Trail of Cthulhu
A horror game set in the 1930s¸ based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft. It uses a version of the ""GUMSHOE"" system that first appeared inThe Esoterrorists. It uses diceless point-spending to resolve investigative skills¸ and die rolls modified by points for core skills. Character creation is limited point-based¸ with no attributes and splitting between the 39 investigative skills and the 13 core skills. Characters have two ratings for mental health: Stability (short-term¸ affected by mundane horrors) and Sanity (long-term¸ affected by Cthulhu mythos exposure and knowledge). - A description from https://darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/ with kind permission of John H. KimBased on the original Call of Cthulhu¸ and incorporating the GUMSHOE system by Robin D Laws¸ this is Pelgrane Press's most important release since the oringal Dying Earth. You uncover mysteries in dusty libraries and bloody crime scenes. You walk the mean streets of Chicago or hack through the jungles of the South Pacific. You battle vile cults¸ or recoil in terror at the alien enormities they worship. You follow the clues wherever they lead¸ whatever the cost in life or sanity. But do you dare to follow...
You uncover mysteries in dusty libraries and bloody crime scenes. You walk the mean streets of Chicago or hack through the jungles of the South Pacific. You battle vile cults¸ or recoil in terror at the alien enormities they worship. You follow the clues wherever they lead¸ whatever the cost in life or sanity. But do you dare to follow... Trail of Cthulhu is a game of investigative horror set in the 1930s based on the work of HP Lovecraft. The game uses an adpated and enlarged version of GUMSHOE system which offers a laser-like focus on investigation¸ with characters driven to explore and investigate¸ even at the expense of their own health and sanity. Using the revolutionary GUMSHOE investigative roleplaying system¸ this game features: Sanity which measures your blissful ignorance of the true nature of reality¸ and Stability which defines how robust your mental health is.