Cthulhu Dark is Graham Walmsley’s free, fast-playing, two-page tabletop RPG about investigating the Cthulhu Mythos and going insane. Beyond the core rules he’s added basic principles for running it (“focus on the characters,” “respond with fuckery”), detailed guidelines for running it, and tips on scenario creation. And a bunch of optional rules and suggestions for getting…
Monthly Archives: March 2011
A look at ‘The Whisperer in Darkness’
The Houston Press blog Art Attack has a fun interview with Andrew Leman and Sean Branney of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Preservation Society about their upcoming film adaptation of The Whisperer in Darkness. Fun tidbits: Shooting on location in Vermont, the setting of Lovecraft’s story. CGI tech for a stop-motion look. The Mi-Go from every…
A new Delta Green scenario with Jericho Bay
Dennis Detwiller has launched a fundraiser for the new Godlike adventure “The Invasion of Jericho Bay.” If he gets enough support to pay for the work that went into it, he’ll set it up so everyone can download it. By itself “Jericho Bay” is a terrific adventure (I know, I edited it). To sweeten the…
Previewing The Unspeakable Oath 19
The Unspeakable Oath 19 (March 2011) is available in PDF and print. The Unspeakable Oath 19 is edited by Adam Crossingham, Dan Harms, Shane Ivey and Greg Stolze, and illustrated by Dennis Detwiller. It includes: The Dread Page of Azathoth This issue’s foreword by editor-in-chief Shane Ivey. The Eye of Light and Darkness Reviews of games,…
Lovecraft and the occult
Ectoplasmosis has a fun discussion today of the influence of H.P. Lovecraft’s fiction upon the real beliefs of occultists. It’s inspired by Erik Davis’ Calling Cthulhu but is fun reading in its own right; not least because it name-checks our own Dan Harms. Since most Call of Cthulhu games are all about occultists digging in to…
Floor plans for insane asylums
Planning a visit to a madhouse? Of course you are, it’s Call of Cthulhu. These plans should come in handy. Thanks to Monte Cook for the link.
The Unspeakable Oath for disaster relief
For the rest of the month, The Unspeakable Oath 18 is only $5 in PDF at RPGNow and DriveThruRPG, and all proceeds go to the Red Cross for disaster relief in Japan. Please spread the word to Call of Cthulhu players and gamers who might pitch in. (Thanks to John Kovalic and Dork Tower for…
‘At the Mountains of Madness’ movie update: Dead or sleeping
Rumors have been flying all week about Guillermo del Toro’s big-budget adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness, the movie that he’s been trying to make his entire career. First io9 scooped everyone with news that it would start shooting in June. Then they unscooped themselves when a Universal producer said it was still in…
Delta Green proofreaders needed
A word from Scott Glancy at Pagan Publishing: Greetings Agents and Cultists, Pagan Publishing and Arc Dream are moving towards fully releasing the Delta Green catalog as PDFs and ebooks. As part of that we have re-edited the Delta Green core sourcebook to remove all the OGL/d20 material from the book. Now we need to…
The Cthulhu Tract
This legendary send-up of Jack Chick’s crazy evangelical tracts has made the rounds among gamers and Lovecraft aficianados for years. Enjoy.
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