{"id":22817,"date":"2019-02-04T05:12:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T02:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tentaclii.wordpress.com\/?p=22817"},"modified":"2019-02-04T05:12:01","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T02:12:01","slug":"10000-word-survey-of-lovecraft-rpg-publishing-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2019\/02\/04\/10000-word-survey-of-lovecraft-rpg-publishing-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"10,000-word survey of Lovecraft RPG publishing in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cthulhu Reborn<\/em> blog has completed a handy and succinct “helicopter” overview of all the Cthulhu\/Lovecraft-related RPG releases of 2018. Including pointers to some rather polished new gaming magazines. The survey is now complete, and will thus move on to review individual titles. My Tentaclii<\/em> blog doesn’t cover such game-books, unless they’re also of use as reference works for writers. But I’m pleased to find someone who does, and who provides a highly informed annual overview which helps non-gamers to keep a finger on trends and sensitivities over in the publishing gamer-verse…<\/p>\n

Cthulhu in 2018: A Retrospective, part 1<\/a><\/p>\n

Cthulhu in 2018: A Retrospective, part 2<\/a><\/p>\n

Cthulhu in 2018: A Retrospective, part 3<\/a><\/p>\n

Cthulhu in 2018: A Retrospective, part 4<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fine work. I ported all four parts into Word (a simple copy-paste to Word also auto-imports the pictures) and got a 10,000-word PDF for sending to my Kindle.<\/p>\n

For those short of time, the three most interesting points for non-gamers are:<\/p>\n

1) the new full-colour magazine, whose cover is seen above, which may well interest artists and writers as well as gamers.<\/p>\n

2) there’s now a full-cast high-quality audio production of the all-time role-playing gaming classic Masks of Nyarlathotep<\/a><\/em>, so that non-gamers can now enjoy it too. Select the “MP3’s only” option in the easily-overlooked dropdown box, which has a \u00a327 download option for the six episodes.<\/p>\n

3) there’s now (finally, after more than thirty years) a \u00a320 introductory starter-pack<\/a> for total newcomers to the Call of Cthulhu<\/em> RPG game, with a rule-book of a mere 24 pages and various other starter bits and pieces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Cthulhu Reborn blog has completed a handy and succinct “helicopter” overview of all the Cthulhu\/Lovecraft-related RPG releases of 2018. …<\/p>\n

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