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Up for funding: Eldritch Skies
Battlefield Press is developing a Cthulhu Mythos roleplaying game by John Snead. Eldritch Skies is not horror but near-future science fiction, where humanity has adapted to the revelations of extradimensional and otherworldly beings and powers. It’s up for crowdfunding at Kickstarter now.
Scientists confirm the date of the Voynich manuscript
The Voynich manuscript, that quintessential template for indecipherable occult tomes in Call of Cthulhu (for its Call of Cthulhu stats see the Keeper’s Companion, Vol. 1), is in the news again. Carbon dating has established it was written the early 15th century, earlier than previously thought. Despite centuries of work, cryptographers are no closer to unlocking its…
The Last Lovecraft
What would happen if typical Call of Cthulhu players became typical Call of Cthulhu investigators, and they had a very forgiving gamemaster? The Last Lovecraft, that’s what. It’s an indie comedy about modern-day gamer nerds, Great Cthulhu, Deep Ones, and fish rape. Look for a full review in The Unspeakable Oath soon.
Join the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
From Yog-Sothoth.com: After more than a decade, the the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society have decided to reopen membership to the public. “When the HPLHS was first formed in the 1980s, we offered members cool certificates and membership cards. We abandoned issuing ‘official membership’ in the Society in the 1990s. But after thinking long and hard about…
Tom Cruise for ‘Mountains of Madness’?
We all know Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise crazy. Is that the right kind of crazy for Lovecraft? James Cameron tells MTV that he’s trying to seal the deal to have Tom Cruise star in Guillermo del Toro’s film adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness. “I don’t think we have a deal with him yet,…
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