Oscar Rios

This is a horror anthology I backed on Kickstarter a while ago. The general premise was to do a Lovecraftian anthology where the protagonists weren't all WASP male types that Lovecraft himself used. It's got protagonists who are female, transgendered, African American, Jewish, gay, autistic, Hispanic, Asian, Italian, and Russian. It's actually a very good collection. I really only had problems with Mercedes M. Yardley's story "Ivan and the Hurting Doll," and my problem with that isn't about the quality of the story, it's that it's really more of a dark fantasy and feels a bit out of place among the Lovecraftian horror stories.… (meer)

A brilliant if somewhat eclectic collection of linked investigations involving Hastur, Carcosa, and the King In Yellow. Whilst I'm not the biggest fan of either Dark Ages or Invictus, and have never played or known much about End Times, as a setting, I was intrigued. Rightly so, as I found on reading these. All three scenarios are strong, involving, interesting and add a lot to their consistent eras in terms on playability, background & atomosphere. For anyone interested in Cthulhu, Hastur and even those who wouldn't normally look at these eras, this is worth considering. I found it genuinely interesting and exciting.… (meer)