The Book of Iod is a collection of short stories by Henry Kuttner published by Chaosium in 1995.
The Book of Iod is a collection of short stories by Henry Kuttner published by Chaosium in 1995.
The Book of Iod is part of the Cthulhu Cycle Books series from Chaosium, and includes eleven stories by Kuttner originally published between 1936 and 1939, as well as one story by editor Robert M. Price and one by Lin Carter. [1]
Steve Faragher reviewed The Book of iod for Arcane magazine, rating it an 8 out of 10 overall. [1] Faragher comments that "Rather a fine collection of stories [...] Kuttner was a young man profoundly influenced by HP Lovecraft, who became a member of the Lovecraft circle in the year before the Grand Old Man of Horror died." [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.
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