The Loch Ness Monster Is a Dinosaur’s Ghost

Nov 01, 2006 09:32


While designing The Esoterrorists, I had no idea that a top-notch systemless sourcebook already exists for the game: Jon Ronson’s The Men Who Stare At Goats. It’s an alternately funny and scary journalistic inquiry into the influence of New Age and paranormal beliefs on US military intelligence in the age of terror. Ronson traces the ongoing impact ( Read more... )

esoterrorists, book hut, conspiracy, craziness, forteana

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gbsteve November 1 2006, 15:21:47 UTC
If Ronson is your Bible, then the Fortean Times must be your Marie Clair!

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eyebeams November 2 2006, 06:29:06 UTC
I used that book as the inspiration for a section in a WoD book. The section never got used, but not for lack of niftiness.

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eruditus November 2 2006, 18:59:59 UTC
It was inspiration for a "special projects" game I was designing (shunting to the back burner for now).

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balthial February 9 2007, 19:46:01 UTC
I really enjoyed "Them" and am going to check this out as soon as I get a chance, thanks for making me aware of it.

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