By John Tynes, © 1991 [The following column generated some interesting comments from readers, both positive and negative. It was my first attempt at formulating and expressing the philosophy that guides the magazine, the same philosophy (more or less) that guided HPL's writing. It may seem strange to speak of a philosophy guiding the content…
© 1994 by the respective writers [TUO3 inaugurated our letters column, a staple of any magazine. The amount of space devoted to letters has varied from issue to issue — TUO8/9 had the most with six full pages. Despite appearances, we don't really get a lot of letters commenting about the Oath. Hint, hint! —…
Now that The Unspeakable Oath 21 is available in print and in PDF, we have completed the four-issue subscription commitment that we made when we relaunched the Oath at the end of 2010. You can now sign up for a new four-issue subscription — and at a discount over buying each issue individually. Making the new subscription available took…
By John Tynes, © 1994 [This was the first "Message" to really work, I think, and I'm still pleased with it. Astute readers will notice the "Masks of Nyarlathotep" reference contained herein. — John Scott Tynes, 1994] Johann faxed me the note from the plush home of a minor despot somewhere in the jungles of…
By Les Dean and John Tynes, © 1994 [The debut of our review column. I think the review of "Return to Dunwich" set the standard I was looking for in TUO reviews, since it considered the item in question not just as a gaming supplement, but as a creative work with thematic intentions. — John…
Since it first appeared as the Encyclopedia Cthulhiana in the 1990s, the Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia by Dan Harms has been the go-to resource for deep research since into the works of H.P. Lovecraft and the writers he inspired. You could look up any Cthulhu Mythos entity or name or title in the table of contents and each one was cross-referenced with…
By John Tynes, © 1994 [I've long been fascinated by the Consume Likeness spell; it was the centerpiece of my scenario "Nemo Solus Sapit" in Chaosium's "The Stars Are Right!" and does the same here, as well as in my notes for a solo scenario that I never wrote. This is the only Tale of…
By Thomas Stratman, © 1994 [This article contained the second in our series of special inclusions or "goo-gaws," the first being the cardstock figures and pull-out maps of TUO2's "Grace Under Pressure." The following article presents an auction of occult memorabilia for investigators attend. In the center of TUO3 was a sheet of high-quality almond-color…
By Mark Morrison, © 1994 [Mark's column this time was about Mythos books, and fit quite well with the Mysterious Manuscripts feature. I considered it the first step towards having a "theme" issue, which achieved substantial success in TUO5 and TUO6. We haven't done a real theme issue since those two, but hope to again…
The Unspeakable Oath needs playtesting on two or three scenarios that might find their way into The Unspeakable Oath 22. We need it done right away, with reports due in only two or three weeks. If you are available on that tight timetable, please email shane.ivey@gmail.com to let us know which of these you can…
