Free Downloads for New Trail of Cthulhu Players and Keepers

While running Trail of Cthulhu for the first time might be intimidating, never fear – there are a wealth of resources to guide you through your first games:

• New Trail of Cthulhu Keeper questions and advice on Yog-Sothoth.com
• GUMSHOE 101, Kevin Kulp’s helpful overview of GUMSHOE
• The Enchiridion of Elucidation, a guidebook for both players and Keepers, with advice on playing the game by Tony Williams
• A Low-Prep GUMSHOE Game – An article by Simon Rogers about running Trail of Cthulhu with minimum prep
• List of links to Actual Play reports on Yog-Sothoth.com
• Actual play video presented by the Friday (or Saturday) players
• Actual play audio of Bill White running Castle Bravo on the Internet Archive
• Actual Play video of The Murder of Thomas Fell by RPGMP3
• Actual Play podcasts of Trail of Cthulhu adventures on RPPR Actual Play Podcast
• Trail of Cthulhu Combat Example – Simon Rogers shows how plucky PCs beat nasty ghouls in a sample fight
• Toy GUMSHOE – Part One – Simon Rogers breaks down the GUMSHOE system into its card and string pieces
• Improvising With GUMSHOE – Steve Dempsey uses tricks from improv to improve your improvisation
• Giving Out Clues in GUMSHOE – An excerpt from The Esoterrorists 2nd Edition, explaining how clues work in the GUMSHOE system

If you still have questions, the friendly people at the Trail of Cthulhu forums, Facebook page, Google+ page and on Twitter are always happy to help.