From an anonymous F. to Christopher Illopoly, this letter is remarkable for a number of reasons. First, that it explains with more clarity than usual the purpose and abilities of the Librarian of Hush House. Second, that the ‘secrets of inks’ are discussed with the candour of assured destruction. Third, that the letter was evidently […]
Category Archives: Rare Texts
DEC #2: YELLOW, a.k.a. Detective-Ostiary Pender
Happy advent, Believers. It’s been a helluva year. We have a bunch of announcements coming up in 2020, ranging from Mobile DLC to Other Cultist Stuff to New Stuff to Stuff That Isn’t A Game At All. We’ll also be able to reinstate our production roadmap, to give you all a much clearer idea of […]
“Got your book. Pretty good condition, too. Bit blurred round the edges, but the little fellow’s taken good care of it…” (January 15th-ish, 1906)
Yes! This should really be called ‘NOV #1: WESTENRA’, but this producer is Off The Rails. You can’t stop me. I’m naming this sprint update after the rather curious case of D and The History of Inks, written to a Dr. Serena Blackwood at the Office of the Curia. Click to read photographs of the […]
THREE SECRET HISTORIES
A compendium of the notes, extracts and books Alexis wrote as part of our Kickstarter campaign, all the way back in September ’17. Now with added visuals! Transcripts linked in the title, and if you would like to read Travellers to Italy in its full 19th-century glory, click on the image for a bigger one. […]
Weather Factory at GDC; and ACTUAL TANTRIC PHRASE OR OCCULT INVENTION
Lottie and I are off to GDC next week! This will render us quieter on social media than usual. Probably quieter when we get back, too, and I’m recovering from sharing atmosphere with all those other humans. If you’re also at GDC, do come say hi. I’m doing a talk about running an indie studio […]
“Fucine was spoken in the dry country. It is the language of witches. It shares words with High Aeolic.”
Addendum excised from Sir William Colt Hoare’s Hints to Travellers in Italy, 1815. MARRUVIUM was the chief city of the Marruvii, a mountain people who rebelled many times against Rome. The city was established as a colony after their final pacification. Today it is a little provincial town, San Benedetto dei Marsi, which has not much to […]
“Theresa Galmier wrote to a dear friend describing, elliptically, her experiences in the port of Noon.”
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Fanworks: Illopoly, Galmier and Coseley: an analysis
Cultist Simulator contains a fifteen or so occult books (it’ll be about a hundred and twenty by the time the game is complete). Here’s an exegesis of three of them by Anne Auclair from the Fallen London forums. I’m reproducing it without comment, and can’t vouch for its accuracy. The Locksmith’s Dream, Teresa Galmier “I […]
The Orchid Transfigurations: a Private Viewing
So I visited a certain seaside town, where Teresa Galmier had been before me. Some of the things I found in the Parish History museum: A dusty display case of flint tools; a stuffed hare; an inexplicable box of yellowing wool; a full-sized model of Queen Victoria, who visited in 1885; and this. It’s the […]
“Will there be same-sex romances in Cultist Simulator?”
Hi @alexiskennedy A quick question before I sign up on your thunderclap: will there be same-sex romances in Cultist Simulator? Thanks! — elidoo (@elidooooo) August 17, 2017 The answer is ‘yes’, but this is a sensitive and complex topic, so I want to respond honestly and to make sure that player expectations are met. In […]
