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<blockquote data-quote="grufflehead" data-source="post: 5344795" data-attributes="member: 35977">Never played it but from what I have read, then Ahzad's suggestion of Trail of Cthulhu is an excellent one. Based off the Gumshoe system (which was actually written specifically to handle investigative games), here's the homepage:<a href="http://www.pelgranepress.com/trail/index.html" target="_blank">The Trail of Cthulhu RPG by Kenneth Hite for the GUMSHOE system</a>I think it is 'tweakable' as to the level of death/insanity as it talks about coping with pulp style right through to 'standard' CoC type games.As an alternative, *Realms* of Cthulhu is a Savage Worlds setting book which also features adjustable sanity/lethality levels. <a href="http://realityblurs.com/wordpress/?page_id=911" target="_blank">Realms of Cthulhu - Reality Blurs</a>Savage Worlds Explorer's Edition adds $10 to the cost, and while it's not the rules lite system some people claim, it is very quick to get PCs up and running. The skill system I would imagine (not having seen RoC but having a little experience with SW) is not as detailed, but may still be good enough for your purposes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="grufflehead, post: 5344795, member: 35977"] Never played it but from what I have read, then Ahzad's suggestion of Trail of Cthulhu is an excellent one. Based off the Gumshoe system (which was actually written specifically to handle investigative games), here's the homepage: [URL="http://www.pelgranepress.com/trail/index.html"]The Trail of Cthulhu RPG by Kenneth Hite for the GUMSHOE system[/URL] I think it is 'tweakable' as to the level of death/insanity as it talks about coping with pulp style right through to 'standard' CoC type games. As an alternative, *Realms* of Cthulhu is a Savage Worlds setting book which also features adjustable sanity/lethality levels. [URL="http://realityblurs.com/wordpress/?page_id=911"]Realms of Cthulhu - Reality Blurs[/URL] Savage Worlds Explorer's Edition adds $10 to the cost, and while it's not the rules lite system some people claim, it is very quick to get PCs up and running. The skill system I would imagine (not having seen RoC but having a little experience with SW) is not as detailed, but may still be good enough for your purposes. [/QUOTE]

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