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Trail of Cthulhu (GUMSHOE)
Pelgrane Press

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A stand-alone GUMSHOE game based on the works of HP Lovecraft.

This is a new GUMSHOE system game under license to Chaosium, set in the 1930s. It is in the early stages of development, and these details will be subject to change. It will support both Pulp (for Indiana Jones, Robert E. Howard, thrilling locations sorts of games) and Purist (for intellectual horror and cosmic dread). HP Lovecraft's work combined both, sometimes in the same story.

It will include a new take on the creatures, cults and gods of the Lovecraft's literature, and addresses their use in gaming. It will add new player backgrounds, and bulk out the GUMSHOE system to give intensive support for sanity, incorporating into the rule set the PCs desire to explore at the risk of going mad.

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An RPG Resource Review
Reviewer: Megan Robertson
Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 10:30 AM

The Introduction dives straight in to the basic premise, that ancient and insane deities exist and are still trying to invade Earth and that someone has to stop them, whatever the cost to life and sanity. It then moves on to the burning question: there's already a Call of Cthulhu RPG dealing with just that, so why a new game? The answer lies in the Gumshoe ruleset, developed by Pelgrane Press for the purpose of running games based around investigation and discovery, and built so that any adventure depending on certain clues being found will have those clues found! It's designed for people - Keepers and players alike - who want to concentrate on figuring out what the clues mean, rather than having to wonder if they actually have all the clues. This game also aims to enable two styles of play - the Purist style of intellectual analysis which enjoys watching the horror unfold knowing that it will end in madness; and the Pulp style which allows for a more physical approach, value the actual struggle against evil... and pays a bit more regard to character survival. The best games mix a bit of both - certainly Lovecraft's writing did! - but as parts of the rules favour one or the other style, they are marked so players can choose the bias they prefer, if any.

And the whole thing hangs together so well, the Gumshoe system is ideal for presenting an investigative horror game, and the ideas for how to both play and run it are in places inspired.

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Trail of Cthulhu (GUMSHOE)


Savage_ScreenMonkey, Tue, Mar 4, 2008, 04:46 PM

When will Paizo be getting this product? I just saw that Chaosium has it now, but I would prefer to buy it from the Paizo store.


Savage_ScreenMonkey, Wed, Mar 5, 2008, 01:19 PM

bump


Vic Wertz (Technical Director), Wed, Mar 5, 2008, 05:30 PM

Savage_ScreenMonkey wrote: When will Paizo be getting this product? I just saw that Chaosium has it now, but I would prefer to buy it from the Paizo store. Our distributor doesn't have it yet, and it will take us a few days to get it once they receive it. Sorry I can't give you a better answer.... ...but on the other hand, as a Pathfinder subscriber, if you order it after the 10th, you'd get the Pathfinder Advantage discount of 15% off of MSRP, so maybe later is better in this case.


Savage_ScreenMonkey, Thu, Mar 6, 2008, 05:13 AM

Vic Wertz wrote: Savage_ScreenMonkey wrote: When will Paizo be getting this product? I just saw that Chaosium has it now, but I would prefer to buy it from the Paizo store. Our distributor doesn't have it yet, and it will take us a few days to get it once they receive it. Sorry I can't give you a better answer.... ...but on the other hand, as a Pathfinder subscriber, if you order it after the 10th, you'd get the Pathfinder Advantage discount of 15% off of MSRP, so maybe later is better in this case. Cool!


Savage_ScreenMonkey, Thu, Mar 20, 2008, 11:45 AM

I dont want to be a pest or anything, but is there any more news on when this might become available. I just dont want to miss out on it if it was a small print run or something.

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