{"id":820,"date":"2011-07-08T14:13:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T21:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/?p=820"},"modified":"2011-07-14T09:09:28","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T16:09:28","slug":"inside-the-unspeakable-oath-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/2011\/07\/inside-the-unspeakable-oath-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside The Unspeakable Oath 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We got word this morning that <em>The Unspeakable Oath <\/em>has been nominated for an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ennie-awards.com\/blog\/?page_id=2156\">Ennie Award for Best Aid or Accessory<\/a> this year. Woo! Our <em>Call of Cthulhu<\/em> sourcebook <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcdream.com\/zencart\/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=1\">Delta Green: Targets of Opportunity<\/a><\/em> was nominated for Best Adventure and Best Writing, our <em>Monsters and Other Things<\/em> campaign<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcdream.com\/zencart\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=6&amp;products_id=33\">Road Trip<\/a><\/em> &#8212; written by <em>Unspeakable!<\/em> podcast cohost Ross Payton &#8212; was nominated for Best Adventure, and our <em>Wild Talents<\/em> sourcebook <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcdream.com\/zencart\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=5&amp;products_id=30\">Progenitor <\/a><\/em>was nominated for Best Setting. Meanwhile the Ennies are loaded up with amazing work by many of our friends and colleagues. Congratulations all around!<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the 20th issue of <em>The Unspeakable Oath<\/em> is now in layout and we hope (knock on ichor) to have it shipping in two weeks and in hand at GenCon next month. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcdream.com\/zencart\/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=2\">Click here to order it now.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a meaty issue, anchored by a big treatise on the historical Assassin sect of medieval Persia and a pair of time-bending <em>Call of Cthulhu<\/em> scenarios. We&#8217;re also happy to see the return of Adam Scott Glancy&#8217;s recurring <em>Delta Green<\/em> column, &#8220;Directives from A-Cell,&#8221; which we hope to see if every issue of the <em>Oath <\/em>from here on out.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what you&#8217;ll find in <em>The Unspeakable Oath<\/em> 20:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Dread Page of Azathoth<\/strong><br \/>\nRuminations by <em>Oath <\/em>editor Shane Ivey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot Thickens<\/strong><br \/>\nA Tale of Terror by Adam Gauntlett.<\/p>\n<p><strong>She Just Couldn&#8217;t Stay Away<\/strong><br \/>\nA <em>Call of Cthulhu <\/em>scenario by Jeffrey Moeller.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_821\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/uo_sjcsa_03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-821\" class=\"size-full wp-image-821 \" title=\"She Just Couldn't Stay Away, art by Rob Mansperger\" src=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/uo_sjcsa_03.jpg\" alt=\"She Just Couldn't Stay Away, art by Rob Mansperger\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/uo_sjcsa_03.jpg 640w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/uo_sjcsa_03-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">She Just Couldn&#39;t Stay Away, art by Rob Mansperger<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The Arm in the Green Box<\/strong><br \/>\nAn Arcane Artifact for <em>Delta Green<\/em> by Bret Kramer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Monongahela Carver Cipher<\/strong><br \/>\nA Mysterious Manuscript by Dan Harms.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_822\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/monongahila-cypher.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-822\" class=\"size-full wp-image-822\" title=\"The Monongahela Carver Cipher, art by Toren Atkinson\" src=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/monongahila-cypher.jpg\" alt=\"The Monongahela Carver Cipher, art by Toren Atkinson\" width=\"640\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/monongahila-cypher.jpg 640w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/monongahila-cypher-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Monongahela Carver Cipher, art by Toren Atkinson<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The Eye of Daoloth<\/strong><br \/>\nAn Arcane Artifact by Dion Clark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assassins<\/strong><br \/>\nA fascinating historical feature by Dave Hardy with Adam Scott Glancy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_823\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TUO20-Assassins-F-Legends-b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-823\" class=\"size-full wp-image-823\" title=\"Assassins, art by Bradley McDevitt\" src=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TUO20-Assassins-F-Legends-b.jpg\" alt=\"Assassins, art by Bradley McDevitt\" width=\"640\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TUO20-Assassins-F-Legends-b.jpg 640w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TUO20-Assassins-F-Legends-b-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assassins, art by Bradley McDevitt<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Directive from A-Cell<\/strong><br \/>\nA<em> Delta Green<\/em> feature by Adam Scott Glancy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s Learn Aklo!<\/strong><br \/>\nA <em>Call of Cthulhu <\/em>scenario for <em>Delta Green<\/em> by James Haughton. (Winner of the annual Delta Green Mailing List Shotgun Scenario Competition.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_824\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TUO20-LetsLearnAklo-F-Truth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-824\" class=\"size-full wp-image-824\" title=\"Let's Learn Aklo!, art by Bradley McDevitt\" src=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TUO20-LetsLearnAklo-F-Truth.jpg\" alt=\"Let's Learn Aklo!, art by Bradley McDevitt\" width=\"640\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TUO20-LetsLearnAklo-F-Truth.jpg 640w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TUO20-LetsLearnAklo-F-Truth-283x300.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Let&#39;s Learn Aklo!, art by Bradley McDevitt<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The Eye and Light and Darkness<\/strong><br \/>\nReviews of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004C2BP1U\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=theunspoath-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=B004C2BP1U\">Musica Cthulhiana<\/a>,<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1568822359?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=theunspoath-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=1568822359\">Cthulhu&#8217;s Dark Cults<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpgnow.com\/product_info.php?products_id=63128&amp;affiliate_id=48458\">Curse of the Yellow Sign Act 1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpgnow.com\/product_info.php?products_id=81984&amp;affiliate_id=48458\">Machine Tractor Station Kharkov-37<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marblehornetsdvd.com\">Marble Hornets: The Complete First Season<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpgnow.com\/product_info.php?products_id=80001&amp;affiliate_id=48458\">The Watchers in the Sky<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1568823053?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=theunspoath-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=1568823053\">Cthulhu Invictus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpgnow.com\/product_info.php?products_id=82006&amp;affiliate_id=48458\">Halloween Horror<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpgnow.com\/product_info.php?products_id=57226&amp;affiliate_id=48458\">Murder of Crows<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Signs<\/strong><br \/>\nShort fiction by Greg Stolze.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_827\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TUO-20-cover-draft-1-640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-827\" class=\"size-full wp-image-827\" title=\"The Unspeakable Oath 20 cover art by Todd Shearer\" src=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TUO-20-cover-draft-1-640.jpg\" alt=\"The Unspeakable Oath 20 cover art by Todd Shearer\" width=\"480\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TUO-20-cover-draft-1-640.jpg 480w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TUO-20-cover-draft-1-640-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Unspeakable Oath 20 cover art by Todd Shearer<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>The Unspeakable Oath<\/em> 20 features cover art by Todd Shearer, interior art by Toren Atkinson, Rob Mansperger Jr., and Bradley McDevitt, and page design by Jessica Hopkins. It&#8217;s edited by Shane Ivey with Adam Crossingham, Dan Harms, Greg Stolze and John Scott Tynes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpg.drivethrustuff.com\/product_info.php?products_id=93108&amp;affiliate_id=48458\">Click here to order <em>The Unspeakable Oath<\/em> 20 now in PDF.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We got word this morning that The Unspeakable Oath has been nominated for an Ennie Award for Best Aid or Accessory this year. Woo! Our Call of Cthulhu sourcebook Delta Green: Targets of Opportunity was nominated for Best Adventure and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/2011\/07\/inside-the-unspeakable-oath-20\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[174],"tags":[166,142,182,176,87,177,179,178,144,180,175,103,181,80,183,29],"class_list":["post-820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tuo-20","tag-adam-gauntlett","tag-adam-scott-glancy","tag-bradley-mcdevitt","tag-bret-kramer","tag-brian-sammons","tag-dan-harms","tag-dave-hardy","tag-dion-clark","tag-greg-stolze","tag-james-haughton","tag-jeffrey-moeller","tag-matthew-pook","tag-rob-mansperger","tag-shane-ivey","tag-todd-shearer","tag-toren-atkinson"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TUO-20-cover-draft-1-640.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2OyM1-de","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":841,"href":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820\/revisions\/841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}