Call of Cthulhu General Thread [+]

[RealAlHazred]

Since we're sharing resources, over the last few years I've been putting together a big list of Call of Cthulhu (and related) articles from periodicals. You can check it out here.

 

[overgeeked]

Since we're sharing resources, over the last few years I've been putting together a big list of Call of Cthulhu (and related) articles from periodicals. You can check it out here.

Holy crap. That's an insane amount of references and work. Thanks for sharing.

 

[RealAlHazred]

Holy crap. That's an insane amount of references and work. Thanks for sharing.

Every once in a while, I get to the end of my available resources. And then somebody says, "Hey, I happen to have collected a full run of (for example) Lider magazines! Would you like to check them out?" And it starts over again.

Although, admittedly, I've got most (if not all) of The Unspeakable Oath that I still haven't gone through, because I know exactly how big a job that's going to be....

 

[overgeeked]

A few of other games that can really help with running Call of Cthulhu would be Monster of the Week, Blades in the Dark, and Mothership.

Monster of the Week for the amazing monster and mystery creation rules and fronts (aka countdowns).

Blades in the Dark for the great presentation of clocks and countdowns. The online SRD has everything you need if you don’t want the full game.

And of course Mothership for the superlative Warden's Operations Manual. To my mind, this is the best referee book made in the last few years, if not decade. Not just for horror, but it's spectacular for horror. It's $20 on DriveThru and well worth the price. Not sure how to make a horror scenario, this book will show you step by blood-soaked step.

 

[overgeeked]

Just came across one of Justin Alexander's videos. This one on running horror games. Only about half-way through but it's really good and definitely worth the watch.

 

[overgeeked]

Adding one to the OP.

Cannot recommend enough the book Morbidly Curious by Coltan Scrivner, PhD. Fantastic book that goes over the science of horror. Great read for any fan of horror and could be useful for any horror referee.

 

[overgeeked]

Yog-Sothoth forum. You have to sign up to view it. It’s free but takes a little time as it’s a manual add. Well worth the time as it’s a great resource for referees and players.

Yog has apparently closed down as of today. That's too bad. It was a great resource.

 

[MGibster]

Yog has apparently closed down as of today. That's too bad. It was a great resource.

I used to frequent Yog way back when. A few years back, I tried to log in and my credentials didn't work. I tried creating a new account and it wouldn't let me for some reason. I simply gave up after that. It was a great Cthulhu website.