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Five circles of hell demons by Call of Cthulhu designer Sandy Petersen

February 7, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.…

A first look at the Quake Champions comic character art

July 13, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Quake is 20 years old. The first-person shooter was made by id Software and directed by John Romero. The designers included Sandy Petersen of Call of Cthulhu RPG fame. There’s still plenty of life in Quake.…

Call of Cthulhu’s Sandy Petersen sues PayPal

December 29, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Petersen Entertainment LP has taken PayPal to court for withholding $57,000 in funds. The money due apparently relates to a Kickstarter for one of the 12 games the company has successfully funded.…

Cthulhu as Pathfinder high fantasy

March 9, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

Sandy Petersen and son are back with more Cthulhu RPG material. This time the Kickstarter is in search of $10,000 to convert the mythos into something suitable for high fantasy and the Pathfinder RPG.…

Founding fathers return to rescue Call of Cthulhu

June 6, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Greg Stafford and Sandy Petersen have returned to Chaosium. Petersen is the original designer of Call of Cthulhu the RPG Chaosium made famous and Stafford founded the publisher back in 1975 with a war game called White Bear and Red Moon (later renamed Dragon Pass).…

The Cthulhu touched Theomachy

February 6, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

One way to get your clever card game made if you’re an indie European studio is to impress Sandy Petersen. It also tends to attract Cthulhu. I think Theomachy is worth checking out over on Kickstarter.…

Call of Cthulhu designer lines up for C7’s Cthulhu Britannica: London

November 8, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cubicle 7 are, as suspected, going to take to Kickstarter for Cthulhu Britannica: London. We’ve got more of the details now – this will be one of the boxed sets that C7 are known for.…

Cthulhu Wars Kicktarter races past $1,000,000 with hours to go

July 7, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

[Back this Campaign] The creator of Call of Cthulhu has seen his Kickstarter race through the one million dollar mark. With less than a day on the clock the pledge fund is at $1,224,958 and rising.…

30 years of Call of Cthulhu

April 20, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This may make you feel old but 2011 is the 30th anniversary of Call of Cthulhu. Zip back in time to 1981. Sandy Petersen – he of Doom fame, yeah; the comptuer game – pitched a concept to the RPG publisher Chaosium that made use of Lovecraft’s Dreamlands setting.…

Five circles of hell demons by Call of Cthulhu designer Sandy Petersen

A first look at the Quake Champions comic character art

Call of Cthulhu’s Sandy Petersen sues PayPal

Cthulhu as Pathfinder high fantasy

Founding fathers return to rescue Call of Cthulhu

The Cthulhu touched Theomachy

Call of Cthulhu designer lines up for C7’s Cthulhu Britannica: London

Cthulhu Wars Kicktarter races past $1,000,000 with hours to go

30 years of Call of Cthulhu

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