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1920s-30s CTHULHU
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H.P. LOVECRAFT
1890-1987
COMPILED BY
Pete Tamlyn.
Andy Bradbury, Graeme Davis, Richard Edwards, Chris
Elliot, Marc Gascoigne, Pete Jeffrey, Caroline Rogers,
Marcus Rowland, Norman Tamlyn & Pete Tamlyn .
WRITERS
FICTION
Brian Lumley, © 1987 Brian Lumley
Lee Gibbons, © 1987 Lee Gibbons
Martin McKenna & Ian Cooke
PHOTOGRAPHS & REPRODUCTIONS:
Courtesy of the illustrated London News Picture Library,
A Pictorial & Descriptive Guide to London, Harrods
Catalogue 1929, Advertising: Reflections of a Century.
MAPS & DIAGRAMS : Charles Elliott
Excerpts from the Harrod's Catalogue courtesy of
Harrods and David & Charles Publishers. Excerpts from
Advertising: Reflections of a Century courtesy of William
Heinemann Ltd.
Produced by the Games Workshop Design Studio : Do Boss : Bryan Ansell;
Studio Manager : Richard Ellard; Production Manager.: Alan Memett ; Projects
Manager : Paul Cockbura ; Development Manager Jervis Johnson ; An Manager:
John Blanche ; Graphic Design : Charles Elliott; Editors: Mike Brunton, Marc
Gacoigne; Fdironal Assistant: Paul Ryder; Winters: Jim Barbra, Graeme
Davis, Phil Gallagher, Marc Gascoigne, Rick Priestley ; Artists: Tony Ackland,
Dave Andrews, Colin Diann; Typesetting : Julie V-1- ving, Gail Morgan ;
Production Assistant: Anthony Barton; 1rsualiser: Mark Craven ; Finished
Artists : Ruth Jeffery, Susan Md.ougtdin, David Oliver, Juamre Podoski, Ian
Varley, Richard Wright ; Inrvluable Support Susan Smith, Margaret Collishaw
DOVER ART
INTERNAL ART
Published by Games Workshop Ltd.
This product is published with the approval of and under
licence from Chaosium, Inc.
By permission of Arkham House.
© 1987 Games Workshop Ltd.
Call of Cthulhu is © 1983, 1986, 1987 The Chaosium In .
All Rights Reserved . Printed in the UK .
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without
the prior written consent of the publishers .
The mention of historical characwts is not intended to imply any connection
between them and the
fictitious events, characters and places of the
Ca11 of Cthulhu game.
All characters in the adventures Horror Of the Glen, Death In the Post and
Shadow Over Darkbank are fictitious. Any resehtblance to persons living or
dead, or to major star-faring races with unmentionable powers is purely
coincidental .
All new roles implied or pmsented in this book should not be regarded as
official additions to the Call of Cthulhu miles.
Any questions or comments about this product should be
addressed to : Green and Pleasant Land Questions,
Games Workshop Design Studio, Enfield Chambers, 14-16
Low Pavement, NOTTINGHAM NGI 7DL.
If you require an answer, please try to phrase your
question so that they can be answered `yes' or `no', or by
a short sentence . Also, please enclose a stamped,
addressed envelope or 2 IRCs, and we'll do what we can
to deal with your query as quickly as possible .
ISBN: (UK) 1 869893 06 9 (US) 0 933635 39 7
Product Code : Games Workshop 004450 Chaosium 2320
Games Workshop, Chewton Street, Hill Top,
Eastwood,
Nottingham NG16 3HY, England
Howard Phillips Lovecraft was English by descent and apparently proud of it . Certainly he believed
himselfto be a `gentleman' in the English fashion. Though he set most of his stories in New England,
tales such as Rats
in the
Walls show that he was well aware of the possibilities of British settings .
Indeed, it has even been suggested that Lovecraft's village of Dunwich was based on the real Suffolk
village of the same name .
It seems, therefore, that Lovecraft knew that the awesome creatures of the Cthulhu Mythos were active
in Britain. Later writers, such as Brian Lumley, have proved as much . And why not, for at the begining
of the 20th Century the British Empire covered a third of the land surface of the world, and its Navy
ruled almost all of the world's seas . What better nation for Great Cthulhu to wish to overthrow?
Futhermore, during that period, British archaeologists were responsible for a vast number of
spectacular finds, not all of which will have been as innocent as they seemed .
This book, then, is designed to provide useful background information for those keepers who wish to
set
Call ofCthulhu
games in the stately homes, country villages and green fields of Britain and Ireland.
That is really the most
delightful thing about
England. You never know -
could neverguess - what is
waitingforyou round the
comer. Eccentricaristocrats
have worked their wills on this
islandfor centuries, with the
result that anything may
happen in it.
1
B Priestly
I lingered round them, under
that benign sky: watched the
moths flutter in among the
heath and hare-bells; listened
to the soft wind breathing
through thegrass; and
wondered how anyone could
ever imagine unquiet sleepfor
the sleepers in that quiet earth .
To die: to sleep; to sleep;
perchance to dream;
Ay, there's the rub;for in that
sleep ofdeath.
what dreams may come. . . .
In his house at R'lyeh dead
Cthulhu waits dreaming
Green and Pleasant Land
covers the period 1918 to 1939, between the two World Wars, though much of
the information contained herein is applicable to other periods. Given this, one question which must
be answered is how the book relates to
Cthulhu by Gaslight,
which is set in the Britain of the late
Victorian Era. Are two books justified when there is a mere 20 years between the periods covered?
The answer to this is yes, mainly because the changes which took place in British society during that
time were vast and far-reaching . For example, the introduction of the motor car and radio
revolutionised transport and communications .
Emily Bronte
In addition, any book such as this cannot be fully comprehensive. The only overlap between
Cthulhu
by Gaslight
and
Green and PleasantLand
is in the description of the £sd (pounds, shillings and pence)
monetary system, but there are several parts of Gaslight which will be of great use to keepers running
1920s campaigns, notably the excellent sections on London and Occult Societies. Equally there are
parts of this book which I hope
Gaslight
players can make good use of, for example the sections on
archaeology, insanity laws and follies .
Having said that the book is not fully comprehensive, I must now apologise for leaving so much out .
With the material available I could have easily filled two books of this size, but compromises have to be
made somewhere along the line. For the benefit of keepers who wish to delve further into the subject I
have included a biblio-graphy of helpful titles . If any readers have ideas for substantial and useful
additions to the information contained herein, I am sure that Games Workshop will be pleased to hear
from them .
Although I hope it will be otherwise, I fear that
Green and Pleasant Land will
not be Molly free from
mistakes . It is surprising at times how difficult it can be to get accurate information abb t even such
recent times as the 1920 s and 30s. Of course we have done our best to eradicate howlers. but if any
have crept in, or if you have any questions we might be able to help you with, please
write to Games Workshop, Chewton Street, Hill Top, Eastwood, Nottingham NG16
3HY, including an sae for a reply. Try to keep your questions simple, so that
they can be answered yes or no, and we will reply as soon as we can.
Finally, it remains only for me to extend a warm thank you to all of the
writers, artists and playtesters who have helped produce this book ; to
Paul Cockburn, Marc Gascoigne and everyone else at Games Workshop ;
and, of course, to H P Lovecraft and Sandy Petersen for making it all
possible in the first place.
William Shakespeare
Ancient Chant
Pete Tamlyn
Aylesbury, 1986
CONTENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PAGE
5
HISTORY
PAGE
21
THE INLAND WATERWAYS
PAGE
37
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BIOGRAPHIES
PAGE
5
THE OCCULT
PAGE
23
MOTORING
PAGE
38
A
CHARACTERS
PAGE 9
A TIMELINE FOR BRITAIN
AND EUROPE 1918-1939
PAGE
26
RAILWAYS
PAGE 41
SOCIAL LIFE
PAGE 15
FORTEAN AND
DISASTERS TIMELPAG
28
SEA TRAVEL
NE
THE
PAGE
43
0-~
COMMUNICATIONS
PAGE 16
ARCHAEOLOGY
PAGE
30
CRIME & PUNISHMENT
PAGE 17
FOLLIES
PAGE
32
ENTERTAINMENT
PAGE 18
BRITAIN IN THE MYTHOS
PAGE
33
PUBLIC HEALTH
PAGE 19
AVIATION
PAGE
35
MONEY & PRICES
PAGE
20
ORROR OF THE
GLEN
PAGE
44
27
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in
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EATH IN THE POST
PAGE
57
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in
THE SHADOW OVER
DARKBANK
PAGE
65
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THE RUNNING MAN,
BY BRIAN LUMLEY
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