Forgotten Corners of Lovecraft Country, Volume 1

[tlynch999]

The witch-haunted university town of Arkham.

The mist-cloaked seaport of Kingsport.

The degenerate, rolling hills of Dunwich.

The decrepit squalor of loathsome Innsmouth.

For over twenty years these locations, as described in H.P. Lovecraft’s Arkham,H.P. Lovecraft’s Dunwich, H.P. Lovecraft’s Kingsport, and Escape from Innsmouth, have been the setting for most adventures for the Call of Cthulhu® roleplaying game. Since their release by Chaosium between 1990 and 1992, there has been no further exploration of Lovecraft Country. But these locations are not the only places where the investigators can encounter the Cthulhu Mythos; there are many Forgotten Corners of Lovecraft Country just waiting to be explored.

With Forgotten Corners of Lovecraft Country, Vol. 1, Miskatonic River Press is proud to present two new settings and three scenarios that expand Lovecraft Country for Call of Cthulhu’s classic era. West of Arkham and south of Dunwich, along the Aylesbury Turnpike, lies the tiny, sleepy crossroads village of Dean’s Corner, the middle of nowhere where nothing ever happens, both a haven and a prison to its inhabitants; and beyond it, the rough and tumble industrial town of Aylesbury, a failed dream of utopia, built on a foundation of social engineering and ancient sorcery. Forgotten Corners of Lovecraft Country, Vol. 1 is written by Dan Harms (The Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia), Oscar Rios (The Legacy of Arrius Lurco), and illustrated by John T. Snyder (Escape from Innsmouth) and Steff Worthington (More Adventures in Arkham Country).

[KRoss]

Git that owl off her butt.

[tlynch999]

[darryll]

I will buy this.

[sda]

Git that owl off her butt.

I was going to say something along those same lines....

[tlynch999]

I will buy this.

Thank you, Darryll!

[StuartB]

This looks most interesting. And I love the cover.

Like Darryl, I'll gladly put this in my collection.

[Pookie]

Is that a sickle I see before me...?

[Steff Worthington]

Without exaggeration, that is one of the best illustrations of a night sky I've ever seen...

[Justin F]

When will this be available in the UK?

[Pookie]

When will this be available in the UK?

The best answer I can give for this is, about a week after it is available in the USA.

[tlynch999]

Glad you guys like the cover. As many of you know, we at MRP have a habit of shaking things up a bit, and one of the best ways to do that is awaken the Great Old Ones: Keith Herber, Kevin Ross, Scott David Aniolowski. We've now added John T. Snyder to that list, getting him to do more art for Call of Cthulhu.

And we don't have a release date yet. It will probably be our first game book of 2012, but it's too early to promise anything...especially in this industry.

[KRoss]

John Snyder rules. Eerie, suggestive, masterfully done. He's already given you the second best MRP cover.

And stop calling me old. Bad enough it's hotter'n Satan's butt-crack here, but I gotta put up with lip from you whipper-snappers too? There's gonna be trouble.

Kevin Ross
the usual

[hamster]

Can you let us know if the book is a sourcebook with scenarios or a scenario book with some source material?

My personal preference would be the former

And the cover art is fantastic, great to see another great artist back illustrating for CoC!

[WinstonP]

As one of the "others" who helped out around the corners of this book, I'm very happy to this be officially announced. It is indeed a lovely cover... Though I do wonder if you might some find a place on the cover to mention Aylesbury and Dean's Corners on the cover? I know the title is already long, but the title should probably explain what the book discusses...