Trail of the Gold Spike is a 1984 fantasy role-playing game adventure published by Hero Games for Justice, Inc.
Trail of the Gold Spike is a 1984 fantasy role-playing game adventure published by Hero Games for Justice, Inc.
Trail of the Gold Spike is an adventure in which the player characters oppose the evil Condor as he tries to ruin the Whitley family and their mining business. [1] Though written for Justice, Inc. , it was also "approved for use with" and included statistics for Chill , Call of Cthulhu and Daredevils .
Trail of the Gold Spike presented conversions for Call of Cthulhu , Daredevils , and Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes . [2] : 131
William A. Barton reviewed Trail of the Gold Spike in Space Gamer No. 72. [1] Barton commented that "Trail of the Gold Spike is simply a lot of fun - to read, play, or GM. If you play any of the systems for which the adventure is designed, I heartily recommend it as the next exciting installment of your gaming career!" [1]
Call of Cthulhu is a horror fiction role-playing game based on H. P. Lovecraft's story of the same name and the associated Cthulhu Mythos. The game, often abbreviated as CoC, is published by Chaosium; it was first released in 1981 and is in its seventh edition, with licensed foreign language editions available as well. Its game system is based on Chaosium's Basic Role-Playing (BRP) with additions for the horror genre. These include special rules for sanity and luck.
Chill is an investigative and modern horror role-playing game originally published by Pacesetter Ltd in 1984 that captures the feel of 20th-century horror films.
Justice, Inc. is a role-playing game designed to simulate the adventure stories in the pulp magazines of the 1930s.
Marcus L. Rowland is an English retired laboratory technician and a notable author in the field of role-playing games, particularly games with Victorian era content.
The following is a timeline of tabletop role-playing games. For computer role-playing games see here.
Trail of Cthulhu is an investigative horror role-playing game published by Pelgrane Press in 2008 in which the players' characters investigate mysterious events related to the Cthulhu Mythos. The game is a licensed product based on the horror role playing game Call of Cthulhu published by Chaosium, which is itself based on the writings of H. P. Lovecraft.
Daredevils is a tabletop role-playing game published by Fantasy Games Unlimited (FGU) in 1982 that is meant to emulate pulp magazine fiction of the 1930s.
Shadows of Yog-Sothoth is a series of adventures published by Chaosium in 1982 for the horror role-playing game Call of Cthulhu.
Angmar: Land of the Witch King is a fantasy role-playing sourcebook published by Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.) in 1982 based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The book expands upon Tolkien's few brief mentions of Angmar, an evil kingdom, providing gamemasters with enough material to create a setting in which player characters can experience Angmar.
The Arkham Evil is a 1983 role-playing game adventure for Call of Cthulhu published by Theatre of the Mind Enterprises.
Daredevil Adventures Vol. 2 No. 2: The Menace Beneath the Sea is a 1983 role-playing game adventure for Daredevils published by Fantasy Games Unlimited.
Whispers from the Abyss is a 1984 role-playing game adventure for Call of Cthulhu published by Theatre of the Mind Enterprises.
"Glozel est Authentique!" is a 1984 role-playing game adventure for Call of Cthulhu, written by E. S. Erkes and C. Rawling, and published by Theatre of the Mind Enterprises (TOME).
Death in Dunwich is an adventure published by Theatre of the Mind Enterprises in 1983 for the horror role-playing game Call of Cthulhu.
Masks of Nyarlathotep, subtitled Perilous Adventures to Thwart the Dark God, is an adventure campaign first published by Chaosium in 1984 for the second edition of the horror role-playing game Call of Cthulhu. A number of revised editions have subsequently been published. Masks of Nyarlathotep is a series of several sequential adventures set in the 1920s that take the player characters from New York, to London, Cairo, Nairobi, and Shanghai as they deal with the threat of the god Nyarlathotep. Screenwriter Larry DiTillio wrote the adventure with game designer Lynn Willis during a writer's strike. It received positive reviews in game periodicals including Casus Belli, The Space Gamer, White Dwarf, Different Worlds, and Dragon, and is considered to be one of the best roleplaying adventures of all time.
Alone Against the Dark, subtitled "Defying the Triumph of the Ice", is an adventure published by Chaosium in 1985 for the Horror tabletop role-playing game based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Call of Cthulhu. It was written by author Matthew J. Costello, and was the second Call of Cthulhu solo adventure published after Alone Against the Wendigo. The adventure received positive reviews in game periodicals including White Dwarf, Different Worlds, and Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer. Chaosium published a revised edition of the adventure in 2017.
Cthulhu by Gaslight is a horror tabletop role-playing supplement, written by William A. Barton, with art by Kevin Ramos, and first published by Chaosium in 1986. This supplement provides information on role-playing in an alternate setting of Victorian England of the 1890s for Call of Cthulhu. An expanded second edition was published in 1988, and a third edition was published in 2012. It won an Origins Award and received positive reviews in game periodicals including White Dwarf, Casus Belli, Different Worlds, Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer, The Games Machine, Games International, and Dragon.
Cthulhu Now is a supplement published by Chaosium in 1987 for the horror role-playing game Call of Cthulhu.
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