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There’s a new review of Trail of Cthulhu up on rpg.net by CW Richeson. Trail of Cthulhu takes a fresh look at Lovecraft’s Mythos with a strong focus on investigation, excellent writing, and plenty of play support. Style: 5 (Excellent!) Substance: 4 (Meaty) He says: In play I was concerned that my traditional style of […]
Very likely the best system I’ve seen to handle investigation-oriented, Cthulhu Mythos gaming
The Trail of Cthulhu Discussions This thread describes magic in Trail Cthulhu. This thread discusses how insanity is dealt with in ToC. A thread on capping Stability loss in a scene. Running Trail for CoC Keepers Gods and Creatures discussion. Interviews Interviews with Simon Rogers (publisher) and Jerome Huguenin (art and layout). Interview with Kenneth […]
The Trailer of Cthulhu Courtesy of 7eme Cercle, who have produced the French version of Trail of Cthulhu under license.
“The whole piece has a wonderful quality of movement that immediately evokes a sense of mysterious, cinematic adventure.“
A new five-star review of Trail of Cthulhu by OBS staff reviewer, Megan Robertson. Overall, this is a masterful melding of the Gumshoe system with classic Cthulhu Mythos gaming, an inspired match. There’s so much goodness in this that I’ll be back again and again, not just to play but to mine for ideas whatever I […]
Dan Harms has written a review of DoSM. …this is a chilling scenario epitomizing Lovecraft’s cosmic horror. It not only recommends itself to Trail of Cthulhu purist players, but it’s also an excellent resource for Call of Cthulhu players who want more cosmic horror in their games. Also, Graham and I were also rather chuffed […]
Gamester At Large’s review of Trail of Cthulhu.
Trail of Cthulhu is a new standalone GUMSHOE system game under license to Chaosium, set in the 1930s. It supports both Pulp (for Indiana Jones, Robert E. Howard, thrilling locations sorts of games) and Purist styles of play(for intellectual horror and cosmic dread).