At the Mountains of Madness part 3

We’re back and we’re catching up with some history. Happily, the folks who lived here before documented the entire story of their civilisation in easy-to-read comics. Even more conveniently, they carved them on walls everywhere. If more graffiti were like this, we would all be historians. Sure, it’s in an alien language and filled with concepts beyond human comprehension, but that won’t stop us piecing it together. Just give us a few hours. Main Topic: At the Mountains of Madness part 3 This is the section of At the Mountains of Madness in which Lovecraft tells us of the decline and fall of the Old Ones. While we’re experiencing the story at two degrees of remove, it’s still quite gripping. More importantly for Call of Cthulhu players, this is probably the largest history of the Mythos Lovecraft offered us in any of his tales. This is also the part of the novel where things really get moving and the novel turns into a full-bore horror story. You will find gore, slime and sinister penguins aplenty down here in the dark. Better still, the narrative pace accelerates like a speeding shoggoth. Links Things we mention in this episode include: * Eurythmy * Petrified wood * The Two-Headed Serpent * “The Shadow Out of Time” * “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” * “The Thing on the Doorstep” * Our episode about Hastur * Crack in the World * The origins of the Moon * Barbapapa * “Shoggoths in Bloom” * The Private Life of Elder Things * “The Whisperer in Darkness” * The Loney News The Blasphemous Tome issue 5 We have started work on issue 5 of The Blasphemous Tome! This is the print-only fanzine we produce exclusively for our Patreon backers. Once again, this issue will feature a new scenario for Call of Cthulhu, called “Number 22”, written by our own Matt Sanderson. You will also find plenty of other juicy articles, stories and artwork. If you have any short pieces of prose (no more than 500 words) or black-and-white art you would to submit,