Another beautiful Cthulhu idol from Turkish artist Ebrahel Lurci. If you haven't seen his work before you need to click through the link and check out his Instagram feed. He has a wonderfully distinct style that fits perfectly with his occult and Mythos work.
Valara Atran returns to our pages with another Elder Scrolls inspired prop. This time it's an Oblivion Gate Pendant, complete with a spinning sigil stone mounted in the center.
Schroetelein brings us another impressive set of props. This time it's for a running of "Crimson Letters".
Spooky Jack returns to our pages with one of their excellent Momento Mori skulls. Just the thing for reminding yourself of your mortality.
I am a huge fan of the telegram. They're one of the easiest game handouts to create (try this, this, or this), with a potential player impact all out of proportion to their ease of manufacture. More importantly, they're the perfect vehicle for providing clues.
"Low's Pocket Cable Code" was one of the innumerable booklets used to encode messages during the classic era of the Mythos. It was intended to help American tourists traveling abroad stay in touch with home by condensing common phrases into shorter code words. The primary purpose was helping them save money. Telegrams were expensive, and condensing a message could significantly reduce the cost. It also happened to provide a bit of security from prying eyes. Just click through on the link above to download a copy from Google.
Ugo Serrano returns to our pages with this selection of faux reliquary pieces. Although "faux" isn't totally accurate. They're made from real human finger bones, but aren't actually the phalanges of a recognized saint. Which, come to think of it, makes them an accurate recreation of a whole lot of "genuine" reliquaries.
Over on Reddit, Mazayiz has posted some shots of the props they put together to run "Edge of Darkness" from the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set. It's a great scenario that already comes with a selection of handouts, but they took it to the next level with custom documents, ephemera, and curios.
"Going to run edge of darkness for some new players this upcoming weekend. This being a text heavy scenario, I cut down some of writing in the handouts and wanted to add a few physical props like the sarcophagus, key, boxes, “powders”, lighter and candle.
There are also a few extra handouts, mainly the “sheaf of yellowed papers” from the farmhouse which instead of being read out by the keeper can now be read by the PCs. Also on the backside of Sigil is a 16th century German version text of the De Vermiis Mysteris. Although it was supposed to be in Latin, the paper is torn to show as if Marion Allen torn out the original manuscript page and added some handwritten notes. Also I took the Latin chant handouts for the ritual and added Marion Allen’s handwriting to show the changes he made from a summoning ritual to a banishment ritual. I also wanted to spruce up the translation of the sarcophagus and have made it so that if professor Rice helps to decipher the Egyptian writing, it appears as if he made a charcoal rubbing on one side of the paper of the hieroglyphics and wrote the translation on the other side.
Overall a fun experience to make."
Even better, all of the bespoke paper props are available for download over on Google Drive. Kudos to Mazayiz for their generosity. If you've been thinking about introducing a group to Call of Cthulhu, or tabletop games in general, these props will guarantee it's a memorable experience.
