Every so often, Bundle of Holding drops something that feels like an archival release; a chance to grab an entire game line in one go. The new Trail of Cthulhu Megabundle is exactly that: a sweeping, curated collection of the best material from the first edition of Pelgrane Press’s acclaimed Mythos‑investigation RPG.
You might have been curious about GUMSHOE, or you might have dipped into Trail before but never quite assembled the full library. This bundle is the closest thing to a definitive edition you’ll get until the second edition arrives later this year.
The Megabundle pulls together material from six previous offers, plus three major books that have never appeared in a Bundle of Holding before. The result is a library that covers every flavour of Trail: Purist horror, Pulp action, occult weirdness, historical investigations, and full‑length campaigns.
The Starter Collection (just $17.95) gives you:
- The complete Trail of Cthulhu First Edition rulebook
- The 2024 Second Edition Quickstart
- Hideous Creatures, Hite’s expanded Mythos bestiary
- Three scenario anthologies: Out of Time, Out of Space, Out of the Woods
- Shadows Over Filmland, a brilliant 1930s Hollywood nightmare
- Rough Magicks, a guide to Mythos sorcery
- The Keeper’s Resource Book and Screen
That alone is enough to run years of play.
But the Bonus Collection is where the bundle becomes something special. Pay above the threshold ($35.20 at the time of writing) and you unlock:
- Fearful Symmetries, Hite’s sprawling occult campaign
- Its companion volume, The Book of the New Jerusalem
- Cthulhu Apocalypse, a bleak, ambitious post‑Mythos setting
- Eternal Lies, one of the best long‑form campaigns in modern RPGs
- Cthulhu City, Gareth Hanrahan’s oppressive, dreamlike urban nightmare
- Mythos Expeditions, globe‑spanning investigations
- The Final Revelation, Graham Walmsley’s Purist masterpiece
This is the entire arc of Trail’s first edition, from its earliest scenario collections to its most ambitious, reality‑warping campaigns.
If you’re already a Trail fan, this is a chance to fill the gaps in your library and pick up the books that rarely go on sale. If you’re new to the system, it’s a complete syllabus: rules, scenarios, campaigns, bestiaries, and enough Keeper guidance to run the game confidently for years.
And with 2E on the horizon, this bundle becomes more than a bargain. It’s a snapshot of a game line at its peak, preserved before the next evolution arrives. The stars are right for only a short time.
The Megabundle returns to Celaeno on Monday, April 6.
You can click here to visit the bundle page over at Bundle of Holding.
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