Experience the Exploration, Intrigue,  and Mythos Horror inspired by Sci-Fi adventure movies and the writing of HP Lovecraft.

Based on the Chaosium Basic Roleplaying Universal Game Engine, Gateways into Madness is a complete tabletop role-playing game that takes players into a dark, twisted universe where madness and hope for humanity coexist.

At the Antarctic research base Citadel, your characters are part of the humans who have reacted strongly to the Advanced Gene Therapy Process (AGTP) and developed the ability to travel through a pre-human Ancient Gateway deep in the mountains of madness. 

Thrown into Ad hoc Gate Survey Teams, completely unprepared, under-equipped, and understrength, the GST teams are sent into the unknown to discover the Mythos-inspired worlds of Gateways into Madness.

December 12th, 2006: TOP SECRET: Due to the unfortunate effects on human test subjects 2 and 5, Detel Scientist recommends a halt to further human trial testing with the full Ancient RNA. 

While disappointing,  they do believe that a smaller number of DNA strands could be used in a limited form of Gene Therapy for subjects suffering from ADHD or related developmental disorders. This could be a way to broaden the test pool with little overall risk.

Dec 2nd, 2015: Top Secret: I have grave concerns about the accelerated use of ancient DNA for commercial release. We don't want to repeat what happened in the early testing of 2006, but now it's being used by millions worldwide. We don't know what is going to happen when the DNA interacts with such a wide sample of the human population. - Sara McDonald Chief Research Scientist Operation SouthStar.

March 14th, 2026: Operation SouthStar TOP SECRET: Yesterday at 1am local time, scientist Dr Matt Chu was investigating the Green Crystal Artifact discovered in 1983, when he disappeared in research lab 2. Video footage shows Dr Chu holding the crystal and walking through a previous inactive artifact and disappearing.

It had been noted that Dr Chu had been reported as having fatigue and headaches when around the crystal artifact, but the base doctor believed that these were from the  AGTP treatment the doctor was taking for a previously diagnosed ailment.

The Operation is now on lockdown till the teams can find out a way to re-activate the ancient machinery. 

May 1st, 2026: Further study of the gateways and the effect on base personnel who can travel them relieved a few troubling trends. All who travel a gate complain of headaches and visions of alien landscapes or symbols, while a few report seeing creatures that defy rational descriptions.

It seems that these impressions lead to, at an unconscious level, an understanding of what is needed to be completed by the GST team in order to achieve their “goal” with access to another gateway to return to the citadel. 

Scientists believe that this indirect communication is the only way that the human mind can handle the ancient machines without gaining psychosis like what happened to Dr Chu.

Military planners are concerned that these “missions” are being influenced by ancient machines, but the results in technical knowledge have outweighed the danger to the team members.