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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 9789444" data-attributes="member: 86653"><p><strong><em>The [+] is to keep things positive and prevent the same old, tired arguments about the style of play, genre, and time periods. There are plenty of other threads to hate on games and play styles you don’t like. Also, this isn<strong><em>’t the place to argue about H. P. Lovecraft<strong><em>’s racism. He was a racist, end of. There<strong><em>’s no need to beat that long-dead horse. </em></strong></em></strong></em></strong></em></strong></p><p></p><p>There are a few people on here who play Call of Cthulhu and want to talk about it without the constant negativity of the other threads, so I thought we should have a general [+] thread about the game.</p><p></p><p>Okay, so, with that out of the way, let’s chat about the venerable Call of Cthulhu.</p><p></p><p>Tips, tricks, advice, ideas, secrets, clues, reviews, links...whatever you’ve got.</p><p></p><p>Here’s a few useful links and resources…</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.chaosium.com/" target="_blank">Chaosium’s website</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.chaosium.com/content/FreePDFs/CoC/CHA23131%20Call%20of%20Cthulhu%207th%20Edition%20Quick-Start%20Rules.pdf" target="_blank">Free Quick-Start rules from Chaosium’s website</a>.</p><p></p><p>The <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-starter-set/" target="_blank">Starter Set</a> is a great entry point at a great price. It comes with dice, a printed copy of the Quick-Start rules, a solo scenario (Alone Against the Flames), a scenario for 1-2 players (Paper Chase), two scenarios for 2-5 players (Edge of Darkness and Dead Man’s Stomp), blank character sheets, pre-gen characters, maps, and handouts.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-keeper-rulebook-hardcover/" target="_blank">Keeper Rulebook on Chaosium’s website</a>. This is the core book and the only one you need.</p><p></p><p>The <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-investigator-handbook-hardcover/" target="_blank">Investigator Handbook</a> is useful but entirely optional.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/callofcthulhu/" target="_blank">Call of Cthulhu on Reddit</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/callofcthulhu/comments/8gb0fc/100_tips_for_any_nonfunctioning_call_of_cthulhu/" target="_blank">100 Tips for Running Call of Cthulhu</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.yog-sothoth.com/" target="_blank">Yog-Sothoth forum</a>. 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.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://basicroleplaying.org/" target="_blank">BRP Central forum</a>. Official forum for Chaosium.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQs8-UJ7IHsrzhQ-OQOYBmg" target="_blank">Seth Skorkowsky’s YouTube channel</a>. Lots and lots of videos about Call of Cthulhu as well as reviews of scenarios and how to videos for running mystery, horror, and Call of Cthulhu.</p><p></p><p>Especially worth mentioning is Seth’s long review series of Call of Cthulhu 7E (the current edition). <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWpNDDhmOAw&list=PL25p5gPY6qKWQgHm7vGbIoeuuLdKtlVBj&index=1" target="_blank">This link goes to the playlist of his videos reviewing the game</a>. The first video is an introduction to the game and around the 11:40 mark he starts busting myths about Call of Cthulhu. It’s well worth the watch if you’re new to the game.</p><p></p><p>Alexandrian blogs on the <a href="https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/1118/roleplaying-games/three-clue-rule" target="_blank">Three-Clue Rule</a>, <a href="https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/7949/roleplaying-games/node-based-scenario-design-part-1-the-plotted-approach" target="_blank">Node-Based Design</a>, and <a href="https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/4147/roleplaying-games/dont-prep-plots" target="_blank">Don’t Prep Plots</a>. These are a great help when designing your own scenarios for Call of Cthulhu.</p><p></p><p>You can’t beat the <a href="https://www.hplhs.org/" target="_blank">H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society</a> for amazing props for Call of Cthulhu.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://discord.gg/FQ6QADME9m" target="_blank">Chaosium discord</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://discord.gg/NMaYN9Jy29" target="_blank">The Necronomicon discord</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://blasphemoustomes.com/" target="_blank">Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast website</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://discord.gg/Z3tfsGSRtH" target="_blank">Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast discord</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://modernmythos.libsyn.com/" target="_blank">Modern Mythos podcast</a>. Seth Skorkowsky is one of the hosts.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://dholeshouse.org/Characters/Default" target="_blank">Online tools including a PC generator and PC library at Dhole’s House</a>.</p><p></p><p>YouTube videos on running mysteries, horror, and Call of Cthulhu.</p><p></p><p>Seth Skorkowsky on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VRy5nNK_So&list=PL25p5gPY6qKUQsUkoavJuhvDxmJG2yFBk&index=2" target="_blank">Mystery</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SG01FV_zd4&list=PL25p5gPY6qKUQsUkoavJuhvDxmJG2yFBk&index=3" target="_blank">Horror</a>.</p><p></p><p>Corkboards & Curiosities on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s08K1AQRMeE" target="_blank">Horror</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQNPyhzccG4" target="_blank">Powerlessness</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ctO7QEPCc" target="_blank">Mysteries</a>.</p><p></p><p>Dungeoncraft on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_LrhcwWNNM" target="_blank">Horror</a>.</p><p></p><p>Alexandrian on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N52lZ2daDQg" target="_blank">Running Horror</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://handouts.cthulhuarchitect.com/" target="_blank">Handout generator over on Cthulhu Architect</a>.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Monster of the Week for the amazing monster and mystery creation rules and fronts (aka countdowns).</p><p></p><p>Blades in the Dark for the great presentation of clocks and countdowns. <a href="https://bladesinthedark.com/progress-clocks" target="_blank">The online SRD has everything you need if you don’t want the full game</a>.</p><p></p><p>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. <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/484223/mothership-warden-s-operations-manual?filters=0_0_200_0_0" target="_blank">It's $20 on DriveThru and well worth the price</a>. Not sure how to make a horror scenario, this book will show you step by blood-soaked step.</p><p></p><p>Cannot recommend enough the book <em>Morbidly Curious</em> 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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 9789444, member: 86653"] [B][I]The [+] is to keep things positive and prevent the same old, tired arguments about the style of play, genre, and time periods. There are plenty of other threads to hate on games and play styles you don’t like. Also, this isn[B][I]’t the place to argue about H. P. Lovecraft[B][I]’s racism. He was a racist, end of. There[B][I]’s no need to beat that long-dead horse. [/I][/B][/I][/B][/I][/B][/I][/B] There are a few people on here who play Call of Cthulhu and want to talk about it without the constant negativity of the other threads, so I thought we should have a general [+] thread about the game. Okay, so, with that out of the way, let’s chat about the venerable Call of Cthulhu. Tips, tricks, advice, ideas, secrets, clues, reviews, links...whatever you’ve got. Here’s a few useful links and resources… [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/']Chaosium’s website[/URL]. [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/content/FreePDFs/CoC/CHA23131%20Call%20of%20Cthulhu%207th%20Edition%20Quick-Start%20Rules.pdf']Free Quick-Start rules from Chaosium’s website[/URL]. The [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-starter-set/']Starter Set[/URL] is a great entry point at a great price. It comes with dice, a printed copy of the Quick-Start rules, a solo scenario (Alone Against the Flames), a scenario for 1-2 players (Paper Chase), two scenarios for 2-5 players (Edge of Darkness and Dead Man’s Stomp), blank character sheets, pre-gen characters, maps, and handouts. [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-keeper-rulebook-hardcover/']Keeper Rulebook on Chaosium’s website[/URL]. This is the core book and the only one you need. The [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-investigator-handbook-hardcover/']Investigator Handbook[/URL] is useful but entirely optional. [URL='https://old.reddit.com/r/callofcthulhu/']Call of Cthulhu on Reddit[/URL]. [URL='https://old.reddit.com/r/callofcthulhu/comments/8gb0fc/100_tips_for_any_nonfunctioning_call_of_cthulhu/']100 Tips for Running Call of Cthulhu[/URL]. [URL='http://www.yog-sothoth.com/']Yog-Sothoth forum[/URL]. 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. [URL='https://basicroleplaying.org/']BRP Central forum[/URL]. Official forum for Chaosium. [URL='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQs8-UJ7IHsrzhQ-OQOYBmg']Seth Skorkowsky’s YouTube channel[/URL]. Lots and lots of videos about Call of Cthulhu as well as reviews of scenarios and how to videos for running mystery, horror, and Call of Cthulhu. Especially worth mentioning is Seth’s long review series of Call of Cthulhu 7E (the current edition). [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWpNDDhmOAw&list=PL25p5gPY6qKWQgHm7vGbIoeuuLdKtlVBj&index=1']This link goes to the playlist of his videos reviewing the game[/URL]. The first video is an introduction to the game and around the 11:40 mark he starts busting myths about Call of Cthulhu. It’s well worth the watch if you’re new to the game. Alexandrian blogs on the [URL='https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/1118/roleplaying-games/three-clue-rule']Three-Clue Rule[/URL], [URL='https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/7949/roleplaying-games/node-based-scenario-design-part-1-the-plotted-approach']Node-Based Design[/URL], and [URL='https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/4147/roleplaying-games/dont-prep-plots']Don’t Prep Plots[/URL]. These are a great help when designing your own scenarios for Call of Cthulhu. You can’t beat the [URL='https://www.hplhs.org/']H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society[/URL] for amazing props for Call of Cthulhu. [URL='https://discord.gg/FQ6QADME9m']Chaosium discord[/URL]. [URL='https://discord.gg/NMaYN9Jy29']The Necronomicon discord[/URL]. [URL='https://blasphemoustomes.com/']Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast website[/URL]. [URL='https://discord.gg/Z3tfsGSRtH']Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast discord[/URL]. [URL='https://modernmythos.libsyn.com/']Modern Mythos podcast[/URL]. Seth Skorkowsky is one of the hosts. [URL='https://dholeshouse.org/Characters/Default']Online tools including a PC generator and PC library at Dhole’s House[/URL]. YouTube videos on running mysteries, horror, and Call of Cthulhu. Seth Skorkowsky on [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VRy5nNK_So&list=PL25p5gPY6qKUQsUkoavJuhvDxmJG2yFBk&index=2']Mystery[/URL] and [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SG01FV_zd4&list=PL25p5gPY6qKUQsUkoavJuhvDxmJG2yFBk&index=3']Horror[/URL]. Corkboards & Curiosities on [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s08K1AQRMeE']Horror[/URL], [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQNPyhzccG4']Powerlessness[/URL], and [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ctO7QEPCc']Mysteries[/URL]. Dungeoncraft on [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_LrhcwWNNM']Horror[/URL]. Alexandrian on [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N52lZ2daDQg']Running Horror[/URL]. [URL='https://handouts.cthulhuarchitect.com/']Handout generator over on Cthulhu Architect[/URL]. 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. [URL='https://bladesinthedark.com/progress-clocks']The online SRD has everything you need if you don’t want the full game[/URL]. 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. [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/484223/mothership-warden-s-operations-manual?filters=0_0_200_0_0']It's $20 on DriveThru and well worth the price[/URL]. Not sure how to make a horror scenario, this book will show you step by blood-soaked step. Cannot recommend enough the book [I]Morbidly Curious[/I] 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. [/QUOTE]
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