This post is from one of several previous incarnations of this site and probably doesn’t quite fit the current format. In a former life this was a group blog and a tumblelog before it became a static jekyll site. If anything looks broken or is worded oddly that could be why. Pardon the dust.
1930s inspiration for freebie knick-knacks included with Infocom games. I once read about a Lovecraftian play-by-mail game that sent you little props and physical clues with every turn. Sounded cool.