Yog-sothoth.com (otherwise known as "Yog-Sothoth" or simply "YSDC") is a web site devoted to the works of weird-fiction author H.P. Lovecraft, and Cthulhu-based tabletop games and media. Description YSDC concentrates on two main areas: # The works of the early 20th Century weird-fiction writer, H.P. Lovecraft, and the associated . # Various roleplaying, board, and computer games that have been developed in response to Lovecraft's works. The web site also produces podcasts and other media recordings discussing aspects of tabletop games and Lovecraftian media. History The site has been online for over twenty years and has passed through six significant generations since its inception in 1998. The majority of visitors are from North America and Europe. The site was the first, worldwide, to produce "Actual Play" in 2003 (recordings of roleplaying games distributed over the internet), subsequently followed by the first live audio and video streams. In June 2019 the site became member access only, to improve privacy and security. Community YSDC has a community of some 20,000 members, with a focus on news, forums and audio and video productions, along with a map-based Players' Directory. The forums deal largely with the roleplaying games associated with Lovecraft's mythos, but can also range from the original works of Lovecraft and his fellow authors, through mythos-related films, books, games and other media.
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