| Terrors of the Mythos in the Old West | |
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| Designers | Kevin Ross |
| Publishers | Chaosium |
| Publication | 2017 |
| Genres | Horror |
| Systems | Basic Role-Playing |
Down Darker Trails is a 2017 role-playing game supplement published by Chaosium for Call of Cthulhu .
| Terrors of the Mythos in the Old West | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Designers | Kevin Ross |
| Publishers | Chaosium |
| Publication | 2017 |
| Genres | Horror |
| Systems | Basic Role-Playing |
Down Darker Trails is a 2017 role-playing game supplement published by Chaosium for Call of Cthulhu .
Down Darker Trails is a sourcebook set in the American old west. [1]
John O'Neill reviewed Down Darker Trails for Black Gate , and stated that "CoC has been sorely lacking a weird western sourcebook, so I was very pleased to see Kevin Ross and his friends at Chaosium release Down Darker Trails, a massive full-color 256-page hardcover which lovingly brings Mythos horror to the old west. The book is an excellent addition to Chaosium's catalog". [1]
Down Darker Trails won the 2018 Silver ENnie Awards for Best Monster/Adversary. [2]
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