Strange aeons

November 28, 2006 10:29 AM

Cthulhufilter: "Amid the sagging gables of old New England, evil lurks ... and squirms, and scuttles, and purrs." Welcome to the scary world of Pokethulhu, the free RPG where unspeakable horror meets japanese insanity. You can download it here (bonus: art by John Kovalic on the inside). More Cthulhu Cuteness.
posted by darkripper (13 comments total)

Also don't forget Hello Cthulhu!
posted by clevershark at 10:56 AM on November 28, 2006

Awww so cute.
posted by effwerd at 11:15 AM on November 28, 2006

Have A Very Scary Solstice!
posted by homunculus at 11:20 AM on November 28, 2006

What I am diggin ( via a few links from that site ) is this
posted by RubberHen at 11:36 AM on November 28, 2006

Sacrifices of red on the blue open sea
Won't mean a thing until you're here with me.

nice.
posted by nola at 11:44 AM on November 28, 2006

on the dark sci fi tip -- In the Grim Future of Hello Kitty There Is Only War
posted by bl1nk at 12:47 PM on November 28, 2006

"At that moment, everything made sense. Hay formed into strange glyphs, the strange moaning beneath a cacophany of carrot munching, that eerie greenish glow from beneath the litter box. It was then, Harrison, that I lost my mind and my free will. I became a slave to Them and to the Plush Thing they worshiped."
posted by robocop is bleeding at 1:13 PM on November 28, 2006

I wanted to find a page about Cthulhu LARP, but apparently no one's willing to photograph themselves doing so.

But I did turn up this fan-built silent film. Looks a damn sight radder than this mess.
posted by EatTheWeek at 1:16 PM on November 28, 2006

If you guys float about S. John Ross's site, you should come across Risus, The Anything RPG.

If you haven't played a pen'n'paper RPG since your last major acne breakout, or you think that RPG = DnD, you might want to check it out. It's quick, fun, and funny. A great way to spend time with your geekier friends.
posted by C.Batt at 2:16 PM on November 28, 2006

Here is a cool Lovecraft-themed tabletop game: Arkham Horror is a cooperative adventure game themed around H.P Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Players choose from 16 Investigators and take to the streets of Arkham. Before the game, one of the eight Ancient Ones is chosen and it's up to the Investigators to prevent it from breaking into our world.

It's a rather fun game and includes a lot of Lovecraft's lores, from the ancient ones (Cthulu, Nyarlathotep, etc.) to the locales (R'lyeh, Yuggoth, etc.).
posted by The God Complex at 2:41 PM on November 28, 2006

I cant believe no-one has re- (or perhaps re, re, re etc) posted the Tale of the Plush Cthulhu!!! It's a venerable institution whenever the Great Old One is mentioned.
posted by elendil71 at 3:51 PM on November 28, 2006

I, for one, am tired of the constant adolescent Lovecraft-fanboyism on these here internets. It was still kind of cute a few years ago, but no longer. There are but so many times you can combine a fantastical cephalapod and the kawaii, and still have it be at all relevant. It's like you guys don't get that H.P. Lovecraft was specifically mocking your obsession with inane fictional myths in his stories.
posted by blasdelf at 5:30 PM on November 28, 2006

tsk tsk... just for that you'll be eaten last, I'm sure.
posted by clevershark at 7:57 PM on November 28, 2006