In His House at R’lyeh Dead Cthulhu Waits Dreaming

Mongoose Publishing and Reality Deviant Publications have just released Shadows of Cthulhu, a classic Lovecraftian horror supplement in paper book form for the True20 RPG. Also, Adamant Entertainment Thursday announced that it has secured a license from Chaosium to produce supplements for that company’s much beloved Call of Cthulhu game. Adamant’s plans include two setting books: The Scepter’d Isle, set in Elizabethan England, and Shadows of the Red Hand, with The Great Old Ones in 1920s gangland Chicago. Development for both will be led by an old hand at the mythos, Kenneth Hite. Even manufacturer Fat Dragon Games is getting in on the action. It too recently announced an arrangement with Chaosium, in this case to make gaming terrain to facilitate the loss of your mind. Gamers sure do love their Cthulhu!

As if further evidence were necessary…

• Call of Cthulhu—The game that inspired uncounted roleplaying hobbies.
• And the d20 version.
• Trail of Cthulhu—A Gumshoe-based RPG for Cthulhu investigations in both pulp and classic styles. By Kenneth Hite from Pelgrane Press.
• Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game—Now in Living Card Game format from Fantasy Flight Games.
• Apathy: The Calling—In which players fight back against Dread Cthulhu with the “inertia and apathy that has defined… a generation of slackers, miscreants, good for nothings, baby busters and losers.”
• Munchkin Cthulhu—Evil horrors in satirical card game form (and, of course, three expansions from Steve Jackson Games).
• GURPS CthulhuPunk—Cthulhu mythos meets cyberpunk using generic RPG from Steve Jackson Games.
• Cthulhu 500—Atlas Games’ “mythos motor sports madness” card game.
• Cults Across America—Factions of Cthulhu worshipers compete for domination in this chaotic board game from Atlas Games.
• Adventures Into Darkness—RPG supplement for Lovecraft-style superheros by Kenneth Hite. Available in HERO System, PDQ, and M&M Superlink versions.
• Cthulhu Live—Horror LARP from Skirmisher Publishing.
• Fragile Minds—Toolkit for the Spycraft RPG from Crafty Games.
• CthulhuTech—Open war with the Dead Gods in the year 2085. A science fiction RPG from Catalyst Game Labs.
• Specialty Call of Cthulhu dice from Q-Workshop.
• Arkham Horror—Very tough cooperative board game with many expansions by Fantasy Flight Games.
• Delta Green—Call of Cthulhu setting for the modern day involving a secret government conspiracy.
• Cthul-B-Que—Free board game from our friends at Invisible City Productions. Capture and cook the monsters.
• Cthulhu Rising—Reiner Knizia’s take on a Cthulhu board game from Twilight Creations.
• Do You Worship Cthulhu?—Re-themed Werewolf.
• The Hills Rise Wild!—Recover the Necronomicon in this miniatures-style board game from Pagan Publishing.
• Innsmouth Escape—Rescue your friends from the Deep Ones. Another board game from Twilight Creations.
• Unspeakable Words—Forming words with cards requires a sanity check, from Playroom Entertainment. Includes cool Cthulhu pawns.
• And if you like the Cthulhu pieces, keep an eye out for the Bag of Cthulhu coming soon from Fantasy Flight.