In my previous reviews of the Cthulhu Now supplements Secrets, A Resection of Time, and At Your Door, I’ve probably made it clear that I don’t actually… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: 1990s Handbook”
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Tabletop RPG Review: At Your Door
This is the third Cthulhu Now (Call of Cthulhu set in the 1990s) book I’ve read and it’s definitely the best. It’s the first one that actually… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: At Your Door”
Tabletop RPG Review: A Resection of Time
This is either twice as much as it should be, or half as much. It’s another Cthulhu Now, 1990s-set scenario for Call of Cthulhu that doesn’t feel… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: A Resection of Time”
Tabletop RPG Review: Eldritch Skies
I originally wrote this review for In the Mouth of Dorkness back in June of 2016. I haven’t had a chance to use it yet, but it’s… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Eldritch Skies”
Tabletop RPG Review: Call of Cthulhu Starter Set
Call of Cthulhu is possibly my all time favorite Tabletop RPG. Who can really pick favorites, but… It’s definitely the game I tend toward if I’m bringing… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Call of Cthulhu Starter Set”
Tabletop RPG Review: The Compact Trail of Tsathoggua
These two connected Call of Cthulhu scenarios by Keith Herber have a lot of potential, but as is, they’re sort of representative of what’s sometimes wrong with… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: The Compact Trail of Tsathoggua”
Book Review: The Hashish Man
As a teen, I discovered H.P. Lovecraft, and through Lovecraft (and Robert E. Howard) I discovered many other writers. Reading anthologies of “Cthulhu Mythos” stories (Lovecraft called… Read more “Book Review: The Hashish Man”
Book Review: Rehearsals for Oblivion: Act I
Robert W. Chambers wrote a lot, but very little of particular note. It is sad, looking at his work, that he spent most of his efforts creating… Read more “Book Review: Rehearsals for Oblivion: Act I”
Book Review: The Madness of Cthulhu
Lovecraft scholar S.T. Joshi has assembled a heck of a collection of stories ostensibly inspired by At the Mountains of Madness, arguably H.P. Lovecraft’s best work. It’s… Read more “Book Review: The Madness of Cthulhu”
Tabletop RPG Review: Against the Unknown
I’ve been a fan of the Call of Cthulhu tabletop role-playing game for a long danged time. I started on Basic Roleplaying, which uses the same… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Against the Unknown”