Tag: Call of Cthulhu
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Tabletop Review: The Island of Ignorance: The Third Call of Cthulhu Companion
The Island of Ignorance: The Third Call of Cthulhu Companion Publisher: Golden Goblin Press Cost: $15 (PDF) /$29.95 (Physical) Page Count: 188 Release Date: 10/9/2013 Get it Here: Golden Goblin Press It’s been twenty-eight years since the release of the SECOND Call of Cthulhu Companion, Fragments of Fear. Instead of Chaosium releasing the third book…
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Tabletop Review: No Security: The Wives of March
The Wives of March Publisher: Hebanon Games Cost: Pay What You Want Page Count: 47 Release Date: 10/6/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com The Wives of March is the sixth and final release from the No Security Kickstarter that Hebanon games held back in June of 2012. I’ve reviewed all five so far and given three…
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Tabletop Review: The Sense of Sleight of Hand Man (Call of Cthulhu)
The Sense of Sleight of Hand Man (Call of Cthulhu) Publisher: Arc Dream Publishing Page Count: 298 Cost: $17.49 Release Date: 07/16/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com The Sense of Sleight of Hand Man is a Call of Cthulhu campaign that takes place in the Dreamlands. It was originally funded by 403 Kickstarter backers and was…
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Tabletop Review: The Unspeakable Oath, Issue #23 (Call of Cthulhu)
The Unspeakable Oath #23 Publisher: Arc Dream Publishing Page Count: 80 Cost: $9.99 ($5.24 PDF) Release Date: 08/10/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com So here we are with another issue of The Unspeakable Oath, my favorite, albeit sporadically published, gaming magazine. It’s getting better though as this is the third issue in a row where we’ve…
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Tabletop Review: Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Quick Start Rules
Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Quick Start Rules Publisher: Chasosium Page Count: 46 Cost: Free Release Date: 08/09/2013 (To Kickstarter Backers)/TBD (Everyone else) Get it Here: TBD As a Kickstarter Backer for Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition, I’m in line to get a ton of interesting freebies and releases long before the general public gets…
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Tabletop Review: No Security: Revelations
No Security: Revelations Publisher: Hebanon Games Page Count: 32 Cost: Pay What You Want Release Date: 08/04/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Revelations is the fifth release from fledgling publisher Hebanon Games. Well, I guess they’re not really new anymore, considering they’ve been putting these adventures out since June of 2012, but it still feels like…
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Tabletop Review: The Archaeologist’s Handbook (Call of Cthulhu/Trail of Cthulhu)
The Archaeologist’s Handbook (Call of Cthulhu/Trail of Cthulhu) Publisher: Innsmouth House Press Cost: £5.99/$9.63 (PDF), £11.99 Print Page Count: 81 Release Date: 06/11/2013 Get it Here: Innsmouth House Press An archaeologist is a common NPC, antagonist, plot hook and supporting character in a lot of Cthulhu works, be they fiction, film or tabletop gaming. Yet…
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Tabletop Review: The House of R’lyeh (Call of Cthulhu)
The House of R’lyeh (Call of Cthulhu) Publisher: Chaosium Cost: $ 20.37 (PDF)/$33.95 (Physical) Page Count: 224 Release Date: 04/15/2013 Get it Here: Chaosium.com The House of R’lyeh is a collection I’ve been excited to get my hands on for some time. This is because, for the first time, there is a Call of Cthulhu…
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Tabletop Review: Tales of the Sleepless City (Call of Cthulhu)
Tales of the Sleepless City Publisher: Miskatonic River Press Cost: $21.95 (PDF)/$29.95 (Physical) Page Count: 164 Release Date: 03/18/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com/Chaosium.com Tales of the Sleepless City is the newest release from Miskatonic River Press, a small company that does products for the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game line. While I’ve yet to be…
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Tabletop Review: The Unspeakable Oath, Issue # 22 (Call of Cthulhu, Trail of Cthulhu, Cthulhu Dark, Delta Green)
The Unspeakable Oath, Issue 22 Publisher: Arc Dream Publishing Page Count: 66 Cost: $5.24 Release Date: 2/20/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Well, although The Unspeakable Oath isn’t back to a quarterly schedule, the gap between this issue and #21 (seven months) is noticeably smaller than the one between #21 and #20 (thirteen months). With a…
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Tabletop Review: Atomic Age Cthulhu (Call of Cthulhu)
Atomic Age Cthulhu Publisher: Chaosium Page Count: Cost: $31.95 (physical)/$18.12 (PDF) Release Date: 02/09/2013 Get it Here: Chaosium.com Atomic Age Cthulhu is the newest release for the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game by Chaosium. This adventure collection, which also contains a chapter on story seeds and also a primer on the 1950s is not the…
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Tabletop Review: No Security: The Fall Without End
No Security: The Fall Without End Publisher: Hebanon Games Page Count: 20 Cost: FREE Release Date: 01/28/2013 Get it Here: Hebanon Games The Fall Without End is the fourth release from Hebanon Games. While all of their scenarios so far were originally penned for Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu system, the actual releases Hebanon has been…
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Tabletop Review: The Phantom of Wilson Creek (Call of Cthulhu)
The Phantom of Wilson Creek (Call of Cthulhu) Publisher: Chaosium Page Count: 178 Cost: $26.95 (Print)/$14.82 (PDF) Release Date: 01/01/2013 Get it Here: Chaosium.com The Phantom of Wilson Creek is one of Chaosium’s monographs. For those unaware of this imprint, a monograph is where the author, rather than Chaosium does the editing and layouts in…
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Tabletop Review: Cthulhu Britannica: Folklore (Call of Cthulhu)
Cthulhu Britannica: Folklore Publisher: Cubicle 7 Page Count: 136 Cost: $14.99 Release Date: 12/18/2012 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Cthulhu Britannica has been a hit or miss line to me, despite the fact I’m a big fan of both Call of Cthulhu and Cubicle 7. I found the original Cthulhu Britannica piece lacking and The Ballad…
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Tabletop Review: Cthulhu Britannica: The Ballad of Bass Rock (Call of Cthulhu)
Cthulhu Britannica: The Ballad of Bass Rock Publisher: Cubicle 7 Page Count: 14 Cost: $3.99 Release Date: 12/11/2012 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com …and here I thought Terror From the Skies would be the last Call of Cthulhu release for 2012. Although it’s not Folklore, which has seem more publishing delays than a lot of video…
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Tabletop Review: Call of Cthulhu: Terror From the Skies
Terror From the Skies Publisher: Chaosium Page Count: 137 Cost: $22.95 (Print)/$16.07 PDF Release Date: 11/30/2012 Get it Here: PDF at Chaosium.com/Print at Chaosium.com It’s been an amazing year for the Call of Cthulhu franchise. Chaosium has put out top notch pieces like Cthulhu by Gaslight Third Edition and Mysteries of Ireland. Goodman Games has…
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Tabletop Review: Age of Cthulhu: The Timeless Sands of India (Call of Cthulhu)
Age of Cthulhu: The Timeless Sands of India Publisher: Goodman Games Cost: $8.99 ($6.74 PDF) Page Count: 50 Release Date: 11/29/2012 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Although Dungeon Crawl Classics springs to mind when you think of the publisher Goodman Games, as a long time Call of Cthulhu gamer, I have a lot of love for…
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Tabletop Review: Lover in the Ice (No Security)
Lover in the Ice (No Security) Developer: Hebanon Games Page Count: 26 Cost: FREE Release Date: 11/19/2012 Get it Here: Hebanon Games Lover in the Ice is the third release from Hebanon Games, a new RPG adventure design company that got its start back in June of 2012 when 250 Kickstarter backers threw money at…
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Tabletop Review: Arkham Case Files: Deep Morgue (Call of Cthulhu)
Arkham Case Files: Deep Morgue (Call of Cthulhu) Publisher: Solace Games Page Count: 8 Cost: $2.00 Release Date: 11/2/2012 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Call of Cthulhu may have a very easy system to learn and play, but it’s not the easiest system to write for. Things like Pagan Publishing’s Bumps in the Night and Modiphius’s…
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Tabletop Review; Bumps in the Night (Call of Cthulhu)
Bumps in the Night (Call of Cthulhu) Publisher: Pagan Publishing Page Count: 120 Cost $24.95 (PRINT ONLY) Release Date: 09/04/2012 Bumps in the Night is a print-only (No e-book or PDF versions, sorry) adventure collection for the Call of Cthulhu gaming system put out by Pagan Publishing, who are best known for their Delta Green…