Tag: dark themes
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The X-Files – Media Review
Some TV shows become a classic for a reason. Even when multiple shows begin to replicate what made it a success, it’s still relevant in our complicated modern world.
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The Eldritch Case Files: Revelations of the Dark Mother, Joseph Collinsworth: Part 2
As I stood there gazing into the growing gloom trying to decipher just what it was I was seeing, a wave of dizziness overcame me. Staggering backward my leading foot caught on the edge of the low stone table and down I went like a sack of potatoes. The impact was soft, likely due to…
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The Eldritch Case Files: Revelations of the Dark Mother, Joseph Collinsworth: Part 1
The face of the creature was very goat-like in the dimness of the surrounding woods. A deep seeded hunger waged war within its pale blue eyes as it stared upon the inhabitants of the small campsite. Its split tongue ran slowly over sharp incisors, saliva dripped freely from its mouth. What delicious little morsels. That…
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The Eldritch Case Files: Revelations of the Dark Mother, Joseph Collinsworth, Part 1
The face of the creature was very goat-like in the dimness of the surrounding woods. A deep seeded hunger waged war within its pale blue eyes as it stared upon the inhabitants of the small campsite. Its split tongue ran slowly over sharp incisors, saliva dripped freely from its mouth. What delicious little morsels. That…
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Trophy Loom
Trophy Loom is a setting book for dark medieval fantasy roleplaying games. It’s system-free and intended for use in-game, as well as for world-building. Rather than long descriptions of people, places, and creatures, the book uses tables, with each entry detailing a morsel of information, along with one or more story hooks
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Miskatonic Shoreside Conservatory
A group of young performing arts students are offered a summer scholarship at the lauded Miskatonic Shoreside Conservatory. Graduates from the intense 4-week performance bootcamp will find doors opening for them, and a path to greatness laid at their feet. But at what price? Miskatonic Shoreside Conservatory is a limited campaign for Cthulhu Dark, but…
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Hands of Nyarlathotep
Hands of Nyarlathotep is a Call of Cthulhu Supplement from Zgrozy, a Polish publishing house releasing content through the Miskatonic Repository. Clocking in at 14 pages, it’s part of the Devilarium series, a collection of monsters and antagonists for Keepers to terrify their players. So, what’s it all about? Well, we’re all familiar with the…
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Blackwater Creek: Top-Shelf Horror
Blackwater creek is a decrepit backwater, festering quietly along the banks of the Miskatonic river in rural Massachusetts. The year is 1926 and the prohibition is in full effect, but gangsters and the prohibition agents who hunt them will turn out to be the least of the players problems.
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The Pale Lady: Fear and Fairytales
Deep in the woods lives a witch called the Pale Lady. She’s not really a witch, though, that’s just what folk say. She’s a faerie queen. Every spring, her man-beasts emerge to abduct the sons of the people. None of them have ever been seen again. Until now.
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Fairyland: Cthulhu Dark just got Darker
In the isolated Scottish village of Cullingstone, a young girl disappears every three years. Soon after, the girls return; emotionless, analytical, and supremely intelligent. Fairyland is a Cthulhu Dark scenario, set in 1890s rural Scotland, and written by Scott Dorward.
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Heinrich’s Guide to Carcosa: Love and Death in the Hyades.
Heinrich’s Guide to Carcosa is a solo campaign set in Carcosa, the mysterious city ruled by The King in Yellow. Intended for use with Call of Cthulhu 7th edition rules, it can also be run one-on-one with a Keeper and player.
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Nameless Horrors
Nameless Horrors is a shoulder-launched missile, not in the sense that it’s deadly (although it is), but in its capacity to blow your players’ minds
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All Dogs go to Hell
A short, pay-what-you want adventure for Lamentations of the Flame Princess.
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Lamentations of the Gingerbread Princess: review.
A short adventure for Lamentations of the Flame princess that’s blends campy humour and high-grade horror.
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Trophy Dark: Treasure, Glory, and Betrayal.
Trophy Dark is an award-winning fantasy game that creates haunting horror stories set in a hostile world.