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<blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 5269824" data-attributes="member: 40177">Yeah, Cthulu is a blast.&nbsp; It's really one of the few games out there where players can have fun watching their PCs freak out, get mauled, or panic.&nbsp; I had one CoC game where the two players (both girls who were getting into RPGs to better connect with their boyfriends, both of whom hated D&amp;D but loved Cthulu) spent an entire session on a cruise ship, trying to figure out who (what?) was tearing people apart.&nbsp; Best part was when they woke up, and they were the only people left on the ship......they had their characters curl up into a ball, and cry.&nbsp; It was the most realistic portrayal of what someone would ACTUALLY do in that sort of situation.&nbsp; It was a lot of fun.As for PC stupidity, I've had my fair share of them.&nbsp; A recent favourite involves the PCs going into an underground winery and doing some light exploration, knowing that one of their allies (a drow princess) was on her way to meet them.&nbsp; So, our party explores the winery, does their dungeon-crawling, and then decides to rest in the main entrance hall while waiting for the drow princess to show up.They hunker down in the first underground room, with the alchemist placing a bunch of traps on the main entrance.&nbsp; With the entrance blocked by traps, and the rest of the dungeon cleared, the group all goes to sleep.They are awakened by the sound of a very angry drow warrior princess, who has just triggered a bunch of fire traps and is now about ready to kill the alchemist.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wik, post: 5269824, member: 40177"] Yeah, Cthulu is a blast. It's really one of the few games out there where players can have fun watching their PCs freak out, get mauled, or panic. I had one CoC game where the two players (both girls who were getting into RPGs to better connect with their boyfriends, both of whom hated D&D but loved Cthulu) spent an entire session on a cruise ship, trying to figure out who (what?) was tearing people apart. Best part was when they woke up, and they were the only people left on the ship... ...they had their characters curl up into a ball, and cry. It was the most realistic portrayal of what someone would ACTUALLY do in that sort of situation. It was a lot of fun. As for PC stupidity, I've had my fair share of them. A recent favourite involves the PCs going into an underground winery and doing some light exploration, knowing that one of their allies (a drow princess) was on her way to meet them. So, our party explores the winery, does their dungeon-crawling, and then decides to rest in the main entrance hall while waiting for the drow princess to show up. They hunker down in the first underground room, with the alchemist placing a bunch of traps on the main entrance. With the entrance blocked by traps, and the rest of the dungeon cleared, the group all goes to sleep. They are awakened by the sound of a very angry drow warrior princess, who has just triggered a bunch of fire traps and is now about ready to kill the alchemist. :) [/QUOTE]

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