Pelgrane Press Cthulhu Confidential, Black

Price: $36.94
(as of Mar 19, 2025 08:57:42 UTC – Details)


One Game Master — One Player!

Face Madness and Corruption…alone!

Langston Wright is an African-American war veteran and scholar in WW2-era Washington, D.C. Vivian Sinclair is The New York Heralds most determined scoop-hound in 1930’s NYC. And Dex Raymond is a hard-boiled private detective with a nose for trouble in 1930’s Los Angeles.

Each is a lone investigator, equipped with smarts, fists, and just maybe a code of honor, uncovering their towns secret truths. But what happens when you scratch the veneer of human malfeasance to reveal an eternal evil — the malign, cosmic indifference of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos?

You get Cthulhu Confidential, the first RPG to use the new GUMSHOE One-2-One system. GUMSHOE One-2-One retunes, rebuilds and reenvisions the acclaimed GUMSHOE investigative rules set, as seen in such hit roleplaying games as Trail of Cthulhu and Nights Black Agents, for one player and one GM.

Together you create a story that evokes the classic solo protagonist mystery format.
* Can’t find an entire game group who can play when you can?
* Want an intense head-to-head gaming experience?
* Looking for a game to play online, which fits superbly with virtual tabletops?

Cthulhu Confidential includes all the rules you need to play GUMSHOE One-2-One, plus a detailed approach to building your own mysteries.

Horror Goes Hardboiled Cthulhu Confidential drops your hero into the noir nightscape of hardboiled-era Los Angeles, New York, or Washington, D.C. Meet powerbrokers and politicians, rub shoulders with Hollywood studio bosses and fiery evangelists. Face narrow-eyed G-Men, bent cops and dangerous crime lords. But beneath it all, under the scrim of all this human endeavor, lives corruption so old and inhuman youll need all your courage and resourcefulness to face it.

Cthulhu Confidential features three protagonists each in their own setting, with three fully-featured adventures, which serve as a complete model for further mysteries of your creation.

The Fathomless Sleep How did fast-living society girl Helen Deakin come down with a case of catatonia? Her sultry sister pays you to find out. As Dex Raymond, you’ll explore a web of blackmail, dirty money, and weird mysticism in the city of fallen angels.

Fatal Frequencies In the offices of the New York Herald, Sadie Cane seeks reporter Vivian Sinclair’s help. Sadie’s fiancé, George Preston, disappeared three days after a murder in his apartment block. Can Viv uncover the truth about George, and will Sadie like what she finds?

Capitol Colour Lynette Miller was a riveter. A few weeks ago, she got a new job: hush-hush, and highly paid. Shes a clever and resourceful young woman, and now shes missing, and her father is heartbroken. Can Langston Wright unweave a web of deceit, face down racist cops, and uncover the deeper conspiracy which endangers the war effort?
Want to plunge into Lovecraftian mystery, without the need for a gaming group? Want to introduce a friend or loved one to the roleplaying hobby? Cthulhu Confidential has come to your rescue!
Cthulhu Confidential reimagines GUMSHOE, the classic rules of investigative adventure, for the excitement and intensity of head-to-head play.
Combine the darkness of 30s hardboiled detective fiction with the cosmic horror of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.
We’ll give you the tools you need to face the malign indifference of the Mythos, alone.
But will it be enough? Find out, with Cthulhu Confidential!