This project seems to have grown legs... four of them! 

After investigating costs for a special print run for these cards they seem to be very expensive.  At this point, I am considering creating a Crowdfunding Campaign that would allow buying cards at cost via DTC with the special GODS MUST BE CANINE tome...and that the book will be the focus of the funding.  This way things can remain less costly..... the book is quite large at the moment full of background mythology, a tarot treading system, and some card magic aspects.... and there will be a bonus book from the magic community as well as a soundtrack!!!!  I'm aiming to get the campaign up on Kickstarter in late November / early December..

After the MYTHODOGICAL DECK is done, one of the next projects is finishing off The Tarot Deck of Surreal Horror Bruce Ballon & William King

• An Oracular Set of Symbols for Readings
• A Bizarre Magic Dream/Nightmare Deck
• A Stand Alone Narrative Card Game
• A Prop for Horror RPGs and LARP
• A system for evoking fear and inserting surreal events in RPGs
• An Artifact for the Collectors of the Mysterious
• A Découpé method to reenact the experience of the Play itself.... beware!!!

This will be via DTC as well as a special limited edition via Crowdfunding (we hope!)

A Deck of Distortions (cognitive that is!)

New art from Cortes Flavio! Epic!

One of the things COVID-19 resulted in was Bruce and a bunch of old colleagues having time to switch to virtual RPGs... during that time, Bruce wrote up an adventure as well as a campaign for DnD - his friends said they were so fun they should be written up... so in addition to GOTM above, the DKIH was a one shot dark parody of the Guns of Navarone...

More Information & Art on this Project are now Available... the GOTM project expanding with some further plots, side quests/adventures, and bizarre NPCs!  Check out the "Chap" & friends...

Speaking of the Carcosa Contests of the past....

Well, the stars are right and the portals to Carcosa have re-appeared! In other words, Bruce has had the time to go sifting through old files on his computer and say “wow, these were great!!! We got to release them again on the world!!!” He reached out to those who submitted their amazing theatrical pieces to get their permission to re-release their materials in this project, “ALL MANNER OF MYSTERIES.”

Why call it “ALL MANNER OF MYSTERIES”?

Because the materials deal with all manner of mysteries! From ghostly bells, survival after death, wendigos, extra-terrestrials, ancient mysteries, eldritch Lovecraftian horrors, quantum mechanics/chaos theory, Tibetan lore, and much more! In addition to the submissions, the secrets of Bruce’s Carcosa Collection props will be shared as well.

One of my favourite heroes in the world of imagination has been Rod Serling, creator of the Twilight Zone and the Night Gallery. In fact, many of my magic routines and stage persona have been built around Rod Serling’s approach to presenting mysteries that engage people to reflect on the human condition. In homage to his great inspiration, this book will be edited in a way to emulate those shows, and thus its title: “The Twilight Gallery.” So as you might expect, the majority of the work does follow a kind of twilight zone / night gallery feel! 

It has been over two decades since my last Horror / Cthulhu RPG Campaign project came out (UNSEEN MASTERS)... so the Stars are Right for another... watch the Skies!

The first scenarios are ready for play testing and my old play testing pals are ready to take on the challenge!

(Yes, it will involve exploring mental health concepts and support good causes again, as with all my projects)...