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THIS IS THE END AND THE BEGINNING Delta Green co-creator John Scott Tynes merges Lovecraftian cosmic horror with techno-thriller espionage in these four stories and a novel interconnected by a web of deceit:
THE CORN KING An old warrior on a rogue operation is determined to call down the thunder one last time. But he's keeping a secret that may unlock a darker destiny.
FINAL REPORT “Entry One has been breached. Time to get this show on the road. They have no idea the kind of Hell I've prepared for them. May God have mercy on my soul.”
MY FATHER’S SON A Delta Green agent with a mysterious past may learn more than he ever wanted to know when his current case leads where he never dared to go. THE DARK ABOVE In the face of madness and horror, two lonely Delta Green agents reach out to each other. Can they really afford such fragile bonds when the secrets of the night surf roll in?
THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT An agent’s disappearance pulls a Delta Green team into a vortex of horror in this novel of personal apocalypse. The secrets they uncover threaten to ignite a war between the Delta Green conspiracy and its bitterest enemy, Majestic-12 — secrets buried within time itself. With a foreword by Kennth Hite.
ABOUT DELTA GREEN Born of the U.S. government's 1928 raid on the degenerate coastal town of Innsmouth, Massachusetts, the covert agency known as Delta Green spent four decades opposing the forces of darkness with honor, but without glory. Stripped of sanction after a disastrous 1969 operation in Cambodia, Delta Green's leaders made a secret pact: to continue their work without authority, without support, and without fear. Delta Green agents slip through the system, manipulating the federal bureaucracy while pushing the darkness back for another day -- but often at a shattering personal cost.
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The developers, Red Wasp Design, revealed the existence of a Cyclopean pact with the Intel AppUp program to spread the insanity onto laptops, Ultrabooks and desktops worldwide. The Intel AppUp center is a service that aggregates, curates and distributes validated digital content delivering a fuller, richer experience on the PC.
The game will launch on the AppUp center on 5th May 2012 at the RPC Germany international RPG event. The games developers will also be at the event demoing the PC version of the game to fans and fellow gamers. The price point will be confirmed on the release date. AppUp is free to install and has lots of games and applications on it for Windows PCs. The PC version of the game runs in widescreen and has been optimised to run on laptops, Ultrabooks™ and desktops including support for Windows 7 touchscreen powered PCs.
Supported by the Intel AppUp developer program, the PC version of the game will also feature language support for German, French, Italian and Spanish gamers. The game’s designer, Tomas Rawlings said, “We’ve had lots of requests from fellow gamers and fans of Lovecraftian horror to bring the game to PC, and thanks to Intel’s support that will now happen. It’s also great to be able to get the game translated into more languages, as Lovecraft’s work has a universal appeal.”
For those new to the cult title, the indie game is a turn-based strategy RPG inspired by the works of cult horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. The game was developed in co-operation with Chaosium, the publishers of the cult horror role playing game, Call of Cthulhu. The game features nine 3D levels set in the trenches of World War One. In ‘The Wasted Land’ the player controls a team of up to six investigators charged with uncovering a deadly inhuman conspiracy underlying the clash of empires of the Great War. Barbed wire, mustard gas and machines guns will prove to be the least dangerous thing that the investigators will encounter as they venture out into No-man’s land to solve the mystery of the Wasted Land. As the game progresses, the player can build up the skills, weapons and equipment of the team to suit their playing style. As well as the physical danger, the investigators must guard their sanity against the myriad horrors that threaten to destroy it.
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If you are a fan of actual play podcasts you are probably familiar with YSDC's Horror on the Orient Express series. But if podcasts are not your thing, now you can follow the adventures of Innsmouth House Players (Bradford Players) in book form!
From yog-sothoth.com-
"The Express Diaries is a novelisation of the Innsmouth House Players (Bradford Players) quite particular journey through this epic Call of Cthulhu campaign. The adaptation is written by Nick Marsh (Soul Purpose, Past Tense, The Ancients) and features superb art by Eric M. Smith (Lovecraftian Tales from the Table and myriad YSDC art). It will be available in eBook, softcover and wonderful jacketed hardcover.
This book has been years in the making and as you know, printing books and paying authors & artists isn't cheap. As such we'll be holding an IndieGoGo fundraiser (a European-friendly version of Kickstarter) beginning the end of next week (mid-late April).
Some of the fundraiser incentives will include a small number of options for having your name or likeness immortalised in The Express Diaries.
It's a great book, featuring what have become some well-loved characters and I'll be proud to see this published. With your support we can make that happen"
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Investigator Weapons for Call of Cthulhu in the Classic era is a comprehensive collection of weapons available to stalwart investigators of the Cthulhu Mythos and their crazed cultist opponents.
Investigator Weapons covers handguns, rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, machine guns, flamethrowers, melee weapons, explosives, and special ammunition; and gathers together all the spot rules for injury, environmental conditions, and firearms combat in one place, as well as introducing many optional rules for enhanced play.
Hans-Christian Vortisch (author of Cthulhu – Waffen-Handbuch, GURPS High-Tech, GURPS Martial Arts: Fairbairn Close Combat Systems, and GURPS Tactical Shooting) has selected several dozens of the most typical or iconic weapons available to the discerning shooter in the 1920s and 1930s. These range from the famous Colt M1911 and Thompson submachine gun to lesser known but more widespread firearms.
Each weapon is illustrated and described in detail, as are variant models. Significantly, each weapon’s operation is described, as are its typical malfunctions. Finishing each weapon description is the movie use of the weapon – so you can see it in action – and a comprehensive statistics bar.
Keepers are not forgotten either. Typical weapons for non-player characters are suggested, as are likely weapons for cultists from around the world. A Keeper’s chapter examines the consequences of magic on firearms and ammunition, and the effect of firearms on Mythos creatures.
Investigator Weapons – the essential weapons book for Keepers and players of all editions of Call of Cthulhu.
Also included in this purchase are separate weapons summary charts, weapons record sheets, and a rules summary sheet.
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A sneak peak at our 2012 release schedule so far. Upcoming Releases
Chaosium has many books in the works for 2012. Here is a quick look at the books which have already been edited and are currently in production. n other words these titles are currently either in art direction, layout, or proofing. While they are listed in no particular order each of them is expected to be ready for publishing this year. We will be posting more information about these titles in the coming weeks.
Mythic Iceland -- BRP Fantasy Sourcebook Cthulhu By Gaslight 3rd -- COC Sourcebook A Long Way Home -- Science Fiction Novel Atomic Age Cthulhu -- COC Adventure Collection “Shan Campaign” -- COC Classic era Campaign House of R’lyeh -- COC Adventure Collection Undead & Unbound -- Horror Fiction Anthology Advanced Sorcery -- BRP Magic Sourcebook Enlightened Magic -- BRP Magic Sourcebook The Terror -- COC Adventure Canis Mysterium -- CoC Adventure Magic World -- BRP Sourcebook Magic World GM Screen -- BRP GM Aid Pulp Adventures for BRP -- BRP Sourcebook
We have over 40 other projects in the works which are still being written, revised, or edited. Additionally, we have many, many monographs in the works. Contracting for new works continues at a brisk pace as well. Not bad for an old Dragon eh?
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The Countdown To Halloween 2012 begins! We are bringing our fans loads of stories and films to give you chills and frights! Be sure to visit http://librivox.org/ for more great audio books!
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Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land – v1.2 Updates & Improves Controls
We are really pleased to say that version 1.2 of Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land is now out on the app store. This update fixes the bugs that have been found and and improves the controls for the game. We have replaced the old double-tap system with a touch & hold for attacking, using equipment and buying/swapping items. We’ve also added a pinch zoom. We hope you’ll update (how to update) the game and get have bug-free insanity from here onwards…
We want to thank you for your patience. Most of you, even when reporting bugs have been supportive of us; you all seem to get that we’re not some huge studio with hundreds of staff but an indie developer with just 3 of us! Finally, after updating and playing v1.2 if you like what it, we’d be really pleased if you would review and rate the game on the App Store (how to rate) and share the insanity…
We’ve also been getting some amazing reviews:
If there’s any justice in the world, Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land will be the start of a SRPG franchise that will rival Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics as a popular, commercially successful name. … It oozes style, is amongst the best looking iPad game out there, and features a nuanced combat system that remains compelling through the entire game. (DigitallyDownloaded.net)
Multiple weapons and intriguing mechanics keep the action fresh and exciting. Riflemen can hunker down and dominate the high ground, pistoleers need to set up ambushes and more esoteric abilities can be used to summon artillery strikes or otherworldy magic. Sanity, however, is at a premium – and witnessing inhuman horrors from beyond the pale or tapping into spells can debilitate units beyond strategic usefulness. The ever-present threat of gas is another authentic feature, meaning that you’ll have to equip units with masks or plan your movements carefully to avoid a lungful of Chlorine. (mobot.net)
“The thing is, for me at least, it feels good to play a Cthulu mythos game again and it’s also nice to play a game on the iPad that actually feels like a game. Sure, it’s not going to give you the quick fix that say a Cut the Rope or Jetpack Joyride will give you but there’s a place for iPad games that need a long-term investment and I believe this game will be in that class. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a world to save from tentacled freaks.” (horriblenight.com)
If you’ve not got a copy and want to see what all the fuss is about – it’s on the App Store now!
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All the tribes made medicine against Yig when the corn harvest came. They gave him some corn, and danced in proper regalia to the sound of whistle, rattle, and drum. They kept the drums pounding to drive Yig away, and called down the aid of Tiráwa, whose children men are, even as the snakes are Yig’s children. –H.P. Lovecraft, The Curse of Yig
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From Chaosium.com: News - THE WASTED LAND Version 1.2 Update-
"Version 1.2 of THE WASTED LAND is with Apple now. It could be with you in a few hours or a couple of days. Sensitivity has been resolved by changing from double-tap to touch & hold for attacks, using items of equipment and in the Quartermaster/Swap screen. We found in testing this change that not only does to resolve the selection issues, but plays much better anyway. We have also added a pinch zoom. We’ve fixed all the bugs such as (white textures on The Many Voices & Death By Gas) and the crashes at the end of turns/levels (it was all the same issue). There was another issue where if Brightmeer was killed in mission The Raid, it did not fail the mission as it should. So if you’re on that mission and he’s been killed, please restart it (or to last objective) so he is alive. If you’ve passed that mission he should respawn in but without any upgrades, equipment you might have given him.
Please note that while it is with Apple our testing continues and it is possible we’ll find an issue that means we have to pull version 1.2 and re-fix stuff. We’re confident this is not the case, but want you all to know the full picture. One of the issues in bug fixing is that as you fix one issue, you can often break another. We’ve been really wowed by the support and patience of people. You all seem to get that we’re not some huge studio with hundreds of staff but an indie developer with just 3 of us! So thanks and we hope v1.2 allows uninterrupted gaming.
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The Countdown To Halloween 2012 begins! We are bringing our fans loads of stories and films to give you chills and frights! Be sure to visit http://librivox.org/ for more great audio books!
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