Season of the Witch is a standalone “Print on Demand” expansion for Mansions of Madness. The scenario comes complete with all of the objects, obstacles, lock cards and keeper actions required to play it, as well as the prologue and map setup. Though the expansion doesn’t introduce and new game mechanics, there are a few brand new lock and object cards, but we’ll get to those later.

As the Keeper (played in this week’s episode by my father) was seeding the cards, the rest of us chose our characters. There were four players total, leaving me to play two investigators (a four Investigator game seems to be a bit more balanced than three). Having recently bought Forbidden Alchemy I was keen on using the new guys so I went with Dexter Drake the Magician and Carolyn Fern the Psychologist. The other players went with their favorites, Ashcan Pete the Drifter and Gloria Goldberg the Author (honestly, I’m not sure where our group would be without that antiquated typewriter and Ashcan’s trusty sidekick Duke).

After everyone settled in (the card seeding can be so tedious) the Keeper reads us the story so far. We’re all big fans of the flavor elements of Mansions of Madness compared to Arkham Horror so everyone shuts up and leans in. The Keeper tells us all about Nola and how, after moving into the low-rent “Witch House” she began trying to bend time and space, believing the Witch House was the key. Our investigators all know it’s a bunch of bull, but we gladly enter the house at the behest of the nervous student, assuring him his fears are misplaced, that there’s nothing to worry about. We’re sure Nola is just fine.

All’s quiet throughout the house as the investigators spread out to explore. Gloria stays with Dexter going toward the bathroom, providing moral support in the way of skill points, while Ashcan travels deeper into the house. Carolyn makes her way to the work shed outside and, after picking a simple lock, has one more Knife than she started with. Dexter and Gloria make their way around the corner and come across Nola’s Journal, as well as a helpful Sedative in the bathroom cabinet. Meanwhile, Ashcan has just come across a Spectral Guard, one that tells him a password will be required to pass. Dexter and Gloria make their way back to Ashcan as Carolyn joins back up after her short but spooky detour in the shed. As Dexter thumbs through the journal, he begins to realize something may actually be happening. While he didn’t believe a word of it before, Nola’s writings are rather convincing. With the addition of a spirit guarding a room in the house, he begins to get that bad feeling in the pit of his stomach.

Finding the correct passage in Nola’s Journal, Dexter dispels the Spectral Guard, the only thing between him and the unearthly Alien Statue. As he picks it up, his consciousness slips from his body and travels to some other part of the Witch House. It’s here that he sees what must be a portal to another world, something he had read about briefly in the journal. Upon returning to his own body, he’s left holding the statue. It looks like any other carved lump of stone, but tingles him to his soul, a power unlike any other coursing through him.

Upon recounting his short out of body experience, they all realize the portal must be in the attic, the only place left to explore. Carolyn and Ashcan go in first and what they find causes them to reconsider everything they thought they knew about reality. A Shoggoth, formless, protoplasmic servant of the Great Old Ones, is waiting for them. There’s nothing left to do but open fire, Ashcan, with his new found shotgun and Carolyn with her trusty Walther Model 9. Though the mass of tar and eyes and tentacles almost fills the room entirely, Carolyn and Ashcan can barely get a few shots in before the abomination charges them. Gloria and Dexter hear the commotion: the gunfire and more importantly the inhuman screams of their companions and make their way up the stairs.

As Carolyn and Ashcan fire wildly, the abomination is unflinching in its advance. After only taking a couple of rounds, barely injured, the monster begins to engulf Ashcan. Thinking quickly, Ashcan shoves the shotgun as far into the mass as he can, smiles maniacally and pulls the trigger. This proves enough, though barely, and the monster is finally bested. Thick, acidic Ichor sprays in every direction, covering them both. A brief reprieve eases them slightly as they clean up, though they have no idea what lies in store beyond the portal.

Everyone regroups in the attic and Dexter again has his nose in the journal. The journal begins to glow a blinding, stinging green and all at once, the attic falls from under them. The team find themselves in another place, another realm entirely. Upon being ripped through the portal, Dexter’s consciousness escapes once again. He sees Nola lying on a stone slab surrounded by chanting, robed figures. A bleeding, Black Book sits atop a desecrated Altar. Everyone readies their wills and their weapons as the faint sounds of chanting echoes towards them.

There are three doors that lead from this otherworldly room, and again they split up. Despite what they’ve all just seen, they know that Nola doesn’t have much time. Carolyn decides to take the door to the right, up into the tower, Dexter and Gloria the door to the left. Ashcan, poor, bleeding Ashcan, bravely makes his way toward the chanting.

Though they proceed with caution, Dexter and Gloria are faced with no opposition. Through three doors they’ve gone, and three empty rooms they’ve found. Dexter’s feeling goes from bad to worse. As he passes through another door, an impossible silence wells up around him. He can barely hear Gloria’s screams over the sounds of infernal alien flutes. One moment he’s there, wherever there might actually be, and the next he simply isn’t. His existence is erased entirely, Dexter Drake the Magician is suddenly no more. At the same moment, in the realm of Earthly beings, Michael McGlen the Gangster seeks solace in the old Witch House, on the run from an angry mob after a job gone wrong. Panting through the porch door, solace is not something he’ll find on this night.

Carolyn, immediately upon entering the tower hallway is attacked by a mass of smoke that pours from the corner. It takes two rounds from her Walther to realize that it’s another monster, and screaming, she barely slips past into the next room. She searches for anything she can to fight off the beast, and tries to ease the loss of her mind but she finds Nothing of Interest. Peeking back outside she sees the thing still stalking, and she thinks of Nola. In a rage she charges, firing round after round, landing less than half of her shots. It proves enough, but upon death, the hound lets loose a shriek that sends fire through her senses and slowly blackens her vision. Through the coming darkness she can see the mangled body of the creature, but even staring up at the flickering light proves worthless. Carolyn has lost her sight.

Mustering what willpower she has left, Gloria begins to collect Dexter’s things. She unsheathes the Swordcane and gives it a whip to the left and right. Barely given enough time to mourn the loss of someone she can’t quite remember, a tar-like substance begins to ooze through the crevices around the door. Fleeing yet another Shoggoth, she is unaware that only more horror lies ahead.

Entering the portal room, she meets with Michael McGlen, having just been sucked through the attic portal. Carolyn comes stumbling back through from the Hallway and before any of them can utter a word, they all turn toward the sound of barking, shouting and shotgun fire. Throwing caution to the wind, they rush to the aid of Ashcan, only to find yet another of the formless, tar-like monsters guarding the door to where they’re sure Nola is being kept.

As the clock inches closer to midnight on this Walpurgis Eve, the sound of chanting engulfs them all. The dull roar of monsters and gunfire is nothing compared to the demonic sounds all around them. More…things flood from the door: a zombie and a hooded figure join the Shoggoth in the hallway. Ashcan and Michael look at each other and with a glance, they both know what must be done. They charge wildly past the growing horde, and manage to slip through the door to the Ceremony Room taking minimal damage from the creatures. Shoulder to shoulder, robed figures surround Nola, chanting as she begins to writhe and silently scream. All at once the figures turn toward Ashcan and Michael but through the crowd they catch a glimpse of Keziah Mason, the original owner of The Witch House. Keziah glides through the crowd, floating above ground, her eyes fixed on our brave, near-insane heroes. She begins to cackle.

The sound of their guns is lost among the chanting crowd. The door they came through bursts open as the Witch wills every monster to her. By some ungodly power, even more things squeezed into that tiny cave room, every one with hate for our investigators. Still fixed on the most important target, only a few bullets graze Keziah’s body and she barely flinches. Her once calm, collected face is now twisted with anger. As the sea of people begin to engulf them both, death only seconds away, Ashcan raises his shotgun for the last time.

Eyes tightly shut, he fires. The shot rings true and by luck alone, it lands squarely in the Witch’s chest. As her heart explodes, all sounds abruptly leave the room. The Witch’s corpse crumbles to the ground and the creatures and hooded figures seem to slide backwards into nothingness, leaving only the heartless body of Keziah behind. Gloria rushes in to Nola’s aid as she awakens from her terrible sleep, confused but otherwise unhurt. By the skin of their teeth, they’ve done it. Though the memory of Dexter Drake is lost forever, they’ve survived the Season of the Witch.

Season of the Witch is an expansion for Mansions of Madness, a cooperative board game for 2-5 players. You can find it on the Fantasy Flight Games website as well as on Amazon.

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Now, stick with me here, but a Secret Identity starter kit is just $20. I think it goes much deeper than that. I think the actual products are just a front for what’s really going on. Yeah, I’m sure they would gladly send some unknowing schmuck a wig and fake glasses for a bit of fun but with the right promo code at checkout they’ll give you a full workup. Birth certificates, social security cards, high school promo photos, financial history, the whole nine yards.

I think I’ve stumbled onto huge something here. If you’re reading this now, they’re after me. I’m sure of it. They know where I live, where I work and though they supply the good guys, I’m sure I’m just a speck in the grand scheme. A speck of dust, just waiting to be blown away. They’re here. Get out.

Save yourself.

Source – Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co.

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Mark VII Cologne

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SMASH! Cologne

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Worthy Cologne

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What’s that? Not a fan of Transformers, Doctor Who, Star Wars or Back to the Future? Still have a soul? In special circumstances such as this they’ll do their best to “make almost anything from steel and reproduce ideas and or images to exact specifications.” They really aren’t afraid to talk themselves up, and with good reason.

Alien Queen (6 feet 7 inches) $4,999.99

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The proposed Lifebook is a laptop computer concept based on the principle of “shared hardware”. Currently a lot of hardware is wasted when we use separate devices, as there is often a lot of “repeat” of data stored and features. For example if I have my songs on my music player, why do I have to block the same amount of storage on my laptop? Similarly, if I have a processor sitting in my tablet, why can it not also run/assist my laptop? If I have a fully functional camera with its own memory and image processing power, why do I need to have it repeated in my laptop?

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Outside of being a step in the right direction for Polaroid, I’m confident that other camera companies will soon realize what a big deal this basic design shift is. As it stands, many people have sated their need for point and shoot cameras with smartphones, seeing how smartphones have surpassed most consumer-grade cameras while still maintaining a quality good enough for Tumblr or Facebook. A camera with the same functionality of a smartphone will begin to regain some of the market share lost to the EVOs and iPhones.

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Source – Reddit

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This year, Archaia will be releasing a graphic novel series based on the Jim Henson’s The Storyteller television series. The books will be compilations from all sorts of wonderful people and still hold to the themes set forth in the original Storyteller series. Put simply, some of my favorite writers and illustrators are bringing back the magic that made The Storyteller so much fun. Oh, and I’m sure anyone that’s seen the show is going to have a pretty difficult time not doing the voices.

The Archaia site lists all sorts of people involved, including “Roger Langridge (The Muppet Show comic, Thor the Mighty Avenger), Marjorie Liu (Black Widow), Ron Marz (Green Lantern, Artifacts), Jeff Parker (Thor, Thunderbolts), Francesco Francavilla (Detective Comics), Chris Eliopoulos (Franklin Richards) and Janet Lee (Return of the Dapper Men). Plus: a never-before-seen story adapted from a screenplay by The Storyteller’s original author, Academy Award® winner Anthony Minghella (The English Patient).”

You can get a sneak peek of the first book on the Archaia website, and the set up they have lets you read it like you would a real comic. Katie Cook also gave us a sneak peek of her part, and says that she was asked to work in a very different style than she’s used to. “It’s not quite as cutesy-wootsy-shmootsy as I currently work. It’s different, I got a chance to branch out a bit and I had a great time doing it.” Here’s a small slice of her part, but you’ll have to pick up the book when it comes out to see the rest.

Source – Katie Can Draw

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