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Von Unaussprechlichen Kulten(Of Unspeakable Cults)

In which evil culs batle each oher or possession o occul iems and knowledge as well ashe avour o he cruel and enebrous gods, while atemping o avoid deecion by he Unied

Saes governmen and hwar each ohers dasardly schemes.

Writen by Uncle Mike Akinson

Wih Cameron Laurion, James Ablet, Elon Lawes & Cory urnbull

Credits

Cover Ar

Melvin De Voor

Von Unaussprechlichen Kulen Logo Ar

Mike Akinson

Inerior Illusraions

Melvin De Voor & Mike Akinson

Ediing, Graphic Design & Layou

Scot MacNaughon

Play esed by

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ContentsGetting Started ... 4

Basic Rules ... 5

Advanced Rules ... 18Weapons and Special Gear ... 21

Available Lurkers ... 25

Skills ... 26

Magic And Spells ... 30Scenarios ... 31

Log Sheets ... 38


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Welcome o Von Unaussprechlichen Kulen, a new game based in heSrange Aeons universe. Well, has no enirely rueno a new gameexaclyi uses mos o he same rules as Srange Aeons bu approaches

cerain aspecs o game play dierenly.Whereas Srange Aeons sees players build a group o Agens and ghhem agains a plehora o ever changing Lurkers, Von UnaussprechlichenKulen ocuses on he villains, ghing mosly agains each oher or do-minion over an unsuspecing world.

Players will nally have he joy o building and managing heir own cul,lovingly nururing he wors in every memberand punishing ailurewih an iron s!

Tis demo packe has been released or a number o reasonsmoslyas an atemp o build he aires, mos balanced game possible. You willbe required o help ou by leting us know o any spelling misakes, rulesquesions, claricaions, addiions, new skills, scenariosbasically any-hing ha you and your gaming buddies hink should be included.

Everyone who akes par in his es and submis eedback will receive aplayesing credi in he nished book, and i we use your rules youll gea rules credi as well!

So gaher he ock and polish up he seely knives. Is ime o kill or innerpeace!

-Uncle Mike Akinson


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Getting StartedEach player will be responsible or building, organizing and mainaining a cul o despicable degener-aes. o begin, pick one o he Cul Archeypes as a saring emplae. I will ell you wha models areallowable and oher special rules relaing o your cul o choice.

A saring cul has 40 Resource Poins (RP) o uilize in he recruimen o is members. ResourcePoins are usable as eiher Build Poins or Base Poins, represening he culs abiliy o persuade wihmoney and by oher, less wholesome means

A saring cul mus be beween 5 and 12 models, and can grow o as many as you can aord o main-ain. Culs mus be led by one (and only one) Magus. Sar by choosing and equipping he Magusas you see . Your reshly equipped Magus will need a Congregaion o depraved ollowers o helphim execue his oul schemes. Check he Congregaion secion o your Cul Archeype or allowablechoices, hen purchase and equip hem.

Spend any remaining RP on addiional weapons and gear or any oher Lurkers rom your lis o Allow-

able Culiss. You can also save up o 5 RP or laer i you are cunningally up all he proles (models wih weapons and gear): your oal Cul Raing (CR) should besomewhere beween 35 and 40. I so, you have buil your vile cul and are now ready o gh or heamusemen o your dark masers.

Cult ArchetypesEach o he Cul Archeypes oers is own unique challenges and abiliieschoose wisely rom heollowing opions: Arcane Seekers, Deah Cul, Serpen Worshippers, Dagonies and Cul De Ghouls.Well likely add more in he nal game, bu hese should provide pleny o variey or now.

Arcane SeekersMagus: High Pries or Rogue Treshold Characer

Congregaion: Culis, Cul Leader, Henchman and Rogue Treshold Agen

Allowable Culiss: Human

Deah CulMagus: Mad Scienis, Mummy or Cul Leader

Congregaion: Culis, Cul Leader, Zombie, Henchman, Conglomerae and Wich

Allowable Culiss: Undead and Human

Serpen WorshippersMagus: Serpenman Demagogue or High Pries

Congregaion: Culis, Degenerae, cho-cho and Serpenman

Allowable Culiss: Humanoid and Human


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DagoniesMagus: Fishman Demagogue or High Pries

Congregaion: Culis, Degenerae, Hybrid, Fishman and Henchman


Cul De GhoulsMagus: Ghoul King or Cul LeaderCongregaion: Degenerae, Ghoul, Maniac and Wich


The Basic RulesTe basic rules o Von Unaussprechlichen Kulen are very simple and you will be playing games soonaer reading his chaper. Te aim o a miniaure skirmish game is o enac batles beween wo op-

ponens on a ableop. In Von Unaussprechlichen Kulen, players will each conrol and manage a culo evil worshipers and gh amongs each oher or various dark rewards.

What you needAlong wih his rulebook here are a ew oher hings you will need o play Von UnaussprechlichenKulen.

Models

Boh players will need somewhere beween 5-12 models o represen heir saring culs. Te modelsused in Von Unaussprechlichen Kulen are beween 25 and 30 millimeers scale and are produced bymany ne companies. Regardless o which models you choose o use you will need o represen everyprole you will be using wih a model on he ableop.

Playing Area And Scenery

Games should be played on a level surace ha measures roughly 2 x 3; larger games wih more han15 models a side may be played on ables up o 4 x 6. Von Unaussprechlichen Kulen is based in aroughly hisorical seting someime aer 1920 and can ake place anywhere in he world. Scenery canbe as varied as you like, ranging rom home buil oam hills o arcane archiecure o evil laboraories.

Use he picures and phoographs in his rulebook as a saring poin and expand rom here. Te onlylimi o your advenures is your imaginaion.

Dice

Rolling dice represens he elemen o chance in Von Unaussprechlichen Kulen. Tey will be used odecide he success or ailure o mos Acions your models carry ou. All dice rolls use a sandard sixsided dice or D6. o be well prepared or any game circumsances i is suggesed ha you have a leas10 six-sided dice (10D6). Someimes you will be asked o add or subrac rom he resul (D6-2), or


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roll 2 dice and add hem ogeher (2D6), or roll a D3: 1-2=1, 3-4=2, 5-6=3. I you re-roll a dice youmus always ake he second resul.

Srange Aeons Books

All he basic rules or Von Unaussprechlichen Kulen are provided here, bu addiional Lurkers, weap-ons, skills and oher various goodies rom he Srange Aeons main rulebook and he expansions areusable in game or more variey. Can you aord o say no?

Oher Su

You will also need a ape measure marked in inches, a pencil, eraser and a phoocopy o he Log Sheesound a he end o his rulebook o record your culs progress. Some scenarios require ObjeciveMarkers, Grave Markers and an Obelisk or Chained Cofn. Tese addiional markers can be maderom paper or represened by spare pocke change, or you can purchase ofcial Uncle Mikes World-wide markers made expressly or Von Unaussprechlichen Kulen and Srange Aeons.

The Story So Far

1920, October 31: Somewhere in America

Te own hall was crowded and here was a cerain air o ear in he crowd onigh; imes had beenhard or hese good people or he las ew years. Crops were scarce, he winers were hard, sick-nessand hen he ohers had come o rape and loo. Bad imes were when olks were mos will-ing o look or unconvenional answershard soluions o hard problems. An almos palpablemiasma o dread aboundedi was beauiul. Tey were ready o do anyhing now; hey wouldlisen o his every command. All anyone waned was securiy, comor and accepance in hese

roubled imes. He would oer hose hings and much more. Te dark powers he worshippedwould be well saed on he souls o hese rail creaures. He opened he old book and raised hishands, he room grew sill and in a booming voice he proclaimed, Brohers, he way shall no beeasy! Bu we shall riumph by power o aih! Who shall be couned among he aihul?


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CharacteristicsEvery model in a game o Von Unaussprechlichen Kulen is dened by a se o characerisics. Allmodels use he same characerisics and hey will always be presened in he same order. Tese char-acerisics are as ollows: Movemen, Dexeriy, Consiuion, Atacks, Wounds and Resolve. I a char-acerisic ever drops o 0 permanenly ha model is considered dead and can ake no urher par in

games. Characerisics are explained in deail below.Movemen (M)

How ar he model can move in inches wih a single Move or Charge Acion.

Dexeriy (Dex.)

Dexeriy measures a models hand-eye coordinaion, which deermines is abiliy o shoo andraverse obsacles on he ableop. A model mus roll is Dexeriy score or higher in order o hia arge when Shooing.

Consiuion (Con.)

Tis characerisic is a measure o how ough an individual model is. Consiuion is used o resisdamage rom Shooing and Close Comba atacks.

Atacks (A)

Te Atack characerisic deermines how many dice a model rolls in Close Comba. Close Com-ba weapons will no increase he number o dice rolled, bu raher give a bonus o he resul o heroll. Tis is represened in he weapon prole as a Close Comba Bonus (C.C.B.).

Wounds (W)

A models Wounds characerisic indicaes how many imes he model can be wounded beore be-ing killed or incapaciaed (removed rom he able/game).

esolve (es.)

Sel-conrol, deerminaion and courage under re; Resolve is he measure o a models seadas-ness. Models will have o es agains heir Resolve o remain sane in momens o grea sress orhorror. Models ailing a Resolve es roll on he Insaniy able and go emporarily insane.

SkillsSkills represen special non-characerisic capabiliies models possess; he apiudes and abiliies hase hem apar rom oher models. Culs mus earn skills by winning games. Resource Poins maynever be spen on skills. A Cul Magus may earn up o 10 skills, members o he Congregaion mayearn up o 5 skills each and any oher Lurkers rom he Allowable Lurkers available may gain 2 skillseach. Beass and Daemons ha are gained by he cul may also earn up o 2 skills each.

SpecialEach model has a Special slo o help caegorize hem and reec species-specic rules. Tey are:Beas, Daemon, Ghos, Hideous, Human, Humanoid, Fear, error, and Undead.


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Beas

Feral and animalisic, Lurkers o his ype may no purchase addiional equipmen or weapons oany kind, nor may hey cas spells.

Daemon

Residing in alernae dimensions or imelines, Daemons may be summoned by culiss hrough

evil riuals. Daemons may no purchase addiional equipmen or weapons, bu may cas spells ihe scenario allows or i.

Ghos

Non-corporeal eniies ha reuse o move on, ghoss are bound o he earhly plane and mainlyroam he counryside around he grave where hey were buried. Convenional weapons are nouse agains Ghoss: Shooing and Close Comba atacks canno be made agains Ghoss unlesshe model has been Blessed or he weapon used has been Blessed (relevan characerisics appearin parenheses or hese combas). Ghoss may never engage anoher model in Close Comba bumay gh back i heir prole allows or i. Ghoss may no have skills or use weapons or equipmen

o any kind. Ghoss suer no movemen penalies or any reason, nor do hey block line o sigh.Hideous

Models ha are Hideous orce a Resolve es on models in base-o-base conac. Tis is done be-ore Close Comba is ough. Models ha ail a Resolve es roll on he Insaniy able.

Human

Weak and insignican in he cosmos, Humans preer an ordered, undersandable world, andsruggle o mainain heir saniy when aced wih he horrors o he unknownALL Humans aresubjec o Psychology, and may purchase addiional equipmen and weapons and cas spells.

Humanoid

On Earh here are dieren species ha have evolved in a similar ashion o humaniy. Tey livein he secre places and sing he secre songswaiing unil he sars are righ. Humanoids maypurchase equipmen and weapons and cas spells, bu are no subjec o Psychology.

Fear

Models ha cause Fear orce a Resolve es on any Human models in a 5 radius. Models ha ail aResolve es roll on he Insaniy able.

error

Some hings are mind-bendingly inhuman. Models ha cause error orce a Resolve es on any

models subjec o psychology in a 10 radius. In addiion, models ha ail a Resolve es roll on heInsaniy able a a 2 modier.

Undead

Re-animaed corpses brough o hal-lie by siniser magic or orbidden science, hungry or humanesh! Undead may cas spells and may purchase equipmen and weapons.


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TurnsGames o Von Unaussprechlichen Kulen are divided ino urns. Much like a game o Chess, one sidegoes and hen he oher. In every urn, he player whose urn i is chooses one model. Tis nomi-naed model will perorm wo Acions o he players choice beore he urn is complee. Te oherplayer will hen ake his urn and so on, coninuing on unil one side has no more models on he

ableop or he scenario objecive is complee.

ActionsWhen a model is nominaed i mus perorm wo Acions beore he urn ends and play is urnedover o he opponen. Nominaed models can perorm any combinaion o Acions in any order. Per-missible Acions are as ollows: Change Sae, Charge, Move, Shoo or Oher.

Change Sae

Models will Change Sae due o Injury and Insaniy. Tere are hree saes: Normal, Face Up andFace Down. I akes an Acion o Change Saes rom Face Down o Face Up and an Acion o go

rom Face Up o Normal. Models ha are no Normal may no use he Command or Lieuenanskills unil heir Sae changes.

Charge

Models wishing o engage he enemy in Close Comba mus Charge hem. A Charge is a MoveAcion ha brings he nominaed model ino base-o-base wih an enemy model. A round o CloseComba is ough immediaely.

Move

A Move Acion allows a model o move up o is Movemen Characerisic in inches.

ShooI you have line o sigh and are wihin range o any par o an enemy model (including he base) youmay Shoo a ha model. Roll as many dice as he Rae indicaed in he prole o your weapon.

Oher

Someimes models will need o complee a number o Acions o accomplish a goal in a cerainScenario. Searching, atemping o commi suicide and desecraing Grave Markers all ake Acionso perorm. Anyhing ha is no a Change Sae, Charge, Move or Shoo Acion alls ino hiscaegory. Simply spend he allocaed number o Acions and ollow he rules specied by he Sce-nario.

Change Sae Acions

A Change Sae Acion may only be chosen i a model has been placed Face Down or Face Up dueo Injury or Psychology. Models may choose nohing oher han Change Sae Acions unil hey areNormal. Models may NEVER be Compelled o Change Sae or ANY reason. A model may no usehe Command or Lieuenan skill in any sae excep Normal.


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Saes

All models on he ableop will be in one o hree saes.

Normal: Te model may ac as Normal wih no modiers o is characerisics. I he model waswounded (down o 0 Wounds) bu no removed rom he able, rea i as having 1 Wound remain-ing. Models ha are no Normal (Face Down or Face Up) may no use he Command or Lieuenan

skills unil heir sae changes.Face Up: Models ha are Face Up (Sunned or suering rom Supeacion) may gh back in CloseComba wih a 1 modier o heir Atacks characerisic, down o a minimum o 1. I hey win heClose Comba, hey do no roll o wound, bu move ou o base-o-base 2 in he direcion o heconrolling players choice.

Face Down: Models ha are Face Down (Unconscious or suering rom Caaonia) can do nohingand are removed as a Major Injury i engaged in Close Comba by any enemy model.

Back o Normal

o reurn o Normal (suer no modiers rom being Face Up or Face Down) a model mus be nomi-naed and perorm one acion o Change Saes rom Face Down o Face Up, and an addiional aciono go rom Face Up o Normal. Face Up and Face Down models boh gain a 6+ Save agains all RangedAtacks, as heir prone posiions makes hem more difcul o hi. I he model is Changing Saeswhile in base-o-base wih an enemy model, a round o Close Comba is ough aer each ChangeSae Acion.

Charge Acions

Models wishing o engage he enemy in base-o-base o gh Close Comba mus Charge. A Chargeis a Move Acion ha ends up in base-o-base wih an enemy model. Resolve ess or moving in base-

o-base wih an enemy ha is Hideous are aken beore Close Comba is ough. A round o CloseComba is ough immediaely aer he esregardless o he resul.

Close Comba (o hi)

Models have an Atacks characerisic ha denoes how many dice are rolled in Close Comba. CloseComba weapons have a Close Comba Bonus (C.C.B.) ha adds o he highes dice rolled. Modelsin Close Comba each roll heir dice, apply he C.C.B. and compare oals. I hese oals are he same,hen he Close Comba is considered a Draw.

Damage (o wound)

Every poin ha he winner beas his opponen by is a hi. Roll dice equal o he number o his, akehe highes dice rolled and add any damage bonus indicaed in he prole o he weapon used. I heoal equals he arges Consiuion, a Wound has been caused. I i exceeds he arges Consiu-ion, each addiional poin o damage causes a urher Wound (i he arge model has more han oneWound in is prole) or adds +1 o he roll on he Injury able.


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Is A Draw

I boh models roll he same oal o hi in Close Comba, or he winner simply ails o remove heloser rom he able, he resul is a Draw. I eiher model is nominaed in subsequen urns hey musremain in base-o-base and coninue o gh unil one is vicorious. Models already in base-o-baseneed no declare a Charge acion o engage in Close Comba. Models involved in a Draw are no Aler.A he sar o each urn ha models remain in a Draw, a Close Comba is ough prior o nomina-ions.

Muliple Opponens

Models engaged in Close Comba may only arge one enemy model a a ime. A model gains +1 A-ack or every addiional riendly model (no including isel) also in base-o-base wih he model be-ing atacked. I a Draw agains muliple opponens occurs, he player mus choose one model o ghClose Comba and receive bonus Atacks (a he sar o he urn).

Leaving Close Comba

Models may choose o leave Close Comba aer hey win o hi and beore rolling o wound. SimplyMove he winning model up o is Movemen characerisic in inches away. I a model suers romRevulsion and breaks rom Close Comba however, i is a much dieren sory. Te opponen rolls aree Wound beore any Move is aken. I he model suering Revulsion is sill alive and Normal i mayhen Move ou o base-o-base.

Move Acions

Each ime a nominaed model uses a Move Acion, i may move any disance (in inches) up o isMovemen characerisic. Move Acions may NEVER end in base-o-base wih an enemy model (ha

would be a Charge). A model may NEVER Move hrough anoher models base, bu when measuringo Move he ape measure may be ben, curved or posiioned however he player sees .

errain

Players may use any errain ha hey have, as games can ake place anywhere in he world. Alhoughhe able op need no be covered wih errain, here should be a leas our o six pieces on a 2x3board and more or a larger playing area. errain has been broken down ino hree ypes or ease oplay.

Open: Open ground, srees, rolling hills and any obsacle under 1 high. Open errain has no eecon Movemen.

ough: Rubble, boulders, walls and any obsacle rom 1 o 2 all. Models Moving ino Rough er-rain suer 2 Movemen unil no longer in base conac wih he errain.

Impassable: Lava pools, botomless crevasses, any obsacle over 2 high wih no ladders, ec. Mod-els may NEVER ener Impassable errain volunarily. I hey end up here by oher means (Trow,Power, alling) hey auomaically suer a Major Injury.


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Ladders and Such

Ladders, handholds, ropes: basically anyhing ha a model could use o scale a sheer surace can beconsidered o use hese rules. I a model a he botom o a ladder uses a Move Acion i may Move upo 6 up he ladder and be placed in base-o-base wih he op edge o he surace i climbed. Tis mayalso be done in he reverse, moving down he ladder. I here is a model in base-o-base wih he op orbotom o he ladder, i may no be climbed unil he blocking model is Moved or removed rom play,hus clearing he way.

Shoo Acions

Whenever a Shoo Acion is chosen or a model, here mus be line o sigh o an enemy wihin Range.I he model has several Ranged weapons, one mus be chosen or his urn. o Shoo ollow heseseps:

Choose arge by checking line o sigh and range. Check or Cover.Roll as many dice o hi as he weapons Rae. arge may save i in Cover.Make Damage rolls o wound.

Choose arge

All enemy models are possible arges. Any enemy model may be seleced unless here are enemymodels wihin 5 and line o sigh o he shooing model. I his is he case, he close models musbe sho a rs unless a Resolve es is passed. Enemy models wihin 5 bu in Close Comba may beignored.

Line O Sigh And ange

I a ape measure can be drawn beween he wo models and he disance is equal o or less han he

Ranged weapons Range, he model may Shoo. I ANY errain eaures are in beween he wo models,he arge may bene rom a Save, he value o which should be decided upon beore he roll o hi.

Shooing (o hi)

Each Ranged weapon in Von Unaussprechlichen Kulen has a Rae. o shoo, simply ake as manydice as he weapons Rae. Roll he dice and compare he resuls o he shooing models Dexeriy: alldice rolled ha are equal o or above his value have hi he arge. I he arge benes rom a Save,i mus be aken now.

Damage (o wound)

All dice ha successully hi he arge are rolled again o wound. Check he weapons Damage andadd any bonus o he highes dice rolled. I he oal equals he Consiuion o he arge, a Woundhas been caused. I i exceeds he arges Consiuion, each addiional poin o damage causes a ur-her Wound (i he arge model has more han one Wound in is prole) or adds +1 o he roll on heInjury able.


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Cover Saves

A argeed model may gain a Cover Save i here is errain beween i and he atacker, or i he modelis inside or behind a errain piece ha grans cover. For ease o play here are hree ypes o Cover.

Ligh: Shor walls, craers, hedges and any obsrucion in line o sigh. Model gains a 6+ Save.

Medium: Ruins, rocks, any errain ha covers a leas hal o he arge rom view. 5+ Save.

Heavy: renches, bunkers, any errain ha covers more han hal he arge rom view. 4+ Save.Decide which ype o cover save he model benes rom, and roll one dice or each hi. Rolls ha areequal o or greaer han he number required are a considered a Save, which negaes he hi.

Oher Acions

Oher Acions are used o cover a wide variey o siuaions ha may arise in games. Some weaponsrequire he use o an Acion o load or prime (Ready). Searching, checking or raps and planing ex-plosives all ake Acions o perorm as well. Anyhing ha is no a Change Saes, Charge, Move, orShoo Acion alls ino his caegory. Several Acions may be required o ulll a scenario objecive bu

hey need no be aken consecuively, hereby leaving he model ree o Shoo or Charge as he siua-ion demands.

FavourYou may ask yoursel, Why so much insaniy and chaos? Why so much blood and suering? Well, heanswer is simple: o gain he avour o your ancien, merciless and quie possibly muli-eyed godshas why! Is all he deah and repidaion worh i? You be!

Favour poins may be spen a any ime (pre, during or pos-game) and may be used in he ollowingways.

Any one dice ha you roll, pre, during or pos-game, may be modied o whaever number you

would like beween 1 and 6.Any one dice ha your opponen rolls during a game may be modied o whaever number youwould like beween 1 and 6.o play a Favour Scenario o your choice, spend a poin during he pre-game eiher beore or aer

you have rolled or scenario.

PsychologyEvil deeds done in he dark, pacs signed in he blood o he innocen, vile abominaions, and has

jus or sarers. People who join culs are crazy o begin wih bu hey ge worse as ime goes on. End-less and maddening is he liesyle and no man is saeor sane orever.

All Human models will be required o make ess agains heir Resolve characerisic when any o heollowing happens, as soon as i happens. Tis may mean several ess in one urn. Only Normal Hu-man models are subjec o psychology; Face Up and Face Down models have heir own problems.


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A Human model will be required o ake a Resolve es when he ollowing circumsances arise:I a riendly model is removed rom he able (due o Injury) wihin 5 and line o sigh.I here are no riendly models wihin 5 and a leas 3 enemy models wihin 5 and line o sigh.I a model ha is Hideous is in base-o-base.I a model ha causes Fear is wihin 5. Line o sigh is no necessary as he smells and soundsemited are oen unusual enough.

I a model ha causes error is wihin 10. Line o sigh is no necessary.

I he model wishes o cas a spell (he Speak Languages skill is required beore his can be a-emped).I he model is he las model o is acion remaining in play.

Once a Resolve es has been passed he model may coninue o ac as normal. A model passing a Re-solve es has aced his ears (a leas or he ime being) and need no ake anoher es again unless hemodel is conroned by a new siuaion. I he es is ailed, he model mus roll on he Insaniy ableand apply he resuls immediaely.

Insanity TableInsaniy D6 esuls

Caaonia 1 Place he model Face Down (as wih Injury, 2 Acions will be required oreurn o Normal)

Supeacion 2 Place he model Face Up (as wih Injury, 1 Acion will be required o re-urn o Normal)

Revulsion 3-4 Model runs (breaking rom Close Comba i necessary) 1 Move Acionowards is saring shor edge.

Frenzy 5-6 Model makes 1 Move Acion owards he closes enemy model (i no inbase-o-base already) and doubles is Atacks value or his urn only inClose Comba. Any urher Psychology ess his urn are auomaicallypassed.

Cul Uniy ess

No he braves members o sociey, mos culiss will begin o hink wice abou a gh ha is goingbadly. Aer all, wearing a robe and chaning is un and everyhing, bu you go o look ou or number

one!A he sar o he rs urn ha your cul is reduced o 50% (or less) o is saring model oal, eachmember o your cul on he able (Human or no) mus make a es agains heir Resolve. I passedhey may ac as normal, i ailed remove he model as i has run away. Models removed in his way mayake no urher par in ha game, bu may sill ry o gain skills and be used or Cul Managemen oncehe scenario has concluded.


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Addiionally, in he Cul Managemen Phase, i you ail o have he required RP o manage your cul,unmanaged members mus es agains heir Resolve. I ailed, hey leave he cul, never o reurn. Re-move hem rom your lis, along wih all gear, spells and weapons hey were carrying.

unning Away

Is O.K. o be araid and someimes is even O.K. o run away and hide like some sor o whippeddog.

You may choose (in a o cowardice) o run away a he sar o he rs urn ha your cul is a (orbelow) 50%, beore he Cul Uniy es. I you do, you are weak and piiul and may gain no Favourin he Favour Phase o his game. I you choose o ake he es you will be orced o play on wih hemodels ha remainbu may ye gain he Favour o your non-euclidean ye enebrous god.

Te Joy O Hae

Hae can keep a man going when all hope is gone, orcing him o grea acs o heroism or madness.Models ha Hae a specic kind o Lurker (Beas, Daemon, Ghos, Undead, Human or Humanoid)are immune o any Resolve ess ha occur due o he presence or acions o ha ype o Lurker. Haealso overrides any sor o Phobia in relaion o he Haed model. In addiion, he model gains +1 A-ack when in Close Comba wih he Haed enemy model.

Leaving Te able

Someimes models are orced o leave he ableop due o Insaniy or possibly by being Trown orany oher reason. Unless oherwise saed in he Scenario Special Rules, a model ha leaves he able,eiher volunarily or oherwise, can ake no urher par in he game.

InjuriesWhen a model has been reduced o 0 Wounds, he atacker deermines he severiy o he damageby rolling 2D6 on he Injury able. Add +1 o he dice roll or every poin by which he damage rollexceeded he wounded models Consiuion and remaining Wounds.

Injury TableInjury 2D6 esuls

Sunned 2-4 Place he model Face Up (1 Acion is required o reurn o Normal)

Unconscious 5-6 Place he model Face Down (2 Acions are required o reurn o Nor-mal)

Minor Injury 7-8 Remove he model rom he able (back nex gameLucky)

Major Injury 9-12 Remove he model rom he able (see Major Injuries)

Face Down models (Unconscious or suering rom Caaonia) can do nohing and are removed as aMajor Injury i engaged in Close Comba.


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Face Up models (Sunned or suering rom Supeacion) may gh back in Close Comba wih a 1o heir Atacks characerisic. I hey win in Close Comba, hey make no roll o wound, bu moveaway rom he enemy model up o 2. o reurn o Normal (suer no modiers or being Face Downor Face Up) a model mus be nominaed and no be in Close Comba. One Acion is needed o changesaes rom Face Down o Face Up and anoher is needed o go rom Face Up o Normal. Once Nor-mal, he model may ac wih no modiers rom Injury, bu is considered o have only one Wound

remaining. Face Up and Face Down models boh gain a 6+ Save agains any Ranged Atack.

Major Injuries

Membership in a cul has is privilegesbu long lie isn one o hem. Te scars rom some encoun-ers cu deep. Few culiss remain as hey once were, minds and bodies pushed o he breaking poinand beyond. No all cul members are desined or greaness; some evenually succumb o madnessor deah rom being exposed o blasphemous horrors and oherworldly secres. I a cul member dieshe cul can spend Resource Poins (RP) in he Re-Equipmen Phase o recrui more weak-willedcronies.

When your Cul Magus is removed rom he able as a Major Injury, roll D66 (choose one dice as hers and one as he second) and consul he Major Injury able.

When any model oher han a Magus is removed as a Major Injury, roll D66 (one dice is nominaedas he rs, one second), subrac 1 rom he value o he rs dice rolled, and consul he Major Injuryable.

Models orunae enough o survive will be able o ake par in he nex game, bu may no paricipaein any pos-game aciviy. Any eecs ha modiy values on he models prole (eg. -1 Atacks) arepermanen, and will coninue o aec he model as long as i lives.

Deah O A MagusI your Magus is killed in he Major Injury Phase your cul is in serious rouble. Luckily rouble is yourmiddle name and here are a ew opions available o you beore your cul disbands in oal shame.

I anoher model in he cul has Command i will become he new Magus. I here is more han onemodel wih Command, he player may choose which one receives he honour o leadership. I youhave no model wih Command, bu adequae Resource Poins o purchase one rom hose availableo you, you may do so.

I you can do neiher o hese, hen your cul, dejeced and araid, will disband. You mus wrie anoherculor swear o playing orever more! Keep elling yoursel, Is jus a supid game!


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Major Injuries TableD66 esuls

11-15 Dead (remove rom shee and re-equip i needed)

16-21 Muliple Injuries (roll D3 imes on his able, rerolling any urher Muliple Injuriesresuls)

22 Leg Wound (-1 Movemen)

23 Arm Wound (+1 Dexeriy)

24 Agoraphobia (Fear o open spaces. I no wihin 1 o a errain eaure upon Nomina-ion, he model may only Move)

25 Crippled (only 1 Acion per urn)

26 Ches Wound (-1 Consiuion)

31 eraophobia (Fear o monsers. All enemy models are Hideous and cause Fear)

32 Poor Healh (Beore rs urn roll D6. On a 1 model unable o ake par in his game)

33 Ballisophobia (Fear o bulles. Model mus pass a Resolve es o use Ranged weap-ons)

34 Head rauma (+1 Resolve)

35 Clausrophobia (Model mus pass a Resolve es o ener scenery. I ailed roll -2 onhe Insaniy able)

36 Amnesia (lose 1 Skill)

41 Acrophobia (Fear o heighs. Model mus pass a Resolve es o climb any scenery over2 above he ableop. I ailed roll 2 on he Insaniy able)

42 Weakened (-1 Atacks)

43 Haphephobia (Fear o being ouched. Mus make a Resolve es in base-o-base)

44-54 Full Recovery (No permanen eecs odaylucky!)

55 Hemaphobia (Fear o Blood. Make a Resolve es i ANY model is removed rom heable due o injury wihin 5 and line o sigh)

56-61 Hae (Model Haes he enemy model responsible or he Major Injury)

62 Hardened (Te model no longer suers he eecs o Fear)

63 Horribly Disgured (Te model is now Hideous)

64-65 Baske Case (Te model is immune o Psychology. No Resolve ess need be aken.

Spells may no be cas by his model)66 Nemesis! (he model Haes he enire cul responsible or he Major Injury)


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The Advanced RulesOnce you are comorable wih he basic rules, advanced rules can be added or greaer enjoymen anddeph o play. All scenarios assume ha players will be using Advanced Rules.

AlertI a model is no nominaed during is urn i is considered o be Aler: waiing or he enemy, poisedo srike i he siuaion should arise. Any model ha is Aler may make one Shooing atack duringhe opposing players urn. Tis Shooing atack may only be direced a a arge wihin 10 and line osigh. Te conrolling player may choose when o ake he Aler Sho, eiher aer he opposing modelsrs Acion or is second. As his is mean o represen a quick, reacionary sho only one Shooingdice may be used, regardless o he weapons Rae. All models sar he game Aler.

Critical Hits...And Misses

Someimes, in he hea o batle, i is possible or models o go above and beyond wha hey are nor-mally capable o. Someimes, however, i is also possible o ail more miserably han you can imagine.Criical His and Misses represen his.

Criical His

Whenever a Shooing or Close Comba o hi dice rolls a 6, roll anoher D6: i his is also a 6 hen aCriical Hi has been scored! Add +2 o he roll o wound in addiion o he weapons sandard dam-age!

Criical Miss - Shooing

I a 1 is rolled o hi, roll anoher D6, i his is also a 1 he gun jams! I akes an Acion o clean ajammed gun. Jammed guns canno be used o Shoo again unil cleaned. I he gun his as well as jamsin he same Acion, all his are sill couned and may now be rolled o wound as usual.

Criical Miss - Close Comba

When rolling o hi, i a 1 is rolled add +1 o he opponens highes dice roll. I boh players roll a 1he eecs cancel ou. I muliple ones are rolled, he eecs are cumulaive.

I is possible o roll a Criical Hi in he same Acion as a Criical Miss; he eecs are cumulaive.

FallingBatles need no always ake place on he ground oor. Muli-leveled buildings, owers, mounainsand walkways are jus a ew examples o errain ha can exend well above he ableop. Falling modelsroll 1D6 and add +1 o he resul or every inch allen. I he oal is greaer han he models Consi-uion, remove he model as a Major Injury. I a model is rendered Face Down while wihin 1 o anedge i will all auomaically. I a model alls ono anoher model, simply move he oher model asideand place he alling model in base-o-base and Face Down. I he model conaced is an enemy, hesemodels are considered o be in Close Comba, assuming he alling model survives he drop!


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JumpingModels may wish o jump gaps in scenery o gain a beter posiion, or Shooing or o ge ino CloseComba. Any gap less han 2 can be Moved (or Charged) across wih no penaly or es. A gap maybe jumped across provided ha he gap is no greaer han 6 wide and he landing poin is no morehan 1 higher rom he ableop han he saring poin o he jump. A model may no jump a disance

greaer han is Movemen characerisic. o jump he player mus roll 1D6 and equal or bea hemodels Dexeriy. I he roll is successul, place he jumping model on he oher side o he gap. I heroll ails, he model has allen. See rules or Falling.

Destroying Inanimate ObjectsSomeimes i may be advanageous o desroy a piece o errain in order o accomplish an objecive orsimply o remove cover rom he able. Addiionally, inanimae objecs may be caugh in he blas ra-dius o emplae weapons. Whaever he circumsances, reer o he Inanimae Objecs able o checkConsiuion and Wounds. When he Wounds o an objec have been reduced o 0, i is considered ohave been desroyed and should be removed rom he able.

Inanimate Objects TableObjec ype Consiuion Wounds

Wooden Crae (objecive marker) 7 1

Fuel Conainer 8 1

Grave Marker, Sone or Brick Wall 10 2

Obelisk, Seel or Reinorced Wall 11 3

I may be useul o agree beween players prior o he game as o wha pieces o scenery can be de-sroyed. Te lis is by no means exhausive and players should creae new caegories as scenery dic-aes.

Fighting With Two WeaponsSome players may wish o use eiher wo Close Comba weapons or wo Ranged weapons in he sameAcion. o do so oen sacrices accuracy and conrol o gain a greaer number o atacks.

In Close Comba

I a model wishes o use wo Close Comba weapons in he same Acion i will gain an addiional diceo hi bu suer a 1 o is Close Comba Bonus (C.C.B.) on boh weapons. I he model wins CloseComba, eiher weapon (bu no boh) can be chosen o wound.

When Shooing

A model may use wo Handguns in he same Shooing Acion. A 1 penaly o Dexeriy is sueredbu boh Handguns can be red. Handguns need no boh be o he same kind.


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BriberyA some poin you may experience a modicum o success in your cul managemen. I so prepare orhe wors: everyone else is ou o ge you! Look a hem, siting here so smugly across he gamingable. And les no orge abou he ever-presen hrea o Te Auhoriies!

In he pre-game sequence, i he Poin Dierence beween oal Cul Raings is above 15 he lowes

cul may choose o Aler he Auhoriies! You can make his no happen by simply bribing he ohercul! You may use Resource Poins, weapons, gear, spells or even Favour as bribes. You may no usemodels/members rom your cul or Skills as bribes. Any oher ideas or eligible bribes are le o hegroup o players o decide amongs hemselves. Te bribe akes place aer he oher player decideso Aler he Auhoriies, bu beore a scenario is chosen. Any bribes received may be used/spen orequipped o he cul beore he game is playedi his changes he oal Cul Raing, good, i should.I you ge a juicy enough bribe you jus may be able o gh back. Obviously, once you ake a bribe youcan no longer Aler he Auhoriies. Even or a culis, had be prety underhanded.

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WeaponsTere are counless kinds o weapons ha can be used; or simpliciy he Maser Weapons Lis conainsgeneric period weapons o he 1920s. Ranged weapons are assumed o come wih enough ammuni-ion o las or an encouner and so bulles need no be purchased. Mainenance o weapons - swordsharpening and gun cleaning - is compleed beween games. Once he RP have been spen and he+BP (Build Poins) have been added o he models prole, ha model is equipped wih he weaponunil i is los/desroyed or changed during he Re-equipmen Phase. Once a weapon is removed romhe models prole, he +BP should also be removed. All weapons have Special qualiies ha can havea huge impac on he game, so when a new weapon is purchased players should read over he relevanspecial rules.

Master Weapons TableCLOSE COMBAWeapon C.C. Bonus Damage Special BP

Unarmed +0 1D Unarmed --------------------Club +1 1D+2 ------------------ + 0.5 (common)

Bowie Knie +1 1D+1 AP1 + 0.5 (common)Mea Cleaver +2 1D+2 Parry, AP1 +1

Civil War Saber +2 1D+2 Parry, AP2 +2

Spear/ Pichork +3 1D+1 AP1, 1 sho 6 +1

RNGEDWeapon ange ae Damage Special BP

.22 Handgun 8 2D 1D+1 ----------------- + 0.5 (common)

.45 Handgun 10 1D 1D+2 ----------------- +1

Shogun 10 1D 1D+2 Blas, Power +1

Bol-acion Rie 20 1D 1D+2 AP1, Ready +1Double BarreledShogun

10 2D 1D+2 Blas, Power +2

.30 Machine Gun 25 3D 1D+3 Ready, 2-Man +3

Dynamie 6 1D 1D+5 Ready, AP2, Danger-ous, emplae

+2

ommy Gun 10 3D 1D+2 AP1, Srae +3

AMOUype Movemen Consiuion BPLigh Armoured Ves -1 +1 +1

Heavy Armoured Ves -2 +2 +2


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Selling WeaponsUnil a cul has erriory all weapons mus be placed on a model, adding +BP (Build Poins) o hemodel which in urn adds o he oal Cul Raing. I may be advanageous o sell exra or unneededweapons and gearbu no very. Is a buyers marke my riend.

Any weapon or piece o gear may be sold; he selling cul receives hal (rounding down) o he BP,

which is urned ino RP. Tis may be done in he pos-game Cul Managemen Phase by one modelha mus orei is roll o generae resources (and head down o he pawn shop insead)

Some proles come wih weapons and gear ha do no add BP (Build Poins) o he model. Teseiems canno be sold, raded beween cul members or used as bribes. Tey mus say on he model.

Likewise, spells, skills and Favour may never be sold.

Special Weapon RulesAP

Some weapons are Armour Piercing. I he weapon is used agains a arge whose Armour has aConsiuion bonus equal o or lower han he AP o he weapon, he Armour may be ignoredand he arge will no gain he bene o his Consiuion score (in eec canceling he Armoursproecion).

Blas

A blas weapon adds +1 o is Damage score when red a a arge wihin 6.

Dangerous

I a model using a Dangerous weapon ever rolls a 1 during is Dexeriy check, roll he weaponsdamage agains ha model as i his own weapon had hi him.

One-Sho

Tis Close Comba weapon may be hrown 6 as a Shooing Acion. I mus be rerieved beore ican be used or hrown again. Place a marker on he able (oohpicks or model spears work well).Any model may pick up he weapon by moving ino conac wih he marker; no Acion is neededo pick up he spear. Keep in mind, once a model has hrown his weapon hey will be Unarmedunless hey are equipped wih an addiional Close Comba weapon.

Parry

When he parrying model is ghing, hey may orce heir opponen o re-roll any one Close Com-ba die o hi (normally he highes). I wo models engaged in Close Comba boh have a Parry,hen his special abiliy is cancelled. I one o he models has more han one Parry, i may use isremaining Parry normally.

Poison

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Power

I a arge wounded by a weapon wih Power is no removed rom he able, i will be pushed backD3 inches direcly away rom he model using his weapon.

eady

A Ready weapon may only be red i an Acion is perormed immediaely prior o shooing. Tis

acion may no be carried over beween urns. An Aler model may no use a Ready weapon.Srae

A model wih his weapon may choose o shoo muliple arges wihin 10 o each oher per Ac-ion. Beore rolling o hi, simply declare which models in range and line o sigh are arges andspli he dice beween hem.

emplae

Beore rolling o hi, place he emplae on he arge area (he emplae used or Von Unausspre-chlichen Kulen is he same size as a compac disc). Specic models need no be argeed and mul-iple models can be caugh in he blas. Roll o hi, and i successul roll o wound, any models or

pieces o desroyable scenery parially or ully under he emplae. I he o hi roll is unsuccessul,he opposing player may place he emplae D3 rom where i was originally placed, rolling owound anyhing ully or parially under he emplae.

2-Man

Tis weapon requires 2 models (in baseo-base) o be operaed eecively (wih no penaly). Onemodel may Shoo he weapon unaided bu a a +2 o he Dexeriy roll o hi.

Unarmed

A model wih no Close Comba weapons mus deend hemselves as bes hey can. Unarmed mod-els will auomaically suer a hi beore Close Comba is ough (i acing an opponen who isarmed; wo unarmed models would gh as normal). Tere is no need o roll o hi; simply rollor damage as usual. I he model has no been removed rom play Close Comba coninues asnormal.

Special GearWhen being in charge jus isn enough! Cul leaders hroughou ime have relied on many iems oseparae hemselves rom he mindless ock. From he bigges ha, shinies shir or holies o holies,

many ried and rue pieces o Special Gear can help keep he easily led well underoo and he headhoncho looking good! Te cul Magus may purchase up o 3 pieces o Special Gear a +2RP (ResourcePoins) each, any oher models wih Command may purchase 1 piece o Special Gear a +2RP. Eachpiece o Special Gear adds +2BP (Build Poins), may no be los/desroyed and may never be used byTreshold.


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Ceremonial Blade

Spilling sacricial blood isn a job you wan o screw up. Tankully he razor edge o he Ceremo-nial Blade slashes hrough he oughes opponen and he rubberies virgins alike!

Choose 1 bladed Close Comba weapon: his weapon gains AP3.

Collar o Subjugaion

A mysical Gypsy collar inscribed wih glyphs and runes o conrol he will o any wild creaure.Te cul may now include 1 Beas (purchased as normal). Te beas may be used as normal as longas i says wihin 10 o he model wih he Collar. I he model is removed rom he able or heBeas is urher han 10 rom is maser, i will Frenzy. Te Beas will coninue o Frenzy a hesar o each players urn unil i is removed. Te Beas is hen los o he cul: remove i rom helis.

Ephod

An ancien breasplae o linen inse wih jewels, said o gran he wearer he abiliy o communewih he spiri world.

Te cul may now include up o 3 Ghoss (purchased as normal and used as normal). I he modelwearing he Ephod is removed rom he able, all Ghoss under is conrol will be dispelled romhe able a ha ime.

Evil Idol

A chunk o meeoric sone carved ino an obscene efgy o your avorie enebrous deiy can spelldoom or hose pesky unbelievers!

A model equipped wih an Evil Idol may use i once a game o orce he opponen o re-roll any onedice. Te Evil Idol may no be used in he Pos-Game Sequence.

Mire

An adornmen or he head mean o signiy enlighenmen and possibly channel spiriual ener-gybu les ace i, he guy in charge is always he guy wih he bigges ha.

All members o he cul wihin 10 (excluding he wearer) gain a 1 bonus o Resolve while wihinhe radius.

aimen

I he clohes make he man hen he Raimen makes he Magus. Robes o ofce, weird scarves andshocking one-pieces help o le everyone know you are serious! Plus, hey jus may sop a bullewih ha dense weave.

Wearing he Raimen grans he model a 6+ save agains all his. Te Raimen canno be worn overArmour (excluding naural Armour, such as a Fishman has).

Sceper

eaching your cul o respond o he waving o a Sceper can be a real ime saver on he batleeld,and who doesn wan o culivae ha kingly look o god-given superioriy?

Once per game he Sceper can be held alo: he model wih he Sceper gains 15 range or Nomi-naions in his urn only.


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Available LurkersFor he purposes o his es packe no new Lurkers will be presened. All Lurkers rom he SrangeAeons rulebook and expansions may be used a he same BP and wih he same saisics and prolesas shown.

Te wording in a ew enries will be changed in he nal version o Von Unaussprechlichen Kulen. Fornow, consul he Addiions and Omissions below; hey supersede he wording in he original enry.

Addiions and Omissions

Srange Aeons Rulebook page 32, should read:

Dark Sorcerer: When purchased, he High Pries begins he campaign wih 3 spells, rolled ran-domly rom he Evil Spell able. Doubles may be kep or re-rolled as he player wishes. Addiionalspells may be purchased randomly rom he Evil Spell able or 3RP (Resource Poins) each.

Srange Aeons Rulebook page 33, add o he Fishman enry:

Demagogue (+6BP): Leader o a cul or simply a eared and powerul prince o evil. A Demagoguehas he same sas, skills and equipmen as a Fishman, bu gains he Command and Speak Languagesskills. When purchased, he Fishman Demagogue begins he campaign wih 1 spell, rolled randomlyrom he Evil Spell able. Also, addiional spells may be purchased randomly rom he Evil Spellable or 3RP (Resource Poins) each.

Srange Aeons Rulebook page 34, should read:

Demagogue (+4BP): A Demagogue has he same sas, skills and equipmen as a Serpenman, bugains Command. Addiional spells may be purchased randomly rom he Evil Spell able or 3RP(Resource Poins) each.

In addiion, Venomous Bie should have Poison added.

Shocking ales Issue #1 page 22, replace he Reagen able wih:

Reagent TableD6 esuls

1-2 Failure! Remove Zombie wih a Major Injury

3 Iner! No eecnohing happens. Te Zombie is unaeced.

4 Sligh Success! Modiy one Characerisic up or down by a value o 1.

5 Meabolic Boos! Te Zombie receives a +3 bonus o Movemen or he res ohe game.

6 Muaion!!! Replace he Zombie wih a Blasphemous Consruc! Te rs Aciono a newly muaed Consruc will be o use Deadly Rage, regardless o who orwha is (or isn) in base-o-base conac wih i.

All resuls rolled on he Reagen able are non-permanen and eecs will only las or he game, aerwhich he model revers o is original prole.


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SkillsSkills are a represenaion o unique abiliies ha individual models wihin your cul may possess.Culs may gain skills in he Pos-Game; hese skills add +1BP (Base Poin) per skill, which is addedo he base cos o he model. No Lurker model may ever gain more han one skill per game. Te CulMagus may gain up o 10 skills, members o he Congregaion may gain up o 5 skills and any Allow-able Culiss may gain up o 2 skills.

Players in conrol o Te Auhoriies may purchase up o 5 skills per model when building a lis ohe same oal Cul Raing. All skills purchased or Te Auhoriies in his way also add +1BP (BuildPoin) o he base cos o he model. In addiion, characerisics may be increased or decreased byno more han 2 poins per Lurker or Treshold model. Some skills have a Requiremen, which musbe me beore ha skill can be aken unless he required skill appears on he basic prole o a Lurkerand can hen be considered as an innae abiliy or species adapaion. Regardless, no model may bemodied beyond he Maximum Characerisics presened below. Lurker proles which already ex-ceed hese amouns may never be alered.

Humans

M Dex. Con. A W es.

8 2+ 8 4 4 2+

All oher Lurkers

M Dex. Con. A W es.

10 2+ 8 6 6 2+

Skill ListAccurae

No Requiremens

Aer spending an Acion he model gains a +1bonus o Dexeriy on all o hi rolls nex Ac-ion. Only applies o Ranged weapons wih aRae o 1D.

Arcane Maser

Requiremens: Bookish

Hours spen sudying dusy old books andmemorizing bizarre incanaions have made your mind nigh impervious o he perils ospellwork. Te model no longer need ake anyResolve ess when casing spells.

BookishRequiremens: Resolve 3+ or beter

Always nose rs in a good occul reader and aneager sudy in he black ars. Te model receivesa -1 modier o is Resolve when casing spells.

Champion

No Requiremens

Mindless deah and desrucion please your an-

cien gods. I he champion removes hree en-emy models rom he able (Minor or Major In-jury) he cul will gain a 1 bonus o he Favourroll aer game.


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Characerisic Increase/Decrease

No requiremens

Te model may increase is Movemen, Con-siuion, Atacks and Wounds and decrease isDexeriy and Resolve. Only one characerisicmay be changed per BP, bu hey may be selec-ed muliple imes. Tis skill may no be used oincrease a Characerisic more han wice, or be-yond he allowable maximum.

Conspiraor

Requiremens: Human Lurkers only

Being involved in a low-level governmen con-spiracy can be benecial in imes o rouble.Whenever your opponen decides o Aler he

Auhoriies, hey mus remove 1D6+4 RP romhe RP available or building he lis.

Crack Sho

Requiremens: Dexeriy 3+ or beter

Once you can shoo sraigh, is ime o shoo okill! Te model may add +1 o is roll o woundon all Ranged weapons.

Desroy Weapon

Requiremens: 3 Atacks or moreI he model wins a round o Close Comba,insead o rolling o wound i may desroyhe opponens weapon. Only one weapon can be seleced per round o Close Comba. Onlyweapons ound on he Maser Weapons Lis can be desroyed, and yes, his includes Armour.Weapons desroyed in his ashion are perma-nenly removed rom he lis.

DodgeRequiremens: Dexeriy 3+ or beter

Te model has a 5+ Save agains all Shooing a-acks, aken aer he roll o wound. Tis Savemay aken be in addiion o any Cover Saves hemodel is eligible o make.

Duck

No Requiremens

Te model has a +1 o all Cover Saves againsShooing atacks, aken aer he roll o hi.

Fearless

Requiremens: Resolve 3+ or beter

Displeasing your gods is worse han anyhingyou could ever imagine; hink abou ha beorebeing araid! Te model no longer suers he e-ecs o Fear.

Fresh

Requiremens: Undead Lurkers Only

As ar as cadavers go you are jus a babyonly

hours old o your new un-lie. Due o all hepars sill uncioning airly well he model gains+2 Movemen. Fresh Undead may no also bePesilen.

Governmen Backer

Requiremens: Conspiraor

Te cul clandesinely mainains and undsa branch o he governmen. I he Tresh-old Agency is rolled when your opponen has

Alered he Auhoriies i will be reduced o50% saring RP.

Heroic

No Requiremens

Te model may ake 3 Acions in one urn,once per game.

Hosage aker

No requiremens

I he model wih his skill is on he able a heend o he game, all injured enemy models sanda chance o being capured. A he sar o heFavour Phase roll 1D6 or each injured enemymodel: 1-5 he model escapes capure, on a rollo 6 he model is capured.


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Improved Command

Requiremens: Command

When using he Command special abiliy onemore model may be nominaed o ake Ac-ions. Tis allows 3 models o be nominaedby he model wih Improved Command.

Indocrinaor

Requiremens: Hosage aker

Capured enemies can be reprogrammed o seehings your waysomeimes. Te Indocrina-or may atemp o conver a capured enemy orCivilian a he expense o generaing ResourcePoins in he Cul Managemen Phase. Tis maybe done o only one model a game. Te capured

model mus pass a Resolve es or join he newcul. I he es is ailed i is assumed he modeldies raher han compromises.

Inspire

Requiremens: Command

Friendly models wihin 10 may use his mod-els Resolve, i i is beter han heir own.

Jump Up

Requiremens: Dexeriy 4+ or beterTe model only needs o spend one Acion ogo rom Face Down o Normal, insead o heusual wo.

Lieuenan

Requiremens: Agens only

Te model may nominae an addiional riend-ly model wihin 5 o ake Acions. Tis mus beused a he sar o he urn when nominaionsare made.

Lighning Fas

Requiremens: Dexeriy 4+ or beter

Te model may ignore he Ready special abiliyon weapons. An Aler model may sill never useDynamie and Bol Acion Ries.

Mesmerize

Requiremens: Serpenman Only

As long as he Serpenman is no using rans-orm, i may Mesmerize any Human model wihin 6. Boh models (predaor and prey)roll 1D6 and add he resul o heir Resolve.I he Serpenman has a lower oal he argemodel will lose 1 Acion he nex urn in whichi is Nominaed.

Parry

Requiremens: 3 Atacks or more

Te model gains an exra Parry in Close Combaregardless o wha weapon i has. I he weaponbeing used has a Parry hen hey will sack, al-

lowing or 2 parries per round o Close Com-ba.

Pesilen

Requiremens: Undead Lurkers Only

You are roten o he core. Flesh alling o inclumps, always surrounded by a cloud o iesa prety hard guy o be around. All enemy mod-els wihin 5 suer a +1 penaly o Resolve whilein his radius. Pesilen models canno also be

Fresh.

ead Languages

No Requiremens

Once per game in he Cul Managemen Phase,he model may ranslae one Scroll ino a spell.Tis is done a he expense o rolling or Re-source Poins. See Magic and Spells or moredeails.

uggedRequiremens: Resolve 3+ or beter

Long experience wih he eldrich powers hasinnured his model o he wors o wha heworld (ours or ohers) has o oer. Te modelno longer suers he eecs o Hideous.


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Scholar

Requiremens: Read Languages

Once per game in he Cul Managemen Phase,he model may ranslae eiher one Ancienome or one Evil ome. Tis is done a he ex-pense o rolling or Resource Poins.

Smar

No Requiremens

Once per game he model may be nominaedo ake is Acions. I does no need o be innominaion range o a model wih Command orLieuenan and may be nominaed in addiiono oher models in ha urn.

Speak Languages

No Requiremens

A model wih his skill may cas Spells. See Mag-ic and Spells or more deails.

Suicidal

Requiremens: 1 or more Phobias

When he model ails a Resolve es add +2 ohe roll on he Insaniy able. Add an addiional+1 or each new Phobia gained aer his skill

has been chosen.

Sureooed

Requiremens: Resolve 3+ or beter

Te model will never all when Face Down wih-in 1 o an edge and may re-roll when atemp-ing o jump over a gap.

Trow

Requiremens: Parry

I he model wins a round o Close Comba,insead o rolling o wound i may Trow isopponen D6 in a chosen direcion. Trownmodels will always land Face Up (Sunned).

Tunderous Charge

Requiremens: Parry

When he model Charges ino Close Comba iloses one dice o hi bu adds +2 o every dicerolled. Tis is in addiion o he Close CombaBonus o he weapon being used.

ough

No Requiremens

Te model may deduc 2 o he roll on he In-jury able whenever i akes is nal Wound.

ransorm

Requiremens: Serpenman Only

By some siniser means he Serpenman can

cloud he minds o men and make isel appearhuman. A he sar o any Acion he Serpen-man may ransorm ino a Human model andno longer be Hideous. Obviously, i may alsoransorm back again a he sar o anoher Ac-ion.

Violaor

Requiremens: Humanoid, Undead, Daemonand Beas Lurkers only

Te hings you do o he ones you hur can bequie, quie horrible. I he violaor removes amodel rom play he Resolve es radius will beincreased rom 5 o 10.


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Magic and SpellsAlhough many new spells will be available in he nal version, players should use he spells rom heSrange Aeons rulebook or he ime being. Players should also noe ha alhough spells may be pur-chased (by spending RP) hey do no add o he BP o he model and so have no eec on he oalCul Raing.

Pre-Game SequenceBeore a game o Von Unaussprechlichen Kulen can begin, boh players should compare oal CulRaings and consul he Cul Dierenial able.

Cult Differential TablePoin Dierence Bonus o lowes Cul

0 - 5 None

6 - 10 +1 RP11 - 15 +2 RP

16 - 20 +3 RP, +1 Favour

21 - 25 +4 RP, +2 Favour

26 + +6 RP, +2 Favour

I he Poin Dierence beween culs is above 15, he lowes cul may choose o Aler he Auhoriies.I his is done he cul will receive no bonus.

Aer his is done a scenario is all ha is needed o play. Tere are wo ways o generae a scenario. Ters is simple: Boh players roll 1D6, add hem ogeher and check he Basic Scenario able.

Basic Scenario TableScenario 2D6

Surprise Atack! 2 - 3

Te Chained Cofn! 4 - 5

Figh! 6 - 7

Seal he Ariacs! 8 - 9

Ge Em! 10

Te Summoning! 11

Cul wih lowes CR chooses Scenario 12

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wice in a row. Regardless o which Favour Scenario is chosen, spen Favour should be removed romhe oal on he Log Shee. Favour Scenarios can be ound aer he Basic Scenarios in his rulebook.

Basic Scenarios

Fight!Weeks had been spen raining under he harshes condiions o weed ou hose unworhy o doing he grea godsbidding. Ten days o weapon sudy and mediaion, nally hours o planning and now, only minues lef o go.Te wo culs approached each oher, ready or dealing deah!

Se Up: Players place scenery o muual saisacion and hen roll 1D6 each: highes chooses shorboard edge and ses up rs. Ten he oher player ses up on he opposie side. Boh culs may se upwihin 5 o he chosen shor board edge.

Special ules: No Special Rules.

Saring he Game: Boh players roll 1D6 each, highes roll may choose o go rs or le he opponenhave rs urn.

Ending he Game: Te game coninues unil all he models in one cul have been oally removedrom he able.

Surprise Attack!Biding your ime o atack a bigger oe once he odds are on your side is an evil way o ge ahead. Waiing unilhe ime is jus righ, you spring upon hem when hey are weakes; somewhere ou o he way; somewhere whereno help will arrive!

Se Up: Te cul wih he lowes CR ses up he able, chooses sides and decides who ses up rs.

Special ules: Te cul wih he highes CR mus roll on he Surprise able beore seting up o seewha nasy surprise will aec heir cul.

Surprise TableWhas he Surprise? 1D6

Remove 1 model o your opponens choice 1

Remove 1D6-2 models o your choice 2 - 4

Remove 1D6 models o your choice 5

Nohing bad happens. Some surprise... 6

Models removed in his way are unusable or his game and pos-game sequence, bu are no removedrom he cul permanenly.

Saring he Game: Te cul wih he lowes CR chooses who goes rs.

Ending he Game: Te game coninues unil all he models in one cul have been oally removedrom he able.


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Steal The Artifacts!Te ancien and arcane secres o ages pas sure seem o show up an awul lo. Or perhaps hey seek ou willinghands o use hemor o be used? Many and varied are he rewards o grubbing around in libraries and dilapi-daed ruins or a chance a some oul, atered spell scrolls or oher unhallowed windall.

Se Up: Players place scenery o muual saisacion. In addiion, D3+1 (rolled by he cul wih helowes CR) Objecive Markers are placed wihin 10 o he cener o he board, ye a leas 10 romdeploymen zones. Boh players place objecives, again, saring wih he lowes CR cul. Playershen roll 1D6 each, highes chooses shor edge and ses up wihin 5. Ten he oher player ses up onhe opposie side also wihin 5.

Special ules: Any Human, Humanoid or Undead model may spend wo Acions o search an Ob-jecive Marker in base-o-base. Roll on he Ariac able o see wha you nd.

Artifact TableWhas in he Box? 1D6

Nohing Useul 1 - 3

Scroll 4D3 Resource Poins 5

Ancien ome 6

Alernaely, he Objecive Marker may be dragged wih a 2 Movemen penaly when in base-o-base.I he Objecive Marker is dragged o he able via he players shor board edge i may be searchedaer game wih no penaly.

I he maximum number o Objecive Markers (4) is rolled, a small deachmen o Treshold Opera-

ives will be sen ou o invesigae. A he sar o urn 5 (and every urn aer unil you roll a 6)roll a dice; i a 6 is rolled place 2D6+10 RP worh o Treshold Operaives in base-o-base wih a ran-domly deermined board edge. Tey will have an immediae urn (beore he player whos urn i wasgoing o be) and be reaed like anoher cul or purposes o game play. Preerably hey should beused by an imparial hird pary. I no, assume ha hey will always atack he closes Lurker model.

Saring he Game: Boh players roll 1D6, highes scoring goes rs.

Ending he Game: Te game coninues unil all he models in one cul have been oally removedrom he able. Objecive Markers sill on he able may be searched by models in he Cul Manage-men Phase bu only a he expense o generaing Resource Poins.

The Chained Coffin!In every ou o he way cemeery on every darkened hillside hicke lies a place so unnaurally evil i would sripyour soul bare. Te resing place o some blasphemous necromancer? A sash o vile omes? All you need o do isnd iand dig i up! Bu be warned! Tese places are ofen daemon hauned!

Se Up: Players place scenery o muual saisacion. In addiion, 1D6+3 (rolled by he lowes CRcul) Grave Markers are placed wihin 10 o he cener o he board, ye a leas 5 rom deploymenzones. Boh players place Grave Markers alernaely, saring wih he lowes CR cul. Players hen


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roll 1D6 each, highes chooses shor edge and ses up wihin 5. Ten he oher player ses up on heopposie side also wihin 5.

Special ules: Models in base-o-base wih a Grave Marker may spend 2 Acions o desecrae i.Once a Grave Marker has been desecraed roll on he Grave able.

Grave Table

Whas in he Grave? 1D6A Mouldering Corpse: nohing useul 1

A Middle-Class Corpse: assored iems worh D3-1 RP 2 - 4

Hauned! Place a Resless Spiri in base-o-base 5

Te Chained Cofn!!! Place he Chained Cofn marker 6

On a resul o 1-4 or 6, he Grave Marker is removed rom he able, On a roll o 5 he Marker is le onhe able and mus be removed as usual, bu may no be searched again. Once he Chained Cofn has

been ound, rea all urher rolls o 6 as a resul o 5.Te Chained cofn is very heavy and inics a 3 Movemen penaly on models in base-o-base. Also,i is chained shu and may no be opened unil saely in he culs deploymen zone, where i mus besmashed open: he Cofn has a Consiuion o 7 wih 3 Wounds. Once i has been opened, roll on heChained Cofn able. I a model carrying he cofn is Charged, he cofn is dropped.

Chained Coffin TableWhas in he Chained Con? 1D6

An Occuliss Corpse: D3 Scrolls 1 - 2

Fiendish Lair: Shambler! 3 - 4Fiendish Lair: Nigh Salker! 5

A Maser Occuliss Corpse!!! An Evil ome 6

I a Fiendish Lair resul is rolled, place he specied ype o Lurker in base-o-base wih he cofn. Iwill immediaely charge he neares model. Tis creaure mus be desroyed beore he game can end.Tese creaures will be reaed as a hird cul, and may be played by an imparial hird pary or by heopponen o he model who smashed he cofn.


Ending he Game: Te game coninues unil only one cul remains on he able. Finding/searchinghe Chained Cofn will no end he game. Grave Markers remaining on he board a he end o hegame canno be searched.


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Get 'Em!Once in a while you will come across some los ouriss, drunken college sudens or oher unorunae regularolks. Nohing says devoion like a litle human sacrice and nohing says human sacrice like humans. Pretymaids, all in a row, jus waiing or you o slip he black bag over he head and do as you like.

Se Up: Players place scenery o muual saisacion. In addiion each player rolls 1D3 and places hamany Civilians a leas 12 rom board edges and a leas 5 rom any oher Civilian. Players hen roll1D6 each, highes chooses shor board edge and ses up rs. Ten he oher player ses up on he op-posie side. Boh culs may se up in base-o-base wih heir chosen shor board edge.

Special ules: A he sar o your opponens urn (beore Draws and Nominaions) you may se-lec one Civilian (ha hasn been grabbed) and ake one Change Sae acion or one Move Acion inany direcion, bu no ino base-o-base wih anoher model. Models moving ino base-o-base wiha Civilian simply Grab Em and may now Move (along wih he Civilian) a a 1 Movemen penaly.Shooing is difcul and models wih a grabbed Civilian suer a +2 penaly o Dexeriy. I sho a, hehi mus be randomized beween he models. Civilians have he ollowing prole:

Civilian

M Dex. Con. A W es. Skills

5 5+ 5 1 1 5+ None

Weapons: UnarmedSpecial: Human

I he Civilian goes Face Up or Face Down an addiional 2 Movemen penaly will be incurred. Mod-els will drop a Civilian when Charged or a any ime hey wish.

Once he grabbed Civilian (and accompanying cul member) move o he able via he shor boardedge he Civilian is capured. Civilians may be used in he ollowing ways in he pos-game.

Sacrifce!: in he Favour Phase o add a 1 bonus o your Favour roll.Indocrinae!: in he Cul Managemen Phase, i you have he skills.

aise!: Deah Culs may kill Civilians and gain a Zombie or no RP (he Zombies BP sill adds ohe CR).

Breed!: Dagonies may atemp o breed wih hem. Roll 1D6 or each Civilian: 1-4 Tey die, 5 Par-ial Success: Gain a Hybrid, 6 Success!: Gain a Fishman! (No RP bu add he BP o he CR)


Ending he Game: Te game coninues unil all he Civilians have been removed rom he able. Ione cul is eliminaed, he winner may roll 1D6 or each Civilian sill on he board. 1-4 hey ge away,5-6 hey are capured.


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The Summoning!Te nigh would no be denied is prize! Te sacred ries had been proclaimed and he sacrices had been madenow o summon and command a creaure o pure daemonic evil! Bu wha i somehing were o go wrong? I wasalready oo lae...

Se Up: Players place scenery o muual saisacion. In addiion, 3 Obelisks are placed in a riangle.Tey are placed anywhere on he board (excluding deploymen zones) and mus be a leas 10 apar.Boh players place Obelisks alernaely, saring wih he lowes CR cul. Players hen roll 1D6 each,highes chooses side and ses up wihin 5. Ten he oher player ses up on he opposie side alsowihin 5.

Special ules: Te space beween Obelisks is called Te Black riangle; any model ha dies wihinhis space will generae 1D6+3 BP owards he Summoning o Daemons.

A any ime (by using a Summon Spelli you have one) once he deah-generaed BP (Build Poins)are sufcien you may summon any Daemon o he allowable BP. Tose Build Poins are hen removedrom he oal so ar accumulaed by he riangle.

I no Summon spell is available, a Godling will be Summoned auomaically a he sar o he urnaer 30 BP have been generaed. Place i somewhere wihin Te Black riangle. I would be bes i animparial hird player conrolled i, bu i no players should roll 1D6 each a he sar o each o heGodlings urns o see who is in conrol or ha urn.

Saring he Game: Te cul wih he lowes CR chooses who goes rs.

Ending he Game: Te game coninues unil all he models in one cul have been oally removedrom he ableunless he Godling has been summoned. I so he game coninues unil he Godlingis removed, or everyone else is eiher crazy or dead!!! (Removed rom he able)

Favour ScenariosNo Favour Scenarios are provided wih his demo packe. Don worry hough, pleny o disurbinghings in he works

Alerting the Authorities A cul wishing o Aler he Auhoriies may play as members o Local Law Enorcemen and heTreshold Agency raher han allow heir piiul cul o ake anoher embarrassing beaing. Full rulesare no provided bu players should use he Treshold rules rom pages 25-28 o he Srange Aeons

Rulebook. Te lis will be buil o he same oal Cul Raing o he highes cul. A simple conversionwill allow you o use Special Agens:

1 Map Piece=2RP (Resource Poins)


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Post-Game SequenceOnce he game is over here are sill some loose ends o be ied up. Who was injured? Wha waslearned? And wha was i all or? o keep i simple he Pos-Game Sequence is always composed ohe same seps.

Major Injury Phase1.Skill Phase2.Favour Phase3.Cul Managemen Phase4.Re-Equipmen Phase5.

1. Major Injury PhaseCul lie is hard; injury and madness are a way o lie or he aihul. Any model removed rom heable wih a Major Injury mus roll on he Major Injury able or permanen eecs. See Major Injuriesin he Injuries secion. Hosages may be rolled or a he end o his phase.

2. Skill PhaseYou don have o be a hero o learn somehing. Any model ha survived (was no removed rom heable due o injury) may roll or he chance o gain a skill. Players receive a dice or each uninjuredmodel in he cul. Roll all dice, on a 6 a skill has been learned. You may assign he skill(s) o any unin-jured model, hough each model may learn only one skill per game. Skills add +1 BP (Base Poin) ohe models prole.

3. Favour PhaseGaining he avour o nebulous, ancien and uterly evil deiies is difculbu rewarding. Boh play-ers may roll one dice each. On a roll o 6 a poin o Favour has been atained or some diabolical acha ranspired in he game.

Te winning player gains a 1 bonus o his roll, making his roll a 5 or beter. Cul models o any ypemay be sacriced o add an addiional 1 bonus per model. Sacriced models (and heir poins) areremoved rom he lis permanenly. I a member o he cul is sacriced, you may reain heir weaponsand gear.

4. Cult Management PhaseLooking aer he needs and wans o depraved madmen and monsers can ake a bi o managemen.I he Magus survives he game wihou injury he generaes 1D6 RP. Addiionally, players receive adice or each uninjured model in he cul (beside he Magus). Roll all dice, on a 4-6 a single ResourcePoin has been generaed per successul resul. Once all available models have generaed poins checkhe Upkeep able o see wha amoun o RP mus be paid o manage he cul.


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Upkeep TableNumber o Cul Members equired P

1 - 5 1

6 - 10 2

11 - 15 416 - 20 6

21 + 10

I you do no have enough RP o pay he required amoun each model ha is unmanaged mus ake aResolve es. I ailed hey leave he cul wih all weapons, spells and gear hey were carrying.

5. Re-Equipment Phase

Any available RP can now be saved or spen as he player wishes o re-equip his cul. I may be a goodidea o bank a poin or wo o ensure your cul doesn have o make a Cul Uniy es when you gobroke! Ten again, i may be jus as wise o spend i all on weapons o desrucion! Once you are n-ished uilizing your unds simply re-abulae your oal Cul Raing and awai your nex batle.

Your Mission...Should you choose o accep i, which you darned well beter seeing as we gave his o you or ree!Ahem, err, anyhow. Our mission a Uncle Mike's Worldwide is o make he absolue bes horror skir-mish game we possibly can, and a big par o ha is ensuring ha our game is as un as i can possibly

be or you, he player. So, play he heck ou o your cul! Le us know wha worked, wha didn work,wha you loved, and wha you hink needs improvemen. Have ideas or a scenario, a cul archeype,anyhing you don see here? Wed love o see i, and i we elec o include i in he nal game, youllreceive a wriing credi. Even i you don submi conen, well credi you as a playeser i you provideus wih eedback.

Where do I conac you, o urive and shadowy game designer? you may ask. Well, you can eiherpop o an email o [email protected], or join in he discussion on our sub-orum a Lead Ad-venure Forum. Look or us under Call o Chulhu -> Srange Aeons, or click his handy link.

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