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Chaosium Digest Volume 38 Number 04
Chaosium Digest Volume 38, Number 4
Date: Monday, April 19, 2004
Number: 1 of 1
Contents:
* Cthulhu Dark Ages (REVIEW)
by John W. Thompson
Editor's Note:
"That is not dead which can eternal lie..."
It's not been an eternity but The Chaosium Digest is back! Hopefully the
string of NEW Chaosium material will spark imaginations and get our readers
to once again provide us with some sanity-shattering submissions.
As a refresher, submissions can come from anyone, should be in a text, word
processor or email format of under 50KB. Submissions can deal with any
current or former Chaosium-related property such as Glorantha, Pendragon,
Cthulhu Live and Nephilim but only those dealing with current Chaosium
properties (Call of Cthulhu, Stormbringer, Cthulhu Dark Ages and the Basic
Role Playing system) are entered into the quarterly Chaosium Contest. At the
end of each quarter that we receive qualifying submissions from at least two
different people, one submission will be chosen and the author wins a $40
Chaosium gift certificate, provided by the good folks of Chaosium! Also note
that since we don't pay for submissions, all submissions remain the property
of the authors. By sending us a submission, you allow us to print the
article in our email fanzine and on our website. Speaking of which, you can
find the Official Chaosium Digest Archive by going to
http://pages.prodigy.net/gobackstage and following the link from there.
This issue contains a review of the first of these all new releases,
Cthulhu Dark Ages!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
* The R'lyeh Report
Volume 8, Number 4
April 08, 2004
Transmitted by the Leng Embassy, Silverton Colorado.
Greetings Cultists!
The R'lyeh report is here to bring you up to speed on many things Chaosium.
For more Chaosium news check out our website at http://www.chaosium.com
RPG.Net Feud Ends
Chaosium's recent feud with Alan Sugarbaker of RPG.Net has ended. The
companies have resumed normal relations. Said relations can best be
described as jovial, if demented.
Call of Cthulhu 6th Shipping Now
All but 600 wayward copies of our Call of Cthulhu 6th edition have arrived
at our California warehouse. We began shipping these books to distributors
yesterday and will likely finish this initial "autoship" later today. Our
distributors will be able to ship the books to retailers on April 13th.
There is a good chance that your local shop will have them by Friday the
16th.
H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands Update
Our new edition of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands is still on the press. Our
printer assures us that the books will be finished next week, and will ship
to Chaosium April 16th. So it looks as though Dreamlands will either release
at the very end of April or the very beginning of May depending upon how
long it takes the truck driver to drive to California from Michigan. These
are the kinds of things that keep me awake all night.
Chaosium to attend KublaCon 2004
Three of the four Chaosium staffers will be attending the upcoming KublaCon
May 28 - 31st. The Con takes place at the Hyatt Regency at the San Francisco
Airport. Charlie, Dustin, and Fergie will be at the Chaosium booth and
we'll be running a Chaosium Unplugged seminar sometime over the weekend. If
you will be attending KublaCon (and you should!) we hope you'll run a Call
of Cthulhu, Cthulhu Dark Ages, or Stormbringer event. We'll happily provide
you with some prizes for any Chaosium event you GM. We'll also invite you to
our first annual KublaCon GM Pizza bash. For more information about
KublaCon, to schedule a Chaosium game, see http://www.kublacon.com
Chaosium.com Update
Over the last week we've received the endearing "Baby's First Mythos." We've
more goodies on the way. Swing by http://www.chaosium.com and see for your
self.
Release Schedule Update
Please let your favorite local shop know you want these titles. The more
copies we ship upon their initial release, the faster we can print our next
books.
April Releases
2396 Call of Cthulhu 6th Edition $39.95 HC Shipping Now.
2394 H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands $34.95 HC (Late April)
May Releases
2397 Shadows of Yog Sothoth $23.95 - In final Layout & Editing
6023 The Yellow Sign & Other Stories $19.95 (reprint) - At the Printer.
June & Beyond.
While it is perilous to look too deeply into the future, our Magic 8-ball
said it would be safe to tell you the following. Secrets of Japan for Call
of Cthulhu, The Abbey & other tales (working title) for Cthulhu Dark Ages ,
and a really swell Cthulhu for President 2004 kit are all in the works for
this Summer.
Rumors, Rumors, Rumors.
The Chaosium website is due to switch servers any day now. No really.
The Chaosium Missionary Program is coming along quite nicely and our plans
for world domination are well ahead of schedule.
We still need some COC demo GM's for Origins.
The Leng Embassy Diplomatic Corps are still picking Ogre Flesh out from
between their teeth.
As always, we appreciate all your support. Here's to another 29 years!
The Chaosium dudes.
--
Dustin Wright- Chaosium Colorado "Leng Embassy"
/|\_(@jjjj@)_/|\ http://www.chaosium.com
28 Years of Quality Mayhem and still counting...
* A Humble Greetings All,
The day when all sentient species must sacrifice approaches! Master Fergie
is away, worshiping at secret fissures in earth's fragile crust along the
mountains of eastern California. Wakabobo, his dutiful servant, here
reports:
. . . and speaking of approaching, dear ancestors, kith, and spawn:
CALL OF CTHULHU sixth edition has shipped and will, somehow appropriately,
be in stores on Sacrifice Day (April 15th). Featuring the award-winning
layout from the 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION limited run, again reveals all
manner of secrets of Mythos and humankind.
CALL OF CTHULHU 6th ed.:
http://www.chaosium.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=359
A COMPANY FAVORITE: We just added a wonderful little tome, BABY'S FIRST
MYTHOS, a collection of alphabetized poems, Mythos oriented and very clever.
Noted Mythos author C. J. Henderson and wife Erica Henderson have conspired
this offering, Erica offering her talents to illustrate the book.
BABY'S FIRST MYTHOS:
http://www.chaosium.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=466
AUDIO MADNESS: With the addition of a couple CDs from DARKEST OF THE
HILLSIDE THICKETS, we have now inaugurated our "Audio Madness" category.
We're working to mine more disturbing sounds to bring your way in a near
aeon.
AUDIO MADNESS: http://www.chaosium.com/catalog/default.php?cPath=46
THESE JUST IN: Just before I began sharpening my nails to scribe this
missive, a package arrived from HIPPOCAMPUS PRESS. Behold! Brand new copies
of H. P. Lovecraft's COLLECTED ESSAYS, in two volumes and edited by S. T.
Joshi (who was just in town for a book signing).
COLLECTED ESSAYS, VOL. 1:
http://www.chaosium.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=471
COLLECTED ESSAYS, VOL. 2:
http://www.chaosium.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=470
KEEPER'S CORNER: For the historically-minded, we added several valuable
guides in our FICTION & NON-FICTION section. Of special note is the
DICTIONARY OF ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL WARFARE and a truly delightful book THE
YEAR 1000, filled with the kinds of minutiae that brings your CALL OF
CTHULHU game to life. Lots of small details, tid bits, and lore for
inventive keepers.
DICTIONARY OF ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL WARFARE:
http://www.chaosium.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=35&products_id=472
THE YEAR 1000:
http://www.chaosium.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=45&products_id=468
So, keep your weather-eyes open for anything you might think we should
offer. We are DREAMing of new LANDS we might soon offer, so check back soon.
Wakabobo,
Minion to Fergie, the Shippin' Shoggoth
fergie@chaosium.com
*********************
Chaosium Inc.
895 B Street #423
Hayward, CA 94541
ph. 510-583-1000
* From Issaries Inc.
PRODUCT UPDATES
Just a quick note to let everyone know that a number of factors (including
the site migration, delays in text and artwork, and other things) have
caused a delay to both Gathering Thunder and Under the Red Moon. We'll keep
you updated once we have more exact information about the release dates.
However, the most excellent news is that the Spanish edition of HeroQuest
should go to the printer sometime this week. We are very excited about this
development, and wish our licensee Edge Enterprises every success with this
venture.
As if that was not enough, it seems that we will soon have a Japanese
licensee once again! The situation in Japan seems to be settling out, and
we expect to formalize a new contract in the next few weeks.
BEST OF GLORANTHA
Best of Glorantha suffered some delays because of the migration, but we now
have the results available (they should be posted to the web site any day).
Congratulations to all of the winners:
BEST GLORANTHA VISUAL ART
Map of Dragon Pass, by Wesley Quadros (in Dragon Pass - Land of Thunder)
BEST HEROQUEST OR HERO WARS SCENARIO
Fish Rain, by Greg Stafford and Mark Galeotti (in HeroQuest)
BEST HEROQUEST OR HERO WARS DESCRIPTION
Crime & Punishment in the Lunar Empire, by Mark Galeotti (in Moon Rites)
BEST GLORANTHA WEBSITE
lokarnos.com
BEST GLORANTHA IN PRINT - ENGLISH HeroQuest
by Issaries, Inc.
BEST HEROQUEST OR HERO WARS HOUSE RULE
Super Hero Wars, by Bruce Ferrie
BEST GLORANTHA PLAYING AID OR ARTICLE
Dragon Pass - Land of Thunder, by Issaries, Inc.
BEST GLORANTHAN FICTION
The Widow's Tale, by Penelope Love.
BEST ISSARIES INC. PUBLISHED PRODUCT
HeroQuest
BEST LICENSED PRODUCT
The Widow's Tale, by Penelope Love
BEST GLORANTHAN MINIATURE
Minaryth Purple, by Lance & Laser
SPIRIT OF GLORANTHA
Various new stories on Oliver Bernuetz' Mything Links web site
BEST OF THE BEST OF GLORANTHA 2003 (selected from the above winners)
HeroQuest, published by Issaries, Inc.
Greg Sez: "HeroQuest has been selected as Best of the Best because...
well, without it there would be no best, no worst or in between, there would
be no contest, no currently working and living Glorantha, no community,
and no Issaries. And because it is the best Gloranthan game ever made!"
SELECTED AS GLORANTHAN TREASURE
King of Sartar, by Greg Stafford.
Greg Sez: "King of Sartar was the first published Glorantha fiction. This
epistolary novel is a primary source for Dragon Pass background,
Orlanthi mythology, Heortling culture, and both past history and future
events.
Cheers,
Stephen
Stephen Martin
<administrator@glorantha.com>
Issaries, Inc., publisher of HeroQuest, Roleplaying in Glorantha
P.O. Box 272914 Concord, CA 94527
Phone: (925) 680-8897
See our extensive web site at <www.HeroQuest-rpg.com>
* Issaries Press Release
Concord, CA
March 29, 2004
ISSARIES LICENSES HEROQUEST GAME ENGINE TO FIREBIRD PRODUCTIONS
Since the release of the HeroQuest roleplaying game last year, its powerful
rules system has not only led to an explosion of interest in its setting
(the fantasy world of Glorantha), it has also been used by players to
explore a multitude of other settings, from Middle Earth to comic book
superheroes. With its free-flowing rules and its capacity to be adapted for
play at any level of power, from barroom brawls to the epic clashes of gods
and demons, it has proven flexible and popular.
So far, these adaptations of the HeroQuest engine have been limited to fan
ventures. Now, however, Issaries Inc. is pleased to announce that it has
licensed Firebird Productions to use the engine in 'Mythic Russia.' Written
and produced by Mark Galeotti, an academic expert in Russian history, this
standalone book will adapt the core HeroQuest rules to roleplaying in the
ancient Russia of legend and folktale. Players will adventure through this
land of glittering onion-domed churches and dark, dangerous forests, home
to heroes and fiends -- and the flame-feathered firebird. Mark is also one
of the developers of HeroQuest, acquisitions editor for Issaries, Inc., and
the author of the Imperial Lunar Handbook supplement.
"I waited twenty-seven years for HeroQuest, the perfect system to bring
Glorantha to life," says Greg Stafford, president of Issaries, Inc. "I am
delighted that it won't take nearly that long for the game engine to bring
magic and adventure to other settings, too." Mark Galeotti adds, "For me
this is a labor of love, at last finding the system that will allow the
kind of the superhuman heroics and mythic weirdness you find in Russian
folk epics. However, I see this as just the tip of the iceberg: HeroQuest
is so versatile and fun that I expect others will choose to adopt it to
open up other genres and settings."
Mythic Russia is scheduled for a winter 2004/2005 release. See the Firebird
Productions website at <http://www.firebird-productions.com> for more
information, or contact Mark Galeotti at <tsar@firebird-productions.com>.
For information on HeroQuest, see the Issaries, Inc. website
<http://www.heroquest-rpg.com> or contact Stephen Martin at
<administrator@glorantha.com>.
Stephen Martin
<administrator@glorantha.com>
Issaries, Inc., publisher of HeroQuest, Roleplaying in Glorantha
P.O. Box 272914 Concord, CA 94527
Phone: (925) 680-8897
See our extensive web site at <www.HeroQuest-rpg.com>
* TENTACLES NEWS POST
Volume 5, Number 2, March 2004
~~ S l u r p F o l k s ! ~~
Welcome to the March Tentacles News Post, featuring all the latest
Tentacles news and views. Feel free to forward this newsletter to
friends, allies and sworn enemies. If you do not want to receive this
newsletter or have a new email address please send notification to:
fabian@tentacles-convention.de
T e n t a c l e s A r i s e !
More games, more drinks, more fun! The Immortal
Heroband is forming, games are being prepared on
practice quests and events are being summoned!
Only 20 more gamers and Tentacles is booked out!
So hurry up veterans and newbies!
~ Tentacles Monstrous ~
28th - 31st May 2004
HeroQuest, Call of Cthulhu and
Eternal Champion Game Fest
Castle Stahleck, Germany
The price for residential membership is 90 Euro
and includes bed, breakfast and dinner.
Residential membership is available at this price
until 31st March 2004. After this date we will charge
a late fee of 10 Euro.
Non-residential membership is 25 Euro for the whole
event.
Sign-up here:
http://www.tentacles-convention.de/regis.htm
Travel hints:
http://www.tentacles-convention.de/source.htm
Here the news...
~ T h e I m m o r t a l H e r o b a n d ~
S t a f f o r d, Greg
The Godfather of Glorantha is sorry to n o t be able to
attend this year. But he sent the ancestors with gifts and
blessings that will help us to summon and strengthen the
Glorantha Tribe Wyter!
H u g h e s, John
We are proud to have the feet of this Gloranthan Veteran
(from Down Under) touch continental Europe soil the first
time for Tentacles! John will heroform Greg Stafford for
us this year! John is t h e heortling law speaker of
the tribe, co-author of 'Thunder Rebels', Wyter of Glorantha
Con VIII., Editor of 'Moonrites', 3D artist and poet from the
Far Place. He will kick-start our Glorantha/HeroQuest programme!
P e t e r s e n, Sandy
Tentacles is deeply in love with this Great Old One and he
loves us back! The bald mastermind behind Call of Cthulhu
will be back and again hurl more games and fun at us then we
will be able to digest! Last year Sandy could not recharge
his gameboy for his flight back home so he decided to write
a Call of Cthulhu FreeForm for us instead. We will proudly
host his 'Evil High Priest'! Watch out - this time he will
bring his family!
W h i t a k e r, Lawrence
Loz almost a legend, true Eternal Champion, a Straw Dog and
good friend will be back! Hozzah! Loz will spearhead the
Eternal Champion events and games at Tentacles! Loz wrote a
fresh Hawkmoon scenario for us called 'Skay'ana's Tears'! We
will of course ply him with enough drinks again to get him to
read some of his latest works as well.
B r a y, Simon
Simon is alive and kicking despite having a real job and being
father, husband, author, artist and editor of far too many great
Glorantha material and one of the nicest guys on the face of the
earth and under the sun! Simon will host his new Glorantha
FreeForm 'Harem Nights' which will put Fonrit back on the map!
D u n h a m, David
David was Producer, Designer, and Programmer for 'King of
Dragon Pass'. He edited the 'Enclosure' fanzine, and created the
popular 'PenDragon Pass' rules variant. He maintains an extensive
Glorantha web site. John will run a 2nd age Jurestal HeroQuest
game for us!
B r o o k e, N i c k
Infamous scourge of RuneQuest, Gloranthan and HeroQuest
mailing lists, Megacorp author, convention guest, wit,
raconteur and singer. Nick will be hosting his Singalong
and a fresh game. Nick is co-founder of the Lokarnos.com
website.
S c h u e t t e, Steffen
Tentacles is delighted to host Steffen Schuette this year.
Steffen is one of the great legendary German RPG authors.
He wrote the stunning CoC-Supplement 'Froschkönig-Fragmente'
back in the Golden Laurin Age and the still unpublished
Stormbringer campaign 'Arioch's Kinder' that started most of
our staff playing Stormbringer. Steffen continues to write
CoC-Material for Pegasus Press as well as fantasy novels.
He will of course host a panel and run a game for us!
S c h i e m i c h e n, Wolfgang
T h e famed and feared German CoC gamemaster, teacher, actor and
phantomist clown will be around again and unleash horror at random
victims and the usual subjects!
~ M o n s t r o u s F r e e F o r m s ~
E v i l H i g h P r i e s t
a Call of Cthulhu FreeFrom by Sandy Petersen
Madness fills the void. Monolithic non-Euclidean doors open and a
vast green corpulence oozes forth. Amorphous colossi of horror descend
from the skies. Insane cultists intone ancient rituals of despair and
destruction as humankind's brief reign draws close to its end. The stars
are right! The Old Ones return in power and all their hideous glory!
Can heroic investigators stop this awful catastrophe! DON'T BE
SILLY! This time we get to be the BAD guys!
Yes, it's the final Grand Conventicle to decide the fate of
Earth. Which of the various horrendous Forces from Beyond will be able
to take control of the world for its own nefarious lusts? And who will
be the all-powerful minions of that conquering force? Will it include
the degenerate Tcho-Tchos? The dreaded Silver Twilight Lodge? Or the
loathsome cult of the Deep Ones?
You decide as we meet in an all-villain game of gibbering
madness written by the Great Old Bald One Sandy Petersen himself. Play
as Wilbur Whateley, the Shoggoth, or even Great Cthulhu itself!
H a r e m N i g h t s
a Glorantha FreeForm by Simon Bray
In the bazaar the storytellers and fakirs are chanting that the old
world is dying and that Garangordos the Great Founder is returning to
carve out a new one. The songs of the wise women who preach of new ways,
new constellations and new moons drown their voices. In their towers and
temples the sorcerers and priests prepare their potions, spells and
prayers, new magic is being born into the world and they all seek to
control it.
In the harem the courtesans whisper of the worries of their masters, as
they anoint the brow of the bride to be. Her husband to be sits faraway
waiting for his conquest to come, this wedding will change Fonrit and
make him powerful and in Fonrit power is everything.
In the courtyards a blue skinned eunuch watches the rooftops, ever
vigilant, ever mindful of his masters welfare. The great masarin lords
sit upon their jeweled thrones counting their slaves and treasure,
plotting against the changes to come.
Above the streets of the cities sit the great royal palaces, each
countries ruler plots the downfall of the next, whilst trying to retain
the stability of their own country and defend against the outside world.
But the outsiders are coming, in the shadows lurks the thief, the
assassin, the rebel and the pirate all-waiting for their moments to
create havoc and destroy Fonrit.
To the east the dark jungles of Laskal beat to a different drum, the
White Bear Warrior who came from the North has carved his empire, and
now has departed leaving only his rapacious followers who look at
Fonrit's treasure with envy in their eyes. In the elf forests to the
west the replanting has begun, the Umathelans and the Elves are on the
march, expanding east into decadent Mondoro. To the north the seas
churn, the monstrous malasp mermen rule the waters, their taxes grow
stronger, their retributions worse. To the south the Nargan desert burns
more deadly, and spews forth chaos, the people of Jolar, ancient enemies
of Fonrit begin to move north, but in some cities they do not stand
guard, but instead open their arms as if to welcome old friends.
This is Fonrit, a land of slaves and masters, where powerful tyrants
dominate a huge underclass of impoverished slaves. It is a land of
sowuks, bazaars, palaces and harems. It is a land of decadence that is
about to crumble and be reborn; can you shape the new world to your own
desires?
T h e W o n d e r o f C l a n k i n g C i t y
a Glorantha FreeForm by Ingo Tschinke and Helge Reuter
Two Mostali workcrews have dug a tunnel into the Clanking City to search
for the eternal grease. Both Mostali foremen want to be the first to
sink their hands into the eternal grease but they have to co-operate
in order to achieve their goal.
Will they be able to upgrade their Mostali workers to cope with the
obstacles in the Clanking City?
More games will be added soon!
~ M o n s t r o u s G a m e s ~
S k a y ' a n a ' s T e a r s
a Hawkmoon Scenario by Lawrence Whitaker
Kyrus is free from Granbretan's tyranny, and the adventurers, as part
of the liberating force, are hailed as Heroes by the Kyriot people. It
is natural, then, for the villagers of Bogazi to turn to the adventurers
for help in a matter that troubles them deeply. Three years ago, their
village was almost devastated by the Plague; now, their people are dying
once more and, to the villagers' horror, the Plague-dead return to life.
But the villagers have, by miraculous fortune, captured a demon that is
surely the root of Bogazi's troubles. They have no experience of such
things, and look to the adventurers help them to take the Right Course
of Action and free Bogazi from its torment.
But is the demon all that it seems to be? Could the vile
sorcery-science of the Dark Empire be at work? Or is it something far
stranger, far older and far, far more dangerous?
U p o n t h e W a l l s o f W h i t e w a l l
a HeroQuest Episode by John Hughes
A band of fearless Orlanthi heroes defend the walls of Whitewall during
a foul lunar night assault.
B a d B o o n R i s i n g, B e a k N o E v i l
a two session, two team HeroQuest Episode by John Hughes and Friends
A sort of beer-and-pretzels affair, though distinctly lacking in
pretzels. Play fweedom-loving Heortling ducks! Play Imperious Lunar
baboons! Match one band against the other (shudder) in a ruthless battle
where only the Narrators walk tall!
For ten players and two narrators, with live action bits, tabletop bits,
and all the gwubs you can eat.
T h e O p e n S e a
a HeroQuest Episode by David Dunham
The Middle Sea Empire lays claim to the oceans, but much work remains to
be done. After the Battle of Tanian's Victory, Fire has conquered Water.
Second Age God-Learner shenanigans with David Dunham.
More games will be added soon!
~ M o n s t r o u s E v e n t s ~
Heortling Poetry Slam, Beer cards, 'The Siege of Whitewall' Seminar,
Random Infoshrine Madness, Illumination of the Castle, SFX, Auction,
Trollball, John reads Greg, 'Heroes In Hall' Heroband Seminar
Singalong, Loz reads, Tentacles Group Photograph 4, Card- and
Boardgames, Independet Glorantha Panel, Horror Lottery,
MiB in Action...
Fabian
--
~ Tentacles Monstrous ~
28th - 31st May 2004
HeroQuest, Call of Cthulhu and
Eternal Champion Game Fest
Castle Stahleck, Germany
Sign-up here:
http://www.tentacles-convention.de/regis.htm
* From the Strange Aeons mailing list
Yes there is an [Cthulhu: Dark Ages] errata. Details may be found at the
following URL under the link to 'Patch':
http://ad1000.cjb.net/
Also, the official(?) Dark Ages forum may be found on the site
www.yog-sothoth.com ;)
Cheers.
Peter.
-----------------------
Cthulhu Dark Ages (REVIEW)
by John W. Thompson
Cthulhu Dark Ages is Chaosium's English publication of Stephane Gesbert's
work which was original published in German in 2002. It weighs in at 176
pages with a price tag of $23.95. For that price, Cthulhu Dark Ages offers a
complete game and setting outline plus an interesting adventure and numerous
plot hooks. In this day of $40 core rulebooks, Cthulhu Dark Ages offers
quite a bit of bang for the buck.
The first 52 pages cover the essential BRP game mechanics and Dark Ages
character creation. Anyone familiar with classic CoC won't find anything
surprising here. The only real difference is found in some of the starting
skill ratings, which have been altered to better represent an individual
from the period of A.D. 950 - 1050, and period equipment lists. After that,
20 pages cover the physical setting of Dark Ages Europe. Over all, the
information is fairly cursory. However, there are excellent sections on
period social history, covering what people wear, what they eat and what
they do day in and day out. The political history of who ruled when, etc. is
left to the timelines. There's enough information here for a start, though
those groups and GMs with a need for greater detail will have to put in some
research time. Pages 74 - 123 cover the Mythos in the Dark Ages. While there
are many of the classic stand-bys: Deep Ones and Mi Go for example, there's
also quite a bit of new beasts, many new spells and a great section on
Spirits and Limbo. The later is where this section really shines. Limbo is
presented as the spirit realm and the home realm of Yog Sothoth. Finally,
the book wraps up with an interesting adventure set on the German/Hungarian
border. The adventure provides a good start to a campaign and has numerous
hooks that can be built upon to produce a good campaign.
Even if one is not planning a Dark Ages game, there's much material to be
mined from this book. Also, cross pollination of material would be easy
between such games as Ars Magica, Pendragon and Stormbringer. Over all, I'd
rank Cthulhu Dark Ages as a good buy for any fan of the Mythos. With
Chaosium having a supplement already on the way, I think Cthulhu Dark Ages
is poised to join the Roaring '20s, Modern Day, and the Victorian Era as a
great
setting for Mythos investigations.
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