The Dance in the Blood

Page of resources, for first-time GMs and players – includes links to Actual Play posts, videos and podcasts
The Enchiridion of Elucidation, a guidebook for both players and Keepers, with advice on playing the game by Tony Williams
Creating an investigator – by Jason Durall

Sample pages from Trail of Cthulhu
Ritual Pursuits by Steve Dempsey – 15 minute Trail taster demo.

Download the Trail of Cthulhu condensed rules PDF by Tony Williams
Download the Trail of Cthulhu condensed rules PDF, translated into Korean by W.W.
Trail of Cthulhu Cheat Sheet by Yunus Wesley
Vade Mecum de Vestigio Cthulhus, a quick reference rules guide by Tony Williams
Download a fillable PDF Investigator Matrix.
Download a Keeper’s Investigator Ability Matrix (A4) by Tony Williams.
Download a Keeper’s Investigator Ability Matrix (US letter) by Tony Williams.
Download a fillable Keeper’s Investigator Ability Matrix (A4) by Tony Williams.
Download a fillable Keeper’s Investigator Ability Matrix (US letter) by Tony Williams.
Download Stunning Eldritch Tales hand-outs.
Download a map of the Cleveland Torso Murders by Enrique Esturillo
High-resolution maps of Cleveland for the ToC example adventure.
Download Arkham Detective Tales hand-outs
The Armitage Files handouts (for purchasers of the Armitage Files only). The password of the zip file is how the innocent situations are described at the bottom of p. 37 of The Armitage Files.
The Armitage Files Excel spreadsheet of all the NPCs, organisations, places and magical tomes, thanks to Scott C Bourgeois. Download it here.
The Armitage Files mind map (note – contains spoilers!), created by Scott Nickell using FreeMind (external link). Download it here.

Download the character sheet and other forms as a small PDF.
Download the Cthulhu Apocalypse Character Sheet.
Download a character sheet formatted for A4 by Przemyslaw ‘Marksjus’ Ryba.
Download a two-page character sheet.
Download a character sheet that includes the Magic ability from Rough Magicks.
Download a simple, black-and-white character sheet with no background.
Download another two-page character sheet.
Download a fillable PDF character sheet, courtesy of Josh Clark – Myca in our forums
Download a fillable PDF character sheet (A4) by Tony Williams.
Download a fillable PDF character sheet (US letter) by Tony Williams.
Download a Pulp character sheet (A4) by Tony Williams.
Download a Pulp character sheet (US letter) by Tony Williams.
Download a Purist character sheet (A4) by Tony Williams
Download a Purist character sheet (US letter) by Tony Williams.
Download an antiqued blank character sheet by Joachim Stjernberger
Download an antiqued character sheet with a period male character portrait by Joachim Stjernberger
Download an antiqued character sheet with a period male character portrait by Joachim Stjernberger
Download an antiqued character sheet with a period male character portrait by Joachim Stjernberger
Download an antiqued character sheet with a period male character portrait by Joachim Stjernberger
Download an antiqued character sheet with a period male character portrait by Joachim Stjernberger
Download an antiqued character sheet with a period male character portrait by Joachim Stjernberger
Download an antiqued character sheet with a period female character portrait by Joachim Stjernberger
Download an antiqued character sheet with a period female character portrait by Joachim Stjernberger
Download Dreamhounds of Paris character sheets with surrealist images by John Potts
Download Dreamhounds of Paris character sheet (A4) by Tony Williams.
Download Dreamhounds of Paris character sheet (US letter) by Tony Williams.

Adventures and campaigns

Download a free adventure by Will Hindmarch, The Murderer of Thomas Fell, as a zip file from here.
The RPGGeek GUMSHOE competition-winning Purist adventure, The Keepers of the Woods by Frederick Foulds, is available to download now.
Altus Affero is a campaign frame for Trail of Cthulhu, based around an occult journal.

Call of Cthulhu Adventure Conversions

Chaosium and other companies have very kindly agreed to let us put conversion notes for their excellent adventures up here for ToC users. You’ll need the original CoC adventure, of course! Special thanks to Arseny Kuznetsov for this section.

Conversion Template 1.1 with sample styles and a font, created by Arseny Kuznetsov with additions by Ben Phillips
Beyond the Mountains of Madness from Chaosium, converted by Arseny Kuznetsov, David Bruce Cousins and Belinda Kelly.
Death in Luxor from Goodman Games, converted by Arseny Kuznetsov
Wasted Youth from Miskatonic River Press, converted by Christopher Smith Adair
Malice Everlasting from Miskatonic River Press, converted by Christopher Smith Adair
Proof of Life from Miskatonic River Press, converted by Christopher Smith Adair
Spirit of Industry from Miskatonic River Press, converted by Christopher Smith Adair
The Night War from Miskatonic River Press, converted by Christopher Smith Adair
The Reeling Midnight from Miskatonic River Press, converted by Christopher Smith Adair
Our Ladies of Sorrow from Miskatonic River Press, converted by Christopher Smith Adair
Consumption from Golden Goblin Press, converted by Christopher Smith Adair
Darkness Illuminated from Golden Goblin Press, converted by Christopher Smith Adair
Let the Children Come to Me from Golden Goblin Press, converted by Christopher Smith Adair
The Lonely Point Lighthouse from Golden Goblin Press, converted by Christopher Smith Adair
With Blue Uncertain Stumbling from Golden Goblin Press, converted by Christopher Smith Adair
The Haunting (PDF), converted by Arseny Kuznetsov
The Haunted House (PDF), converted by Arseny Kuznetsov
The Edge of Darkness (PDF), converted by Arseny Kuznetsov
Song of the Sphere (PDF), converted by Evlyn Moreau
Horror of the Glen (PDF), converted by Ken Hickman
Masks of Nyarlathotep, converted by Dustin Stevens, and revised and extemded by Catherine Ramen
Trail of Tsathoggua, converted by Harris Burkhalter
The Curse of Tsathoggua, converted by Harris Burkhalter
Crack’d and Crook’d Manse, converted by Sam Friedman
Tell Me, Have You Seen The Yellow Sign?, converted by Gabriel de Bourg
Dead Man Stomp, converted by Sune Nødskou

Trail of Cthulhu Adventure Conversions

And the other way around; here, our Trail of Cthulhu adventures have been converted for Chaosium’s classic Call of Cthulhu. You’ll still need the original Trail of Cthulhu adventures to play these!

Eternal Lies, converted by Andy Nicholson

Air Transport in the 1930s from See Page XX
Rail Transport in the 1930s from See Page XX
Sea Transport in the 1930s from See Page XX
From Call to Trail (Part 1) – by Robin D. Laws
From Call to Trail (Part 2) – by Robin D. Laws
Photomontage Technique for a Trail of Cthulhu Cover – by Jérôme Huguenin
Raiders of the Lost Gods (Running ‘Masks of Nyarlathotep’ for Trail of Cthulhu) – by Russell Andrews
Running a Conspiracy Horror Campaign in Trail of Cthulhu – by Justin Farquhar
NYC History, photomapped
Lost in Smoke (A Trail of Cthulhu scenario hook)
He Wants His Books Back (A Trail of Cthulhu scenario hook)

An in-depth review of Trail of Cthulhu by wired.com
A review of Trail of Cthulhu by orgecave.com
A review of Trail of Cthulhu by shutupandsitdown.com

Download the Bookhounds of London B&W Character Sheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
Download the Bookhounds of London B&W Bookshop Record Sheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
Download the Bookhounds of London B&W Plot Hooks Sheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
Download the Bookhounds of London B&W Dramatis Personae List (A4 format) (US letter format)
Download a Bookhounds of London colour Pulp Character Sheet by Tony Williams (A4 format) (US letter format)
Download a Bookhounds of London colour Purist Character Sheet by Tony Williams (A4 format) (US letter format)
Download a Bookhounds of London colour Bookshop Record Sheet by Tony Williams (A4 format) (US letter format)
Download Bookhounds of London rumours
The Church of Little St Hugh and its “Heretic’s Library” – A resource by James Haughton and Bret Kramer

Be warned – these links will contain game spoilers, so if you haven’t read the campaign or you’re hoping to play it, don’t read these!

Andrew Nicholson’s Eternal Lies Trail of Cthulhu conversion
Rickard Gudbrand’s Eternal Lies interactive campaign map
Rickard Gudbrand’s Eternal Lies NPC picture handouts
Simon’s Eternal Lies FAQ

Download the missing notebook page from The Armitage Files (to insert between pages 98-99).
A card saying “Scene” Hold it up when the players have discovered all the clues available in a scene.
A different card saying “Scene” Thanks to Zachary Zahringer for this one.
Download a zip file with two extra characters by Bill White for his “The Big Hoodoo” adventure in Out of Time, Kleo Apostolides and Isaac Asimov.
7 Gods and Titans for use in an adventure or campaign of your own! Courtesy of Nick Ingham.
Crib sheet for fan-created variant rules for Pillars of Sanity by Tony Williams (read the original article here),
Crib sheet for fan-created variant rules for False Sanity by Tony Williams (read the original article here).

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Call of Cthulhu Adventure Conversions

Trail of Cthulhu Adventure Conversions

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