In US stores now: Kuro, Art of War, Folklore
In US games stores today (Wednesday 27th of February):
- Kuro - Blade Runner meets Ringu from the creators of Yggdrasill and Qin the Warring States.
- Cthulhu Britannica Folklore: The long awaited, uniquely British vision of Lovecraftian Horror.
- The Art of War for Qin the Warring States.
These books have also made it across the Atlantic, and will be in UK and European stores shortly. Pre-orders have all been dispatched. Game on!
Shadows over Scotland:The Ballad of Bass Rock – Available Now
The "lost" 7th scenario from Origins and ENnie Award winning Shadows over Scotland is available to buy now in PDF format.
When a leisure cruise out to Bass Rock goes awry and a summer thunderstorm traps the investigators on the barren island with only a ruined castle and a run-down lighthouse as shelter, things can’t seem to get much worse. But as the storm rages on into the black night, they discover just how wrong they are.
Penned by Cthulhu Britannica Line Developer Stuart Boon, and illustrated by c7 Art Director Jon Hodgson, The Ballad of Bass Rock is a 14 page black and White PDF.
Cthulhu Britannica Folklore: Layout Preview
The design team that brought you the gorgeously dark period stylings of Shadows over Scotland wanted to push the bar higher for Folklore. And that's just what they've done. Here are some sample pdfs from the book for your enjoyment. Just click the images to download the linked PDF files.
Links
Pre order Folklore in hard copy, bundled with the PDF
Buy the standalone PDF version now on rpgnow
Cthulhu Britannica: Folklore Announced - featuring an overview of the contents.
Cthulhu Britannica: Folklore Art Preview - a glimpse of things to come.
Cthulhu Britannica - learn more about this line of officially licensed Call of Cthulhu Sourcebooks.
Shadows over Scotland - the award winning book from the same team.
The Ballad of Bass Rock: Lost Scenario Surfaces
"Like some spindly, spiny eldritch horror surfacing in a Highland loch the fabled lost scenario from award winning Shadows over Scotland by Stuart Boon is poised to insert its hideous tentacles into the very mind of reality..."
It seems the stars are right for this 7th scenario, The Ballad of Bass Rock, to make it's presence known. In PDF format. Stay tuned for more information.
Cthulhu Britannica: Folklore Art Preview
With the high standards set by Shadows over Scotland the Cubicle 7 art team have been pulling out all the stops on Folklore. Here is just a small sample of the art to be found within Cthulhu Britannica: Folklore:
Illustrators working on this book are: Andy Hepworth, Jon Hodgson, Pat Loboyko, Eric Lofgren, Rich Longmore, Jeremy McHugh, Sam Manley , Scott Neil and Scott Purdy.
Links:
Pre order Folklore in hard copy, bundled with the PDF
Buy the standalone PDF version now on rpgnow
Cthulhu Britannica: Folklore Announced - featuring an overview of the contents.
Cthulhu Britannica - learn more about this line of officially licensed Call of Cthulhu Sourcebooks.
Shadows over Scotland - the award winning book from the same team.
Cthulhu Britannica: Folklore
Cubicle 7 is pleased to announce the forthcoming release of Cthulhu Britannica: Folklore. The book is receiving its final proofing checks now, we have a few glimpses of what is inside to share with you, then preorders will go live and the book will be off to print!
From the stable that brought you the Ennie and Origins award-winning Shadows over Scotland, headed up by Shadows author Stuart Boon:
Cthulhu Britannica: Folklore
Behind the modern façade of Britain in the 1920s is a country teeming with links to the supernatural. British folklore harkens back to days of old when early cultures lived alongside strange folk and stranger creatures, when druids and shamans made sacrifices to pantheons of gods both powerful and terrible, and when people celebrated myth and legend in song, art, and oral tradition at the very heart of their civilizations. And those deep roots that so colourfully tell of fantastical creatures, miraculous events, and wondrous deeds also hint and grasp blindly at darker truths. The truth is that folklore can take us behind the veil of reality to glimpse the terrible, alien truths of the universe beyond, capturing vague notions of evil, malevolent beings, their horrible deeds, and the primal fears that they inspire and that have been preserved in Britain’s cultural memory.
Cthulhu Britanica: Folklore presents a uniquely British vision of Lovecraftian horror where fairies, witches, and folk traditions intertwine with the dreadful, eldritch powers and otherworldly terrors of the Cthulhu Mythos. The book features:
- A folklore bestiary, including fairy folk, shape-shifters, giants, little folk, black dogs, dragons, water horses, bodily horrors, and much more
- A folklore calendar and a new 1920s profession—the folklorist—for players
- Detailed sections on using folklore and folk magic for Call of Cthulhu Keepers
- And nine Folklore Mythos threats that can introduced into any scenario or campaign, or used as single-session scenarios
Links
Pre order Folklore in hard copy, bundled with the PDF
Buy the standalone PDF version now on rpgnow
Cthulhu Britannica: Folklore Art Preview - a glimpse of things to come.
Cthulhu Britannica - learn more about this line of officially licensed Call of Cthulhu Sourcebooks.
Shadows over Scotland - the award winning book from the same team.
C7 Artist Spotlight: Rich Longmore
Peter Pan by Rich Longmore from Shadows over Scotland
Cubicle 7 Art director Jon Hodgson writes:
Rich Longmore has worked with Cubicle 7 for as long as I have. Unbreakably reliable, his sharp and stylish line work forms the perfect counterpoint to our heavier painted styles, and I love how it breaks up a book with its change of pace. Whilst just today I've had some marvellous work in from Rich for a forthcoming Cthulhu Britannia book, the piece I'm going to highlight here is actually my single favourite piece of C7 art that I have commissioned. It comes from Stuart Boon's Shadows Over Scotland, for Cthulhu Britannia. Briefing artists can be a funny old business. What seems simple when conveyed in the written word can make for pieces of art which can potentially be incredibly complex and time consuming to create.
Depicting a performance of Peter Pan could have been just such a piece. When we read of such a subject our mind's eye very quickly fills in a huge amount of detail - the audience, a darkened theatre, the lights on stage, scenery, performers in costume and so on. This delightful illustration of just that subject by Rich wouldn't be out of place in a children's book. It has a real charm to it, and opening up emails with treasures like this one inside really makes the job of art director a joy.
The ENnies 2012
It's been a jetlag whirlwind since we got back, but we have been remiss in not updating everyone about our night at the ENnie Awards at GenCon 2012. The ENnie awards are arguably the biggest awards given in roleplaying games. They comprise a series of stages, with games submitted to a panel of judges who themselves have been selected by a public vote. The judges make their selections from the submitted games, which are then put to the public vote. Competition is always fierce, and voting is carried out on line, ensuring a wide and deep body of voters. Suffice to say the ENnies are a big deal.
Cubicle 7 were nominated in 5 categories, and we picked up 4 awards.
The One Ring won Cubicle 7's first Gold ENnie for internal Art, and a Silver ENnie for production values.
Words of the Wise won Silver for Best Free Product.
Shadows over Scotland won C7's second ever Gold ENnie for Best Setting.
We were incredibly honoured by these awards, and they mean a huge amount to everyone working on our books. It's been a year filled with challenges, and we're a small company punching way above our weight, so a huge thank you to the judges and everyone who took the time to vote.
Shadows over Scotland: Origins Award delivered
At this years Origins awards Shadows over Scotland picked up the award for Best RPG supplement. Naturally the award comes with a statue, and our art director Jon Hodgson carried it from the USA back home to Scotland, and in this video delivers it to Shadows author Stuart Boon. Stuart and Jon discuss the book in a very noisy Glasgow cafe:
Links:
Shadows over Scotland's own page
Cthulhu Britannica
Shadows over Scotland on Facebook
Stuart Boon on Facebook
Buy Shadows over Scotland at the c7 store
Shadows over Scotland wins Origins Award
Cubicle 7 returned from Origins Game Fair with slightly heavier luggage than we took on the outward journey thanks to the addition of an Origins Award! We were overjoyed that Cthulhu Britannica: Shadows over Scotland picked up the Callie (as the awards are known) for Best RPG Supplement.
Competition in the category was immense, with some fantastic games nominated, so it was a quite unexpected win and we couldn't be happier for author Stuart Boon and the rest of the team who worked so hard to make the book the success it is. So a hearty thank you to the Origins Awards committee who drew up the long list, the GAMA attending retailers who voted on the nominees creating the short list, and the Origins attendees who together awarded Shadows over Scotland the Origins Award!
Find out more about Shadows over Scotland on it's own page: http://www.cubicle7.co.uk/our-games/cthulhu-britannica/shadows-over-scotland/