If you were interested in picking up a softcover print copy of the Convicts & Cthulhu Quickstart … we have just made a POD option available on its DTRPG page.

The PDF version of the Quickstart will always remain a free download (to help people see what the game is all about, and gauge our production value etc), but if you love having physical books at your gaming table … this one does look quite attractive in real life.

Er … by that I mean we are delighted to announce the release today of the totally-free ($0) Quickstart for our new iteration of the standalone Convicts & Cthulhu RPG.

You can download it right now from DriveThruRPG.

The Convicts & Cthulhu Quickstart is a 70pp book, complete with rules, Protagonists, and a full adventure. Right now it is available only as a PDF, but will be available in softcover print when the full Convicts & Cthulhu RPG launches on October 31.

One side-effect of us rebooting the Convicts & Cthulhu line is that the old 2016 sourebook (which contains statistics for the Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition RPG) will be removed from sale. If you want to grab it — in print or PDF — you’ll have until October 31.

Here’s a link to the old (soon-to-be-retired) sourcebook.

Our current plan is to release the full Convicts & Cthulhu core Rulebook on October 31. It is a 312-page book, and will be available as a hardcover print title for those that like physical books. It is approximately 3x the size of our earlier C&C setting book, expanded in literally every aspect.

Watch this space for more exciting announcements in the coming weeks (well, probably just one announcement when the book goes live, since we’re not all that fond of the endless hyping that seems to be the norm for book launches).

It’s been a bit quiet here on the CR Blog … but we have been working hard on making some great new stuff. For 2025 we’ve shifted from a programme of many (monthly) small releases to investing some time to create some much bigger things.

Apropos of which … we are gearing up for a really REALLY big announcement in a few days in relation to the standalone Convicts & Cthulhu RPG (a self-contained game powered by the Cthulhu Eternal Age of Revolutions SRD, and greatly expanding on the Convict-era stuff we released in 2016-2019). There will be two initial releases, a 70-page Quickstart (free in PDF, also available in softcover POD) and a 312-page core rulebook (PDF and hardback POD). We are hoping to have both released in September-October time frame … see below for some cover pics!

One consequence of this big reboot of Convicts & Cthulhu is that we will be discontinuing the older sourcebook (written for Call of Cthulhu, 7th Edition and available as PYWY). If you have been holding off on grabbing a copy of that — especially if you wanted it in print — I would suggest placing an order in the coming weeks before it disappears from DTRPG.

More soon …