Phocaea

The Pastores is a creepy-as-all-get-up campaign set in Southern France in the 12th century. And there's a new coloured, updated version now on drivethru I'm only plugging it because it dont think it gets quite enough praise as an example of how stories can work beyond the 19th/early 20th century. The author really knows this world https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/443848/the-pastores-a-supplement-for-cthulhu-dark-ages

Thanks Jason. I hope this expands the audience for a terrific system. (the design/font/art look fab)

I have the Big Gold Book. Are there any insights into how the system has been tweaked or streamlined? Not inclined to pay for the new version if the changes are more incremental than substantial (or primarily cosmetic)

I could search out the link I suppose, but this is essence. A blogster recently tested a stack of systems to see which best caught the REH / Sword and Sorcery tone. His - surprising - answer was that Coc Pulp gave the best approximation of what he was after. Is Dark Ages popular enough to warrant a supplement that does the conversions and takes the setting a bit further? Probably one for fans only but it was an intriguing conclusion.

I picked up Magic World and Advanced Sorcery on special and really like them. Perfect for Low Fantasy/ S and S/ gaming which is more and more my jam. (As much as I respect 5E I find the billion sub classes and levels too min/max for mine) I am guessing it was let go because one smallish company needs to focus, not spread too itself too thin when it has lines such as Glorantha and Cthulhu to do properly. Which it has. The quality has been outrageously good in the last couple of years. Are there plans to rework MW? The name was rubbish and some of the production wasnt as good as it should have been but the bones were great. As much as I love RQ and its setting, id love to see something more REHoward and Moorcock coming through