ecosophia | The Stars Are Right At Last (Reply)

Tentacle fans rejoice! I am delighted to announce that the Kickstarter for Weird of Hali: Roleplaying the Other Side of the Cthulhu Mythos is now live; you can find it here.

Here's the official blurb:

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Weird of Hali RPG — based on the novels by John Michael Greer — is an alternative to everything you think you know about the world of H. P. Lovecraft.

In this reality, the Great Old Ones are not the evil monsters of Lovecraft's original stories. This is propaganda: lies cultivated by an evil secret society named the Radiance. In this RPG you will play a human or Mythos creature, part of the small percentage who still fight for the Great Old Ones, and the nature they represent. But the task is not an easy one: the Radiance is out to get you at every turn. Following a series of obscure clues you must navigate a world full of mysterious power and danger.

Weird of Hali uses a lightly modified version of the Mythras rule system, an easy-to-use d100 RPG system. Except for paper, pencil and dice, the book contains everything you will need to play. Weird of Hali can be easily combined with Mythras and other Mythras based games. The game is also beautifully illustrated with mind-bending images by artist Sarah Maxwell.

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Those of my readers who've enjoyed my epic fantasy with tentacles, The Weird of Hali, and its associated novels know what to expect: the old gods of Nature and their human and not-so-human followers fighting for the survival of the Earth against a powerful and relentless enemy that wants to turn all those clichés about "Man's conquest of Nature" into a bloodsoaked reality.

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The book is ready to publish -- the only thing that isn't quite finished yet is the cover art, which is why I've used one of the interior drawings above. (No, the image on the right isn't the cover art either, though it gets the spirit of the thing right!) Once this project is fully funded, PDF copies will go out instantly to everyone who's backed it and print copies will be going out as soon as the postal service can get it to you. For those who are feeling really enthusiastic, there's a deluxe leatherbound edition for contributors of £50 or more.

One more thing. This project began here on my Dreamwidth journal in late 2018 when fans of The Weird of Hali asked whether a roleplaying game set in the same world might be an option, and a great deal of its evolution took place here as readers offered their advice, encouragement, and help to make this thing happen. I'm deeply grateful to everyone who took part in that process, and once we get this funded, I'll have much more to be grateful for -- so thank you in advance. This represents the fruition of a longstanding dream of mine and I'm delighted to see it rising from the sea at last.

Update #1: we passed the 10% funding level in the first 24 hours, so things are definitely on track. A warm thanks to everyone who's chipped in so far!

Update #2: well past a third of the way there, in less than a third of the time window for the Kickstarter. It's looking very promising at the moment. Thank you, everyone!