yeah the paper rpg was called call of cthulu.
set in the early 1900 - 1940's but not always, you played the role of a gumshoe or a detective or a reporter or something similar and explored weird phenonoma<spelling
if you saw too much spooky stuff you eventually went mad
if your an xfiles fan and played call of cuthulu you will see a dramatic co incidence except that scully and moulder are set more in the future.
michael moorcocks elric of melnibones rpg Stormbringer which i might add was wicked had insanity components as well with binding demons or spirits into items, sometimes they could break free and would be well cranky!
chainmail was the first inception of dungeons and dragons and gary gyjax did a "bill gates" by ripping off his university mates hard work when they built it.
you could go mad in dungeons and dragons if you were hit by psionics or used psionics in your campaigns.
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