Courting Madness is an anthology collection of material for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu horror roleplaying game. Compiled by Pagan Publishing for GenCon 1992 [1] - from which it was ultimately banned as a result of the suggestive nature of Blair Reynolds' cover art [2]- the book contained resources collected from issues 1 - 3 of gaming magazine The Unspeakable Oath, all of which was first published in 1991 [3].
The production team for Courting Madness included Brian Bevel, John Tynes, and Brian Appleton, cover art was provided by Blair Reynolds, with interior panels by Reynolds, Jeff Barber, and Charlie Mitchell [3]. It ran to a total of 48 pages, and was released in an extremely limited run of 200 copies [4].
Contents [3][5][]
- Introduction: "The Dread Page Of Azathoth" (by John Tynes)
- "Yeah, But What Does It Look Like?" (by Chris Klepac)
- "A Chip Off The Old Blob" (by Scott David Aniolowski and Kevin A Ross)
- "A Tale Of Terror: Grim Portrait" (by Steve Hatherley)
- "A Tale Of Terror: Little Death" (by Steve Hatherley)
- "Grace Under Pressure" (by John Tynes & Jeff Barber)
- "You Are Cordially Invited" (by Thomas Stratman)
- "The House On Stratford Lane" (by John Crowe)
- "The Travesty" (by Chris Klepac)
Trivia[]
- In 1993, the scenario "Grace Under Pressure" was reprinted in its own book as part of Pagan's sporadic series The Resurrected, which published rare and out-of-print material from The Unspeakable Oath.
References[]
- ↑ Courting Madness Introduction: "The Dread Page Of Azathoth", p1, Pagan Publishing (1992)
- ↑ Courting Madness at RPG.net
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Courting Madness, Contents and Credits (inside cover), Pagan Publishing (1992)
- ↑ Courting Madness, information page (inside back cover), Pagan Publishing (1992)
- ↑ Courting Madness at RPGGeek
Gallery[]
Limited edition infobox