The Trail of Cthulhu

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

By Kenneth Hite

This is a new GUMSHOE system game under license to Chaosium, set in the 1930s to be released in Feb 2008

It supports 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 includes a new take on the creatures, cults and gods of the Lovecraft's literature, and addresses their use in gaming. It adds 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.

Related Links

• Preorder now from Indie Press Revolution or from the Pelgrane Press special order page.
• Download the character sheet and other forms as a small PDF.
• Read the development blog.
• Yog-sothoth has kindly agreed to set up a forum for Trail of Cthulhu. A lot of questions have already been answered there.

Estimated Release: 14th February 2008