All articles about Trail of Cthulhu
2019
Trail of Cthulhu with pushes
An overview of character mechanics that need to be resolved when adapting Trail of Cthulhu to use Pushes from the Yellow King RPG.
Gumshoe: encoding genre with abilities
Gumshoe: adjudicating interpersonal skills
Gumshoe: antagonist spends
A look at the math and narrative ramifications of spending antagonist pool points in the Gumshoe RPG systems.
Gumshoe: the investigative to general ability exchange rate
Trail of Cthulhu: Shanghai Bullets
Actual play notes for Shanghai Bullets.
Gumshoe’s sense trouble ability
2018
Villainous motivations in Cthulhu games
Trail or Call of Cthulhu?
With two great marquee Cthulhu role-playing games available, how do you decide which is right choice for your game?
The Dying of St Margaret’s, again
2012
Silver screen Cthulhu
An assortment of thoughts about Shadows Over Filmland for the Trail of Cthulhu RPG.
The Dying of St Margaret’s
A review of Graham Walmsley’s first purist scenario for Trail of Cthulhu.
2011
The Apocalypse Machine
A detailed review of The Apocalypse Machine, Graham Walmsley's post apocalypse setting toolkit for Trail of Cthulhu.
The Book of the Smoke
A review of Pelgrane Press's companion to the campaign frame The Bookhounds of London for players and keepers.
Bookhounds of London
A review of Bookhounds of London, a campaign frame for Trail of Cthulhu by Kenneth Hite.
2010
The Dance in the Blood
2009
The Haunting: Terms
In my recap of The Haunting I mentioned some terms that were new to people outside small press gaming circles at the time. This post explains some of them.