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In this episode, we take a look at horror-adjacent nominations for the 2018 ENnies, and then we do some riffing on how to make bad films into fertilizer for games. This episode was recorded on July 5, 2018.We want to hear from you!By email: [email protected]By phone: (401) 400-0MUP (0687)By Twitter: @MU_PodcastBy Speakpipe: (Click the floating tab on the far right of this page)On our forum: mu-podcast.com/campus.Like what you hear? Please become a Patron! >> mu-podcast.com/patron <<Campus CrierFirst, thanks to everyone once again for making our Sesquicentennial so memorable!IMPORTANT CORRECTION: During the recording for this show, we mentioned that HPLHS prop sets for Masks of Nyarlathotep had sold out. This is not the case at all. There is a quirk with the website that displays "sold out" before it launches, but the text clearly explains that this is not true. Please accept our apologies for the error!ENnies! There are several horror-adjacent products on the list of nominations this year.Click here to vote for your favorite ENnie nominees!Chaosium won a total of 8 nominations, including 5 Call of Cthulhu products: BEST ADVENTURE: The Two-Headed SerpentBEST ART COVER - Down Darker TrailsBEST MONSTER/ADVERSARY - Down Darker TrailsBEST PRODUCTION VALUES: The Grand GrimoireBEST SUPPLEMENT: Reign of TerrorDarker Hue Studios got 5 nominations: BEST ART COVER: Harlem Unbound, Darker Hue StudiosBEST RULES: Harlem Unbound, Darker Hue StudiosBEST SETTING: Harlem Unbound, Darker Hue StudiosBEST WRITING: Harlem Unbound, Darker Hue StudiosPRODUCT OF THE YEAR: Harlem Unbound, Darker Hue StudiosArc Dream also got a bunch of nominations:BEST ELECTRONIC BOOK: Delta Green: A Night at the Opera, Arc Dream PublishingBEST ADVENTURE: Delta Green: A Night at the Opera, Arc Dream PublishingBEST GAME: Delta Green: The RPG, Arc Dream PublishingBEST PRODUCTION VALUES: Delta Green: The RPG, Arc Dream PublishingBEST WRITING: Delta Green: The Way it Went Down, Arc Dream Publishing; Author: Dennis DetwillerOther horror game nominations include:BEST ELECTRONIC BOOK: Hudson and Brand, Stygian Fox PublishingBEST RULES: Cthulhu Confidential, Pelgrane Press; Authors: Robin D. Laws, Chris Spivey, Ruth TillmanBEST PRODUCTION VALUES: Bluebeard's Bride, Magpie GamesBEST GAME: Red Markets: A Game of Economic Horror, Hebanon Games; Authors: Caleb Stokes, Laura Briskin-Limehouse, Ross PaytonAnd...MU PODCAST ALSO GOT A NOMINATION!Voting is open through Saturday, July 21, at The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on August 3rd at GenCon.https://www.chaosium.com/blogchaosium-receives-eight-nominations-in-the-2018-ennie-awards/http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5378-Congratulations-To-The-2018-ENnies-Nominees!There has been a little reorganization at Stygian Fox. Stephanie MacLea wrote on the publisher’s Facebook page, that frequent editor Jeff Moeller will be moving on to work on other projects, and after a series of effusive “thank yous,” she said: “we feel that Jeff and I have kinda run our course in terms of joint projects.” But before that, comments on the Kickstarter page for Fear’s Sharp Little Needles were initially tense and suggested the split was not on such good terms. But backers for Fear’s Sharp Little Needles have received a version of the b...