“The more Zamacona studied these things, the more apprehensive about the future he became; because he saw that the omnipresent moral and intellectual disintegration was a tremendously deep-seated and ominously accelerating movement.” —“The Mound” Outside his early Dunsanian works, and the anomalous “The Tree,” Lovecraft sets his stories in his own time, his own […]
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Familiar with the investigators’ recent brushes with the unknown, Dr. Henry Armitage invites them to meet him in his Miskatonic University offices. He has a matter of some delicacy to resolve and hopes that they might help him. Recently, two colleagues from the university’s geology department undertook an expedition to nearby Springfield, MA. On their […]
In the latest episode of their orgulous podcast, Ken and Robin talk prelude scenes in scenarios, rare words, 60s fantasy films, and tulpa describer Alexandra David-Néel.
It feels like a mere month since I last peered out from the nest to let you know what’s up with Pelgrane Press. That’s because it was a month. Among our efforts to ramp up our activities with my coming on board as Creative Director, we’re endeavoring to return to regular publication for this very […]
In the latest episode of their precisely coined podcast, Ken and Robin talk the double meaning of roleplaying, surrealist occultist Ithell Colquhoun, early 50s fantasy films, and using the time machine to change a critical term.
In the latest episode of their conch-listening podcast, Ken and Robin talk campaign frames, the Margate Shell Grotto, wartime fantasy films, and the Michigan Dogman.
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“It is only when I have found what was supposed to be psychic turned into extortion that I have condemned and exposed it. Or when I have watched it ladled out to some trusting soul until it became a one-way ticket to an asylum.” Rose Mackenberg, quoted in the Chicago Tribune (Aug. 5, 1945) Born […]
by Emily Cambias This Spiritualism-inspired adventure is best played with Trail of Cthulhu groups that include a Parapsychologist or Medium. Introduction New England, December, 1930. Mrs. Allsopp is a wealthy widow and avid Spiritualist. She’s hosted the medium Lewis Thrush in her home for eight months and holds regular séances with him. Everyone who attends […]
The nature of Trail lends itself to carefully planned, highly detailed adventures. The investigators analyse each clue, each location and object in forensic detail, deploying their highly specialised investigative abilities to ferret out the tell-tale clue. Trail scenarios support this by providing lots of suggested nuggets of information the players can pick up. However, the […]
In the latest episode of their subjectively numinous podcast, Ken and Robin talk planning a time slip scenario, a field trip to Roswell, an ill-fated bridge in Providence, and Giza megastructures.