The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
@goodfriendsofje.bsky.social
A regular podcast about Call of Cthulhu, horror films, and horror gaming in general. Hosted by Scott Dorward and Matt Sanderson.

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Zach from @pretendingpod.bsky.social joins us again, this time to explore the many ways religion connects to horror

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Religious Horror, with Zach Reeves - Blasphemous Tomes
Zach Reeves of Pretending to be People joins the Good Friends to discuss the subgenre of religious horror and how we might use it in our games
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February 10, 2026 at 3:54 PM
It's wonderful seeing the little fellow making a return!
I don’t often make second versions but for “reasons” I’m making a new Padthulhu based on @evandorkin.bsky.social cover from an issue of the Blasphemous Tome by @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social a couple of years ago. Still in WIP stage but I made a good start on it today.

#cthulhu #sculpture #art
February 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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I finished Scratchman last night which was a huge amount of fun. I then started leafing through a book about Cryptids that I bought in Des Moines last year. I think my subconscious was swayed by the recent @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social episode about cryptids.
January 28, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Zach Reeves from @pretendingpod.bsky.social joins the Good Friends to explore how we can create campaigns by mixing together disparate Call of Cthulhu scenarios.

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Connecting Scenarios in Call of Cthulhu, with Zach Reeves - Blasphemous Tomes
Zach Reeves of Pretending to be People joins the Good Friends to discuss connecting scenarios in Call of Cthulhu to create an ad hoc campaign
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January 27, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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There are a pile of online cons through the year which are worth a look... @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social do an excellent horror one.
January 18, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Paula Deming joins the Good Friends once again to talk about our favourite cryptids and how they might find their way into our games

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Cryptids and Call of Cthulhu, with Paula Deming - Blasphemous Tomes
Paula Deming joins the the Good Friends to explore the hidden world of cryptids, and how they might inspire our Call of Cthulhu games
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January 13, 2026 at 5:57 PM
For a little over a year, we've been putting out monthly bonus episodes on Patreon in which Matt and Scott revisit recent episodes with insights and ideas they couldn't fit into the original discussion.

We thought we'd share one of these publicly as a taste.

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Bonus: Just One More Thing - Blasphemous Tomes
The Good Friends of Jackson Elias present a sample of our backer-only podcast, Just One More Thing, offering new thoughts on recent episodes
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January 6, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Paula Deming joins the Good Friends to discuss the various ways Cthulhu's tentacles have wormed their way into board games.

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Cthulhu and Board Games, with Paula Deming - Blasphemous Tomes
Paula Deming joins the the Good Friends to explore the overlap between Cthulhu and board games, picking some Lovecraft-themed favourites
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January 6, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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GOAT OF THE YEAR
Commission for the Blasphemous Tome #14 @goodfriendsofje.bsky.social Inked traditionally, colored digitally by yours truly 2025
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
@rossbryant.bsky.social joins the Good Friends once again, this time to discuss Hitchcock's 1963 classic The Birds and the Daphne du Maurier story which inspired it.

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The Birds, with Ross Bryant - Blasphemous Tomes
Ross Bryant joins the the Good Friends to discuss Alfred Hitchcock's horror film The Birds and the Daphne du Maurier story which hatched it
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December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Part 1 of our annual festive ghost story reading is now out! You can hear the next part live at 22:30 GMT on the Good Friends Discord server.

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The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen - part 1 - Blasphemous Tomes
The Good Friends of Jackson Elias present a reading of Arthur Machen's "The Great God Pan", directed by Mike Perceval-Maxwell.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
@rossbryant.bsky.social joins the Good Friends once again to discuss techniques for bringing narration to life as a Keeper. There's a lot of solid, practical advice in this episode.

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Narration in Call of Cthulhu, with Ross Bryant - Blasphemous Tomes
Ross Bryant joins the the Good Friends to discuss various narration techniques that can bring our games of Call of Cthulhu to horrifying life
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December 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Glad you liked it!

I totally get the appeal of bofffer larps, but I agree that they're not my thing. It was an interesting and weirdly educational experience, however, and it did affect how I look at tabletop games.
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Ericka Skirpan joins the Good Friends again to explore how we might create horror scenarios without any external antagonists

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We Are the Horror, with Ericka Skirpan - Blasphemous Tomes
Ericka Skirpan joins the the Good Friends to discuss how we can play horror RPGs with no external antagonists
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November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ericka Skirpan joins the Good Friends to discuss how we might various techniques from LARP in our tabletop games

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Using LARP Techniques at the Table, with Ericka Skirpan - Blasphemous Tomes
Ericka Skirpan joins the the Good Friends to explore how we can apply LARP techniques to tabletop RPGs such as Call of Cthulhu
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November 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@jaredlogan.bsky.social joins the Good Friends once more, this time for a deep dive into Arthur Machen's classic weird tale "The White People"

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The White People, with Jared Logan - Blasphemous Tomes
Jared Logan joins the the Good Friends to Arthur Machen's weird fairy tale The White People and how it can our inspire Call of Cthulhu games
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October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
@jaredlogan.bsky.social joins the Good Friends to help us work out why we love gore so much, why it makes us laugh, and how we can use it in our games without it becoming numbing

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The Joy of Gore, with Jared Logan - Blasphemous Tomes
Jared Logan joins the the Good Friends to discuss the the joy of gore, and how we can bring some blood and guts to our Call of Cthulhu games
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October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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The Day We Met? is now a completed series on Push the Roll with @rossbryant.bsky.social

We laughed, we panicked, we maybe fell in love. Big thanks to @rashawnscott.bsky.social for making this game unforgettable.

Catch all the episodes wherever you listen to podcasts.
October 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
@rinahaenze.bsky.social joins us for a follow-up to our zombie chat. This time, we're sinking our teeth into 28 Days Later, looking for gaming inspiration.

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28 Days Later, with Maverick Haenze - Blasphemous Tomes
Maverick Haenze joins the the Good Friends to discuss the 2002 British horror film 28 Days Later, looking for gaming inspiration
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September 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
@rinahaenze.bsky.social joins the Good Friends to discuss how zombies changed from sorcerously cursed slaves to apocalyptic hordes of flesh-eating ghouls, and how we might use them in our games.

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Zombies, with Maverick Haenze - Blasphemous Tomes
Maverick Haenze joins the the Good Friends to discuss how zombies have shambled from Haitian beliefs to horror media, mutating on the way
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September 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Most of that was down to @aptshadow.bsky.social and his amazing GMing
September 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Andy Goodman from @goodmania.bsky.social joins the Good Friends to explore different ways to shake up and customise the Mythos

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Roll Your Own Mythos, with Andy Goodman - Blasphemous Tomes
Andy Goodman joins the the Good Friends to discuss how to roll your own Mythos from other inspirations and transform Call of Cthulhu
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August 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
That's amazing!
August 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Thank you so much for joining us! We really enjoyed chatting with you.
July 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@stardustandsigil.bsky.social joins the Good Friends to discuss what metafiction is, how it applies to horror, and how we can bring it into our games. Or maybe how it can bring us into our games.

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Metafiction and Horror, with Eleanor Hingley - Blasphemous Tomes
Author Eleanor Hingley joins the The Good Friends of Jackson Elias to how metafiction and horror might combine in Call of Cthulhu
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July 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM