And with strange aeons even death may die.”
Have you ever had the feeling that the world is not quite the way everybody seems to think it is? Do you believe in a higher power? And no I don’t mean God. Well I don’t mean your God. Do you dare to look behind the shrouds of reality and be swallowed by the Old Ones? Then step into the world of the almighty Cthulhu and beware of his eternal slumber. If you like horror stories and have never read the works of H.P. Lovecraft you should definitely look him up. Among his best work are the “Dream Cycle” stories and the “Cthulhu Mythos” stories. Lovecraft was plagued by frightening night terrors which gave him the inspiration for his horrifying stories. In 1981, half a century after the death of Lovecraft, his work and especially the mythos he had invented had gained such an enormous popularity that it spun off a pen and paper role playing game. Since then the publisher Chaosium has released several different versions and additions to the game. The basis of the game is simple. To play you need a game master (the person in charge of the story who presents it to the other players) and several investigators (how many is entirely dependent on the scenario). The story is usually situated in one of three different eras: the 1890s, the 1920s or the present. Recently there have also been additions to the game that take place in the Middle Ages (Cthulhu Dark Ages) and the future (Cthulhu Rising). So if you are into horror and suspense stories and also like to role play (and I don’t mean in the bedroom) you should get together with some friends and try out the dark world of dread Cthulhu.
“They were not composed altogether of flesh and blood. They had shape…but that shape was not made of matter. When the stars were right, They could plunge from world to world through the sky; but when the stars were wrong, They could not live. But although They no longer lived, They would never really die. They all lay in stone houses in Their great city of R’lyeh, preserved by the spells of mighty Cthulhu for a glorious resurrection when the stars and the earth might once more be ready for Them.”
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