Wow! And Bayt al Azif issue 3 just got Platinum Best Seller on @drivethrurpg.com!
Only 2.21% of titles have ever gotten to this level. Thank you all so much for your support!
Now Bayt al Azif issue 1, 2, and 3 are Platinum, and issue 4 and 5 are Gold.
6 is new!
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Have you ever seen a TV show or movie and said, "Wow this would be a great Cthulhu scenario!"
Another article in Bayt al Azif issue 6 is a look at "The Terror" TV show for ideas you can use in your Cthulhu Mythos games.
Art by @mkhoddy.bsky.social !
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Is your library complete?
The GM's Day Sale at @drivethrurpg.com has the first 4 issues of Bayt al Azif at 40% off! (But the cool kids will get all six)
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relatively new ink and marker drawing of Tsathoggua
relatively new ink and marker drawing of Tsathoggua
Front cover Bayt al Azif, a magazine for Cthulhu Mythos Roleplaying games - issue 6 The covet depicts a rocky and misty landscape. A path that is paved with deep swirling patterns leads between roughly sewn stone arches. The path leads to a blocky, tower like building. of perhaps 20 storeys. On top stands what must be a statue, one barbed in golden clothing.
Table of Contents Houses of the Unholy Sacrifices 3 5 Cthulhu from 2022 to 2024- A Retrospective by Dean Engelhardt The Mythos and Modernity - Hiding a Cult by Tyler Omicbinski 34 Madrid 18o8 -The Tumult of 19th Century Spain by Pablo Claudio Ganter Garcia and Juan Sixto 35 The Illuminated Ones of the Black Bile - Madrid I8o8 scenario 39 by Pablo Claudio Ganter Garcia and Juan Sixto Cthulhupunk- A Retrospective by Bobby Derie 65 Grave Spirits - The Conclusion by Evan Fobnston 70 Designers & Dragons Next Darker Hue Studios: 2014-Present 77 by Shannon Appelcline How Call of Cthulbu Became Swedish by Adrian Madden 03 Terror Tactics- Horror Roleplaying Lessons From The Terror by Jared Smith and A. W. Holmes 90 Alhazred's Guide to the Musical Spheres The Cthulhu Mythos in Our Solar System by Jo Kreil 95 We Wanted To Challenge Ourselves An Interview with Aka, Lom, and Byoushin by Michael Reid 104 Vive les tentacules! - The History of Cthulhu Mythos Games in France by Paul StJobn Mackintosh 1O7 The Depth of the Sky - What We K now by Erik Rosolowsk) III Making Pregenerated Characters by Jared Smith II8 Out of Retirement - Bringing Back Old Characters by Jared Smith
My lunchtime reading for the rest of the week (at least). Issue 6 of the @baytalazif.bsky.social a magazine for Cthulhu Mythos Roleplaying games, weighing in at over 120 pages.
Evan has also said he is planning to turn this case into a playable scenario!
If you missed any previous chapters, issues 1-4 are on sale in PDF right now!
Another part of Bayt al Azif issue 6, that has been there throughout every issue, is Grave Spirits by @evanjohnstondesign.bsky.social ! The latest in the case files of Dr. Niles Harriford draws to its conclusion! What will happen to Doc in this final chapter?
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Alas, no magazine is perfect!
Should you wish to write an article, please send us your idea!
Merci, Docteur Lehmann!
Chris Spivey
I have just read a fantastic article in the new @baytalazif.bsky.social issue, a magazine for Cthulhu Mythos Roleplaying Games. It's a deep look at Chris Spivey, @darkerhue.bsky.social , whom I already knew to be an excellent rpg designer, but I did not know the full extent of his range
Thanks for getting the new one! We hope you like it.
(And hmmm, what IS that in the background of the cover...?)
We love it too, obviously!
Bayt al Azif has been interested in publishing some of my Cthulhu-related history, but it's part of a general trend also including articles like this and on the history of Call of Cthulhu in Sweden.
(There's of course plenty of material directly applicable for your games, but I love this stuff!)
An interesting corner of the Cthulhu Mythos universe is... Cthulhupunk! There are way more of these RPGs than you think, and Bobby Derie @deepcuts.blog covers them all in Bayt al Azif issue 6!
More of Bobby's writing
Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
deepcuts.blog
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We hope you like it! Shannon Appelcline did a lot of research, it was really informative.
If you ever want to write an article about what you learned from both editions of Harlem Unbound, we'd love to publish it!
Chris Spivey, publisher of Darker Hue Studios, wants to hear what people thought of Shannon Appelcline's article about the company's history in Bayt al Azif issue 6. If you've read it already, let us know what you thought!
Another copy of Bayt al Azif issue 6 has arrived in a home library!
Bayt al Azif issue 5 just reached the Gold Best Seller level!
A side benefit of a new issue coming out is sales on the previous issues go up too.
Issues 1 & 2 are Platinum, 3, 4 & 5 are Gold!
You can get all six issues of Bayt al Azif here if you missed any:
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A preview of Designers & Dragons: The 10s in the excellent Bayt al Azif today!
Here's another look inside the new Bayt al Azif issue 6!
@shannonappelcline.bsky.social , who writes the history of RPGs, has another article about Darker Hue Studios, publisher of Harlem Unbound.
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Copies of Bayt al Azif issue 6 are already arriving in people's mailboxes!
Appropriate that @tristanoberon.bsky.social should get it first!
A good read for English speakers who are interested in learning more about our surprisingly deep and varied tabletop gaming culture which has given rise to some fascinating offshoots from Dungeonquest to Tales from the loop and Vaesen.
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The article also includes an overview of RPGs in Sweden, the history of Cthulhu in Sweden, and the history of Eloso förlag.
Enjoy this Nicklas Estberg trailer from Eloso's initial fundraiser!
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The Investigator Handbook was redeveloped into making historical Swedish characters and as a source book for the era.
Then almost all their releases are brand new material set in 1920s Sweden! The article includes a look at every one of the Eloso Call of Cthulhu Sverige books.
Bayt al Azif issue 6 also includes an overview of Call of Cthulhu in Swedish from Eloso förlag by their Cthulhu creative lead Adrian Madden @adrian-oal.bsky.social
Eloso didn't merely translate, they localized to 1920s Sweden as "Call of Cthulhu Sverige".
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Issue #6 of Bayt al Azif, the magazine dedicated to adventuring against the Cthulhu Mythos, is out!
This packed issue includes a 26 page Call of Cthulhu scenario set in the chaos of occupied Spain, 1808!
Available now in PDF and print at @drivethrurpg.com:
The review includes an overview of almost every section of issue 6, including lots of pages so you can get a really good look at the whole magazine.
Susurros desde la oscuridad covers Cthulhu Mythos from around the world!
You can even set each page to automatically translate into your language!
The first review of the new Bayt al Azif issue 6 at Susurros desde la oscuridad!
The first review of Bayt al Azif 6!
"...it's truly worth reading every single one; it offers a lot of interesting material for anyone who runs Lovecraftian roleplaying games."
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Thanks to @tristanoberon.bsky.social at Susurros desde la oscuridad!
