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'''Announce Date:''' Informally mentioned in a forum thread on 10 November, 2011
 
'''Announce Date:''' Informally mentioned in a forum thread on 10 November, 2011
  
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'''Expected Page Count:''' TBA
 
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'''Author(s):''' [[Brian M. Sammons]], [[David Conyers]], others
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'''Author(s):''' [[Brian M. Sammons]], [[David Conyers]], [[Brian Courtemanche]], [[Peter Gilham]], [[Glyn White]]
  
 
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==Contents==
 
==Contents==
  
As part of a discussion on the Yog-Sothoth forums Brian Sammons mentioned plans for this Chaosium book, apparently (from the title) a scenario anthology themed around remote sites of Cthulhu Mythos significance.
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'''The House of R'lyeh'''
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1920s Investigations after Lovecraft
  
'''Scenarios:''' Brian Sammons' scenario set in Irem, a scenario by David Conyers, three others
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Edited by David Conyers and Glyn White
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* [[The Art of Madness]]: A strange grave robbery and the disappearances of three artists draw the investigators to a bizarre school in subterranean Boston. (Brian Courtemanche)
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* [[The Crystal of Chaos]]: A search for a fabulous semi-mythical crystal leads the investigators to a horror heretofore unknown (Peter Gilham with David Conyers)
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* [[The Return of the Hound]]: The sale of a very rare edition of the Necronomicon draws investigators to Yorkshire following the murder of the former owner and the suicide of his supposed killer in Amsterdam (Glyn White)
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* [[The Jermyn Horror]]: A creature of nightmare bound inside a crumbling and abandoned mansion seeks its freedom, and the investigators might prove to be the perfect vessels to accomplish such ends (David Conyers)
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* [[Nameless City, Nameless Terrors]]: When an ancient and forgotten city buried in the sands of Arabia is rediscovered, its unearthed secrets might spell the end of human civilization (Brian M. Sammons)
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This will be a full book, with illustrations and maps and nice print production. The scenarios follow directly on from the events of Lovecraft's stories [[Pickman's Model]], [[The Haunter in the Darkness]], [[The Hound]], [[Arthur Jermyn]] and [[The Nameless City]].
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'''Scenarios:''' [[The Art of Madness]], [[The Crystal of Chaos]], [[The Return of the Hound]], [[The Jermyn Horror]], [[Nameless City, Nameless Terrors]]
  
 
   
 
   

Revision as of 23:18, 17 March 2012

Details

Publisher: Chaosium

Product Code: TBA

Announce Date: Informally mentioned in a forum thread on 10 November, 2011

Expected Publication Date: 2012?

Project Status: Unknown

Expected Page Count: TBA

Author(s): Brian M. Sammons, David Conyers, Brian Courtemanche, Peter Gilham, Glyn White

Artist(s): TBA

Setting(s): TBA

Format(s): TBA

ISBN: #########-#

Contents

The House of R'lyeh 1920s Investigations after Lovecraft

Edited by David Conyers and Glyn White

  • The Art of Madness: A strange grave robbery and the disappearances of three artists draw the investigators to a bizarre school in subterranean Boston. (Brian Courtemanche)
  • The Crystal of Chaos: A search for a fabulous semi-mythical crystal leads the investigators to a horror heretofore unknown (Peter Gilham with David Conyers)
  • The Return of the Hound: The sale of a very rare edition of the Necronomicon draws investigators to Yorkshire following the murder of the former owner and the suicide of his supposed killer in Amsterdam (Glyn White)
  • The Jermyn Horror: A creature of nightmare bound inside a crumbling and abandoned mansion seeks its freedom, and the investigators might prove to be the perfect vessels to accomplish such ends (David Conyers)
  • Nameless City, Nameless Terrors: When an ancient and forgotten city buried in the sands of Arabia is rediscovered, its unearthed secrets might spell the end of human civilization (Brian M. Sammons)

This will be a full book, with illustrations and maps and nice print production. The scenarios follow directly on from the events of Lovecraft's stories Pickman's Model, The Haunter in the Darkness, The Hound, Arthur Jermyn and The Nameless City.

Scenarios: The Art of Madness, The Crystal of Chaos, The Return of the Hound, The Jermyn Horror, Nameless City, Nameless Terrors


Front Cover Text

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Back Cover Text

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Comments / Trivia

Brian Sammons' Irem scenario was formerly part of an aborted expansion of Shadows of Yog-Sothoth (Campaign).

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