Myth Subverting History Timeline of the Common Era In this portion of the game notes, we’ll discuss history and myth. Myth It was as if some enormous sun, thousands of times larger than Earth’s, had sent a ray of light pulsing through the cosmos, defying the flimsy barriers of Time and Space, to strike upon … Read More
The Role of Sanity The Mythos Final Comments “for Earth alone was lawful and constituted of ordered matter, drifting in the sea of Chaos-stuff as it had done for aeons.” M. Moorcock, Earl Aubec “We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant … Read More
A brief word about spoilers: they are inevitable. It’s not possible to write a literary commentary without giving some of the plot up, although if you’re reading this the chances are you’re already a fan of both authors. More importantly, this collection has been written with a GM in mind. This means we’ll discuss some … Read More
Main Sources Books Roleplaying Games Chaosium Other Games Afterword Book sources for this project are divided into two camps: literary sources, and derivative works (which for the most part are games). In addition, there are some games which have nothing to do with the original premise but may still be useful. This list is meant … Read More
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Ylrhc R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn Elric of R’lyeh was originally a marriage of convenience between Chaosium’s Stormbringer and Call of Cthulhu. Rather than inject Lovecraftian nihilistic horror into a fantasy world (plenty of that already), the intent is to marry Moorcockian cosmology with a 1920s alternate earth. This isn’t so much a setting as … Read More