Unknown Armies Thread Necromancy

Today's guest blog is by Atlas Games President and carpentry advocate John Nephew, who makes diving into the archives of gaming his obsession identity.

One of the things I love about Unknown Armies is how it seems to compel fans to create and share fantastic ideas.  I was reminded of this by Eric Brennan's recent thread on RPG.net's forums, outlining a cabal and campaign focused on the fringes of Hollywood stardom and the occult underground.

If you're looking for a taste of what makes Unknown Armies special, or inspiration for putting together your own game, here are links to some fan creations that may interest you.

• News From The Occult Underground, a website that John Tynes maintained for a long time as a repository for fan-created content, is loaded with unnatural goodness.
• The "Unknown Armies plot-in-a-line thread," from back in 2004 on RPG.net.
• An actual play thread for a game called "Shadows of Chicago" also on RPG.net.
• An Occult Underground-themed Fiasco playset add-in.
• The Sunshine Cab Company (and related RPG.net forum thread).
• "Twenty-Six Plots for Unknown Armies Based on Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'."
• "Unknown Armies — Plots and Conspiracies," six seed plots for your UA campaign.
• "Using Unknown Armies for a Zombie Survival Game," some house rules (for UA2, but easily tweaked for UA3) and story seeds for playing Walking Dead–style Z-horror.
• UA3 contributor Ryan Macklin's archive of UA articles, including using UA passions to create depth, and new schools of magick.