If you have been following our delivery schedule for the campaign, you probably noticed that we are slightly behind it with The Legacy of Cthulhu - Advanced Rules and Tables (LoC:ART). However, we have good reasons for that and would like to explain in more detail what’s in the book, what’s not, and how we are finishing it.

The main idea behind LoC:ART is that your Survivor, like pretty much everyone on the planet, was caught by surprise when Cthulhu emerged, and the Great Old Ones brought human civilization to its knees. Trying to live during those early days was brutal, and the vast majority didn’t make it. However, those who survived and lasted more than a few months grew stronger, savvier, and more experienced. They managed to make smarter choices, develop better protection, optimize routes and routines, be more attentive to what’s going on around them, and predict the next moves of hostile forces. In sum, this book helps you take your Survivors to the next level of resistance while still ensuring they remain human in a world overtaken by otherworldly beings with insanity-inducing effects.

Also part of our game design principles is player agency. All rules in the new book should feel completely optional and modular; you pick and choose what you like for the story you want to tell. We also try to keep things as simple as possible, so you don’t have to keep jumping from the core book to this one all the time. There’s no secondary sheet, and the game still uses the same stats and core principles, so it feels familiar; and there’s no power creep that will allow you to magically be able to punch Cthulhu in the face. 

So far, we have a fairly strong list of features that are locked in and ready to share with you. The book has added 30 new tables so far, numbered 35 to 64, continuing straight on from the Core Rulebook and running in reading order so nobody has to flip back and forth mid-session. We will also share a few other things that we considered but eventually scrapped after testing (for different reasons). Lastly, there’s a list of items responsible for the delay in the book: the things we still want to add to the volume but are trying to figure out how to include.

As you can see, it is a hefty list of features that we are trying to fit into the book, delivering quality-of-life improvements and new ways to play while keeping complexity in check. We plan to finish the scope of the book this month, September, putting a new tentative date of distribution of the PDF in October. At the moment, however, we don’t expect to delay the physical version of the book, since we added padding to the production process to account for potential delays. As a reminder, because these systems need to be compatible with each other, some of the 'locked' systems might undergo changes or cancellations based on final gameplay tests. 

As usual, we will keep you informed of all developments. Please don't hesitate to contact us with questions, suggestions, or simply a hello!