Modern Mythos - ep.53
Modern Mythos with Jon and Seth
In this episode, Seth and Jon welcome historian and game designer, Shannon Appelcline, to the show. Designers & Dragons: Origins -- Shannon's Blog -- Modern Mythos Patreon -- We can’t do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa, Edwin Nagy, and Zach Sokol for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. He’s a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. And finally, we...
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Space Between Time - ep. 5
Modern Mythos with Jon and Seth
Jon Hook as The Keeper of Arcane Lore David as Zadok Felton (a Physicist) Dru as Acadian Broussard (a Pharmicist) Erin as Libby Howizer (an Art Dealer) Troy as Augustas "Gus" Jones (a Handyman) Vanessa as Violette Holzmann (a Botanist) Willie as Tomas Leche Dvaca (a Student)
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Space Between Time - ep. 4
Modern Mythos with Jon and Seth
Jon Hook as The Keeper of Arcane Lore David as Zadok Felton (a Physicist) Dru as Acadian Broussard (a Pharmicist) Erin as Libby Howizer (an Art Dealer) Troy as Augustas "Gus" Jones (a Handyman) Vanessa as Violette Holzmann (a Botanist) Willie as Tomas Leche Dvaca (a Student)
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Ep. 52
Modern Mythos with Jon and Seth
This month, Seth and Jon gush about the amazing series on Hulu/FX... ALIEN: Earth. -- WARNING -- There are SPOILERS!!! In addition to ALIEN: Earth, Jon talks about the new Role-Playing Game of the Planet of the Apes, published by Magnetic Press Play. ALIEN: Earth Created for television, and written by, Noah Hawley Staring: Sydney Chandler (Wendy) Essie Davis (Dame Sylvia) Samuel Blenkin (Boy Kavalier) Babou Ceesay (Morrow) Alex Lawther (Joe Hermit) Adarsh Gourav (Slightly) Timothy Olyphant (Kirsh) The series is set two years before the classic 1979 movie, ALIEN, by Ridley...
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Space Between Time - ep. 3
Modern Mythos with Jon and Seth
Jon Hook as The Keeper of Arcane Lore David as Zadok Felton (a Physicist) Dru as Acadian Broussard (a Pharmicist) Erin as Libby Howizer (an Art Dealer) Troy as Augustas "Gus" Jones (a Handyman) Vanessa as Violette Holzmann (a Botanist) Willie as Tomas Leche Dvaca (a Student)
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Modern Mythos - Ep.51
Modern Mythos with Jon and Seth
Join Seth and Jon as they welcome Jeffrey Moeller to the show, author of such works as "Ladybug Ladybug Fly Away Home," and the upcoming "Seasons Change." Jon and Seth also talk about the horror they've been consuming over the summer, be it on TV, movies, or reading.
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Space Between Time - ep. 2
Modern Mythos with Jon and Seth
Jon Hook as The Keeper of Arcane Lore David as Zadok Felton (a Physicist) Dru as Acadian Broussard (a Pharmicist) Erin as Libby Howizer (an Art Dealer) Troy as Augustas "Gus" Jones (a Handyman) Vanessa as Violette Holzmann (a Botanist) Willie as Tomas Leche Dvaca (a Student)
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Space Between Time - Ep. 1
Modern Mythos with Jon and Seth
Jon Hook as The Keeper of Arcane Lore David as Zadok Felton (a Physicist) Dru as Acadian Broussard (a Pharmicist) Erin as Libby Howizer (an Art Dealer) Troy as Augustas "Gus" Jones (a Handyman) Vanessa as Violette Holzmann (a Botanist) Willie as Tomas Leche Dvaca (a Student)
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Summer Book Club 2025
Modern Mythos with Jon and Seth
Welcome to a new season of the Summer Book Club! In this episode, hosts Jon Hook and James Droucker talk about the selection of stories in "Into the Cthulhu-Universe," edited by Steven Paulsen and Christopher Sequeira. Table of Contents: The Chaos Lords of Mars, by Jonathan Maberry Twas Brilling, by Cat Rambo Sweet Music, by Jason Nahrung Simbiyu and the Nameless, by Eugene Bacon The Meatamorphosis, by Aaron Sterns Innsmouth Park, by Jane Routley The Queen's Solution, by Peter Rawlik & Sal Ciano Dread Island, by Joe R. Lansdale Fhtagntastic Four, by Christopher Sequeria...
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Ep. 50 - Unusual Suspects
Modern Mythos with Jon and Seth
Seth and Jon are in the balcony to talk about movies made within the last ten years that are considered Lovecraftian, or Lovecraftian adjacent. But first, thank you to Graeme Patrick for sponsoring this episode! Check out his amazing scenario, Of Sorrow & Clay, available on the Miskatonic Repository on DriveThruRPG. Of Sorrow & Clay is an 1880s scenario set deep in the Appalachian Mountains Has a fantastic cast of extremely memorable mountain-folk NPCs for the PCs to encounter and 5 pre-gen investigators perfect for this remorse mountain setting Some really cool (and new)...
info_outlineUp next in the Summer Book Club, Writing Monsters, by Philip Athans!
Listen as Jon and James discuss this (spoilers) AMAZING book on writing and designing monsters. The book is written from the perspective that the advice is for authors writing books, but the advice is equally applicable to authors writing roleplaying game adventures.