Kickstarter [Chaosium] Call of Cthulhu 40th Anniversary Classic Kickstarter is Live!

[darjr]

Goodness this is such a good deal. And an incredible game.

 

[Parmandur]

Call of Cthulhu has been on my tabletop bucket list for a while, but the stars might be right to.pull the trigger with this opportunity.

 

[darjr]

Call of Cthulhu has been on my tabletop bucket list for a while, but the stars might be right to.pull the trigger with this opportunity.

Also think on this, it’s future compatibility with the latest editions means it opens up the entire library of wonderful horror of all Call of Cthulhu

 

[Parmandur]

Also think on this, it’s future compatibility with the latest editions means it opens up the entire library of wonderful horror of all Call of Cthulhu

For sure, been looking into it and it seems it would be smooth sailing to start with this boxed set and move out to more modern material as desired.

 

[darjr]

On a personal note, if funding this puts money in the pocket of the live steamers promoting with their game that’s a sweet bonus. Also I think I like this kind of marketing. It’s both sales/marketing and tutorial and super entertaining.

 

[Parmandur]

On a personal note, if funding this puts money in the pocket of the live steamers promoting with their game that’s a sweet bonus. Also I think I like this kind of marketing. It’s both sales/marketing and tutorial and super entertaining.

Watching some Call of Cthulu streamed by Cditical Role was a major inspiration to want to try the game (that and Arkham Horror being one of my all-time favorite board games, no thrill quite as cathartic as achieving a win state in that game). It has that smooth gameply style I like.

 

[Parmandur]

I have actually played Call of Cthulu d20, back in the day: set in the then-present day, encountering Eldritch Horrors on Telegraph Avenue and the UC Berkeley campus. Good times.

 

[Michael O'Brien]

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As Phil Frances wrote in White Dwarf #75, "Chaosium’s companion packs should be pretty familiar by now, and the company’s intention to publish bits of lore too odd to fit in elsewhere is essentially an admirable one. The latest collection of oddities is the Second Cthulhu Companion, also known as Fragments of Fear…"

Fragments of Fear was first published in 1985, and one of the five supplements we're reprinting in the Call of Cthulhu Classic Kickstarter, currently underway. The cover art is by Tom Sullivan.

Here's what reviewers have said about Fragments of Fear over the years:

Fragments of Fear (the Second Cthulhu Companion) (1985)

"All in all, worth every penny I spent on it. I strongly recommend it for the additional scenarios if nothing else, and it easily earns 5 stars from me." — Jeffrey V., DriveThruRPG.

"In the question and answer chapter (Sandy) Petersen explains reading Mythos tomes takes months because the authors badly handwrite obscure words, making occult and literary references unknown without further research. He answers the questions, “How do I learn a language in Cthulhu?” “Why must my character lose multiple SAN for seeing multiple monsters? and “Why can’t my character get used to seeing common Mythos monsters?” His answer to the last question changed the way my group plays, and my change your ways as well." — Guy Hail, Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer #79.

"The best part of Fragments of Fear is the fold out size comparison chart, which displays the relative sizes of most of the monsters and gods in the game... the weirdest thing is a selection of quotes of historical ritual curses compiled by Sandy Petersen." — Vintage RPG.

"Best known for its foldout size comparison of various Mythos gods and entities." — Reviews from R'lyeh.

nb if we hit our next Stretch Goal that Size Comparison chart will be included as a poster!

Call of Cthulhu Classic

A boxed collection of Chaosium's classic Call of Cthulhu products from the 1980s.

www.kickstarter.com

 

[Michael O'Brien]

BTW the boxed sets and PDFs on offer are not only packed-full of nostalgia from the birth of the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game in 1981, but are also fully compatible with the 7th Edition of the game!

 

[Michael O'Brien]

4000 Backers and still just under a week to go! Thank you to everyone so far joining our 40th year celebration!

Remember, our strategy for delivery of this Kickstarter has three key phases:

ONE - Within 1-2 weeks of this campaign ending we will distribute to backers all of their PDFs. ALL of them. They're already done. For Digital only backers this Kickstarter will be done and delivered.

TWO - Within a month of this Kickstarter ending all of the print files will go to our print partner for printing, collation, and then shipment to our warehouses. We will also make last calls for address updates.

THREE - Once the boxed sets are in our 5 fulfillment warehouses (USA, UK, EU, AUS, CAN) we will ship out everyone's boxed set(s) in a very timely fashion.

Call of Cthulhu Classic

A boxed collection of Chaosium's classic Call of Cthulhu products from the 1980s.

www.kickstarter.com