Through Monday, April 6 we present the new Trail of Cthulhu Megabundle featuring a monstrously large horde of rulebooks, supplements, and sourcebooks for Trail of Cthulhu, the RPG of eldritch Cthulhu Mythos investigations using the GUMSHOE System from Pelgrane Press. Adventures using the investigative GUMSHOE system (also seen in The Yellow King RPG, Swords of the Serpentine, Night’s Black Agents, The Esoterrorists, and others) aren’t about hunting for clues but interpreting them – figuring how they solve the mystery. Star designer Kenneth Hite uses his encylopedic knowledge of history and Lovecraftian horror to capture the creeping madness of the 1930s, a time of sweeping cruelty by authoritarian rulers and the Great Old Ones alike.
(Note: In October 2024 Pelgrane Press crowdfunded Trail of Cthulhu Second Edition, which rises inexorably later this year. This Megabundle features the 2008 First Edition rulebook and support line. All First Edition supplements and scenarios are wholly compatible with the forthcoming 2E rulebook. The new edition adds character creation templates, new ability spends, new campaign frames and introductory adventures, and an expanded guide to the Mythos.)
This new Trail of Cthulhu Megabundle gathers a dozen titles from six previous bundles, 2013-2021, along with three major additions new to the Bundle of Holding: Fearful Symmetries, The Book of the New Jerusalem, and Cthulhu Apocalypse. Together they give you a case-load of Trail of Cthulhu investigations worthy of the Great Library of Celaeno – everything you need to uncover dark Lovecraftian plots by demented cultists. Pay just US$17.95 to get all eight titles in our Starter Collection (retail value $128) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks, including the complete Trail of Cthulhu First Edition rulebook along with the free 2024 Second Edition Quickstart; Kenneth Hite’s Mythos bestiary Hideous Creatures; the scenario collections Out of Time, Out of Space, and Out of the Woods; Shadows Over Filmland, a collection of 1930s Hollywood scenarios by Kenneth Hite and Robin D. Laws; Ken Hite’s treatise on Mythos magic, Rough Magicks; and the Keeper’s Resource Book and Screen.
And if you pay more than the threshold (average) price, which is set at $34.95 to start, you’ll level up and also get our entire Bonus Collection with seven more titles worth an additional $141, including the full-length campaigns Fearful Symmetries (plus its companion Book of the New Jerusalem), Cthulhu Apocalypse, Eternal Lies, Gareth Hanrahan’s Cthulhu City, Kenneth Hite’s Mythos Expeditions, and Graham Walmsley’s quartet of Purist-style scenarios, The Final Revelation.
Sources: Fearful Symmetries, The Book of the New Jerusalem, and Cthulhu Apocalypse (combined retail value $62) are new to the Bundle of Holding. The remaining 12 titles in this lineup each appeared in one of six previous offers, 2013-2021:
- The first Bundle of Tentacles (Oct 2013, revived in Oct 2014): Shadows Over Filmland
- The original Trail of Cthulhu Bundle (May 2014, revived in June 2015 and Oct 2016): the 1E core rulebook, Keeper’s Resource Book and Screen, and Rough Magicks
- Tentacles 2 (Oct 2014): The Final Revelation, Out of Space, and Out of Time
- Trail of Cthulhu Bundle 2 (Oct 2016): Eternal Lies and Mythos Expeditions
- Cities of Cthulhu (Oct 2019): Cthulhu City and Out of the Woods
- Tentacles 6 (Oct 2021): Hideous Creatures
The stars are right for only a short time, because this new Trail Megabundle offer returns to Celaeno Monday, April 6.
