Call of Cthulhu d20 Preservation Society

[teitan]

Basically, if it is a Chaosium title for a book or an Arkham House title then it is prolly trademarked like the title Call of Cthulhu is a trademark for CHaosium...

Jason

 

[Byrons_Ghost]

I think, though, you could usefully combine the two. Release adventures set in different genre "worlds" along with whatever mechanical doohickeys you need to support that era (an equipment list, notes on skills and feats, maybe a couple of Backgrounds or something). If the game is flexibly designed enough (like d20 CoC was) you won't need much to support different time frames/genres/settings.

Don't view them as genre supplements -- view them as adventures that need just a little bit of supporting crunch and fluff.

I think this would be the way to go. It's been done for other lines, for example AFMBE. They've gotten a lot of distance out of putting zombies (or zombie like things) into different settings and genres. Basically they just lay out a description of the genre, give some pertinent rules, and then 3 or 4 adventure/campaign settings that showcase various flavors of the genre (the kung-fu book, for example, had John Woo gunplay, Wuxia, Big Trouble in Little China, and Mortal Kombat type settings. All with zombies!)

As for HPL D20... yeah, I'd be interested. Especially if it got printed- sorry GM, I'm just not that big of a PDF fan. But that's just me. Another thing I'm probably in the minority on, I didn't really care for the D20 CoC classes. Just too generic for my tastes, not enough options. Something more along the lines of D20 Modern, though, with increased lethality and dangerous magic would be cool.

Wait... I just described Grim Tales, didn't I? Man, I need to get that book...

 

[Ghengis Cohen]

I would LOOOOOOOVE to see a Kult like D20 Modern setting! Would rock on toast.

Jason

I'm in definite agreement there, but such a game would probably need OGL liscensing, since Hasbro/Wotc, would not put their wholesome, family oriented reputation behind something so bloody nefarious.

 

[teitan]

So true, but ti would still be fun. I would also like to see a WOD like setting where you play monsters etc. That would be cool as well.

Jason

 

[philreed]

I've sent Chaosium a query asking if they'd be willing to license support of CoC d20 to a third-party publisher, but no response as yet. (I'm not surprised, this is Chaosium we're talking about...their response time can be measured in geological epochs )

They don't answer their phone, either. I've been trying to contact them for well over a year -- I guess they're just too good for me.

 

[Turanil]

I got a look at d20 Past art, and seeing the prestige classes and some monsters (especially the sea-devil), I think we get an excellent set of rules for CoC characters. I supose the book will also have 1930's equipment. Then, one only needs to make a CoC d20 supplement with cults and organizations, creatures, reprint UA sanity rules, books and magical items, and maybe a new magical system if d20 Past still comes up with D&D-like spellcasters. And then, ready to go!!

 

[Krieg]

They don't answer their phone, either. I've been trying to contact them for well over a year -- I guess they're just too good for me.

They managed to reply rather quickly when I sent them a terse letter explaining why I would no longer be a customer and would like to be removed from their mailing list.

 

[DanielJ]

I have call of cthulhu d20 but i dont have a group that plays so i havent played it yet.

I am gming a play by post game on another forum but i havent had the luxery or pleasure of playing the game as a player before.

 

[barsoomcore]

i havent had the luxery or pleasure of playing the game as a player before.

Dude, welcome to my world. My bookshelves are full of games I've run that I've never played in: Grim Tales, d20 Modern, CoC, Exalted, Skull & Bones, Mutants and Masterminds...

I buy games because I want to play characters in them. And then nobody I know will run them so I do. And then everybody I know says, "Well, there's no time for ME to run a game cause you're running them all the time."

Sigh.

 

[Gomez]

Dude, welcome to my world. My bookshelves are full of games I've run that I've never played in: Grim Tales, d20 Modern, CoC, Exalted, Skull & Bones, Mutants and Masterminds...

I buy games because I want to play characters in them. And then nobody I know will run them so I do. And then everybody I know says, "Well, there's no time for ME to run a game cause you're running them all the time."

Sigh.

Have you ever tried a Play by Post game? That is how I get to run and play in some games that I would never get to in my normal gaming group.