All the Misery, Collected in One Place.
Convicts & Cthulhu is a sourcebook designed to allow Call of Cthulhu Keepers and players to run scenarios and campaigns set in the penal colonies of early Australia. It particularly targets the historical period from 1795 to 1810, a time in which law and order played second-fiddle to greed and corruption. This was the... [click here for more]
Cosmic Horror. Fuelled by Human Cruelty and Depravity.
◊
The prison colonies of 18th and 19th Century Australia are justly feared throughout the British Empire as places of unparalleled suffering and torment. The refuse of the Empire are sent here to serve out prison terms in a land half a world away from “civilisation”. A world that, to European eyes, seems thoroughly alien.
◊
But, few among... [click here for more]
Horror Roleplaying in Terrifying Realms of Lovecraftian Apocalypses.
◊
Lovecraftian roleplaying typically sees brave Mythos investigators foiling plots to corrupt our familiar world. But what happens when the heroes DON’T save the day? When the cult’s apocalyptic schemes succeed? What comes next? That’s what APOCTHULHU is about.
APOCTHULHUis... [click here for more]
Horror Roleplaying in Terrifying Realms of Lovecraftian Apocalypses.
◊
Lovecraftian roleplaying typically sees brave Mythos investigators foiling plots to corrupt our familiar world. But what happens when the heroes DON’T save the day? When the cult’s apocalyptic schemes succeed? What comes next? That’s what APOCTHULHU is about.
IMPORTANT NOTE: this... [click here for more]
Night Terrors Stalk the Streets of the 18th Century Penal Colonies of Early Australia.
◊
Night-time is always a dangerous time to be out on the streets of colonial Sydney and Parramatta. Drunken soldiers and absconding convicts haunt the townships in the hours after curfew. But recently another -- far stranger and more deadly -- force has taken to lurking in the shadows, occasionally striking... [click here for more]
French Occult Explorers Lurk in the Shadows of 18th Century Australia.
◊
The early days of the Australian colonies coincides with a period where France and England were bitter enemies -- sometimes at war. Although England has stamped its ownership by founding the settlement of New South Wales, the continent of Australia is a vast place and the French are known to be lurking in the seas nearby,... [click here for more]
Delve into the Shady Criminal Underworld of 18th Century Australia.
◊
The majority of the Europeans living in the penal colony of New South Wales are there because of their guilty association with the world of crime. This is just as true for the gaolers as it is for the convicts they guard. Not surprisingly, incarceration in a large and remote prison has done little to turn felons from their criminal... [click here for more]
Survey the Colonial Horrors and Hidden Secrets of 18th Century Australia.
◊
The early penal colonies survived on a razor's edge, kept alive on the most primitive and basic of supplies and military provisions. Successive Governors complained bitterly of the perils of leaving such a large assemblage of convicted criminals poorly defended, in a far-off land for which other European powers still... [click here for more]
A Cornucopia of Cretinous and Corrupt Character Types for Convicts & Cthulhu.
◊
The early days of European settlement in Australia are marked by scarcity and resource shortages. However, there is one thing that the colonies never seemed to have had a short supply of … and that’s colourful and roguish characters. Whether it was immoral ne’er do-wells, ruthless peddlers... [click here for more]
Log In 
![Convicts & Cthulhu: The Misery Archive [Bundle]](https://d1vzi28wh99zvq.cloudfront.net/images/5143/406492-thumb140.jpg)
![APOCTHULHU Quickstart Rules [softcover]](https://d1vzi28wh99zvq.cloudfront.net/images/5143/316577-thumb140.jpg)
