Call of Cthulhu

There’s doom, darkness, horror, an in-game mechanism for calculating how close the end of days is, and award-winning graphic design;…

April 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a CommentLinks may earn commission Howdy, geeks. Once again, we find ourselves at…

Luke Crane, the designer of The Burning Wheel, has been in the news of late. The dramatically cancelled The Perfect…

Is there a more elegant way to title this post? Probably, but this is the most direct. Hey there, my…

The investigators are all on the governing body for the Buffalo Terminal Restoration Group. They sit in the boardroom as…

Astral Tabletop is a browser-based virtual tabletop with free and paid for tiers. The platform has a partnership with DriveThruRPG.…

Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Dungeon Notes Dungeon Notes is a brand new system,…

Your favorite adventures and livestreams owe more to Sandy Petersen’s Call of Cthulhu than Gary Gygax’ Dungeons & Dragons. Here’s…

Roleplay one-to-one sessions of the Call of Cthulhu RPG with Does Love Forgive?, a set of scenarios designed to be…

Welcome to another issue of Outside the Box, this week with news from Wargames Atlantic, Raging Heroes, Wargame Exclusive, Warcradle…

Two “classic” campaign books for Call of Cthulhu, Beyond the Mountains of Madness and Horror on the Orient Express, have…

The numbers are in for the Fall, and while Dungeons & Dragons rules the roost, it looks like the Alien…

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We’re nearly one-quarter of the way through 2021. Gulp! Let’s mark the occasion with some RPG news. First up, the…

The investigators returned to their Cairo suite of rooms after visiting the deranged archaeologist laying low in the squalid storage…

This week: the GAMA expo brings interesting insights into the RPG industry; an ill-thought-out Asian-themed sourcebook is pulled from production;…

By Nathan Dowdell First appearing in 2013 with Mutant Chronicles 3rd edition, the 2d20 System has been a part of…

In February, there was a sea of fresh RPG offerings via Kickstarter. Many of them were Zine Quest 3 products,…

Those who run tabletop campaigns often shoulder a lot of creative labour between and during sessions, not to mention the…

Modiphius Entertainment has today opened up the pre-order for Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20.  The launch has different books. You can pre-order…

By John Houlihan  Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20 launch day is here and we’re really excited to finally share with you nearly…

The band of investigators emerged from the ever-winding corridors beneath the Sphinx to find a chamber longer and wider than…

Digital roleplaying platform Roll20 released its annual Orr Group Industry Report on February 18th, sharing some hand-picked insights behind the…

The numbers are in, and to nobody’s surprise, Dungeons & Dragons is still #1, but Call of Cthulhu has surged…

HP Lovecraft imagined a world of unknowable horrors from the depths of the ocean and beyond the stars with the…

I recently completed a year-long trek through the epic Call of Cthulhu campaign Masks of Nyarlathohotep. The players were from…

Two board games created by late RuneQuest designer Greg Stafford and set in the fantasy world of Glorantha are returning…

The video game adaptation of Blood Bowl, the fantasy football spin-off from the Warhammer universe, is getting its third entry…

Horror roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu has overtaken Dungeons & Dragons’ popularity in Japan, with its success driven by an…

Dark fantasy, horror, and good old fashion tabletop roleplaying fun mix this week on RPG Spotlight as we dive into…

The Call of Cthulhu release Dead Light and Other Dark Turns is now available on Roll20! Two unsettling encounters on the road……

Upwind, a roleplaying game inspired by the likes of Studio Ghibli and the Disney film Treasure Planet, has seen a…

By John HoulihanAs January, always the longest month of the year, draws to a close, we’re edging ever closer to…

If you want to play a creepy horror game but don’t want to deal with a lot of complex rules,…

The Dicebreaker Podcast is back for a brand new year, but with the same ol’ tangents as Matt, Wheels and…

A summary of 2020 RPG stats, a round-up of the news, lots of reviews and product releases all together in…

This week D&D hired a new senior game designer, an army of monsters appeared on Humble Bundle, publishers backed New…

Cut down gamemaster prep time with D100 random tables. Use these random tables to enhance your RPG campaigns and have…

November 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a CommentLinks may earn ad money Hello and welcome to another week of…

Here’s something new to play if you’re staying in over Thanksgiving – our latest Solo Call of Cthulhu release, Alone Against…

Modiphius has shared the first teaser from their highly anticipated Dune RPG. Dune: Adventures in the Imperium will use Modiphius’…

When I saw Midnight Tower’s latest Kickstarter, A Mystery Adventure Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe for 5e, I knew I…

Thumbnail image from Netflix show Dark With all other time-traveling methods out of the way, we end up with my…

Jesse Covner and Patrick Chandler from the Sons of Singularity join me on the podcast to discuss the Journal d’Indochine,…

We're facing a Friday the 13th this weekend. More importantly, we also have a host of RPG charity events to…

Call of Cthulhu is more popular than ever, making a big splash on places like Roll20 and now… Astral Tabletop.…

In 1925 your expert detectives work to keep a post-war and divisive world from falling apart.

If you encounter something indescribable and weird and can keep your wits about you, you may be approached and asked…

October 30, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment💶 Links may earn commission Looking for an RPG news summary? You’re…

Free League Publishing – Oct 27, 2020 14:00 GMT “I can’t lie to you about your chances, but … you…

Chaosium has appointed Community Ambassadors for its Miskatonic Repository and Jonstown Compendium community content programs on DriveThruRPG. The Miskatonic Repository is Chaosium’s platform on DriveThruRPG for independent…

The rigid corpse of the dead bird blocked my usual view of the coastline. Feathers tugged as the chill wind…

The new mobile app for tabletop roleplaying platform Roll20 looks to be launching in a closed beta, after the original…

Roll20Con 2020 wraps at the end of the weekend and there's already been a ton of announcements.

Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives.Today we continue the Halloween Mini-series. Like last time, we’ll be looking…

D&D is bigger than ever, according to the latest data gathered from Roll20’s, D&D accounts for more than 60% of…

Escape the Dark Castle sparks an odd kind of pleasure in me. I have no personal experiences of tabletop gaming…

King Arthur Pendragon RPG is getting a new sixth edition described as the “ultimate edition” of the epic fantasy roleplaying…

Chaosium is marking the second anniversary of Greg Stafford’s death this week. Stafford was the publisher’s original creative mastermind and…

D&D 5e once again tops the Orr Report on Roll20 games in the third quarter of 2020. The virtual tabletop…

Looking for 1920s action noir and cosmic horror, but not Lovecraft’s take? Then Terrors and Tommyguns might be the RPG…

Roll20 announced that Code2040 would be the charity partner for their 2020 convention. Code2040 tackles racial disparity in the tech…

$40 worth of Pathfinder / D&D 5e / Call of Cthulhu goodies is currently available in a $13 bundle from…

Whether you’re playing D&D, Call of Cthulhu, or a generic RPG system there’s always a little room for the great…

I’m continuing my “Online Gaming Tools” series with a segment on virtual tabletops (VTTs) you can use for running RPG…

Chaosium has confirmed that their mammoth Call of Cthulhu adventure The Children of Fear will be available in digital format…

Acheron “They say whoever controls the flow of history, can write the future. For centuries, The Council has curated the…

Horror roleplaying is intrinsically tied to what makes scary films, books and games so engaging. The audience gets to experience…

PC game marketplace Steam has announced a new online event showcasing digital tabletop games set to take place at the…

Steam will host the Digital Tabletop Fest from October 21st to the 26th. You can find this and other online…

Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Stat Trackers Friends & Foes Stat Trackers are a simple, but…

The publisher of the HeroQuest roleplaying game has confirmed that Hasbro has acquired the HeroQuest trademark, following yesterday’s surprise announcement…

Stand against the Dark Lords on the brink of hell itself in a Planet Apocalypse RPG supplement for Dungeons &…

Last month Geek Native listed the Acheron beta as a free to download RPG. I’m now told Dark World Studios…

September 4, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a CommentAds: Sales from links may earn us money For many of us,…

Step into a world steeped in Scandinavian myths and Nordic Folklore mixed with a dash of blood curdling horror in…

Weird Tales Magazine was founded in 1922 and published the early work of H.P. Lovecraft – including Call of Cthulhu…

There are audio games like Pazio’s impressive Starfinder for Alexa that features Nathan Fillion and Critical Role’s Laura Bailey or…

This week’s episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast is sponsored by Voodoo Ranger. Matt is joined by Lolies and Wheels for…

Free League Publishing – Aug 12, 2020 14:19 BST The Kickstarter for the edition of the classic roleplaying game Twilight: 2000 was launched…

Posted on Aug 11, 2020 | Questions to Consider So, you’re organizing an event, starting a club, hosting a drop-in…

The Call of Cthulhu setting of Ancient Rome brought to horrible life by Golden Goblin Press and Oscar Rios is…

This year’s ENnie Awards winners have been announced, naming the best tabletop RPGs of the last 12 months as voted…

Free League Publishing – Aug 01, 2020 15:09 BST It was quite a night for Free League Publishing at the ENNIE…

The ENnies were held online this year as the lockdown as forced Gen Con to go virtual. Hosts Misha Bushyager,…

Media Release: for immediate release Does Love Forgive? – a special surprise release from Chaosium for Gen Con 2020! Does…

Free League Publishing “Crypt of the Mellified Mage” Module For Award-Winning Forbidden Lands RPG Launched Today Free League Publishing –……

Prepare your spacesuit and find Jonesy, on this week’s RPG spotlight we’re fighting xenomorphs with the Alien Roleplaying Game. A…

Free League Publishing Destroyer of Worlds For The ALIEN RPG Launching September 8 Alongside Starter Set Free League Publishing –……

Free League Publishing Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying Launched Free League Publishing – Jul 28, 2020 13:00 BST Vaesen –……

Free League Publishing Twilight: 2000 By Free League Coming to Kickstarter on August 12 Free League Publishing – Jul 31,……

Does Love Forgive? is a pair of special scenarios for Call of Cthulhu; both designed for duet play in which…

Lords of the Middle Sea, a post-apocalyptic board game released in the late 1970s by Call of Cthulhu publisher Chaosium,…

Face the seemingly unwinnable Kobayashi Maru test for yourself in a new free supplement for the Star Trek Adventures RPG.…

All art featured in this article is owned by Nosolorol After 25 years, one of Spain’s most prestigious and critically…

Achtung! Cthulhu is Modiphius' oldest original RPGs It's Lovecraftian World War II with tentacles and has provided thousands of hour's…