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Gareth Hanrahan, co-writer on Trail of Cthulhu, spills the beans/guts

November 5, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

GUMSHOE’s core idea is that it’s always more fun when the players get information; a good mystery isn’t the GM saying “you don’t find anything – ooooh, how mysterious it is to live in ignorance!!”

Filed Under: Art, Interviews Tagged With: Gareth Hanrahan, Pelgrane Press, Trail of Cthulhu

Trail of Cthulhu offers a free quickstart as the crowdfunding summoning rite goes well

November 1, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Trail of Cthulhu 2e gamemasters are provided with resources to design horror mystery adventures, including guidelines for creating Cthulhuoid creatures, cults, and narrative frameworks for long-running campaigns.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: crowdfunding, cthulhu, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, Pelgrane Press, robin d laws, Trail of Cthulhu

Trail of Cthulhu RPG lurks on Humble Bundle

September 12, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The value of the top Trail of Cthulhu bundle tier comes to nearly £280, and money raised goes to support Cancer Research UK.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle, cthulhu, horror, humble, Pelgrane Press, Trail of Cthulhu

‘Trail of Cthulhu’ 2nd edition announced

September 8, 2023 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Exciting news this week for Trail of Cthulhu fans, as the game is getting a second edition – and you may even get to have your say in it.

Interestingly, the original edition’s creator Kenneth Hite and writer-designer Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan are teaming up as part of the revision process, under the influential eye of Pelgrane publisher Cathriona Tobin.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Trail of Cthulhu

Cthulhu Mythos horror in dangerous RPG lore: Tentacles 6 in a bundle

October 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Titles include the survival-horror Apocthulhu and Cthulhu Reborn’s historical sourcebook, Convicts & Cthulhu, set in An Australian penal colony.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Call of Cthulhu, cthulhu, tiny cthulhu, Trail of Cthulhu

The Bundle of Holding launches their Starter Store

April 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This isn’t a standard eCommerce experience; you only get starter packs here.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: black armada, bundle of holding, Champions, old school essentials, Shadow of the Demon Lord, Tekumel, tiny dungeon, Trail of Cthulhu, traveller

Two Cthulhu Humble Bundles from Pelgrane Press

November 10, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Trail of Cthulhu publisher, Pelgrane Press, has two different Cthulhu themed bundles up on the discount website Humble Bundle.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cthulhu, humble bundle, Pelgrane Press, sales, Trail of Cthulhu

The RPG China burned: The Sassoon Files

May 21, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The opening pages grab you by the shoulders and pull you through a whirlwind tour of Chinese history.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Call of Cthulhu, cthulhu, gumshoe, reviews, Sons of Singularity, Trail of Cthulhu

A look inside Hideous Creatures: A Bestiary of the Cthulhu Mythos with Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

May 21, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tips for keeping these Cthulhu horrors scary and an interview with author Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cthulhu, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, Pelgrane Press, Trail of Cthulhu

The Chinese government just burned every copy of this Cthulhu Kickstarter

March 28, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The Sassoon Files is a Cthulhu mythos set of tabletop RPG scenarios and campaign world set in 1920s Shanghai.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Call of Cthulhu, china, cthulhu, Sons of Singularity, time travel, Trail of Cthulhu

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