About the book:
“The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall be. Not in the spaces we know, but between them …”
Mankind likes to believe itself the foremost power in the world, and the universe beyond. But this is a prideful illusion. A lie. Long before we rose from the slime, other powers far greater held sway upon our planet … and those same powers were always destined to one day return to their pre-eminence. APOCTHULHU is a roleplaying game which explores a world in which one such horrific re-emergence has already occurred, leaving the world in a Post-Apocalyptic torpor.
APOCTHULHU is a tabletop roleplaying game that is designed to allow you to explore many different past or future worlds where the Mythos somehow took control. Perhaps human civilizations fell when Shub-Niggurath bestowed a terrible gift of fertility on the Earth? Or when Nyarlathotep’s words seduced superpowers into mutual annihilation? Did R’lyeh rise, waking you-know-who?
APOCTHULHU is built upon a simple yet elegant D100 system. Players take on the roles of everyday people who are Survivors in a Post-Apocalyptic world. Game mechanics emphasize the lethality of life in the fallen world, in terms of threats to health and sanity. Rules also cover scavenging equipment and resources, often the only way Survivors can obtain scarce supplies.
By investigating horrors of the Post-Apocalyptic world and defeating their schemes and agents, Survivors might just guarantee their community lives to carry on the fight. Or they might unearth secrets that can one day overthrow the Mythos overlords.
The APOCTHULHU Core Rulebook is a beautifully and extensively illustrated 330-page book, presenting the rules of the game and copious resources for running it.
Whether you want a ready-made one-shot, or an ongoing campaign of gritty survival horror, APOCTHULHU is your gateway to nightmarish versions of humanity’s past or future.
Do you have what it takes to be an Apocalypse Survivor?
