New to Call of Cthulhu? A battle-scarred veteran of many campaigns? Here
are essential background articles useful to most keepers.
"The History Behind Prohibition" A lengthy article bringing anti-
alcohol advocates, law enforcement, gangsters, rum-runners, and
consumers into focus. Lots of good stories.
• "The Keeper's Master List of Call of Cthulhu Scenarios" Lists are
alphabetical by the following topics: scenario era; creature / maniacs /
great old ones; legendary heroes and villains; cults / sects / secret
societies; Mythos tomes; fictitious locations; and Mythos books from
publishers other than Chaosium.
• "Iron: a Survey of Civilian Small Arms Used in the 1890's, 1920's,
and the Present". Practicalities of firearms; common malfunctions; new
skills Handloading and Gunsmithing. Firearms considered are likely to be
encountered or thought specially useful by investigators. Insightful
discussions of nine specific rifles, five shotguns, ten handguns, a sniper
rifle, and the Thompson submachine gun. Hot load damage values for most
weapons, along with comparative ratings for noise, maintenance, powder,
reloading per round, more, plus standard stats.
• "Medical Examiner's Report" discusses the unusual corpse recovered
by the Essex County Sheriff's Department, as does "Dr. Lippincot's Diary"
from another point of view. Also a short article on deep one / human
reproduction.
• Brian Sammon's "Mythos Collector" submits write-ups for the Book
of Iod, Chronike von Nath, Confessions of the Mad Monk Clinthanus, Letters
of Nestar, The Nyhargo Codex, Soul of Chaos, Testament of Carnamago,
The Tunneler Below, Visions From Yaddith, Von denen Verdammten, as
well as for more than a dozen new spells.
• And More: "Mythos ex Machina" gathers about forty examples of
alien technology from Cthulhu supplements. Gordon Olmstead-Dean
outlines the odd connections between H. P. Lovecraft and the Satanists HPL
never knew, in "LaVey, Satanism, and the Big Squid".
