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![Convicts & Cthulhu: The Misery Archive [Bundle]](https://d1vzi28wh99zvq.cloudfront.net/images/5143/406492-thumb140.jpg)
All the Misery, Collected in One Place.
Convicts & Cthulhu is a sourcebook designed to allow Call of Cthulhu Keepers and players to run scenarios and campaigns set in the penal colonies of early Australia. It particularly targets the historical period from 1795 to 1810, a time in which law and order played second-fiddle to greed and corruption. This was the... [click here for more] |
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“Two Lost Golden-Age Scenarios by Kevin A. Ross — Re-Animated from their Essential Saltes”
This PDF collects two early scenarios written by Kevin Ross, a titan of the Lovecraftian RPG scene and one of the writers responsible for setting the long-term direction for the whole hobby in its early days. His career as a published writer began in 1989 (with... [click here for more] |
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“These ancient turrets, stained by the storms of generations and crumbling under the slow yet mighty pressure of time ...”
The Lord of Nombrecht -- a domain in the Holy Roman Empire -- lies dead, the victim of a cruel hunting accident. But was it really an accident? The abbot of nearby Hohenfluss Monastery has his doubts. The lands granted to Nombrecht were... [click here for more] |
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“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”
It is January 1895, and in London’s famous West End theatre district preparations are underway for a most singular production. Oscar Wilde – that most scurrilous and scandalous of writers – has a new play titled Salomé, a piece that... [click here for more] |
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“The young soldier's return was not a thing of unmitigated happiness”
It is over a century since the first ANZACs -- young soldiers from the newly-formed nations of Australia and New Zealand -- fought in the infamous WW1 battles at Gallipoli. Among their number were 50 or more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men, though their contribution to the efforts... [click here for more] |
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“The Jungles of British Honduras hold many secrets ... some which don't much welcome the new colonial farmers”
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“The Bitter Jungle” is a medium-length investigative scenario of Cthulhu Mythos horror, set in 1922 in the Central American country of British Honduras (modern-day Belize). It can be played with access... [click here for more] |
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“To Achieve Greatness ... one must Smoke Green!”
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“Smoke Green” is a short investigative scenario of Cthulhu Mythos horror, set entirely in H.P. Lovecraft’s fictional town of Arkham. It can be played with access to just the open-source Cthulhu Eternal Jazz Age SRD, which (for convenience) we have bundled... [click here for more] |
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![Bottoms Up! [Cthulhu Eternal Jazz Age]](https://d1vzi28wh99zvq.cloudfront.net/images/5143/407967-thumb140.jpg)
“Sodas and Tonics in the Miskatonic Valley can sometimes be ... Out of this World.”
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“Bottoms Up!” is a medium-length investigative scenario of Cthulhu Mythos horror, set mostly in the industrial town of Bolton, some 4 miles from H.P. Lovecraft’s fictional town of Arkham. It can be played with access to just... [click here for more] |
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“The Most Merciful Thing in the World is the Inability of the Human Mind to Correlate all its Contents.”
H.P. Lovecraft coined the term "Yog-Sothothery" to refer to the fictional myth cycle he invented for his tales -- what subsequently became known as the "Cthulhu Mythos" (after other writers had added their own original horrors to sit beside... [click here for more] |
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“Arkham's milk is ... unique... sometimes imbued with subtle extras from beyond the Milky Way”
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“Spoiled Milk” is a short investigative scenario of Cthulhu Mythos horror, set in the countryside surrounding H.P. Lovecraft’s fictional town of Arkham. It can be played with access to just the open-source Cthulhu... [click here for more] |
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“Cryptic Advertisements in the Arkham papers are common ... but why does everyone who responds to THESE ads, vanish?”
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“Help Wanted” is a short investigative scenario of Cthulhu Mythos horror, set entirely in H.P. Lovecraft’s fictional town of Arkham. It can be played with access to just the open-source Cthulhu... [click here for more] |
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“Call it art, call it cult. Gertrude was a friend of all. Call her eyes such a fright, she's sailing on a wave of light.”
"To Touch The Untouchable" is a short standalone investigative scenario set in H.P. Lovecraft's notorious college town of Arkham, any time in the 1920s or 1930s. It can be played with access to just the open-source... [click here for more] |
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“What primal, inconceivable source of age-old myth-cycles and haunting nightmares might I be on the brink of uncovering?”
IMPORTANT NOTE: This PDF contains the text of a full set of game statistics describing the creatures, rituals, and artifacts from Lovecraft's original Cthulhu Mythos. In OGL terms it is a “System Reference... [click here for more] |
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"And I saw the world battling against blackness; against the waves of destruction from ultimate space ..."
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The APOCTHULHU roleplaying game has been especially designed to transport gamers into terrifying, devastated worlds where the forces of the Cthulhu Mythos have gained control. Usually to the utter detriment of mankind.
This supplemental volume brings together... [click here for more] |
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"The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall be. Not in the spaces we know, but between them ..."
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Mankind likes to believe itself the foremost power in the world, and the universe beyond. But this is a prideful illusion. A lie. Long before we rose from the slime, other powers far greater held sway upon our planet ... and those same powers were always destined to one day return... [click here for more] |
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This is the APOCTHULHU System Reference document. It contains all the open content from the APOCTHULHU RPG. We informally call this game engine the "Cthulhu Eternal" System (and other, non-Apocalypse versions of the same rules are published under that name). Whether you are a publisher or a gamer, you can use this under the terms of the Open Gaming License.
This is NOT the... [click here for more] |
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Cosmic Horror. Fuelled by Human Cruelty and Depravity.
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The prison colonies of 18th and 19th Century Australia are justly feared throughout the British Empire as places of unparalleled suffering and torment. The refuse of the Empire are sent here to serve out prison terms in a land half a world away from “civilisation”. A world that, to European eyes, seems thoroughly alien.
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But, few among... [click here for more] |
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Horror Roleplaying in Terrifying Realms of Lovecraftian Apocalypses.
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Lovecraftian roleplaying typically sees brave Mythos investigators foiling plots to corrupt our familiar world. But what happens when the heroes DON’T save the day? When the cult’s apocalyptic schemes succeed? What comes next? That’s what APOCTHULHU is about.
APOCTHULHU is... [click here for more] |
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![APOCTHULHU Quickstart Rules [softcover]](https://d1vzi28wh99zvq.cloudfront.net/images/5143/316577-thumb140.jpg)
Horror Roleplaying in Terrifying Realms of Lovecraftian Apocalypses.
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Lovecraftian roleplaying typically sees brave Mythos investigators foiling plots to corrupt our familiar world. But what happens when the heroes DON’T save the day? When the cult’s apocalyptic schemes succeed? What comes next? That’s what APOCTHULHU is about.
IMPORTANT NOTE: this... [click here for more] |
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“I recalled forcibly the events preceding my confinement and seclusion in this veritable medieval fortress. They were not pleasant, and I shuddered anew when I remembered ...”
IMPORTANT NOTE: This PDF contains the text of a full set of rules for a (setting-independent) RPG which embraces Lovecraftian adventures in the Medieval times. In OGL terms... [click here for more] |
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“Many men have related hideous things ... which happened on the battlefields ... the shocking, the unnatural, the unbelievable horror from the shadows”
IMPORTANT NOTE: This PDF contains the text of a full set of rules for a (setting-independent) RPG which embraces Lovecraftian adventures in the time of World War II. In OGL terms... [click here for more] |
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“Many men have related hideous things, not mentioned in print, which happened on the battlefields of the Great War.”
IMPORTANT NOTE: This PDF contains the text of a full set of rules for a (setting-independent) RPG which embraces Lovecraftian adventures in the time of World War I. In OGL terms it is a “System Reference Document” (or SRD).... [click here for more] |
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“..a brotherhood kept alive from age to age ... as a hero an ancient Chaldean sorcerer surviving in the pristine bloom of youth to perish on the guillotine of the French Revolution.”
IMPORTANT NOTE: This PDF contains the text of a full set of rules for a (setting-independent) RPG which embraces Lovecraftian investigations in historical periods... [click here for more] |
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“Above the waves rose weedy remembered spires. The moon laid pale lilies of light on dead London, and Paris stood up from its damp grave to be sanctified with star-dust ...”
IMPORTANT NOTE: This PDF contains the text of a full set of rules for a (setting-independent) RPG which embraces Lovecraftian investigations in a mid-to-late... [click here for more] |
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“I threw on the current of the Crookes tube apparatus, and focussed toward that scene of immortal blasphemousness the strongest ether radiations which men's art can arouse ...”
IMPORTANT NOTE: This PDF contains the text of a full set of rules for a (setting-independent) RPG which embraces Lovecraftian investigations in a 1920s/30s... [click here for more] |
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“What do moderns know of life and the forces behind it? You call the Salem witchcraft a delusion, but I'll wager my four-times-great-grandmother could have told you things ...”
IMPORTANT NOTE: This PDF contains the text of a full set of rules for a (setting-independent) RPG which embraces Lovecraftian investigations in a modern-day context. In... [click here for more] |
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“ ... a terrible cosmic narrative derived from ... discourses of the mad self-styled spy who had killed himself. I found myself faced by names and terms ... Yuggoth, Great Cthulhu, Tsathoggua, YogSothoth, R'lyeh, Nyarlathotep, Azathoth”
IMPORTANT NOTE: This PDF contains the text of a full set of rules for a (setting-independent) RPG which embraces... [click here for more] |
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"Alas Poor Convict, I Knew Him Well ... 'Tis a Shame He Fell Prey to the Sydney Devil"
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One of the more surprising elements of the early penal settlements of Australia is the convict theatre. When one thinks of a brutal and isolated settlement filled with the most... [click here for more] |
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Night Terrors Stalk the Streets of the 18th Century Penal Colonies of Early Australia.
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Night-time is always a dangerous time to be out on the streets of colonial Sydney and Parramatta. Drunken soldiers and absconding convicts haunt the townships in the hours after curfew. But recently another -- far stranger and more deadly -- force has taken to lurking in the shadows, occasionally striking... [click here for more] |
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French Occult Explorers Lurk in the Shadows of 18th Century Australia.
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The early days of the Australian colonies coincides with a period where France and England were bitter enemies -- sometimes at war. Although England has stamped its ownership by founding the settlement of New South Wales, the continent of Australia is a vast place and the French are known to be lurking in the seas nearby,... [click here for more] |
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Delve into the Shady Criminal Underworld of 18th Century Australia.
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The majority of the Europeans living in the penal colony of New South Wales are there because of their guilty association with the world of crime. This is just as true for the gaolers as it is for the convicts they guard. Not surprisingly, incarceration in a large and remote prison has done little to turn felons from their criminal... [click here for more] |
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Survey the Colonial Horrors and Hidden Secrets of 18th Century Australia.
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The early penal colonies survived on a razor's edge, kept alive on the most primitive and basic of supplies and military provisions. Successive Governors complained bitterly of the perils of leaving such a large assemblage of convicted criminals poorly defended, in a far-off land for which other European powers still... [click here for more] |
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A Cornucopia of Cretinous and Corrupt Character Types for Convicts & Cthulhu.
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The early days of European settlement in Australia are marked by scarcity and resource shortages. However, there is one thing that the colonies never seemed to have had a short supply of … and that’s colourful and roguish characters. Whether it was immoral ne’er do-wells, ruthless peddlers... [click here for more] |
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"They're Coming To Get You, Convicts!". The Dead Walk Again.
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The penal colonies of early Australia are places where death is a common occurrence. Whether due to disease, starvation, violent flogging, or execution -- people depart this life at an alarming rate. This creates practical problems: where to bury so many corpses, and how to maintain a degree of sanitation? These... [click here for more] |
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"There's Gold in That Thar Penal Settlement!"
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Most people would be aware that the early colonial history of Australia included major gold rushes in the 1840s and 1850s. But what few people know is that decades prior to these great discoveries, a discovery of precious gold sent ripples through the very fabric of New South Wales. The find, made by a lowly convict,... [click here for more] |
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"Some Gentlemen Prefer Crime!"
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Not everyone who was sentenced to be a convict in the penal settlements came from the poorer, criminal classes of Britain. Some were wealthy men and women, sentenced to transportation sometimes because of their criminal ways, but other times because of their politics. And some of these so-called... [click here for more] |
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"Better Not Shout, Better Not Cry, Something Evil is Watching the Orphans. Something hungry."
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Perhaps the most vulnerable people in the penal colonies of early Australia were the (surprisingly many) unwanted and destitute children. Most roamed the streets, prey to wicked and degenerate sorts -- but a scant few of the unwanted... [click here for more] |
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"Who knows what unknown terrors lurk in the unexplored bushland of Australia?"
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Strange stories have recently been circulating in Sydney Town. Tales about a catastrophic event that caused widespread devastation to a staging point along the Parramatta River much... [click here for more] |
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"Medical Malpractice. Of the Cthulhu Mythos Kind."
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The medical arts of the late 18th Century were, by our standards, horrific in themselves. And yet, in the isolated Australian penal colonies, the standards of surgical and medical treatment were made even more primitive by a reliance on a supply of European-made drugs and treatments... [click here for more] |
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"Good Luck. Bad Luck. Neither Means Much When Facing the Cthulhu Mythos"
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The convicts and settlers of the early penal colonies of Australia were, by our standards, highly superstitious people. To their way of thinking, the world was full of nebulous evil spirits that could bring misfortune and calamity. Fortunately long traditions... [click here for more] |
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"Ominous Bells Toll Their Ominous Knells"
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The penal settlements of New South Wales were cruel and desperate places, but even in such darkness there existed rare hints of culture and civilisation. One of these was the existence of music, which was performed at surprisingly... [click here for more] |
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"So Vile A Place, It Cries Out To Receive the Mythos' Touch"
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In 1803 the penal settlements at New South Wales are a mere fifteen years old, but are already synonymous with harshness and brutality. Back in England their reputation has been well-established as a hellish place, half a world away from any form of civilsation.... [click here for more] |
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"The Turbulent Mason"
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The early penal settlements of Australia were filled with colourful (sometimes roguish) characters who lived larger-than-life. Anthony Fenn Kemp, army paymaster, opportunistic entrepreneur, and master mason is a figure that certainly fits this bill. Deftly skirting the edges of the political maelstrom... [click here for more] |
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"The Master of Convicts"
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The early penal settlements of Australia were powered by convict labour: every workgang and every domestic servant came from the enormous pool of convicts arriving in the colonies. Nicholas Divine, the man who served as Superintendent of Convicts was thus someone whose decisions can make a big difference to the life of a convict, as well as most free settlers.... [click here for more] |
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"A Convict's Only Record of Privilege: A Grubby Sheet of Paper"
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It's easy to imagine that games of Lovecraftian investigation set in the 18th Century penal colonies of Australia would need to dispense with the notion of document-based clues. After all, with a colony full of undesirable convicts, being guarded by an equally-undesirable set of military guards, and which lived perpetually... [click here for more] |
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"Lifting the Veil on a Scientific Marvel in the Darkest Corners of the Colony"
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Several nights ago, the whole colony of New South Wales was witness to a most remarkable meteorite storm which culminated in an enormous fireball streaking across the sky and falling to earth. Men of science among the colonial administration know... [click here for more] |
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"A Whaleship from Kingsport finds Peril in the Antipodes"
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Whaling and sealing were both important industries in the Convicts & Cthulhu era; industries which took brave and doughty men out to the remotest stretches of lonely waters, far from home. Nowhere... [click here for more] |
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Bring H.P. Lovecraft’s Arkham to Life with a Lavish and Detailed in-world prop: a full cover-to-cover issue of the Arkham Advertiser from 1928.
“It may be that centuries of dark brooding had given to crumbling, whisper-haunted Arkham a peculiar vulnerability as regards such shadows …” – H.P. Lovecraft, “The Shadow Out Of Time”
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Arkham is one of H.P. Lovecraft’s... [click here for more] |
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Period newspaper props and handouts are a much-treasured staple of Investigative and Mystery roleplaying games, in particular Jazz Age horror games like Call of Cthulhu and Trail of Cthulhu.
Making your own realistic-looking period newspaper clippings is not necessarily a quick and easy task. There are distinctive typographic styles, including font choice and layout... [click here for more] |
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A Mechanical Nightmare Awakens!
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Victorian London: Heart of the most industrialised empire the world has ever seen. A heart that pounds to the rhythms of steam hammers, pistons, and whirring cogs.
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Curious reports have begun to circulate London claiming the impossible: industrial and domestic machines have been witnessed acting on their own volition, attacking innocent men and women.
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What... [click here for more] |
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