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 for displaying my collection.  In some areas it’s modest, in other areas less so. ...

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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 atmosphere – especially for games like Call of Cthulhu (CoC) – but I recently...

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Yog-Sothoth and Site Updates

Yog-Sothoth November 2019 I continue to be amazed at the reception my Investigator Passports have received, and now they have been included in Yog-Sothoth's November newsletter! If you haven't ever checked out Yog-Sothoth, you should definitely give it a look. You'll...

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Basic Scenario Prep

This post is actually a more detailed response to a question on Reddit about prepping for a Call of Cthulhu scenario. Unfortunately, the comment limitations forced me to post an abbreviated response, so this is the more detailed...

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