There isn’t any scarcity of Lovecraft-themed tabletop RPGs today, however for my cash Path of Cthulhu stands out from the pack. As I really useful in our listing of options to D&D, it combines a traditional and exhaustively researched tackle the Mythos setting with progressive mechanics designed to make operating spooky mysteries a breeze. What I did not have house to say there’s that it additionally has a number of the greatest dietary supplements, adventures, and setting books round—and now, because of Humble Bundle, you may choose up practically the complete vary for a steal.
For simply £14.29/$18, the Path of Cthulhu bundle contains PDFs of the core guide and 19 different books, in addition to two soundtrack EPs and a voucher for 20% off on writer Pelgrane Press’ personal retailer, if you wish to comply with up by shopping for one other of their video games (may I like to recommend Evening’s Black Brokers?). Standouts within the bundle embrace: Bookhounds of London, a splendidly evocative marketing campaign setting the place you seek out forbidden tomes in Thirties London; Hideous Creatures, which not solely goes into sensible element about all of the monsters of the Mythos, but in addition gives tons of fabric and inspiration for truly construct mysteries round them; and Tough Magicks, which lets gamers dabble in inhuman sorceries, most definitely dooming themselves within the course of…
It is a ridiculously low worth for a number of the greatest TTRPG books you may ever personal. I ought to observe, nonetheless, that Pelgrane Press has introduced {that a} second version of Path of Cthulhu is within the works, with a Kickstarter launch deliberate for November. It does not sound prefer it’ll be making enormous adjustments—it is extra about bringing in some tweaks and updates to the principles system from their different video games, and making the guide a bit extra accessible for newcomers to the pastime. So all of the content material in these books ought to keep related, however simply bear in mind that that is most likely a little bit of a final hurrah for this version of the sport.
The bundle is obtainable till September 28.