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“standing with his searchlight in the Roman ruin, [he] translated aloud the most shocking ritual I have ever known ... of the diet of the antediluvian cult which the priests of Cybele found and mingled with their own.”
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“I shivered at the mysteries the past may conceal, and trembled at the menaces the future may bring forth.”
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“Many men have related hideous things, not mentioned in print, which happened on the battlefields of the Great War.”
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“What primal, inconceivable source of age-old myth-cycles and haunting nightmares might I be on the brink of uncovering?”
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“Many men have related hideous things ... which happened on the battlefields ... the shocking, the unnatural, the unbelievable horror from the shadows”
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In mid-2022, we unleashed the Free/Open Cthulhu Eternal system on the world, offering gamers a fully OGL framework for Lovecraftian gaming using an evolved and streamlined D100 system.
To celebrate the first anniversary of the system, this bundle collects all of the free and open resources that were released for Cthulhu Eternal in its first 12 months of life. It includes... [click here for more] |
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Cosmic Horror. Fuelled by Human Cruelty and Depravity.
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The prison colonies of 18th and 19th Century Australia are justly feared throughout the British Empire as places of unparalleled suffering and torment. The refuse of the Empire are sent here to serve out prison terms in a land half a world away from “civilisation”. A world that, to European eyes, seems thoroughly alien.
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But, few among... [click here for more] |
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“I recalled forcibly the events preceding my confinement and seclusion in this veritable medieval fortress. They were not pleasant, and I shuddered anew when I remembered ...”
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Horror Roleplaying in Terrifying Realms of Lovecraftian Apocalypses.
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Lovecraftian roleplaying typically sees brave Mythos investigators foiling plots to corrupt our familiar world. But what happens when the heroes DON’T save the day? When the cult’s apocalyptic schemes succeed? What comes next? That’s what APOCTHULHU is about.
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“I threw on the current of the Crookes tube apparatus, and focussed toward that scene of immortal blasphemousness the strongest ether radiations which men's art can arouse ...”
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“What do moderns know of life and the forces behind it? You call the Salem witchcraft a delusion, but I'll wager my four-times-great-grandmother could have told you things ...”
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“..a brotherhood kept alive from age to age ... as a hero an ancient Chaldean sorcerer surviving in the pristine bloom of youth to perish on the guillotine of the French Revolution.”
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“Above the waves rose weedy remembered spires. The moon laid pale lilies of light on dead London, and Paris stood up from its damp grave to be sanctified with star-dust ...”
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“ ... a terrible cosmic narrative derived from ... discourses of the mad self-styled spy who had killed himself. I found myself faced by names and terms ... Yuggoth, Great Cthulhu, Tsathoggua, YogSothoth, R'lyeh, Nyarlathotep, Azathoth”
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Survey the Colonial Horrors and Hidden Secrets of 18th Century Australia.
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The early penal colonies survived on a razor's edge, kept alive on the most primitive and basic of supplies and military provisions. Successive Governors complained bitterly of the perils of leaving such a large assemblage of convicted criminals poorly defended, in a far-off land for which other European powers still... [click here for more] |
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A Cornucopia of Cretinous and Corrupt Character Types for Convicts & Cthulhu.
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The early days of European settlement in Australia are marked by scarcity and resource shortages. However, there is one thing that the colonies never seemed to have had a short supply of … and that’s colourful and roguish characters. Whether it was immoral ne’er do-wells, ruthless peddlers... [click here for more] |
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"They're Coming To Get You, Convicts!". The Dead Walk Again.
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The penal colonies of early Australia are places where death is a common occurrence. Whether due to disease, starvation, violent flogging, or execution -- people depart this life at an alarming rate. This creates practical problems: where to bury so many corpses, and how to maintain a degree of sanitation? These... [click here for more] |
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"So Vile A Place, It Cries Out To Receive the Mythos' Touch"
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In 1803 the penal settlements at New South Wales are a mere fifteen years old, but are already synonymous with harshness and brutality. Back in England their reputation has been well-established as a hellish place, half a world away from any form of civilsation.... [click here for more] |
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"Alas Poor Convict, I Knew Him Well ... 'Tis a Shame He Fell Prey to the Sydney Devil"
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One of the more surprising elements of the early penal settlements of Australia is the convict theatre. When one thinks of a brutal and isolated settlement filled with the most... [click here for more] |
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"Good Luck. Bad Luck. Neither Means Much When Facing the Cthulhu Mythos"
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The convicts and settlers of the early penal colonies of Australia were, by our standards, highly superstitious people. To their way of thinking, the world was full of nebulous evil spirits that could bring misfortune and calamity. Fortunately long traditions... [click here for more] |
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"A Convict's Only Record of Privilege: A Grubby Sheet of Paper"
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It's easy to imagine that games of Lovecraftian investigation set in the 18th Century penal colonies of Australia would need to dispense with the notion of document-based clues. After all, with a colony full of undesirable convicts, being guarded by an equally-undesirable set of military guards, and which lived perpetually... [click here for more] |
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"Medical Malpractice. Of the Cthulhu Mythos Kind."
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The medical arts of the late 18th Century were, by our standards, horrific in themselves. And yet, in the isolated Australian penal colonies, the standards of surgical and medical treatment were made even more primitive by a reliance on a supply of European-made drugs and treatments... [click here for more] |
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"The Turbulent Mason"
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The early penal settlements of Australia were filled with colourful (sometimes roguish) characters who lived larger-than-life. Anthony Fenn Kemp, army paymaster, opportunistic entrepreneur, and master mason is a figure that certainly fits this bill. Deftly skirting the edges of the political maelstrom... [click here for more] |
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"Better Not Shout, Better Not Cry, Something Evil is Watching the Orphans. Something hungry."
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Perhaps the most vulnerable people in the penal colonies of early Australia were the (surprisingly many) unwanted and destitute children. Most roamed the streets, prey to wicked and degenerate sorts -- but a scant few of the unwanted... [click here for more] |
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"Ominous Bells Toll Their Ominous Knells"
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The penal settlements of New South Wales were cruel and desperate places, but even in such darkness there existed rare hints of culture and civilisation. One of these was the existence of music, which was performed at surprisingly... [click here for more] |
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"The Master of Convicts"
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The early penal settlements of Australia were powered by convict labour: every workgang and every domestic servant came from the enormous pool of convicts arriving in the colonies. Nicholas Divine, the man who served as Superintendent of Convicts was thus someone whose decisions can make a big difference to the life of a convict, as well as most free settlers.... [click here for more] |
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"Who knows what unknown terrors lurk in the unexplored bushland of Australia?"
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Strange stories have recently been circulating in Sydney Town. Tales about a catastrophic event that caused widespread devastation to a staging point along the Parramatta River much... [click here for more] |
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"There's Gold in That Thar Penal Settlement!"
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Most people would be aware that the early colonial history of Australia included major gold rushes in the 1840s and 1850s. But what few people know is that decades prior to these great discoveries, a discovery of precious gold sent ripples through the very fabric of New South Wales. The find, made by a lowly convict,... [click here for more] |
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"Some Gentlemen Prefer Crime!"
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Not everyone who was sentenced to be a convict in the penal settlements came from the poorer, criminal classes of Britain. Some were wealthy men and women, sentenced to transportation sometimes because of their criminal ways, but other times because of their politics. And some of these so-called... [click here for more] |
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This is the APOCTHULHU System Reference document. It contains all the open content from the APOCTHULHU RPG. We informally call this game engine the "Cthulhu Eternal" System (and other, non-Apocalypse versions of the same rules are published under that name). Whether you are a publisher or a gamer, you can use this under the terms of the Open Gaming License.
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