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News and links about the Cthulhu Mythos.
‘Nemesis’ on RPGNow
A few years ago we put together a free roleplaying game of Cthulhu Mythos horror called NEMESIS, using the One Roll Engine of Godlike, Monsters and Other Childish Things, Wild Talents, Reign, and A Dirty World. NEMESIS includes Greg Stolze’s…
Cthulhu Dark
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,…
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,…
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…
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.
‘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…
Where everybody knows you’re doomed
The Lovecraft is a bar in Portland, Oregon named for H.P. Lovecraft. And not just named for him — wallpapered with his stories and photos. Food is apparently limited to tamales and Japanese hand rolls, but let’s hope they add…
Lovecraft’s complete works in a free ebook
Cthulhu Chick has finished formatting the complete works of H.P. Lovecraft in a single big ebook file that you can download for Kindle and Nook (and iPad if you move the file into iTunes). Bonus fun for antiquarians who faint…
“A cactus walking on 20 legs”
NPR has a terrific look at some of the strangest creatures ever to walk the Earth, including a cactus-shaped worm found fossilized in China. If you’re ever stumped for a new Call of Cthulhu monster, start here.