A positive review of the Occult Guide by Andrew Brehaut …the book is an entertaining read – if you are like me, you might find yourself puzzling over facets of the mystery for hours.
Category Archives: Trail of Cthulhu
A review of Repairer of Reputations on rpg.net by kafka (9/10) …it is one of the best Trail of Cthulhu adventures written to date. Laws has done an admirable job at adapting the story and making a fine adventure.
A review of Rough Magicks by committed hero on rpg.net who awarded us 9/10 – good marks from a tough reviewer. A short but useful way to refine the theory and practice of magic in a Trail of Cthulhu campaign.
Here is an actual play recording at Fear the Con of the purist adventure Dance in the Blood. It takes a while to get going.
Dan Harms continues his quest to review all Trail books with this review of Out of Time (in general) and The Big Hoodoo (in particular). Out of Time is a great scenario package if you haven’t purchased these scenarios yet, and each promises an evening of fun.
Here is a short review of Shadows Over Filmland by Simon Crowe. Overall whilst I would have preferred one or two scenarios were dropped to flesh out the others it’s still a great selection of scenarios, and I recommend it to any Trail of Cthulhu keepers looking for something different either as short one-shots or […]
Here is an in-depth review of Trail of Cthulhu by Michael Harnish. Mr Harnish understands why GUMSHOE is not “railroady”, too. By now it should be evident that I really love Trail of Cthulhu. I think it manages to capture the feel and style of HPL’s stories, particularly when played in Purist mode, with rules […]
This work is a primer for players of Lovecraftian roleplaying games set in the dismal streets of 1930s London. The Guide is replete with contacts, rumours and clues which will guide you on your quest for forbidden knowledge. Written as the companion volume to Bookhounds of London for Trail of Cthulhu, it can be […]
The Eternal Lies playtest is going well. It appears from the following comment that more Pelgrane freelancers have good reason to be slightly smug.: I’ve just finished reading the entire campaign. To say that I’m speechless would be quite an understatement. From what I’ve learnt beforehand about Eternal Lies, I suspected it would be some […]
Dead Rock Seven, the first set of adventures for Ashen Stars is available for pre-order; PDF now, print version in August shipping with Ashen Stars. If you are a pre-orderer, you should have received an email for us with an offer, and an update to your existing Ashen Stars order. The Out of Time print […]