The House of Lost Loves

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• To be entirely fair, the Author says it's a horrible adventure right on the cover.

  I'm going to pretend there is no audience for this. Makes it easier to get through the day.

• Tragic! If only he had included more Robots this might have been had some merit.

• Writing a campaign arc that starts here and ends with the Elder Worm, two of the highest rated adventures on the site :)

• The only thing missing here is a Venger co-author citation. Seriously, how did he not get in on this?

  • The Big Hoss is much less rape. More of a coke fueled orgiastic rite with Spongebob and Aladdin and green skinned alien strange rather than whatever this shit is.

• I am not made surprise that the mr tenfoot is ascared of woman. We must praise the venus in the life and in the game.

  • Is that the point of this adventure, then? Some sort of anti-feminist statement? That you pay $12 for and can't use at the table?

• Adventure of the Year, but did they remember to include detailed trigger warnings?

• Humor aside, where did it go wrong for LotFP? The system has brought us gems in the past but nowadays It seems it's a refuge for edgelords, with very few exceptions. I really wish Raggi would try some quality control for the products that use his IP. Adventures like this just ruin the system. Unless he doesn't care or actually likes such products for the shock factor.

  Like Prince said in a recent review, there are 2 LotFP. This edgy one, and the horror, dirty, hopeless, medieval-like. In my opinion Raggi needs to decide what the system identifies as.

  • It's a short story actually. LotFP attracted a lot of stellar writers in its early days with its refreshingly loud and bold indie punk-rock aesthetic, but when James Raggi started using that fame as a platform for some questionable views and support for some terrible people, those writers didn't wanted to be associated with him or his game anymore. On top of that, other games came along that built on LotFP's ill-directed edginess towards more coherently mature directions (Troika for instance, and Mork Borg). So pretty much the only people left who want to write LotFP adventures anymore is Raggi himself, and his wannabe-edgelord fans sticking with LotFP for culture-war reasons

  • No.

    Lotfp managed to be a bridge between old styles and new styles, and got itself an all star cast: Zzarchov, Geoffrey Mckinney, Jeff Rients etc. It was a blend of everything, and it allowed unlimited creative freedom. Many things published during that great epoch are still spoken fondly of today: Carcosa, Veins of the Earth, Towers Two, Death Frost Doom, Broodmother Skyfortress.

    Unfortunately James made the same mistake many others do and he got involved with the freakshows. You know them. They all live in coastal cities. They all have the same ideas. They are constantly embroiled in drama, nazi accusations, weird sex allegations and blacklisting. When James naively opened the doors to these people, it did not take very long for his own brand to become the victim of their drama. Most of the rats left the sinking ship and moved to Troika (nogames mental illness) and Mork Borg (vapid hot-topic graffiti appealing to preteens). Unfortunately Lotfp still has a small diehard group of freakshow fans and no one wants to associate with them if they can avoid it so the end result is mostly edgy lacklustre performance, with occasional ok entries by Kelvin Green. Every once in a while a normal entry slips through and is ok.

    Quick question. Does anyone know any good MB or Troika supplements that a D&D player would be interested in? No? Any adventures? Anything of significance? How odd. Me neither.

    When you comment here, you are expected to maintain a certain standard and be knowledgeable about the topic you opine on. This is not a diary for your thoughts. Ask yourself: Am I really set out for commenting? Would I not be more productive being worked to death in a field, held at gunpoint by a malnourished Cambodean infantryman?

    Think about it.

    • Bryce managed to find two to list as "The Best". Just sayin'...

      https://tenfootpole.org/ironspike/?p=7840

      https://tenfootpole.org/ironspike/?p=7757

      • He does have an incongruously soft spot for ArtPunk...

    • Tacitus, thank you for taking the time and effort to prove the point by being a clear example of the reprehensible sorts whose association with LotFP have degraded its reputation so thoroughly.

      Your inner life is a lot of furious futile thoughts about people who don't care you exist, isn't it?

      • And yet... here we are... claiming the high ground... on the internet... Wallow in it, that high ground, wallow in it boys.

      • Your attempts at psychological analysis are as poorly conceived as your attempts at historical revisionism.

        It is not enough that you come over here to shamelessly distort reality with your brazen lies. This in itself could be excused, for lying is second nature to you and your distasteful ilk. But where are you talking about games? Offering useful insights on the latest module review?

        The truth is you have nothing to offer and produce nothing. You are a parasite that enjoys sitting in judgement of others while contributing nothing. We don't want that here.

        • Oof. What a horrible way to describe yourself.

• Hey Bryce, you're probably already aware, but the tenfootpole.org launch page is broken - it says the site is under construction and doesn't redirect to your reviews. Just making sure you know.

• Is it just me or, of the lady on the cover, is one eye a-hunting and the other one is a-fishing?

• Do you get to kiss any of the titty anime milfs?