Cthulhu Abides

Cthulhu Abides

Author: Jonathan Rowe

Publisher:

Published: 2014-11-08

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9781503152557

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"Cthulhu Abides: A Roleplaying Game of Investigation & Madness" is a tabletop roleplaying game (RPG) set in the imaginative worlds of H P Lovecraft's gothic horror. The rules use a poker dice mechanic and focus on a guided character generation system for Edwardian characters in a British setting, a novel approach to Dynamic Madness and a freeform magic system. A Clue Point mechanic systematises investigative roleplay. The rules include full specifications for period weapons, Lovecraftian Grimoires, monsters and a new interpretation of the Dreamlands setting.


Medusa's Coil

Medusa's Coil

Author: H.P. Lovecraft

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2023-06-05

Total Pages: 63

ISBN-13: 1667682172

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A powerful and compelling tale of brooding horror that deepens and broadens to the final catastrophe—an unusual and engrossing novelette by the author of "The Curse of Yig."


Pseudonomicon

Pseudonomicon

Author: Phil Hine

Publisher: Original Falcon Press

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781935150640

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What is The Pseudonomicon? It's Cthulhu Mythos. It's Cthulhu Madness! It's a Cthulhu Pathworking!! First published in a very limited edition in 1994, and reprinted only once since, The Pseudonomicon has been extremely difficult to find. By special arrangement with Dagon Productions, we have brought it back in this revised and expanded edition. Of The Pseudonomicon the author says: "Disclaimer: It is generally agreed by experienced magicians that working with the Cthulhu Mythos is dangerous due to the high risk of obsession, personality disintegration or infestation by parasitic shells. Whilst giving this opinion due consideration, I have decided to release this material since, before the throne of Azathoth, questions of who is sane and who is mad become inconsequential." and: "Each god brings its own madness. To know the god -- to be accepted by it, to feel its mysteries -- well you have to let that madness wash over you, and through you. This isn't in the books of magic. Why? For one thing, it's all too easily forgotten, and for an other, you have to find it out for yourself. And for those who would sanitise magic, whitening out the wildness with explanations borrowed from pop psychology or science -- well, madness is something that we still fear -- the great taboo. So why did I choose Cthulhu -- High Priest of the Great Old Ones -- lying dreaming "death's dream" in the sunken city, forgotten through layers of time and water? It sounds so simple to say that I merely heard his "call" -- but I did. Gods do not, generally, have a lot to say, but what they do say, is worth listening to". With a new Introduction and a completely new, and greatly expanded section on Banishing.


The Zombie Stories of H. P. Lovecraft

The Zombie Stories of H. P. Lovecraft

Author: H. P. Lovecraft

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2015-09-16

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 0486798062

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Six chilling stories offer compelling journeys into the land of the undead: "Herbert West—Reanimator," "In the Vault," "The Thing on the Doorstep," "Pickman's Model," "Cool Air," and "The Outsider."


Unpacking My Library

Unpacking My Library

Author: Leah Price

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2011-11-29

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0300170920

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As words and stories are increasingly disseminated through digital means, the significance of the book as object—whether pristine collectible or battered relic—is growing as well. Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books spotlights the personal libraries of thirteen favorite novelists who share their collections with readers. Stunning photographs provide full views of the libraries and close-ups of individual volumes: first editions, worn textbooks, pristine hardcovers, and childhood companions. In her introduction, Leah Price muses on the history and future of the bookshelf, asking what books can tell us about their owners and what readers can tell us about their collections. Supplementing the photographs are Price's interviews with each author, which probe the relation of writing to reading, collecting, and arranging books. Each writer provides a list of top ten favorite titles, offering unique personal histories along with suggestions for every bibliophile. Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books features the personal libraries of Alison Bechdel, Stephen Carter, Junot Díaz, Rebecca Goldstein and Steven Pinker, Lev Grossman and Sophie Gee, Jonathan Lethem, Claire Messud and James Wood, Philip Pullman, Gary Shteyngart, and Edmund White.


What (Else) Would Madame Defarge Knit?

What (Else) Would Madame Defarge Knit?

Author: Heather Ordover

Publisher:

Published: 2013-04-01

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9781937513191

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She's back. Madame Therese Defarge, a character in the book A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, worked the names of the condemned into her knitting as she sat near the ever-active revolutionary guillotines. But Dickens never described what Madame Defarge was knitting. As in the beloved first volume in this series, this book brings together a host of knitting (and weaving ) talent to imagine what their favorite fictional characters would knit and wear. From Tristan and Iseult to Jane Bennet to Miss Marple, characters from many of your most-loved classic books finally get the knitwear they deserve."


Al Azif the Cipher Manuscript Known As Necronomicon

Al Azif the Cipher Manuscript Known As Necronomicon

Author: Boris Lariushin

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-01-19

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 1300652764

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Exact authentic print of English translation of Ancient text known to mankind as Al Azif, secret blasphemous knowledge by mad and cursed Abdul Al Hazred. Clandestine manuscript handled with care now available in quality print, with formulas, incantations, spells, abhorrent Elder Gods names and cosmic power signs and gestures. Never before published in complete edition with all hidden pages.


The Brian Lumley Companion

The Brian Lumley Companion

Author: Brian Lumley

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2002-11-16

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 9780312856700

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"This companion also includes complete listings of the first publications of each of Lumley's novels, short fiction, and poetry. Major attractions are the detailed concordances that focus on individual novels and series, including the three Psychomech titles, the Dreamlands and Primal Lands series, and each volume in the Necroscope series."--Jacket.


Role-Playing Game Studies

Role-Playing Game Studies

Author: Sebastian Deterding

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-04-17

Total Pages: 905

ISBN-13: 1317268318

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This handbook collects, for the first time, the state of research on role-playing games (RPGs) across disciplines, cultures, and media in a single, accessible volume. Collaboratively authored by more than 50 key scholars, it traces the history of RPGs, from wargaming precursors to tabletop RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons to the rise of live action role-play and contemporary computer RPG and massively multiplayer online RPG franchises, like Fallout and World of Warcraft. Individual chapters survey the perspectives, concepts, and findings on RPGs from key disciplines, like performance studies, sociology, psychology, education, economics, game design, literary studies, and more. Other chapters integrate insights from RPG studies around broadly significant topics, like transmedia worldbuilding, immersion, transgressive play, or player–character relations. Each chapter includes definitions of key terms and recommended readings to help fans, students, and scholars new to RPG studies find their way into this new interdisciplinary field.