Post-Con Deep Dive #2: Elder Mythos

I don’t often write negative reviews. Please understand this. One of my Arcade regulars from last year’s RinCon asked me to run Elder Mythos specifically. I adore Mana Project Studio’s generic storygame Not The End, liked Cowboy Bebop, their upcoming Ghost in the Shell RPG looks nice, and I had backed this, so…sure, why not? I’m not a huge fan of the Lovecraftian Mythos but I enjoyed Lovecraftesque last year. Elder Mythos Available in PDF from DriveThruGames. The physical box is available from Mana Project Studios. The pitch is good: rather than playing an investigator or witness or victim of a Mythos conspiracy, everyone plays an Entity of the Mythos themselves: Cthulhu, Nyarlathotep, Yog-Sothoth, and so on. They even pull in some more obscure god-things from the non-Lovecraft authors who added to the Mythos. Each Entity has lesser and greater Designs they’re trying to fulfill on Earth. You pick a scenario – really just a list of locations in a time and place – and go to war with…