing corporate mascot. Oh, and Bovril comes away thinking he's the funniest person to ever have lived. Contact us at: EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com TWITTER: @savepodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Jason Downey, Steve SPECIAL GUESTS: Matt Sanderson ALL MUSIC: From the good folks at Epidemic Sound. Find them at http://www.epidemicsound.com/ @epidemicsound