Für Trail of Cthulhu ist ein neuer Szenarioband erschienen: Shadows over Filmland. In dem 192-seitigen Buch finden wir viele neue Szenarios die zwei Themen verbinden die seit Vom Winde verwest zu meinen Lieblingen gehören: Cthuloider Horror und die Welt des Films (oder besser gesagt die seltsame Welt des B-Movie Films). Es gab bereits einige Previews zu dem Szenarioband und auch das ein oder andere Bild bzw. Exzerpte zu bestaunen, doch hier nun eine kurze Zusammenfassung vom endgültigen Inhalt des Buches (gefunden bei www.yog-sothoth.com):
The Silver Screen Drips Blood and Madness!
Trail Of Cthulhu goes to the movies! Pelgrane Press pays homage to the classic horror films of the 1930s with this 192-page compendium of celluloid thrills and chills! The Backlot Teems with Lovecraftian Menace!
Trail Of Cthulhu creators Kenneth Hite and Robin D. Laws team up, marshalling their deep mastery of cinematic lore to bring you a landmark collection of Cthulhoid scenarios and source material.
GASP at the startling parallels between Hollywood and HPL horror in Nitrate Gothic. Critical exploration this blood-curdling could only issue from one pen-that of Kenneth Hite!
SHUDDER at the strange setting that is Backlot Gothic. Wolves howl across blackened hillsides. Hunchbacked madmen stalk through forests of dead, naked trees. The impossible machinery of mad science hisses and sparks in basement laboratories deep beneath ancestral manors. Is this gloomy black and white world Eastern Europe? Germany? England? None of these places-yet all of them at once!
TREMBLE at the hours of mysterious play found within its dozen pulse-quickening scenarios.
- Cheat death with Dr. Grave Dust.
- Face the dread count himself in Dreams Of Dracula.
- Track a bestial killer Under A Werewolf Moon.
- Dare to cross the threshold of The Black Chateau.
- Learn the murderous secret of The Non-Euclidean Man.
- Hear the whispers of Nyarlathotep on The Night I Died.
- Walk in zombie footsteps to encounter the White Bokor.
- Unearth a mummy’s curse, bringing Death Across the Nile.
- Explore the prehistoric jungle isle of The Green Ape.
- Penetrate the dark heart of Africa to meet the Lord of the Jungle.
- Flee from enemies old and new in The Preserve.
- Finally, complete your tour of filmic menace by venturing into the darkest pit of insanity yet-Hollywood itself, in The Final Reel!
Shadows over Filmland contains a dozen ToC adventures written by Kenneth Hite and Robin D. Laws (and featuring artwork from ToC regular Jerome Huguenin). It also includes a new “Backlot Gothic” setting.
If you weren’t fortunate enough to pick up a copy of the limited pre-release edition at Dragonmeet 2008 then your patience has finally paid off and after the recent printer’s hiccup it is now available from the likes of Indie Press Revolution and Pelgrane’s own web store for $34.95 (US) / £23.95 (UK) for the 192 page hardback.
IPR is also offering a print/PDF bundle for $49.95 (US)
