Skirmisher Publishing LLC is proud to announce the release of House of Pain, an official script for the Cthulhu Live 3rd Edition live-action horror roleplaying game ($4.99, ISBN 0-9777211-5-9, SKPE0704). It is currently available for download from DriveThruRPG.com, RPGNow.com, and YourGamesNow.com.

Welcome to the New World Order! It is the autumn of 1991, and the world is not what it used to be. Saddam Hussein's army lies in smoldering ruins. The Soviet Union is suffering its death throes. Germany has been reunified. Africa is aflame with small bush wars. Across the world, the balance of power is shifting. Old powers are dying out and the playing field of the future will be a chaos of warlords and rogue states.

In this full-length adventure for Cthulhu Live 3rd Edition, the players are power-brokers who have been invited to a private summit to help form the geopolitical landscape of the next century. But while they plot their moves and hide their secrets, they may find that they themselves are pawns in a much larger, more ancient game.

This scenario includes:

* Suggestions for props, costumes, and atmospheric effects.
* World-spanning conspiracies.
* 42 Pre-generated characters, so you can jump straight into the game.
* Two versions of the adventure: one optimized for reading on-screen, and one optimized for printing.

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