Call of Cthulhu

ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

   Based upon the works of H.P. Lovecraft comes a campaign setting about the Elder Gods of the Universe and their desire to reawaken from there eons of slumber. The campaign setting is uniquely horror based, and is infamous for it's involvement of sanity checks due to the exposure of dark and forbidden knowledge.

   From what is explained, the universe was created by a single entity known as Azathoth. On outer god that is formless which rules over other outer gods that do its will. The outer gods and old ones have plagued the universe and dimension as playthings for eons. Alien races and cultures have been laid low or raise on high depending on their whims. On earth, the great Cthulhu was sent to prepare earth for the Outer Gods, but it has fallen into slumber deep beneath the oceans as the first stage was completed. as time past, other entities followed and begun their own campaigns. The Great Nyarlathotep begun his preparation in Egypt, while a similar entity named Hastur begun his cult in areas of Europe and Asia, and so forth. The intrusion however did not go unnoticed by a group of native entities around Earth. Deities such as Bast and Nodens have come to become entangled in the struggle to keep the Outer and Elder gods away.

  In more recent times in the 1900s many artifacts and fringe cults pertaining to the elder gods begun to appears as the thirst for human exploration reached it early climax. Most of the discovers however, were never uncatalogued quite correctly  or lost to some unfortunate incident. Other discovers happened as main knowledge of science evolved, for the higher level of mathematics are somehow tied the universal thoughts of Azathoth. For most, the knowledge of the elder gods and their activities is covered up since the truth would destroy most. In this world you are tormented by subtle horrors that suddenly become very real and at times back your hold on sanity and reality.

The Call of Cthuhlu game is being published by Chaosium, and a D20 version exists.