Kafka reviews The Apocalypse Machine on rpg.net – another 9/10 The sourcebook takes the skeleton provided by Trail of Cthulhu’s Gumshoe rules and warps it to meet the needs of the post apocalyptic world by the addition of a very simple heuristic or tool for creating the end of the world – The Apocalypse Machine. […]
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A review of The Armitage Files on rpg.net offering top marks (10/10) For anyone who doubts an investigative sandbox campaign is possible, this book is the winning counterargument. I know of no other books like this one. I hope this is not the case for long.
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 Stunning Eldritch Tales on rpg.net (8/10) Four excellent standalone adventures for Trail of Cthulhu, lovingly crafted in the pulp idiom.
There is a review of Graham Wamlsey’s opening chapters of Cthulhu Apocalpyse here on rpg.net (9/10) Everyone was very happy with the scenario at its end. It was bleak, very Lovecraftian, and will be remembered as a gaming highlight by myself for many years to come. A lot of the credit for the excellent series […]
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 […]
A review by kafka over on rpg. net of The Rending Box gives it the full 10 points. If you are new Trail of Cthulhu or just want to have a series of Purist adventures – start with this one. The Rending Box provides a wonderfully evocative adventure that sets the tone for Trail or […]
John Stavropoulos declared Armitage Files his Best RPG Purchase of 2010. Read more here. Why do I love it? Most modules don’t fit my style of GMing. I’m a very improvisational GM who likes to build scenarios around my players (rather than run railroady static scenarios where the players feel disconnected and “dropped in”). The […]
A review of The Black Drop on yog-sothoth. “Taken as a whole, The Black Drop is a fantastic scenario and one of the strongest scenarios which, in turn, makes it one of the strongest Cthulhoid RPG scenarios published in recent times whether you play Trail of Cthulhu or BRP Call of Cthulhu.”