Unreal Worlds: Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
Mar 01
It’s important to remember that Secret Histories need not be limited to, well, actual history. You can get a lot of dramatic mileage out of taking any story that everyone thinks they know and then putting a new spin on it — or, in this case, just spinning it a little faster or a little harder in a direction it was already going. We’ve already demonstrated that we’re not...
Unreal Worlds: Me and Merovee
Dec 17
So when it comes down to it, Europe was born the child of a giant five-horned sea monster: Merovech, or maybe Merovee. We've briefly mentioned the story before, when we accused Napoleon of making a Faustian (or at least Lovecraftian) deal with a Dagon-esque creature in a bid to become emperor of Europe. But let's go over it again. A 5th century Frankish king named Chlodio conquered a good chunk of what is today France and Germany.
Unreal Worlds: A Secret History of Secret Agents
Nov 05
A few weeks ago, we briefly mentioned the possibility of setting a game of dark, vampire-hunting adventure horror in a less than modern century, specifically positing that some historical fun could be had by placing your blood-suckers and their hunters in early or middle 19th century. Our previous article broadly hinted at a few potential vampire conspiracies hidden in the shadows of...
Unreal Worlds — Invasion 1561
Jun 28
We’ve talked about secret history before — the idea that the stuff that really happened never quite made it into the official record. The idea that there’s a “real” story hiding somewhere behind or between the lines of any given history book. But sometimes history is just weird. Despite the dogged certainty of independent researchers and conspiracy theorists that...
Unreal Worlds — Making History
Mar 06
By this point, dear reader, you’ve surely noticed a certain propensity for the articles in this series to veer into historical territory: this is intentional. I’m a firm believer that some of the best game inspiration available can be drawn from our collective records of the past, particularly since those records are often fabulously inconsistent and — even when consistent...
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