Cthulhu Hack RPG Core Rules 2E Island Of Ignorance

Ignorance. Ghastly, blinkered ignorance. The circumstances of the English settlement of Terra Australis in 1788 are as unique as they are awful. Conceived as a self-contained prison, literally on the other side of the globe from the civilised world, the colony of New South Wales was intended as a place to which all the criminal class of Britain might be banished. No one seemed to perceive the potential hardships and tragedy that awaited this expedition or the pressure-cooker environment at the journey’s end. But that was only the beginning of the dangers to come, in a land that had seen extraordinary inhabitants, some now long expired, and others only sleeping.