ffutures | Entries tagged with cthulhu mythos

DG Impossible Landscapes Quick Deal is a bundle featuring a "harrowing Delta Green campaign" from Arc Dream Publishing. It's only available until May 14th

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Impossible

Apologies this is a bit late, it came in after I'd gone to bed and I've only just seen it. It's a very good bundle - however, all of it was previously in the extra material for the September 2023 Delta Green Megabundle, so if you've got all of that you don't need to buy again.

Another horror offering in the run-up to Halloween, historical Call of Cthulhu material from New Comet Games, featuring a "golden age of piracy" campaign supplement Corsairs of Cthulhu and three 1920s-era scenarios for CoC 7th Edition or compatible rules:

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Corsairs

This looks interesting and the price is pretty good, presentation is excellent, and if you're a CoC fan I think it's well worth taking a look.

This is another horror bundle in the run-up towards Halloween, Fate of Cthulhu, an action-horror RPG from Evil Hat Productions, which is described as "Cthulhu Mythos meets The Terminator" - the Stars are going to be Right unless time travellers from an apocalyptic future can change things to make them wrong again:

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/FateOfCthulhu

This is a nice bundle with some interesting ideas and a lot of scenario hooks. Design looks pretty good, although intended to be seen on screen rather than printed, with a small word count per page and a lot of coloured art. It would work pretty well on a tablet if the GM was inclined that way. It uses the Fate system which is one of those things people seem to either love or hate - I'm more in the "adapt interesting ideas to other systems" camp and would probably run this under the Call of Cthulhu or Laundry Files system, or possibly Forgotten Futures with some extra nastiness added. You're getting quite a lot for your money, and I think it's well worth a look - but as I sometimes need to remind myself to mention, I'm getting this stuff free if I want it, your mileage may vary if you're on a budget.

Later - and I completely forgot to entitle this "No FATE but what we make..." for which many apologies!

Not an RPG in itself this time - fiction based on one. The Delta Green Fiction Library features stories of Delta Green operatives facing the dangers of the Cthulhu Mythos, and includes books and stories based on the Delta Green RPG from Arc Dream Publishing. It consolidates fiction from four different offers from 2013 to 2019.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/DGFiction

Unfortunately I haven't been able to track down all previous offers for this game system and see what I had to say about the fiction. My impression is that it's a reasonably good deal - but if you've had all of the previous Delta Green offers there's only one new book in this one, which only costs $4, so you're better off buying that.

Repeat of an offer from October 2021, a Cthulhu game based on a simplified RPG system called The Black Hack:

Cthulhu Hack Bundle

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/CthulhuHack2024

Last time I said "At a very quick look this seems to be a playable system, if a little gimmicky in places, with slimmed-down mechanics that should be fairly easy to learn. I'm not sure it has a huge amount to offer over other games that deal with the Cthulhu Mythos, but it's pretty cheap and looks like the adventure ideas can easily be adapted to other games, so probably worth taking a look if you're into Mythos roleplaying." I don't see any reason to change that.

This is a series of magazines for Call of Cthulhu covering the background to a lot of Lovecraft's work - Arkham and its surrounding areas of New England - with a scenario in each issue, published by Sentinel Hill Press.

( Arkham Gazette )

These look to be very useful resources for anyone running Call of Cthulhu or writing fiction involving the Cthulhu mythos, and the price is very good. Recommended!

If it's October it must be horror, and this time it's an all-new collection of games and supplements based on the Cthulhu mythos:

( Bundle of Tentacles 6 )

As I've said on previous occasions, too much Call of Cthulhu in the eighties and nineties left me a bit "monstered out" but this looks like quite a good deal, with some interesting ideas on settings and themes that may be worth trying. It's also starting off pretty cheaply, which can't really be bad. And looking at the Apocetuhulhu rules for about five minutes gave me one fun idea for a campaign (which I'll pass on since I probably won't run it myself) - The Postman with a Cthulhoid apocalypse as background instead of nuclear war.

Crossposts: https://ffutures.livejournal.com/1444787.html

This is one I don't know at all - material for a classical Rome-based Call of Cthulhu campaign.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Invictus

"Long before ivy grew on the walls of Miskatonic University or the Deep Ones first came to Innsmouth, the inhuman powers of the Cthulhu Mythos plagued mankind. During the late Age of the Antonines (AD 145), as the Roman Empire reached its peak, dark forces were at work. Ancient wizards sought ways to cheat death, explorers stumbled on the remnants of alien civilizations, and foul cults practiced unholy rites. But there was hope. From the benches of the Senate to the arches of the Colosseum, from Rome's steamy bathhouses to legionary camps in border provinces, some heroes and heroines were willing to give their lives to protect humanity. With torch, sword, and mystic arts they battled to preserve the Empire for one more day.

Cthulhu Invictus, a campaign for Call of Cthulhu set in ancient Rome, started as a humble Chaosium monograph (2004), then grew to an official CoC setting (2009). In September 2014 designer Oscar Rios Kickstarted a licensed Invictus scenario collection, De Horrore Cosmico, published by his own company, Golden Goblin Press. The campaign's success spawned a February 2017 follow-up Kickstarter to update Cthulhu Invictus for the CoC Seventh Edition rules. The greatly expanded Invictus 7E sourcebook won the 2019 Silver ENnie for Best Supplement.

Since then Golden Goblin has run several more Kickstarters, such as the March 2020 campaign for the first Invictus setting book, Britannia and Beyond, and their campaign now in progress for a pair of cosmic horror short story collections, Growing Up / Overnight.

This all-new offer presents most of Golden Goblin's Cthulhu Invictus line, including the current setting guide for CoC Seventh Edition along with scenarios, pregenerated investigators and patrons, and fiction. We provide each ebook complete in .PDF (Portable Document Format). Like all Bundle of Holding titles, these books have NO DRM (Digital Restrictions Management), and our customers are entitled to move them freely among all their devices.

Ten percent of each purchase (after gateway fees) goes to this offer's pandemic-related charity, Direct Relief. Direct Relief gets protective gear and critical care medications to health workers, with emergency deliveries to medical facilities across the US and to regional response agencies across the world.

The total retail value of the titles in this offer is US$83. Customers who pay just US$7.95 get all three titles in our Starter Collection (retail value $41) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks, including the complete 197-page Cthulhu Invictus setting book for Call of Cthulhu 7E (retail price $25), two fiction anthologies ( Tales of Cthulhu Invictus and Further Tales of Cthulhu Invictus, retail $8 apiece), and lots of free extras created for the Invictus Kickstarter campaign.

Those who pay more than the threshold (average) price, which is set at $17.95 to start, also get our entire Bonus Collection with three more titles worth an additional $42, including two scenario collections -- De Horrore Cosmico (retail $15) and Fronti Nulla Fides ("no faith in appearances," retail $15) -- plus a big book of pregenerated Roman investigators, Heroes and Heroines of the Shadow War (retail $12).

Note: Players need the free Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Quick-Start Rules or the CoC 7E Keeper's Rulebook from Chaosium, Inc. (not included in this offer) to use this Cthulhu Invictus material.

This looks interesting, and is very nicely presented with a lot of attention to issues such as gender balance (about half of the sample characters are women) and other issues. It should be a fun environment for Keepers to torment players who think that guns and explosives are the answer to every problem. It's good value for money, and I think it's a must-have for any CoC referee. Recommended!

Crossposts: https://ffutures.livejournal.com/1407954.html

This is one I'm excited about - The Laundry is Charles Stross's series of novels in which the Stars are Right and British intelligence has to deal with a slowly mounting extinction level event. The RPG manages to capture the bleak setting (and the black humour of the writing) very nicely, and I've played several times now and enjoyed it immensely.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Laundry2016

This offer launched Tuesday, June 28, and runs through 2PM Eastern US time (GMT -5) Monday, July 11.

"In the satirical novels and stories of UK science fiction writer Charles Stross, "The Laundry" is a branch of the British secret service, tasked to prevent hideous alien gods from wiping out all life on Earth (and, more particularly, the United Kingdom) while maintaining ISO-9001 compliance. In The Atrocity Archives and many sequels, the harried occult agents of the Laundry fight Mythos horrors and their own bureaucratic procedures. They can save the world, but they have to get a receipt.

The stars are right for this revival, because Charles Stross has just published his new Laundry novel, The Nightmare Stacks (Amazon Kindle edition), and last year's The Annihilation Score is out in paperback (and you can still get its Kindle edition). The Laundry RPG is a great introduction to this ever-sprawling bureaucracy. The roleplaying game, by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan (Mongoose Traveller, The One Ring, PARANOIA) and others, adapts Chaosium's Basic Role-Playing engine (seen in Call of Cthulhu and many other games), adding new rules for "computational sorcery."

We provide each ebook complete in .PDF (Portable Document Format). Like all Bundle of Holding titles, these books have NO DRM (Digital Restrictions Management), and our customers are entitled to move them freely among all their ereaders.

Ten percent of each purchase (after gateway fees) goes to this offer's designated charity, the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

The total retail value of the titles in this offer at launch is US$115. Customers who pay just US$8.95 get both titles in our Starter Collection (retail value $40) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks:

The Laundry corebook (retail $25): The 288-page guide to the top-secret, bottom-drawer occult branch of British espionage.
Agent's Handbook (retail $15): Required training for Laundry officers, and essential guidance for Laundry players.

Those who pay more than the threshold (average) price, which is set at $23.95 to start, also get our entire Bonus Collection with five more titles (retail value $75):

Black Bag Jobs (retail $15): Six self-contained missions ranging from the war-torn hillsides of Afghanistan to the corridors of power in Whitehall, from yoga lessons in Devon to the end of the world.
Cultists Under the Bed (retail $15): Eight of the nastiest, most tenacious foes of the Laundry, plus dozens of minor ones.
God Game Black (retail $15): Expands on the revelations of The Apocalypse Codex novel to send your games hurtling towards Armageddon.
License to Summon (retail $15): The dark side of Computational Demonology and arcane science in the Laundry, as well as the magic of other agencies -- and other entities. New spells, new gadgets, new ways to end the world!
The Mythos Dossiers (retail $15): Dozens of reports, handouts, eyewitness accounts and deranged speculations from the murkier reaches of the Laundry's archives.

There don't seem to be any surprise extras this time, I think the offer includes everything that's been published for the game.

If you like gaming modern horror and black comedy, weird spy stuff, and/or shooting squamous things with big guns, this is an essential buy. And it looks very good value, especially if you get in early. But as usual I have to point out that I'm not paying for this stuff, I get freebies, so your mileage may vary.

Greg Stafford and Sandy Petersen are back at Chaosium

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/topic/28763-stafford-and-petersen-back-at-chaosium/

This is another offer of PDF RPGs at low price - this time for Gumshoe and the Cthulhu setting. 10% of the proceeds after costs will go to Cancer Research UK, a charity I've supported for many years. The offer runs to June 16th.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Trail2015

STARTER COLLECTION ($9.95 - retail value $43)

Trail of Cthulhu (retail price $21): The complete rulebook.
Stunning Eldritch Tales (retail $9): Four adventures
Keeper's Resource Book & Screen (retail $8)
Four Shadows (retail $5): Atmospheric music

BONUS COLLECTION (threshold starts at $21.95 - retail value $65)

The Armitage Files ($17) + handouts file
Bookhounds of London ($20)
Book of the Smoke: Occult Guide to London ($13)
Arkham Detective Tales Extended Edition ($9)
Rough Magicks ($6)

The customer can pay any price (minimum $9.95) to get all the titles in the Starter Collection. If you pay more than the threshold (average) price, which is set at $21.95 to start, you also get all the titles in the Bonus Collection. Obviously this gets more expensive as it goes along, so buy early if you want the bonus collection! There may also be a mystery item added later - if so, everyone who buys the Bonus Collection will get it. These files are DRM-free.

Disclaimer - I should point out that one of the perks of blogging these bundles is that I get free downloads. Nevertheless, I think that they're pretty good value, and wouldn't plug them if I didn't.

My friend Roger WINOLJ has a son who has just done technical work on a student film that may be of interest - H.P. Lovecraft's From Beyond. It's quite well done, about the only criticism I have is that the narrator is very obviously British, where it's clear that the story was written with an American narrator, and pronounces Tillinghast differently at different points in the story. VERY creepy anyway, and I thoroughly recommend it.

For some reason embedding is disabled, but it works best at high resolution anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_soHPxYOD6M