{"id":2133,"date":"2013-11-01T11:51:05","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T18:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2013-11-01T11:51:05","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T18:51:05","slug":"a-look-back-at-the-dread-page-of-azathoth-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/2013\/11\/a-look-back-at-the-dread-page-of-azathoth-18\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look Back at the Dread Page of Azathoth 18"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dread Page of Azathoth is the editor\u2019s column that opens each issue of\u00a0The Unspeakable Oath<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0Issue 18<\/a> was my first issue as editor, so my first Dread Page was all about the excitement of the\u00a0Oath\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0return. It has now been nearly three years since TUO 18 debuted. We published TUO 23<\/a> two months ago. Dan Harms, John Scott Tynes and I are reviewing submissions now for TUO 24. The\u00a0Oath<\/em>\u00a0earned its first Ennie Award<\/a> this past summer at GenCon 2013. And it\u2019s still a shivery thrill to know that the\u00a0Oath<\/em>\u00a0is back.<\/p>\n

For only the next couple of days, you can get TUO 18, 19, and 20 in ebook formats for Kindle, Nook, iPad and iPhone as part of the pay-what-you-want\u00a0Bundle of Tentacles<\/a><\/strong>. This is a great way for newcomers to see what the\u00a0Oath<\/em>\u00a0is really like and for old friends to get it in a new format. And it\u2019s part of a bundle with some amazing games. Don\u2019t miss out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I first encountered\u00a0The Unspeakable Oath<\/i>\u00a0in 1991. Issue 3 sat on a game store shelf in Birmingham, Alabama. It was an eye-catcher. Gorgeous black line art by Blair Reynolds, three cultists with bloody robes and knives staring thoughtfully out; goldenrod cardstock cover wrap, staple-bound, very do-it-yourself.<\/p>\n

Those cultists amazed me. You could tell they weren\u2019t just anonymous mooks, easy pickings for heroic investigators; they had depth. They had names and ideas and plans.<\/p>\n

Underneath them, the logotype: \u201c . . . for the\u00a0Call of Cthulhu<\/i>\u00a0roleplaying game.\u201d<\/p>\n

That cinched it.<\/p>\n

I hadn\u2019t even opened the cover.<\/p>\n

Read the rest of the Dread Page of Azathoth at The Unspeakable Oath.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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