Terror Australis: Call of Cthulhu in the Land Down Under
Terror Australis is a supplement published by Chaosium in 1987 for the horror role-playing game "Call of Cthulhu", itself based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft. It was written by Penelope Love, Mark Morrison, Lynn Willis, Larry DiTillio, and Sandy Petersen, and is intended to be used as a sourcebook for adventures in Australia in the 1920s. It received positive reviews in game periodicals including "White Dwarf", "Casus Belli", and "Dragon". A revised and expanded second edition was published in 2019, which won two ENnie Awards. Description. "Terror  Australis" is a sourcebook for life in Australia in the 1920s. The book covers geographical information, lifestyles of the time, transport, aboriginal culture and myths, and a timeline of Australia. In the first edition, three adventures are included: In the second edition, two adventures are included: Publication history. Chaosium published the horror role-playing game "Call of Cthulhu" in 1981, followed by several supplements and adventures, including "Terror Australis: Call of Cthulhu in the Land Down Under" (1987), a 136-page softcover book written by Penelope Love, Mark Morrison, Lynn Willis, Larry DiTillio, and Sandy Petersen, with interior cartography and  art by Ron Leming, two full-color maps by Philip and Marion Andersen, and cover art by Tom Sullivan. A revised and expanded second edition was published in 2019 for the 7th edition "Call of Cthulhu" and "Pulp Cthulhu", a 304-page PDF written by Penelope Love, Mark Morrison, Dean Engelhardt, Marion Anderson, Phil Anderson, Geoff Gillan, Richard Watts, Darren Watson, Vian Lawson, John Hughes, Tristan Goss, James Haughton, Sandy Petersen, Brian M. Sammons, with contributions by Mike Mason and Lynne Hardy, cartography by Matt Ryan, Kalin Kadiev, Andrew Law, and Nicholas Nacario, interior art by Corey Brickley, Caleb Cleveland , David Grilla, Eric Lofgren, Joel Chaim Holtzman, Jonathan Wyke, Lee Simpson, Linda Jones, Matthew Wright, Michelle Lockamy, Pat Laboyko, Victor Leza, and M. Wayne Miller, and cover art by Miller. Reception. Both the 1st and 2nd editions received good reviews from critics: Other recognition. In 2020, the National Library of Australia added a copy of the second edition to their collection as a work "of national significance relating to Australia and the Australian people".