Lovecraft for kids?

[BunnyShoggoth]

Yesterday I saw a review of a new magazine called Arcane Secrets, which seems to be a kid-friendly version of Lovecraft (bizarre, isn't it). The reviewer compared the issue to Day of the Tentacle, and it actually reminded me of my longtime idea of making a DOTT/Lovecraft crossover game.



I'm curious whether anyone on the forums checked this stuff out, and what do you think about it.

[Ghost]

I absolutely like the idea. Seriously, Lovecraft's myths were already a shared universe when he was alive and people kept pouring their ideas into it. The original setup is cosmic horror, yes, but the iconic monsters allow for a lot of leeway. There's been an RPG "Cthulhu Saves The World" even, and it was glorious. And let's not forget "Hello Cthulhu", which has all the cosmic horrors stuck in a Hello Kitty sugar bowl world
Lovecraft can be criss-crossed-over with anything

And just the cover really sells it to me. Very nice style, I'd defenitely check it out.

[Mati256]

I only have the baby's book "Baby's first Mythos" and it's great. I love this stuff. :-D

[Janos Biro]

The kind of thing that drives church people crazy. There is a PnP RPG called Pokéthulhu, which is a mash-up between Pokemon and Cthulhu, where kids have to catch mythos creatures with ancient artifacts and then train them to battle!

And there is a toy that always puzzled me:
 

[Radiant]

And then there's the youtube series Calls For Chthulhu...

[Mati256]

And The Adventures of Lil Cthulhu.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOHJUrcVdJk

[Janos Biro]

Does that means Lovecraft is a kid's thing?