On the Trail

Gordon Cooper — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:44:20 +0000

One could argue that I do not need any more role-playing games in my life. I own 87. Most of the games I wish to acquire are out-of-print or nearly so, but there is one new role-playing game that has really captured my interest, Trail of Cthulhu (q.v.), published by Pelgrane Press. It is a year old now, but the release today of one of its supplements, Shadows Over Filmland, has reminded me that I don’t have it my collection and I need it. (I also need the complete set of the publisher’s Dying Earth role-playing game, but that’s another topic.) This is the first game or supplement based on the Cthulhu Mythos that has held any interest for me since the classic Call of Cthulhu releases of the 1980s. My only reservation is the GUMSHOE role-playing system it utilizes. I’ve never been exposed to it, and I don’t know whether it is a true role-playing game, a story game, or a hybrid. If it’s the first, then I can almost guarantee I’ll buy it.

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On the Trail