Arkham Gazette 2 The
"Innsmouth? Well¸ it's a queer kind of a town down at the mouth of the Manuxet. Used to be almost a city-quite a port before the War of 1812-but all gone to pieces in the last hundred years or so... And why is everybody so down on Innsmouth? Well¸ young fellow¸ you mustn't take too much stock in what people around here say... Some of the stories would make you laugh-about old Captain Marsh driving bargains with the devil and bringing imps out of hell to live in Innsmouth..."
Welcome to Innsmouth! Rumors have long swirled around the place¸ ever since a plague is said to have carried off so many of the town's residents in the 1840s. Fallen into disrepair and decay¸ most locals shun the town and its unwholesome-looking inhabitant. We've elected to brave Joe Sargents' bus and dive deep into the mysteries and dangerous secrets that¸ dare we say¸ cast a shadow over the place.
This issue includes the following eighteen articles:
- Shadows of Polynesia: Obed Marsh and his crew brought many things back from that island east of Tahiti...
- Locations in Greater Innsmouth: Three new locations for Innsmouth.
- The Wreck of the Elizabeth Wright: A new location outside of Innsmouth with connection to the town.
- Innsmouth's Burying Grounds: A deep examination of the many cemeteries in and near Innsmouth.
- On the name "Dagon": Where did this name come from? Why did Obed Marsh use it? What does that imply?
- "The marine abyss beyond Devil Reef": Bathography versus Lovecraft!
- Edward Morse: A real-world scholar who might be of interest to your investigators.
- The Isle of Shoals and Other Innsmouth Inspiration: Real-world places that have some parallel to Innsmouth - the Isles of Shoals¸ Matinicus Island and the Malaga Island community.
- The Sacred Cod: Why is there a carved fish idol in the Massachusetts State House?
- The Hymnal of the Esoteric Order of Dagon: A new tome extoling the greatest of Innsmouth's new faith.
- The Ponape Scripture: An in-depth exporation of this tome of occult oceanic lore created by Lin Carter.
- The Feejee Mermaid: P.T. Barnum's dubious mummified "mermaid"; real-world history and occult (and Mythos) options.
- Innsmouth Curios: 8 Weird artifacts investigators can discover.
- Innsmouth Gold: All about Innsmouth's most notable export.
- Cancelled Innsmouth Books: A discussion of two cancelled books Chaosium was once planning related to Innsmouth - the Innsmouth Horror and Children of the Deep.
- A Guide to Newburyport: An extended description of the town that inspired Innsmouth and how you can use it in your Lovecraft Country games.
- "Drawn from the Water": A Kingsport artist has gone missing and the investigators must follow his trail. Dark secrets lurk in the waters just off shore...
- Annotated list of Innsmouth scenarios: Notes for the Keeper on all 14 of the Innsmouth-connected scenarios that we can locate in Lovecraft Country as well as a list of every Deep One scenario we can find.