Film Studies – The Name of the Rose (The One Which Inspired Rosewood Abbey)

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This episode inspired Kalum’s brand new tabletop RPG: “Rosewood Abbey“.

For this episode, Kalum is joined by an absolute dream team to discuss historical TTRPG settings and the most exciting corners of history:

• Dr Lynne Hardy from Chaosium
• Sebastian Major from “Our Fake History Podcast“

They discussed about “The Name of the Rose“, a monastic mystery released in 1986, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and adapted from Umberto Eco‘s eponymous best-seller. This movie saw Christian Slater‘s debut and preceded Sean Connery‘s career revival.

As usual, we review this film and discuss ways it could inspire tabletop RPG adventures, characters, or practices.

Mentioned tabletop RPG settings and systems:

• “Call of Cthulhu“, “Rivers of London“, “Cthulhu Dark Ages” by Chaosium
• “Cogs, Cakes & Swordsticks” by Lynne Hardy for Modiphius
• “Witch: The Road to Lindisfarne” by Kevin Barthaud and Richard Lacy for Pompey Crew Design
• “Brindlewood Bay” by Jason Cordova for The Gauntlet
• “The Dying Earth RPG” by Pelgrane Press
• “Rosewood Abbey” and “Paris Gondo – The Life-Saving Magic of Inventorying” by Kalum for The Rolistes

We also referenced:

• Episodes of “Our Fake History Podcast” by Sebastian Major, including “Episode 113 – Who is Kyiv’s Most Vengeful Saint?“, “Episode 88 – Are the Dark Ages a Myth?“.
• Episodes of “Hardcore History” by Dan Carlin, including “Episode 48 – Prophets of Doom” and “Episode 56 – King of Kings“.
• “La Guilde des Rôlistes Francophones de Londres” which was featured in “Episode 1 – Pimm’s Particles & Guilde des Rolistes Francophones de Londres“.
• “How We Roll Podcast” by Joe Trier
• “Chaosium’s Lynne Hardy: Realism vs Verisimilitude in Roleplaying Games“, an episode of the GMS Magazine Podcast.

See you then for more silver screen extravaganza.

Cheers

Kalum

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