Trail of Cthulhu is a new standalone GUMSHOE system game under license to Chaosium set in the 1930s It supports both Pulp (for Indiana Jones Robert E Howard thrilling locations sorts of games) & Purist styles of play (for intellectual horror & cosmic dread) HP Lovecrafts work combined both sometimes in the same story It
Includes:: a new take on the creatures cults & gods of the Lovecrafts literature & addresses their use in gaming It adds new player backgrounds & bulk out the GUMSHOE system to give intensive support for sanity incorporating into the rule set the PCs desire to explore at the risk of going mad Trail of Cthulhu won two Ennie awards for Best Rules & Best Writing as well as receiving an honourable mention for Product of the Year