Rating: [ 6.63 / 10.00 ]

Game Info

Title  The Great Old Ones
Authors  Harry Cleaver, L.N. Isinwyll, Doug Lyons, Kevin A. Ross, Marcus L. Rowland
Book Type  Adventure
Rank: [ 26 / 5958 ]
Genre  Horror
Setting  1920s
Awards  Origins Awards (Best Role-Playing Adventure, 1989)
Edition Info  Chaosium (1989)
Stock: 2321
ISBN: 0-933635-38-9
System  Call of Cthulhu 4
Parent: [ BRP ]

Game Summary

A 176-page book containing six 1920s scenarios for Call of Cthulhu. They can be played independently or as a linked campaign. Of the six scenarios, five involve a Great Old One to some extent and the sixth deals with an avatar of an Outer God.

The concluding adventure in the book, Marcus L. Rowland's "Bad Moon Rising", is often considered a Call of Cthulhu classic.

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# Title System Publisher Released Stock Status
1 The Great Old OnesCall of Cthulhu 4Chaosium 1989 2321 ---

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4 + 5Darren MacLennan. It's not wall-to-wall goodness, but the high points are so high that you won't even care that some of the scenarios don't fulfill their original promise.

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8 / 10Zounds!All these are solid Cthulhu adventures, with Bad Moon Rising as the mind-blowing star of the show.

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