Routinely Itemised is an RPG news summary, and this week there’s mixed news with $30,000 injected into the hobby but sadness as Brian Fitzpatrick passes away.
Lovecraft Articles
Delve into our stories on Lovecraft. This collection covers topics in Tabletop & RPGs, Comics, and Games.
Black Armada announce Lovecraftesque 2nd edition and playtest
The core of the game is the same as ever: you play a lone, isolated Witness who stumbles upon a cosmic secret and (probably) meets a terrible end.
Svalbard introduces player respawning to tabletop RPGs
If you can’t die then what’s the challenge in the game? Svalbard is a race against time. If the clock beats you, then it’s over.
Mythos Monsters offers to summon more than 40 Lovecraft horrors for D&D
The 72-paged and full-colour bestiary will have more than 40 of these nightmares; from minions to Great Old Ones.
RPG or interactive comic? Lovecraft World
This Call of Cthulhu inspired game-comic is set in the 20s, and you play it by talking to Google. In return, Google Assistant shows you what happens.
Lovecraft’s 130th birthday: 25% off The Cthulhu Hack RPG
H.P. Lovecraft, the racist grandfather of cosmic horror, has his 130th birthday today. He was born on the 20th of August, 1890. He would be 130.
Audio horror game: Cthulhu Parlour’s “Hotel Lovecraft”
In the game, you and your fellow guests are trapped in Hotel Lovecraft – that’s a realm within the mad and twisted mind of Lovecraft himself.
More racism and monsters: Lovecraft Country
Lovecraft Country is the story of Atticus Freeman searching for his father in a part of America infested by racists and other monsters.
Lovecraft Country: Racism and monsters
The series is based off the 2016 novel Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff. I think a trip from book to TV in less than four years is pretty impressive.
The art of Tale: the role-playing game
It was the cover art that caught my attention for the Kickstarter pitch for Tale. I wasn’t the only one as the game has funded and, at the time of writing, has a week left on the clock to collect more pledges. You can follow the progress of the campaign here. [Back this Campaign] A […]
