red_bus wrote:Mike is dead right that the 1st edition (box set) has real charm and also that the 3rd edition is the most complete. However note that the 2nd edition softback book doesn't have the Australian chapter - you get that in the 3rd 'complete' edition. Also, you should know that the early campaign; Funghi from Yuggoth, was re-printed as Day of the Beast with a some additional chapters.Tatters of the King was a new large campaign which only came out a few years ago - and has received really good reviews, although I haven't read it. Anyone here had a look/played it?
g026r wrote:Well, Horror on the Orient express falls into both the collectible and the boxed adventure category, though it falls just outside your preferred range (1991).There weren't many other adventures that came in a box: the first ed of Masks of Nyarlarthotep, the first Spawn of Azathoth. There may be more (the 1st versions of Cthulhu by Gaslight and The Dreamlands came in boxes, but those are more settings than adventures.), but that's all that's immediately coming to mind. As a side note: if you pick up a first ed. Masks then I also recommend getting Terror Australis, which contains the "missing" Australian chapter that was later added into the Complete Masks printings.For rules, I'd suggest the 3rd ed. hardback that GW put out in the mid-80s. It's essentially the same as the previous editions, but reorganized in one volume and with some wonderful colour illustrations. Tends to be a bit cheaper than the boxes as well, and you don't have to worry about missing parts. (Though there is that lovely Games Workshop binding quality to watch out for...)For adventures, if you want something early then there's always Shadows of Yog-Sothoth, which was the first published campaign for the game. Another I enjoy/would recommend is 1989's Great Old Ones -- a classic collection of scenarios, in my mind.
Badmike wrote:Another campaign I didn't care for actually was Spawn of Azathoth. Sort of all over the place, with not a good unifying theme, and a kind of "railroady" plotline.
Badmike wrote:Pagan's Walker in the Waste, if you can afford it, is pretty darn good.
red_bus wrote:Another super campaign (ten chapters or something), and the artwork for Pagan's stuff is better than Chaosium. Although I don't know anyone who has actually run it
Kingofpain89 wrote:Speaking of silly: ** expired/removed eBay auction **Any true Lovecraft aficionado must own this book.....right?
jasonw1239 wrote:Only if you have very deep pockets... If you are a real fan, you will look for this version which includes the original notes from Lovecraft and portions of a discarded draft of the story. Preserved and edited by Lovecraft scholars S.T. Joshi & David E. Schultz.http://cgi.ebay.ca/H-P-Lovecraft-The-Sh ... 8314051182
MAYBE IN TIBET!We have copies of a new monograph, SECRETS OF TIBET, on-hand. Timely, too, with Tibet currently in the news. This monograph offers a study of the religion, people and mythology of mysterious Tibet.
jasonw1239 wrote:In the western world we have a media-driven image of a peaceful people led by gentle monks. This may be true in recent history, but the stories tend to leave out many facts such as Tibet having legalized slavery up to the time of the 1950 Chinese invasion.
