The Great Old Ones rules the Earth aeons before the incidental rise of humankind. They came from the gulfs of space, waged war upon one another, and then were cast own by even greater beings. Remains of their cyclopean cities and forbidden knowledge can still be found in the remote extremes of our planet. Upon uncharted islands, within dark ocean depths, under burning desert sands, locked within polar ice, miles below the Earth's crust they lay imprisoned. But when the stars are right they will awaken and walk this Earth once more.
^Lynn Willis, Sandy PetersenCall of Cthulhu : Horror Roleplaying in the Worlds of H. P. Lovecraft by Lynn Willis and Sandy Petersen (2005, Paperback)EBayProduct. ISBN 9781568821818 (revised Feb 2015)
^Petersen, Sandy (2014). Call of Cthulhu : Horror Roleplaying in the Worlds of H. P. Lovecraft, Chaosium. BiggerBooks. ISBN 9781568821818 (revised Feb 2024)
^ Call of Cthulhu: Horror Roleplaying in the Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft Buy. ISBN 9781568821818 (revised May 2016)
I remember reading about the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game way back in an old issue of Dragon magazine when they reviewed the first edition. I remember thinking, "Come on...who's going to play a game based on Lovecraft?" Well, nearly 25 years later, this game is still going strong and now on it its 6th edition. This game truly is unlike any other role-playing game, not only in style but in the players and GM's thought processes.The book opens with a history of the Cthulhu Mythos including the stories..
I can't even tell you how much I love this roleplaying game. This short review won't even try. I'm simply going to point out a few negative things I noticed, which you can take into consideration after reading the other reviews.* Yes, the new art is beautiful. I'm glad I own 6th Edition. It utilizes a few gallons of blank ink, which truly does make the game--not only LOOK darker--feel darker. But, man, it's just murder on the copy machine. Lots of black backgrounds with white font. KINKO'S is going t..
I recently purchased the sixth (and newest) edition of Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu rules. From what I understand, the game has remained remarkably consistent over the past 25 years, such that the differences between the first and the sixth editions are relatively minor. I've only ran one session of Cthulhu, but I had a really good time and I would like to run more. Here's a chapter-by-chapter review of the book for those of you thinking about giving it a try.CHAPTER 1: H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu s..
