''Down Darker Trails'' is a 2017 role-playing game supplement published by

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for '' Call of Cthulhu''.

''Down Darker Trails'' is a sourcebook set in the American

old west The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that bega ...

. Investigators assume the roles of

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s, lawmen, and other period-accurate professions in their struggle against the

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. It has rules for both the base ''Call of Cthulhu'' system and ''Pulp Cthulhu''. The book also contains two adventures.

Reception

John O'Neill reviewed ''Down Darker Trails'' for '' Black Gate'', and stated that "''CoC'' has been sorely lacking a weird western sourcebook, so I was very pleased to see Kevin Ross and his friends at Chaosium release ''Down Darker Trails'', a massive full-color 256-page hardcover which lovingly brings Mythos horror to the old west. The book is an excellent addition to Chaosium's catalog". ''Down Darker Trails'' won the 2018 Silver

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s for Best Monster/Adversary.

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