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Cthulhu Dark Ages

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Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying in the Year 1000 A.D.

The Dark Ages world is filled with life, death, and the pain of old age. Vengeful hordes wash across the world. Petty warlords fight among themselves like ravenous dogs. Disease runs rampant. Illiterate city-folk and simple farmers dread that which lurks in the dark. And in the greatest abbeys, a few know of forbidden books that speak of blasphemy and of those who would destroy the world of god-fearing men and women. 

“The living close the eyes of the dead, but it is the dead that open the eyes of the living.” 

— Old Slavic saying 

950 A.D.— The Byzantine Theodorus Philetas translates the al-Azif into Greek and renames it the Necronomicon. It will be more than a century before this blasphemous tome is finally condemned, and most copies destroyed. 

During these hundred years, when manuscript copies of the Necronomicon covertly pass from hand to hand, mankind almost yields to the uncaring forces of the Cthulhu Mythos. The dark young of Shub-Niggurath infest the boundless forests, mi-go guard mountain passes, ghouls and miri-nigri haunt forgotten burial grounds, and deep ones plague coastal settlements. 

In this world the last magi explore powers not meant for humans, and are lured to into the abode of Yog-Sothoth. 

CTHULHU DARK AGES is a complete roleplaying game, using the intuitive and flexible Basic Roleplaying system used and developed by Chaosium for many years and is also used in our Call of Cthulhu game. If you know how to play one, you can play the other. 

CTHULHU DARK AGES presents the era of the Dark Ages (c. 1000 A.D.) and the continuing threat posed by denizens of the Cthulhu Mythos as described by H. P. Lovecraft, the Lovecraft circle of writers, and the works of Chaosium Inc.

Cthulhu Dark Ages Third EditionAND CHECK OUT THE NEW (2020) THIRD EDITION OF CTHULHU DARK AGES:

It’s a dark world and people are right to be afraid of the dark...

With the 3rd Edition, Cthulhu Dark Ages has been updated for Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition, completely revised and includes a wealth of new setting material. Inside you will find a player’s guide to the Dark Ages, an optional Sanity mechanic for mirroring the medieval mindset, rules for the oral tradition of storytelling and mounted combat, a grimoire of Dark Age spells plus optional rules for Folk Magic, a bestiary of monsters, as well as a fully detailed setting—the Anglo-Saxon community of Totburh in England’s Severn Valley, full of interesting characters, dwelling descriptions, and a multitude of plot hooks for Keepers to use and develop.

This new 3rd edition comes in full color, with additional material concerning poetry and kennings, the written word, using the Oral Tradition in games, amulets, further use of Sanity in the setting, Paganism, and Norse Paganism.




 

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Walter K December 16, 2019 9:23 pm UTC
Why is the Revised Version not available?
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Michael O March 06, 2020 3:35 am UTC
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It is now: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/303775/Cthulhu-Dark-Ages--3rd-Edition
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Sándor L November 24, 2019 11:26 am UTC
Why is the POD book so expensive compared to other books (with more pages on top of that) like The Keeper's Companion vol. 1? The printed version of this book is cheaper almost anywhere else on the internet.
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