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Alone Against Nyarlathotep

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Stand alone game. No other rulebook required.

Alone Against Nyarlathotep is a huge Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition, solo campaign, set in Classic 1925 England. 3 times larger than other "Alone Against..." titles this sandbox game has hundreds of locations. Dozens of NPC's, tens of items and numerous horrors to battle. The solo game, allows traditional TTRPG gameplay, but without several players, or a Keeper.

Please Note this game is not a solo port of MoN and includes no spoilers.

Local train stations 1925

Game mechanics allow for vast exploration and tracking of time, in a complex web of plots and intrigue. The setting is real and perfect for Lovecraftian horror. There are numerous vehicles, to use, animals to ride, trains to alight and boats to sail. Mythos tomes to study, weapons to acquire, from nitro express elephant guns to deadly axes. Government agencies, private organisations and law enforcement, all have an interest in your case. 

Can you thwart the cosmic horrors and fiendish puzzles, to overcome the evil? Can you stave off insanity and stay out of the asylum? Can you overcome the eternal horror and save the world, from downfall? Only you can decide, once you are Alone Against Nyarlathotep.

340 pages of solo Call of Cthulhu investigation, horror and combat. Totalling 1185 entries, numerous maps, several towns and villages, numerous farms, several pubs and more. includes 8 PRE GEN characters and more that can be recruited in the adventure. Expect to lose some along the way in this campaign of attrition, not for the feint hearted.

This is perhaps the most difficult Alone Against title, but there are many endings and ways it can play out, depending on your chosen lines of investigation. Allowing several play throughs to provide totally different stories and conclusions. However, it also teaches new comers how the game mechanics work and how a Keeper would handle many situations. A useful learning tool, for would be keepers and challenge for seasoned players alike. 

Hundreds of choices to be made and clues to uncover, in this cryptic nightmare, you find yourself in. Maybe together, your group of investigators can succeed? All you need is some dice, pen and paper. Dozens of hours of play await in this mono player mystery. Hundreds of illustrations, help to visualise the thrilling adventure. With almost 200,000 words to capture your imagination. Don't delay, board today. This hyperlinked PDF provides the dark mystery, you have always wanted to find yourself immersed in, if you dare.

*** NOTE: If you buy the HARDBACK but not the PDF, use the link to download and print the sheets and PRE GENS from the back of the book, for easy play.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/498712/aan-printer-friendly-handouts

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This publication has been launched at the special introductory price of $18.99

(less than 6 cents per page.)

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Daniel H February 02, 2025 12:52 am UTC
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I spent a few hours on my first session this afternoon, reaching the end of the first day. I've encountered a few entries where you lose HP, make a check, and repeat the entry if the check fails. 1091 is an example. My primary investigator (Emily French) went unconscious, and there are no instructions for that situation in the entry or, from what I can tell, the front matter. I guess in this particular case I can start the morning of day 2 with the other member of the party (Cynthia Balshaw). But I don't know what happens to Emily's possessions. And I'm not sure what to do if it happens in a sequence that's not at the very end of a day.
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Lee W February 02, 2025 1:07 am UTC
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Hi I've just looked it up and you are right there is no explanation in this instance. I apologise. You are the first to report this happening to them.

You can either spend the 35 luck if using pulpy rules to see if you can break out in the next round instead. Otherwise yes, you are missing and you choose a new main character. All Your equipment is left in room 6. Your body is missing.

Go to entry 123

Apologies for this oversight in the game. Good luck
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Justin H December 11, 2024 7:05 pm UTC
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Has anyone done this pdf only? Curious about the usability. Very interested but cant spring for the hard copy right now. If the pdf is not a recommended experience, perhaps Ill save up
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Lee W December 11, 2024 7:18 pm UTC
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Someone contacted me last night after completing their first playthrough using the PDF. They said that the PDF was very easy to use and worked well. That they actually imagined it would he harder with just the book. Many of the reviews were from before a hard copy was available. If you do get the PDF and enjoy it please drop a review confirming your findings. Thanks
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Eric F December 26, 2024 3:39 pm UTC
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Hi Lee. I will soon try a pdf only campaign and am happy to give feedback. Are there PDF fillable versions of the character sheets and time keeping table? They look like images in the PDF. Thanks a lot in advance!
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Emil V November 28, 2024 9:29 pm UTC
Is there any way to get a free pdf if you buy the hardback?
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Lee W November 28, 2024 11:22 pm UTC
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I'm really sorry. Chaosium specifically told me not to do that. It is their guidance on all of Miskatonic Repository.
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Emil V November 30, 2024 12:38 am UTC
Weird, they offer pdfs with purchases on their own website of their in house products. If they ever do a print run in house, or let you change this policy I'd love to buy it, it looks fun.
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David T November 13, 2024 2:20 pm UTC
Hi - can you play this with more than one player? Like, can this be played with two players as a sort of GMless game? I would imagine the only possible issue would be balancing issues.
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Lee W November 13, 2024 3:32 pm UTC
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Yes it can. There is a short section in the rules about it. I know of a 2 player group still playing this after 11 sessions (over 40 hours). Hope that helps
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Lee W November 13, 2024 5:45 pm UTC
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It is best to start with 1 investigator and meet the second player on the train. Hope that helps.
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Mark H October 01, 2024 9:58 am UTC
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I notice that the hardcover does not provide the pdf for free; that's somewhat disappointing.
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Lee W October 01, 2024 10:27 am UTC
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I apologise. However, if you look around on Miskatonic Repository you will find all the hard copies do not come with free PDFs. Even the very top sellers The advice I recieved from Chaosium was to keep the pdf at standard price as otherwise people do "weird things" ....
I'm guessing they meant trying to get refunds or something. Apologies
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Mark H October 01, 2024 10:54 am UTC
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Thanks for the prompt reply
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Mark H October 01, 2024 4:10 pm UTC
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Having read the reviews and giving it due consideration, to support your efforts, I've decided to buy the hardcover/pdf combination. Keep up the good work.
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Lee W October 01, 2024 4:16 pm UTC
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Thankyou so much for your support. I hope you get drawn into the mystery and enjoy the game. K'tulhu F'tagne
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Lee W October 01, 2024 5:40 pm UTC
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Thankyou so much for your support. I hope you get drawn into the mystery and enjoy the game. K'tulhu F'tagne
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Mark H October 14, 2024 2:37 pm UTC
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Hi Lee,

Looks like a lot of work spent on producing it, however, I have noticed some errors on the pre-gens [I don't know if anyone else has pointed these out]: Lt. Hustle: My Story has the word "solitor's" which obviously was meant to be "solicitor's", and under Possessions there is no Lee Enfield rifle listed although it is shown under his Combat entry. For Cynthia Balshaw: Ideology and Beliefs: the last line is missing, and under Possessions no shotgun is listed even though it is shown under Combat entry; Damon Southcott: Personal Description: "He looks like friendly man", obviously was meant to be "a friendly man" and under Significant People: last line is missing; Keko Fong: Personal Description: "eko is a petit lady" should be "petite"; Ron Mahoney: My Story: some muddled wording on right hand side and "inherenting" should be "inheriting". Also under Personal Description: last line missing. Possessions: looks like...See more
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Lee W October 14, 2024 6:00 pm UTC
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I'm sorry and again can only apologise. If you look at the credits of the book in the front, you will see the pre gen character sheets are the only part I didn't do myself. I should have proof read them better.
Just a note: the characters with weapon skills that are not in their inventory, have those skills from other activities such as war experince and game shooting. However, they either don't own such a weapon or have opted they shouldn't take it to the reading of a Will. Some characters have justified it to themselves to be armed. I Hope that helps and doesn't spoil your enjoyment of the investigation.

Drop me a line at [email protected] if you have any more issues or questions and I will happily provide any support or note errors for possible future edits. Despite spending a long time re editing I'm sure I've still missed typos here and there. It's a massive task in such a big publication and harder than I estimated. Good Hunting
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Mark H October 14, 2024 10:11 pm UTC
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Hi Lee,

I appreciate the reply....I've actually been doing some proofreading for Toby Lancaster on some of his products such as 2D6 Dungeons, 2D6 Realms and Alien Sanctuary on Kickstarter recently....so I'm afraid I tend to be a bit "picky".

I'm actually glad you didn't create the pre-gens yourself as I could've mentioned quite a few other minor niggles on all the sheets, and that was making me have doubts as to the end-product quality [before I've had a chance to start the adventure!].

Take Care,

Mark Harrison
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Lee W December 21, 2024 10:49 pm UTC
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Update: I found that the pre gen file I used was not the one sent by the amazing KJ Montgomery and the edit issues were my own screw up. Apologies to KJ.
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Mark H January 19, 2025 1:56 pm UTC
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"Update: I found that the pre gen file I used was not the one sent by the amazing KJ Montgomery and the edit issues were my own screw up. Apologies to KJ."
In that case is there any chance of you regaining the original file and updating the pre-gens on here in the very near future?
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Ciro P August 21, 2024 10:30 pm UTC
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Any ETA on printed version please? :)
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Lee W August 22, 2024 1:42 am UTC
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Hi. I've spent the last month editing in prep for the Print version, in an effort for it to be error free and as good as possible. Still a little way to go before paying for the proof. Hopefully then it will be good to go to press. Sorry for the delay but it's been a mammoth task. Should be worth the wait. Thanks for your patience
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Ciro P August 22, 2024 8:44 am UTC
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Hi Lee. Thank you for the fast reply. Ive heard only good things about youre book, and allready made space in my library for it. :) Thank you again.
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Gregor A August 09, 2024 8:48 pm UTC
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Could you please redo the character sheet handouts, to have a white background? It's recommended to print them out (and I do prefer paper for this case) but that grey background ate a lot of ink, and made the sheets harder to read and write,
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Lee W August 09, 2024 9:29 pm UTC
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Apologies. This is a valid point and I thankyou for pointing it out. Originally I had made my own simplified, white background character sheets during play testing. However, feedback was that they wanted to use the official character sheets. Someone offered to convert them all, after asking for permission from Chaosium. I will attempt to create a second file, for the character sheets better suited to print.

I'm currently deep into a re edit that will be uploaded soon for the main game file. This is also to finalise the POD version.

In the meantime, Apologies for the typos but I hope you enjoy the game. Contact me through the FB group that is linked on the contents page, if you have any further problems.

Thankyou for purchasing AAN and good luck in your investigation.
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Ian M June 20, 2024 7:18 pm UTC
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What are the changes made to v1.1? Can I start playing with the new version while I'm on day 2 or should I restart?
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Lee W June 20, 2024 7:43 pm UTC
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It's just fixed a couple of wrong hyperlinks and typos. Carry on with v1.1 , and good luck.
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Ash H May 11, 2024 4:41 pm UTC
Is this in US Letter size? I would need to print this out to use it.
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Lee W May 13, 2024 10:31 am UTC
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Sorry for delay in reply. Yes it is US letter size. Hope that helps although you could change format when printing if it wasn't from what I was told. Cheers
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Emil V April 10, 2024 6:35 pm UTC
Is there any way to get this in print?
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Lee W April 10, 2024 7:55 pm UTC
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Yes but Miskatonic Repository only consider Print versions once it reaches 250 sales. I think if you upgrade at that stage they refund the PDF cost (you best check that). So to get to POD it needs supporters.

Thanks for enquiry.... Ktulhu F'tagn
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Lee W April 10, 2024 7:56 pm UTC
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Yes but Miskatonic Repository only consider Print versions once it reaches 250 sales. I think if you upgrade at that stage they refund the PDF cost (you best check that). So to get to POD it needs supporters.

Thanks for enquiry.... Ktulhu F'tagn
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Lee W April 10, 2024 7:56 pm UTC
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Yes but Miskatonic Repository only consider Print versions once it reaches 250 sales. I think if you upgrade at that stage they refund the PDF cost (you best check that). So to get to POD it needs supporters.

Thanks for enquiry.... Ktulhu F'tagn
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Emil V April 15, 2024 2:44 am UTC
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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Orlando F April 07, 2024 2:03 pm UTC
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Hi, can this be played with the quickstart rules or the full keeper rulebook is needed?
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Lee W April 07, 2024 2:07 pm UTC
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It could be played with either. Although to be honest you could even probably play it without, as it deals with everything.
:)
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Orlando F April 07, 2024 3:39 pm UTC
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Awesome!
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jose C June 21, 2024 1:09 am UTC
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I also would love to buy this in book form!
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Lee W October 14, 2024 6:03 pm UTC
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It is now available as a hardback :)
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