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Originally Posted by keffir
Following Lovecraft's canon, there is You and Them. Utter Alterity is the main opponent. If you become Them, then you go into WoD territory so you should play another game.
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Agreed. Lovecraftian heroes aren't really "tempted by the Dark Side." The unravelling rarely turns them into villains. The only exceptions are Deep Ones and characters like the protagonist of 'The Rats in the Walls', where it more a revelation of their true gentic degeneracy. They were villains all along and didn't realize it.
I think, too, that there is a distinct lack of drama in playing for the side that will inevitably win. The players need do almost nothing to accomplish their goals.
In any case, the Gumshoe engine isn't designed at all for games where the players are in the know. What would they investigate?