Mythos

Mythos

Investigative Horror in the Lovecraftian Mythos

Gaming in the Mythos

This project embraces two of my big interests, combining elements of different styles of tabletop gaming in new and interesting ways and the Cthulhu Mythos originally created by HP Lovecraft.

The basic concept is this: Combine the investigative horror gameplay prominently featured in games like Call of Cthulhu with elements derived from board and card games, as well as other roleplaying games, to make it easier to explore the genre with my kids and other family members.

Getting Involved

I’ll be posting information about the project in a few communities around the net in the hopes of getting some useful feedback, and we’ll see where things evolve from there. Visit the Community page for links to our Facebook and other social media platforms. You can also send us questions and feedback via email.

Progress

So how is the project coming along? Well, it’s far from complete, but it is playable!

I played the Peru Prologue from Masks of Nyarlathotep (Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition) with my family using this system. I learned a lot from this first actual play, but overall it went great! It definitely succeeded in making this type of game more accessible, and we all had a great time.

I’ve also begun posting some of the actual text I’ve written for the game. Scroll down for more.


Photo of actual play, taken when we played the Peru Prologue for Masks of Nyarlethotep. The players took to laying out all the Clues they had gathered, and we placed miniatures on cards to indicate the party’s current location.

I’ve reached a point where I feel comfortable sharing some of the actual text of the game in order to get some feedback. Please take a look…

Open the Dark Text…

Photo of the cards created for the Peru Prologue for Masks of Nyarlathotep, including Locations, Characters, and Clues.


Products

News

Greetings from Innsmouth – Ending soon
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April 29, 2021

Russell Smeaton has revealed a stretch goal I helped out with – a...

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Shelf of Madness Archives
Shelf of Madness Archives
April 19, 2021

Building from my collection of mythos-related games and book, as well as my...

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Greetings from Innsmouth
Greetings from Innsmouth
April 8, 2021

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Recent Posts

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Experimental Map Handout – Printing and Aging
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The King in Yellow Annotated Edition – Homebound
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Essential Saltes
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Stone Seals and Clay Tablets
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Carcosian Star Chart fragment
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Shelf of Madness Archives
Building from my collection of mythos-related games and book, as well as my interest in integrating props into tabletop games, I’ve gradually developed a fondness...

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Another addition to hang above my Shelf of Madness – followed by a companion piece after some fellow Reddit cultists pointed me to some other...

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Greetings from Innsmouth
I’ve back quite a few Kickstarter projects, almost all of them either tabletop gaming or mythos related.  Recently I backed a project producing some really...

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Always Begin with the Brain
Following a conversation with a fellow member of the HP Lovecraft Historical Society, I decided to take a crack at creating a Mi-Go Brain Cylinder...

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Work Continues
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The Grand Grimoire – Homebound
Finally finished my custom bound copy of The Grand Grimoire of Cthulhu Mythos Magic! This isn’t an exact match to Chaosium’s printed cover, but let’s...

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Clues in Play – Part 1
I’ve already written how part of what I’m working on with this game is integrating some board game elements into the actual gameplay. Probably the...

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Why Fate?
This post has been a long time coming… but it’s going to have to wait just a little while longer. First, I want to briefly...

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Lessons in Fear – From the ALIEN RPG
One question that pops up from time to time is how to actually instill fear into horror games. There’s plenty of techniques for setting the...

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The Dark Texts – What You Need to Know
I’ve reached a point where I feel comfortable posting some of the actual game text I’ve written in the hopes of getting some useful feedback....

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Directions for Printing and Folding Investigator Passports
The Investigator Passports props are simple enough to print and fold, but here are some quick directions to help you make them easily, as well...

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Investigator Passports Available for Download
I recently posted photos of passports I created for my investigators – which then unfold to reveal their character sheet. The response I received was...

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Mythos Tokens of Fate
Following up on my post about finding an Elder sign to use for my Fate point tokens. I’m using the Matzke Elder sign for the...

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Searching for the Elder Sign
Since I’m using Fate Core as the basis for this project, I’ll obviously need something to track Fate points at the table. At the same...

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