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Traveling The Black Seas of Infinity With The Call Of Cthulhu RPG
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<blockquote data-quote="trystero" data-source="post: 7714851" data-attributes="member: 67247"><p>Your findings are off-base as regards <em>Call of Cthulhu</em>; it's only ever been published by Chaosium since its original release in 1981*, and older books are re-issued primarily because the original editions are unavailable, not just to update them to the newest edition of the rules. (The only counter-example I can immediately think of is the second edition of <em>Horror on the Orient Express</em>, which uses the seventh-edition rules but also introduces an enormous amount of new material; it's not just a conversion of the long-out-of-print first edition.)</p><p></p><p>For all that it's been through seven editions, the game has remained backwards-compatible to a remarkable extent; the second through sixth editions are functionally the exact same game system with only trivial changes to skill names and base chances, and even the original first edition and the new seventh edition are close enough for an experienced Keeper to handle any required conversions on the fly.</p><p></p><p>Also, while I doubt <em>CoC</em> has ever sold in <em>D&D</em>-like numbers, the funded Kickstarters for second-edition <em>Horror on the Orient Express</em> and seventh-edition rules suggest that sales have not exactly bottomed out.</p><p></p><p>* = Off the top of my head, I can't think of any other RPG that's remained in print and actively supported by its original publishing company for 35+ years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trystero, post: 7714851, member: 67247"] Your findings are off-base as regards [i]Call of Cthulhu[/i]; it's only ever been published by Chaosium since its original release in 1981*, and older books are re-issued primarily because the original editions are unavailable, not just to update them to the newest edition of the rules. (The only counter-example I can immediately think of is the second edition of [I]Horror on the Orient Express[/I], which uses the seventh-edition rules but also introduces an enormous amount of new material; it's not just a conversion of the long-out-of-print first edition.) For all that it's been through seven editions, the game has remained backwards-compatible to a remarkable extent; the second through sixth editions are functionally the exact same game system with only trivial changes to skill names and base chances, and even the original first edition and the new seventh edition are close enough for an experienced Keeper to handle any required conversions on the fly. Also, while I doubt [i]CoC[/i] has ever sold in [i]D&D[/i]-like numbers, the funded Kickstarters for second-edition [i]Horror on the Orient Express[/i] and seventh-edition rules suggest that sales have not exactly bottomed out. * = Off the top of my head, I can't think of any other RPG that's remained in print and actively supported by its original publishing company for 35+ years. [/QUOTE]
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