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Mortal Coils (Call Of Cthulhu)
''Mortal Coils'' is a 1998 role-playing game adventure published by Pagan Publishing for '' Call of Cthulhu''. Plot summary ''Mortal Coils'' is an adventure in which an anthology of adventures take place from 1900 to 1929. Publication history Shannon Appelcline explained that after publishing ''Delta Green'', "over the next few years, Pagan published a few more well-regarded supplements - ''The Realm of Shadows'' (1997) and ''Mortal Coils'' (1998) - and the penultimate original issue of ''The Unspeakable Oath''. They maintained their creative peak's high standards for artwork and layout and they investigated new eras, from the 1900s to the 1940s." Appelcline also noted that "John H. Crowe III, one of the most prolific authors at Pagan, published his last book, ''Mortal Coils'' in 1998. For the next decade, he remained involved only as a member of the editorial staff." Reviews *''Pyramid A pyramid () is a structure whose visible surfaces are triangular in broad outline and con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pagan Publishing
Pagan Publishing is a role-playing game publishing company founded by John Scott Tynes in 1990. It began by publishing a '' Call of Cthulhu'' role-playing game fanzine, '' The Unspeakable Oath''. In 1994, the company moved from Columbia, Missouri to Seattle, Washington where it incorporated. The staff at this time included John Tynes as editor-in-chief, John H. Crowe III as business manager, Dennis Detwiller as art director, and Brian Appleton and Chris Klepac as editors. Tynes, Detwiller, and Adam Scott Glancy released the ''Delta Green'' modern ''Call of Cthulhu'' campaign setting in 1996. Pagan has released multiple other ''Call of Cthulhu'' products, including a foray into card games with '' Creatures & Cultists'' and miniature games with '' The Hills Rise Wild!''. Pagan is based in Seattle, Washington and comprises Adam Scott Glancy as business manager and John H. Crowe III and Brian Appleton as editors. It continues to occasionally produce ''Call of Cthulhu'' books a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of Cthulhu (role-playing Game)
''Call of Cthulhu'' is a horror fiction role-playing game based on H. P. Lovecraft's story of the same name and the associated Cthulhu Mythos. The game, often abbreviated as ''CoC'', is published by Chaosium; it was first released in 1981 and is in its seventh edition, with licensed foreign language editions available as well. Its game system is based on Chaosium's Basic Role-Playing (BRP) with additions for the horror genre. These include special rules for sanity and luck. Gameplay Setting ''Call of Cthulhu'' is set in a darker version of our world based on H. P. Lovecraft's observation (from his essay, " Supernatural Horror in Literature") that "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." The original edition, first published in 1981, uses Basic Role-Playing as its basis and is set in the 1920s, the setting of many of Lovecraft's stories. The '' Cthulhu by Gaslight'' supplement blends the occult and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Appelcline
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Delta Green
''Delta Green'' is a contemporary era setting for the ''Call of Cthulhu'' role-playing game created by Adam Scott Glancy, Dennis Detwiller, and John Scott Tynes, a.k.a. the Delta Green Partnership, of the Seattle gaming house Pagan Publishing. The setting first appeared in a 1992 RPG scenario and revolves around a secretive organization tasked with protecting the United States from paranormal and alien threats. ''Delta Green'' combines the classic 1920s Cthulhu Mythos of H.P. Lovecraft with modern conspiracy fiction. In August 2011, Arc Dream Publishing and the Delta Green Partnership announced development of a standalone ''Delta Green'' role-playing game. Funding began in 2015 and in 2016 the ''Agent's Handbook'' was released followed by the ''Handler's Guide'' in 2018. Arc Dream Publishing also made a partnership with Pelgrane Press to release a prequel named ''The Fall of DELTA GREEN'' using the Gumshoe System in 2018. Premise ''Delta Green'' is a contemporary settin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil Hat Productions
Evil Hat Productions is a company that produces role-playing games and other tabletop games. They are best known for the free indie RPG system ''Fate'', '' Blades in the Dark'', and '' Thirsty Sword Lesbians'', all of which have won multiple awards. History Fred Hicks had been working with Lydia Leong, Rob Donoghue, and others to run LARPs at AmberCon NorthWest starting in 1999, and came up with the name Evil Hat for themselves. While on a trip to Lake Tahoe, friends Hicks and Donoghue developed a new game based on a conversation about running another ''Amber'' game and fixing some problems with '' FUDGE''; the result was ''Fate'' which Hicks and Donoghue would publish under the name Evil Hat. Donoghue and Hicks released a complete first-edition of ''Fate'' through Yahoo! Groups (January 2003) then cleaned up the technical writing and slightly polished the system for a second edition (August 2003). Hicks and Donoghue began work on the licensed '' Dresden Files Roleplaying G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramid (magazine)
''Pyramid'' was a US game, gaming magazine, publishing articles primarily on role-playing games, but including board games, card games, and other sorts of games. It began life in 1993 as a print publication of Steve Jackson Games for its first 30 issues, and was published on the Internet from March 1998. Print issues were bimonthly; the first online version published new articles each week; the second online version was monthly, published until December 2018. ''Pyramid'' was headquartered in Austin, Texas, Austin, Texas. It replaced Steve Jackson Games' previous magazine ''Roleplayer (magazine), Roleplayer''. ''Pyramid'' published general gaming articles by freelance authors, as well as Designer's Notes by Steve Jackson Games product developers, industry news, cartoons, and gaming product reviews. Although articles tended to concentrate on Steve Jackson Games products such as ''GURPS'', it published articles on other games such as ''d20 System'', ''Talisman (board game), Talisma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of Cthulhu (role-playing Game) Adventures
Call of Cthulhu may refer to: * "The Call of Cthulhu", the original 1928 short story by H. P. Lovecraft __NOTOC__ Film * ''The Call of Cthulhu'' (film), a 2005 silent film, distributed by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society * '' Call Girl of Cthulhu'', an indie horror film by Chris LaMartina Gaming * ''Call of Cthulhu'' (role-playing game), published by Chaosium (first edition, 1981) * '' Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet'', a 1993 adventure game * '' Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game'' (2008), published by Fantasy Flight Games * '' Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth'', a 2005 first-person survival horror video game * '' Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land'', a 2012 tactical RPG video game * '' Call of Cthulhu (video game)'', a 2018 survival horror role-playing video game Other uses *"The Call of Ktulu", a track on the 1984 Metallica album ''Ride the Lightning ''Ride the Lightning'' is the second studio album by the American thrash metal band Metallica, released on Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
