This article originally appeared in Pyramid #12
Walker in the Wastes
Written by John H. Crowe III
Published by Pagan Publishing
Price: $19.95We've reviewed Pagan Publishing products before, so you probably already know who they are: a small company based in Seattle, WA, devoted almost exclusively to licensed supplements to Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game. They have a small staff (most of whom have day jobs — head Pagan John Tynes is also an RPG designer for Wizards of the Coast) and an obsessive insistence on perfection, which leads to a rather spotty production schedule. You don't know when a Pagan product is going to come out, but when it does, you're usually in for a treat.
Walker in the Wastes is certainly no exception. A massive 200+ page book, Walker is the first major campaign for CoC that Pagan has ever published. Author John Crowe claims that four years of writing and research went into Walker, and it shows. Walker in the Wastes immediately zooms to the top of the list as one of the finest Call of Cthulhu campaigns ever produced.
The entire campaign centers around Ithaqua, a major deity of wind, ice and destruction who had millions of worshipers around the world at one time. Defeated in a battle with the Elder Gods centuries ago, he is greatly diminished in power. His small but dedicated cult, however, has a plan for restoring Ithaqua to his former power. The gods who defeated Ithaqua trapped the greater portion of his life essence in "The Temple of the Winds," a temple sealed with a massive Elder . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: March 1, 1995
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