Today August the 20th there's something for all of us Mythos' lovers to celebrate.

I encourage all of you to share something related to the Cthulhu Mythos / Yog-Sothothery in this thread. It can be anything: A movie or song recommendation, a short story, an image, a link to some related page... Whatever you like and find interesting to share.

Among all people who participate in this thread, a random person will get a GOG key for Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (I know it's a cheap gift, but I'm quite short of money and that's all I can offer right now)
Winner will be chosen today at midnight (0:00 +1 GMT)

So, Happy 128th Birthday, Mr. Lovecraft!
May the Elder Ones take care of your soul.

Isn't my avatar enough? :D

Haven't read those yet. Keep wanting to but the books intimidate me.

The last game I played with Lovecraftian elements I think was Magrunner.

Happy Birthday.

EDIT: Just noticed this is a giveaway too. Not in.

Sure, unless it is a picture of a regular green octopus and you are trying to cheat... :D

HB Lovecraft
I'm not in, somehow missed this was supposed to be a giveaway.

Well, some of my favourite Cthulhu-related memories are several Call of Cthulhu RPG evenings. The best campaign is 'Horror on the Orient Express' (in the German translation, which added a lot of actual historical information about the cities along the train line). But one of my favourite evenings was the ending of a campaign I ran, which had Madame Tussaud's in London as main focus. The story, which streched over three IRL evenings (and about two or three ingame weeks) revolved around disappearances and about wax dolls coming alive at night. The adventure started in March 1925. They took quite some time investigating the disappearances before finally finding the link to Mme Tussauds and finally organizing a break-in to investigate more. By that time the in-game calendar had progressed to March 18th. When confronted with the living dolls inside Mme Tussauds, they spontaneously decided to set fire to the place. Because, living or not, wax burns quite well. They actually managed to escape (minus one casualty, who was turned into a wax doll before burning himself) and fled with the burning inferno behind them. On the next day, the big fire was of course all over the news.
...which I then silently placed on the table. An actual newspaper copy from 1925, which reported the actual big fire at Mme Tussauds. At that moment the players realized that they had replayed actual history. Their own pace at investigation had led to the break-in taking place at March 18-th, and the idea to burn the place had been theirs as well. And yet, the date and the fire exactly matched actual real-world history. The faces of the players when this sunk in were hilarious!


Edit: not in. I already have the game

I mostly know Lovecrarft's works through World of Warcraft and the lore of the Old Gods/Void Lords

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOMqjn072NY

And I HATE fighting these guys because of the most annoying, gimmicky mechanics mostly concerning insanity thus losing control of your charcater or mutating into a lovecratian abomination.

Here's an article about Lovecraft and his influence on manga:

https://io9.gizmodo.com/5439408/the-long-tentacle-of-hp-lovecraft-in-manga-nsfw

I think I've just played a game with Lovecraftian elements that was the Sunless Sea. This game has a very interesting story but I found it to be difficult because of the roguelike system despite having liked the atmosphere.

I always thought your avatar looks like those two legged aliens from Space Invaders

Also not in and +1 for your generosity!

Here is HP Lovecraft himself, talking about a tale of cosmic horror known as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. :)

Also, not in. I already got the game.

Wou, didn't even know that my supposedly favorite author's birthday is today.

My most interesting experience regarding Lovecraft actually comes from GOG forum, since I had most intelligent discussion about man himself and his work; without it coming to modern identity politics.

The improvised-storytelling game Lovecraftesque is a lot of fun and has a very compelling mystery-generation mechanic. The book also has some nice essays about the genre in the modern culture, and trying to give representation to the typically less-represented.

Eternal Darkness is, of course, one of the greatest Lovecraft inspired stories ever told. If anybody hasn't played it, get yourself a gamecube and get on it! You're in for a treat.

And Yahtzee's The Consuming Shadow is an excellent roguelike-like game about assembling runes, piecing together information, maintaining resources, fighting horrors and saving the world.

Finally, if you're looking for a Lovecraft story to read, The Thing on the Doorstep is my favourite. ^ This is amazing. There are several Lovecraft stories that end pretty much exactly like that. I bet your players had nightmares.