I’m getting proofs this week from the printer. Assuming they’re clean (or at least clean enough), The Unspeakable Oath 18 might start shipping by Christmas Eve.
The masthead page of The Unspeakable Oath 18. A distillation of awesomeness for Call of Cthulhu.
It’s been a long time since the Oath last appeared, but we decided early on that the new issues would stick with the format that always worked. It has a couple of feature articles, a long scenario, reviews of a few of the greatest things to be published for Cthulhu Mythos gaming in recent years, and a host of short, punchy, very playable artifacts, scenario seeds and manuscripts for Call of Cthulhu games.
"The Chinaman's Screen," an Arcane Artifact for Call of Cthulhu.
We’ve highlighted the editorial board that’s behind the Oath, but I want to take a moment to recognize the writers and artists who helped create issue 18. Richard Becker crafted a scenario with depth and horror in “Dog Will Hunt,” and he responded like a champion to the constructive criticism that our playtesters sent. Adam Gauntlett wrote for the Oath back in the day and he contributed a uniquely fun, frightful artifact with “The Chinaman’s Screen.” James Haughton’s “Tales of Nephren-Ka” explores the history of an influential but little-known Lovecraftian character and details a number of tomes that Egyptologists in the game would kill or die to obtain. Pat Harrigan reads unpleasant possibilities into Cold War “numbers stations” in “The Branchly Numbers Edit,” and he returns for a creepy Tale of Terror with “Slight Return.” C.A. Suleiman and George Holochwost brave the worst of the Dust Bowl storms in “Black Sunday.”
"Tales of Nephren-Ka" presents the ancient texts behind an infamous pharaoh.
And the Oath’s editors are in the mix: Dan Harms has an unsettling example of escape from the horrors of the Cthulhu Mythos in “The Forgotten,” and his “The Chapel of Contemplation” takes a deep look at the cult behind “The Haunting,” the oldest Call of Cthulhu scenario. Monte Cook gives us “House of Hunger,” a Tale of Terror with three ugly alternatives. I (Shane Ivey) wrote “The Word,” the short story that closes the issue. And Oath founding editor John Scott Tynes contributed “Mr. Popatov,” a Tale of Terror where the setup is as creepy as its three possible scenarios.
Monte Cook's house is hungry.
Todd Shearer did the cover art with its moment of resurrection and revelation. Toren Atkinson provided most of the interior art, with a few great pieces by Oath art director Dennis Detwiller. Jessica Hopkins did graphic design. Their work looks fantastic.
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Shane Ivey, editor-in-chief
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