{"id":2,"date":"2010-10-05T13:35:20","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T20:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2013-11-14T11:53:08","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T18:53:08","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Will You Take the Oath?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Unspeakable Oath<\/em> is a quarterly magazine dedicated to tabletop roleplaying games that are based on the Cthulhu Mythos \u2014 the creations of horror author H.P. Lovecraft, the writers who inspired him, and the writers who followed him.<\/p>\n

Created and published by game designers, writers and artists who love Cthulhu Mythos gaming, every issue provides ideas, inspiration, tools and techniques to make your games more horrific than ever.<\/p>\n

The Unspeakable Oath<\/em> began as the flagship publication of Pagan Publishing. It was founded by John Scott Tynes, who served as its editor-in-chief from 1990 to 2001. Today, The Unspeakable Oath <\/em>is published by Arc Dream Publishing<\/a> under license from Pagan Publishing, and guided by an editorial board including the magazine’s original creators. Arc Dream Publishing’s Dennis Detwiller and Shane Ivey serve as art director and editor-in-chief, respectively.<\/p>\n

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with strange aeons, even death may die<\/h1>\n

The December 2010 relaunch of the Oath<\/em> commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Oath’s <\/em>very first issue back in the waning days of 1990. A new issue comes out every three months. More or less.<\/p>\n

Want to contribute? If you have something great, we want to publish it.\u00a0See our submissions<\/a> page for guidelines.<\/p>\n

format and delivery<\/h1>\n

The Unspeakable Oath<\/em> is published four times per year in a limited print edition and in electronic editions. Each issue is at least 64 pages, 8.5″ x 11″, perfect bound, with a color cover and black-and-white interior art. Each issue will also be available for download in PDF, and (eventually) in ebook formats for iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone, and Kindle.<\/p>\n

past issues and collectibles<\/h1>\n

The Unspeakable Oath<\/em> first ran for 11 years, from 1990 to 2001. The last issue of its original run, double issue 16\/17<\/a>, is still available at Arkham Bazaar. (All other prior issues<\/a> sold out long ago, but can be found online from time to time as collectors sell them on eBay and Amazon.com.)<\/p>\n

And did you know that you can wear the horror of the Oath<\/em><\/a> wherever you go?<\/p>\n

ceaseless, half-mental callings<\/h1>\n

Follow the Unspeakable Oath<\/em> page on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and editor Shane Ivey’s Twitter<\/a> feed for updates.<\/p>\n

editorial board<\/h1>\n

The Unspeakable Oath\u00a0<\/em>is guided by an advisory board of writers and editors who are diehard fans of Cthulhu Mythos gaming.<\/p>\n

Brian Appleton:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Assistant editor of\u00a0The Unspeakable Oath\u00a0<\/em>from its earliest days. Appleton recently edited and co-authored (with John H. Crowe III) Pagan Publishing\u2019s\u00a0Call of Cthulhu<\/em>\u00a0sourcebook\u00a0Mysteries of Mesoamerica<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Monte Cook:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Head of\u00a0Malhavoc Press<\/a>\u00a0and co-author (along with many members of this board) of the acclaimed Wizards of the Coast edition of\u00a0Call of Cthulhu \u2014\u00a0<\/em>not to mention Third Edition\u00a0Dungeons and Dragons,<\/em>\u00a0the massive D&D game setting\u00a0Ptolus<\/em>, Numenara,\u00a0<\/em>and a hoard of other popular roleplaying game books. Keep up with him at\u00a0Monte\u2019s Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Adam Crossingham:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Founder of Sixtystone Press, and editor of the excellent Cthulhu gaming magazines\u00a0Worlds of Cthulhu\u00a0<\/em>(it will be missed) and\u00a0The Black Seal<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(soon returning with a vengeance). He contributed to the\u00a0Cthulhu Live\u00a0<\/em>game line,\u00a0The Whisperer\u00a0<\/em>fanzine, and most recently Chaosium\u2019s\u00a0Strange Aeons II<\/em>. But that all came after his first appearance in the letters column of\u00a0The Unspeakable Oath<\/em>\u00a0#6.<\/p>\n

Dennis Detwiller, art director:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Art director of the\u00a0Oath\u00a0<\/em>during its first run and art director for theOath\u00a0<\/em>today, Detwiller is Shane Ivey\u2019s partner at\u00a0Arc Dream Publishing<\/a>, and co-author (with John Scott Tynes and Scott Glancy) of\u00a0Delta Green,<\/em>\u00a0one of the most highly-regarded sourcebooks ever produced for\u00a0Call of Cthulhu.<\/em>\u00a0By day he designs videogames for Hothead Games. He keeps a blog at\u00a0detwillerdesign.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Adam Scott Glancy:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>President of\u00a0Pagan Publishing<\/a>, a longtime assistant editor of\u00a0The Unspeakable Oath,<\/em>\u00a0and co-creator (with Dennis Detwiller and John Scott Tynes) of the modern-day\u00a0Call of Cthulhu\u00a0<\/em>setting\u00a0Delta Green<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Daniel Harms:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Author of the\u00a0Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia<\/em>\u00a0and frequent contributor of Cthulhu Mythos gaming excellence in the\u00a0Oath\u00a0<\/em>and many other publications. His blog is\u00a0Papers Falling From an Attic Window<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kenneth Hite:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Author of\u00a0Trail of Cthulhu<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0the horror roleplaying game from Pelgrane Press; the \u201cLost in Lovecraft\u201d column in\u00a0Weird Tales;<\/em>\u00a0Tour de Lovecraft: The Tales<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Cthulhu 101<\/em>\u00a0from Atomic Overmind Press; and the long-running Suppressed Transmissions column of conspiracy gaming. Co-author (with Greg Stolze) of \u201cThe Cult of Transcendence\u201d in\u00a0Delta Green: Targets of Opportunity,<\/em>\u00a0and (with Greg Stolze, Dennis Detwiller, and Shane Ivey) of the superhero roleplaying game\u00a0Wild Talents<\/em>. His blog resides at\u00a0LiveJournal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shane Ivey, editor-in-chief:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>President and managing editor of\u00a0Arc Dream Publishing<\/a>\u00a0(publisher ofGodlike, Wild Talents,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Monsters and Other Childish Things),<\/em>\u00a0an assistant editor of\u00a0The Black Seal,<\/em>\u00a0and editor of Pagan Publishing\u2019s two most recent two\u00a0Delta Green<\/em>\u00a0sourcebooks for\u00a0Call of Cthulhu.<\/em>\u00a0Before gaming consumed his career he was a magazine editor for the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a copy editor at The Birmingham News.<\/em><\/p>\n

Greg Stolze:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Author of the fantasy roleplaying game\u00a0REIGN: A Game of Lords and Leaders<\/a>;\u00a0<\/em>co-author (with John Scott Tynes) of the underground occult roleplaying game\u00a0Unknown Armies;<\/em>\u00a0co-author (with Kenneth Hite) of \u201cThe Cult of Transcendence\u201d in\u00a0Delta Green: Targets of Opportunity;<\/em>co-author (with Dennis Detwiller) of\u00a0Godlike,<\/em>\u00a0the World War II superhero roleplaying game; and co-author (with Dennis Detwiller, Kenneth Hite and Shane Ivey) of the superhero roleplaying gameWild Talents;<\/em>\u00a0author of the\u00a0Wild Talents<\/em>\u00a0setting books\u00a0Progenitor, eCollapse,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Better Angels<\/em>.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

John Scott Tynes, founding editor:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Founder of\u00a0The Unspeakable Oath\u00a0<\/em>and Pagan Publishing, editor-in-chief of the\u00a0Oath\u00a0<\/em>in its first run from 1990 to 2001, and co-creator (with Scott Glancy and Dennis Detwiller) of the award-winning\u00a0Call of Cthulhu\u00a0<\/em>setting\u00a0Delta Green<\/em>. By day a lead designer at Microsoft Game Studios, Tynes remains a guiding voice in the\u00a0Oath.\u00a0<\/em>A better list of his credits is at his website,\u00a0Revland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ray Winninger:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Designer of the\u00a0Underground\u00a0<\/em>RPG, codesigner of\u00a0DC Heroes\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Torg<\/em>\u00a0for Mayfair Games, contributing editor for\u00a0Dragon\u00a0<\/em>Magazine for many years\u2014he wrote the popular \u201cDungeoncraft\u201d column\u2014and designer of countless stories, adventures and supplements for TSR, Wizards of the Coast, FASA, White Wolf, Mayfair, West End Games, Pagan Publishing and various other publishers. By day Winninger is an executive producer at Microsoft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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