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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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 re-look at why I'm not using Call of Cthulhu or Trail of Cthulhu to...

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One Among Many: Choosing a System – Part 2

Choosing a System - Part 2 This series of posts discusses some of the existing games set in the Cthulhu Mythos that are currently popular and why I'm not just playing one of these games. In Part 1, I looked at...

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One Among Many: Choosing a System

Choosing a System - Part 1 This series of posts is going to discuss some of the existing games set in the Cthulhu Mythos that are currently popular and why I'm not just playing one of these games. To be...

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Background and Early Concept

I've been working on a system to play mythos scenarios that incorporates elements from other tabletop games. It's inspired by Call of Cthulhu (CoC) and Trail of Cthulhu (ToC) - plus a couple of other RPGs - as well as board games...

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Inspiration

Before I start posting details about my mythos gaming project, I'm just going to post a quick list of the various games and products that are serving as inspiration and sources for the game: Call of Cthulhu (all editions) ...

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