As the season of spooky roleplaying deals continues, Bundle of Holding has resurrected its popular “Tentacles” series for a seventh outing. The new “Tentacles 7” bundle is notable for collecting several complete, standalone Lovecraftian TTRPGs from different publishers, rather than just supplements for a single system.
The offer features indie hits like Lovecraftesque and Cthulhu Dark, alongside OSR and Year Zero Engine adaptations of the Mythos. The bundle is structured in two tiers, offering a wide array of approaches to cosmic horror.
This Tentacles 7 bundle is only available for a limited time and is scheduled to end on Thursday, November 13.
Tentacles 7 Collection
The offer is split into two tiers, with the Starter Collection providing a low-cost entry point to several games and design essays.
Starter Collection – $7.95
For the starter price of $7.95, customers receive a collection of five titles with a stated retail value of $44. This tier includes:
- Stealing Cthulhu by Graham Walmsley
- Far Horizons Co-op Guide to Cults
- Eldritch Tales: Lovecraftian White Box Roleplaying
- Eldritch Tales: Referee Screen + Reference Sheets
- Eldritch Inquirer 1
Bonus Collection – Threshold Price
If customers pay more than the threshold price (which was around $24.95 at the time of writing), they also get the “Bonus Collection” with six additional standalone games and sourcebooks, adding a further $80 of retail value. The bonus titles are:
- Lovecraftesque (Second Edition)
- Legacy of Cthulhu
- Rise of R’lyeh
- Cthulhu Dark
- Cthulhu Dark: Fairyland
- Before the End: Prelude to the Legacy of Cthulhu
The collection provides a fascinating look at the many different ways designers have approached Lovecraftian horror. Graham Walmsley’s Cthulhu Dark is a landmark in rules-light, bleak horror, while Lovecraftesque is a GM-less story game where players collaborate to create the mystery. Eldritch Tales adapts the Mythos to an OSR “white box” ruleset, and Rise of R’lyeh brings it to the popular Year Zero Engine (used in Alien RPG and Tales From the Loop), focusing on post-apocalyptic survival.
