Phil Hendry 15 Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) Hi there, My group have just started a PBEM Cthulhu game, with me as GM. I'd have liked to have gone a bit more hi-tech than PBEM, but technophobic players are what they are. Anyway, there is a request for some 'background' info about 1920s life in general and Massachussetts in particular. Are there any favourite resources out there which give anything from a brief introduction upwards, to save me having to set in and write something please? I've had a hunt around the webosphere, and around these forums and have pretty much drawn a blank - my Google-fu seems to have atrophied in lockdown. Edited May 7, 2020 by Phil Hendry Adding a sentence Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rsanford 468 Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Phil I don’t know if you are a member but yog-sothoth.com likely has the resources you are looking for. The bad thing is, if you’re not a member and you apply, you will have to wait to Monday to get in. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Hendry 15 Posted May 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Thank you. I shall have a look around there and see what I can find. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
klecser 752 Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 One of the Investigator Handbook's main selling points is that it contains an information-rich gazetteer of the 1920s. Softcover version currently on sale if you're looking to save on retail! https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-investigator-handbook-7th-ed-softcover/ 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Baron 99 Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 A picture's worth a thousand words. Type "how we lived in the 1920s" into Youtube, and you'll find some fine short films. This one is especially good, animations based on old postcards: Very cool video on Youtube 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Scott 3,505 Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) As an aside, I find these 1920 maps very useful. They aren't crowded with modern stuff and being from the 1920s need no editing: https://www.loc.gov/maps/?fa=location%3Amassachusetts&all=true&dates=1920-1929. There's also linked photos at the bottom. Edited May 8, 2020 by David Scott 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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