Cosmic Horror

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A community to discuss Cosmic Horror in it's many forms; books, films, comics, art, TV, music, RPGs, video games etc.

"cosmic horror... is a subgenre of horror fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible more than gore or other elements of shock... themes of cosmic dread, forbidden and dangerous knowledge, madness, non-human influences on humanity, religion and superstition, fate and inevitability, and the risks associated with scientific discoveries... the sense that ordinary life is a thin shell over a reality that is so alien and abstract in comparison that merely contemplating it would damage the sanity of the ordinary person, insignificance and powerlessness at the cosmic scale..."

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Explore The Haunted Streets Of Arkham Horror In Exciting New Ways (www.forbes.com)

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"The fictional New England town of Arkham, Massachusetts is a central part of the Cthulhu Mythos. It’s home to many stalwart investigators that have been created in Mythos based games like Call of Cthulhu. It’s also a quiet little town with plenty of shadowy mysteries to solve..."

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[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

The whole reason I got into Arkham Horror was because I needed a GM. The Arkham Horror Conematic Universe needs blood for the blood god.