“out of corruption horrid life springs, and the dull scavengers of earth wax crafty to vex it and swell monstrous to plague it.”
It is September, 1914, and the young nation of Australia – an independent country formed by the federation of colonies in 1901 – finds itself at war. Political machinations half a world away in Europe have led to Britain declaring... [click here for more]
“for he had brought up that which no gusts of icy terror could quite efface ... a terrible survival dwelling on unvisited Alpine peaks”
December 1916 sees one of the bitterest winters in living memory, with record snowfalls in the Italian Alps. Conflict in the Alps is already brutal enough, but these harsh conditions make it much worse. One period estimate... [click here for more]
Period newspaper props and handouts are a much-treasured staple of Investigative and Mystery roleplaying games, in particular Jazz Age horror games like Call of Cthulhu and Trail of Cthulhu.
Making your own realistic-looking period newspaper clippings is not necessarily a quick and easy task. There are distinctive typographic styles, including font choice and layout... [click here for more]