In continued celebration of Lovecraft’s 129th birthday today, there’s 10% off all physical Cthulhu Hack books, slim box sets, and dice trays—both square and compact—on the All Rolled Up web store. That’s all the core books, as well as investigations—including Mother’s Love and the award-winning Valkyrie Nine—and supplements. And to round off the tabletop—the way […]
Cthulhu Sale!
It’s H.P. Lovecraft’s 129th birthday on Tuesday—so, what better way to celebrate than offering 20% off Cthulhu-based RPG stuff! Tekeli-li! (I hear your Shoggoth cry) Head to DriveThruRPG for 20% off all The Cthulhu Hack (and a scattering of other Cthulhu-based RPGs), until they serve up the last non-Euclidean slice of cake. Enjoy! http://www.justcrunch.com/j/
Compatibility Hack
The association between The Black Hack and The Cthulhu Hack is a funny old thing. In the 3 years that both games have existed, an explosion of other supplements and expansions of the former have appeared. In the meantime, TCH has drifted along a path of its own. What does that mean? It means that […]
Mother’s Love Review
I missed this review for Mother’s Love—the hardback/PDF release for Cthulhu Hack featuring four writers new to the system knocking it out of the park. The review is here: http://rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/2019/07/mothers-embrace.html The skip to the end summary: Mother’s Love is a solid collection of scenarios, each easy to run, each easily adapted to the mechanics of the […]
Valkyrie Nine Double Win
I love conventions anyway, but UK Games Expo offered the double-thrill at the start of June that I got to attend and I was nominated for an award – and that excitement culminated in Valkyrie Nine—one of this year’s releases for Lovecraft-inspired investigative horror role-playing game The Cthulhu Hack—winning an award. Twice. Short-listed for Best Role-playing Adventure in the […]
Valkyrie Nine Shortlisted
I’m excited to announce that Valkyrie Nine has been shortlisted in this year’s UK Games Expo Awards for Best Role-playing Adventure—the same award for which Three Faces of the Wendigo won the People’s Vote in 2018. Last year there was a Judge’s Vote and a Public Vote—I’m not clear at the moment whether this will […]
Leap of Faith
Mother’s Love has been a massive leap of faith for me—one where I have wavered on many decisions. In the outcome, I’m deliriously pleased that it has turned out so well. I hope that you can come and see it in person at UK Games Expo, supporting the continuation of The Cthulhu Hack line. Up […]
Mother’s Love Hardback
All Rolled Up have just taken delivery of the new hardback investigation collection for The Cthulhu Hack—Mother’s Love. A 76-page collection of three investigations, written for The Cthulhu Hack but usable with any system. The book is hardback with a red ribbon bookmark, with a wraparound cover by Wenqing Yan. The collection of three brand […]
Mother’s Love
Mother’s Love is the new release for The Cthulhu Hack, featuring three investigations in (relatively) contemporary settings: investigating murder and kidnapping connected to a backwater orphanage in 50s Canada; actors gather together in celebration of Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary on the islands of Malta; and, looking into the shady practices of a Greek business and an […]
Valkyrie-9 in Print
All Rolled Up will have new stock in store for The Cthulhu Hack from sometime next week, as print copies of new investigation Valkyrie Nine come in. The PDF release of Valkyrie-9 can be found at DriveThruRPG, but for a physical book you will have the option of placing an order through the All Rolled Up web store or catching us at […]
Science Fiction?
This weekend sees the release of a new investigation, Valkyrie-9. After a bunch of playtesting sessions, the time seemed at hand to set the adventure loose on the unsuspecting public. I had a lot of fun running the adventure across several events, each time with a completely different experience and outcome. Valkyrie-9 finds the players […]
Bookhacks of London
Following a post on Twitter by @jonnywaistcoat about an interest in running the excellent Bookhounds of London using the rules set from The Cthulhu Hack, I couldn’t help but take up the challenge of creating a thematically suitable character sheet. I admit, this partially arose as Jonny had made one himself, but also because last […]
The Cthulhu Hack in 2019
I’m not inclined to make predictions or promises! For me, 2018 proved to be a workhorse year where a fair amount got done but not as much got published as I might have hoped. For my part The Dark Brood was published – a short guide to the Cult of Shub-Niggurath – along with the GM […]
Shambling Patreon
I set up a Patreon page a week or so ago to support the creative endeavour for expanding The Cthulhu Hack line, in support for your patronage, you get access to content not available to anyone else. At the most basic level, that’s posts on here and the Patreon page. At higher levels, you get early […]
Lovecraft Special Edition
I’ve created – and teased – the Lovecraft Special Edition boxes. While the white box may well become an on-and-off special, the red (“Red Hook”) deep box is a limited edition because I don’t have access to any more stock once these have gone. I originally used the red boxes for a Gen Con special […]