Trail of cthulhu is a new standalone gumshoe system game under license to chaosium set in the 1930s it supports both pulp for indiana jones robert e howard thrilling locations sorts of games and purist styles of playfor intellectual horror and cosmic dread hp lovecrafts work combined both sometimes in the same story it includes a new take on the creatures cults and gods of the lovecrafts literature and addresses their use in gaming it adds new player backgrounds and bulk out the