Trail of Tsathogghua

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Trail of Tsathogghua
CHA2308 Trail of Tsathogghua Chaosium RPG supplement 1984 cover.jpg
Cover by Steve Purcell, 1984.
Designers Keith Herber
Publishers Chaosium
Publication1984, 2004
GenresHorror
Systems Basic Role-Playing
ISBN 0-933635-05-2

Trail of Tsathogghua [1] is a Horror tabletop role-playing adventure, written by Keith Herber, with art by Steve Purcell, and published by Chaosium in 1984. It was released in PDF format in 2004. [2] Three horror adventures set in Greenland, Canada and Grand Rapids, Michigan for Call of Cthulhu , based on author Clark Ashton Smith's god-like literary creation Tsathoggua.

Contents

Contents

Trail of Tsathogghua is an adventure in which the player characters investigate a stone slab and its unusual markings which was discovered inside a glacier in Greenland by Eskimos. [3]

Reception

Rick Swan reviewed Trail of Tsathogghua in The Space Gamer No. 75. [3] Swan commented that "If you've been happily devouring Chaosium's Cthulhu releases, rest assured that Trail of Tsathogghua is another top-notch effort. This is roleplaying at its finest, and I'm ready for the next one. And who knows . . . maybe it'll even have a title I can pronounce." [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Herber, Keith (1984). Trail of Tsathogghua. Cover by Steve Purcell. Albany, CA, USA: Chaosium. ISBN   0-933635-05-2. CHA2308. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Trail of Tsathogghua". DrivethruRPG. OneBookShelf. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Swan, Rick (July–August 1985). "Capsule Reviews". Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (75): 40.
  4. ↑ "Jeux & stratégie 33". June 1985.
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