Along with NPC stats, RPG Encounters from Heromuster has tabs for Players (handy for initiative order) and encounters.
The RPG China burned: The Sassoon Files
The opening pages grab you by the shoulders and pull you through a whirlwind tour of Chinese history.
Chaosium announce a new series of Call of Cthulhu computer games
Chaosium, the publisher responsible for the iconic Call of Cthulhu RPG, has today announced a partnership with Focus Home Interactive.
The Chinese government just burned every copy of this Cthulhu Kickstarter
The Sassoon Files is a Cthulhu mythos set of tabletop RPG scenarios and campaign world set in 1920s Shanghai.
Amongst legal drama, Chaosium gives Christmas gift to Éditions Sans-Détour backers
Éditions Sans-Détour has a license problem. They’ve not paid for their rights to the French rights of Call of Cthulhu for months, and the lease has now expired.
Chaosium strips Éditions Sans-Détour of Call of Cthulhu license; fans may miss out
Last month Chaosium made it clear to ESD that the license had expired and would not be renewed. ESD were advised they are in cardinal breach of its previous license.
Bravery: D&D vs CoC
Roleplaying games are often about bravery. Characters charge into danger in order to rescue those weaker than themselves, to get to the loot first or just because it’s the right thing to do. But bravery comes in all different shapes and forms. In Dungeons & Dragons, your adventuring party equipped with magic weapons and divine […]
Genre Police: Crafted By Love
Yes. You Guessed it. It’s the Obligatory Cthulhu Column. Or ‘Cosmic Horror’ if you will. The genre owes a great deal to Lovecraft’s original creations, so much so that discussing the genre is essentially a dissection of mythos works. So this column is going to be a little more focused than usual. Something faceless owns […]
Five circles of hell demons by Call of Cthulhu designer Sandy Petersen
Sandy Petersen may still be best known as the designer of Call of Cthulhu but this iconic demon-master has done plenty since. A focus has been Petersen Games and Kickstarter. The latest project is Planet Apocalypse, a co-op board games in which post-apocalyptic heroes struggle against hordes from Hell. The Kickstarter needs US$100,000 to fund […]
Lost & Found: A Review and Play report of Trail of Cthulhu
This past weekend, I got a group together to play Pelgrane Press’ Trail of Cthulhu. Though the game came out in 2008, I never got a chance to play it, until now. Designed by Kenneth Hite, Trail of Cthulhu is one of several games powered by the GUMSHOE System. The design philosophy behind the GUMSHOE system is that in an […]
