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Lovecraftian Newspaper Articles

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The GNDN blog posted this post containing various newspaper articles from US newspapers from the era 1924-29. These are sold as filler articles, but to be honest, if you put one of these beside another article, the Investigators are likely to assume they are plot hooks, not filler. Though in that case, they make great red herrings. via .

The Voynich Manuscript.

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This real life tome of forbidden knowledge is one that has been capturing the imaginations of occultists, historians, and of course gamers for centuries. If you have never heard of it, then, first off, why are you here? and secondly, go look it up (you can listen to podcasts on it here and here , or just read the Wikipedia page ) then come back! Ok, so now you are up to speed on this very cool but unique document, great, you can go online, loft some images and away you go, instant tome of awesomeness. But wait! Now, you can have your very own paper copy of this document. It is available for sale on amazon.ca  or at Yale University . At $50, it's not at all an unreasonable price for a hardback book. If only I had more space on my bookshelves. There are many options as to how this can be used. As a reference for the occult. Handouts can be easily made from it's pages, either as red herrings, or as clues for Investigators to follow. The real life history of the book is i