New version of Call of Cthulhu - survey

[Piratecat]

Its fun how you can read the survey results after you take it.

I wonder if that's intentional?

I'm betting it isn't. They'll want to fix that.

 

[Wombat]

Amused to fill out this survey -- I love rpgs and I like the writings of Lovecraft; I also feel that no rpg will ever, ever feel like Lovecraft in the slightest, in that you have a group (not an individual) that learns more about the blasphemous horrors ... and yet willingly goes back to face it again and again, often in many locations over a long period of time.

I enjoy CoC as a general horror game, but not as something really Lovecraftian.

 

[WayneLigon]

I enjoy CoC as a general horror game, but not as something really Lovecraftian.

You get a couple people that do 'adventuring' things in the books; Prof Armitage in The Dunwitch Horror comes to mind. He knows what's going on, and seeks to stop it.

 

[TerraDave]

Its seems like a good idea...But you have two great systems already. And CoC is, in each case, one of the best examples of what you can do with that respective system.

So lets do a third!...hmm.

 

[Glyfair]

Simon Rogers post this in his blog today:

I've been looking through the Call of Cthulhu survey data.

The following fault lines are developing in the data - we have over 450 responses now.


* A number make reference to system in language developed at the Forge. Others beg that we don't do create something informed by the Forge.
* We have the Pulp vs Anti-Pulp lobby
* There are the SAN death spiral supporters vs those who support greater mental stability for characters
* There are those who think that non-canon play is because of bad players or GMs, and those who think it's a system problem
* Some dislike non-Lovecraft Mythos, vs those who do like it.
* A group are fed up with bashing evil cultists, others love the smell of flamethrower before breakfast.
* Lots of Germans play CoC.


Other trends

* Most people value simplicity in a rule set much more than anything else.
* 20% said Masks of Nyarlathotep was their favourite adventure, 10% Mountains of Madness.
* Even those who supported pulp gaming didn't want the characters overpowered.


One comment however stands out:

"Every game I run ends up being CoC in the end."

That is a GM I would like to play with.

 

[Pelgrane]

The free availability of data is a reward for filling in the survey - but please do fill in the survey before looking at the data. We are creeping up to 500 responses, which is way more than I expected.

The game will be a different take on the mythos, and isn't intended to replace CoC.

 

[Numion]

The game will be a different take on the mythos, and isn't intended to replace CoC.

Is it based on the fan-made silent Cthulhu film? The players have to mime their actions?

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

Lots of Germans play CoC.

CoC is huge in Germany. Its German publisher, Pegasus Spiele, has released new books in a quantity and quality that puts Chaosium to shame, and also has one of the best RPG zines out there dedicated exclusively to CoC. In recent years, CoC has even supplanted the World of Darkness as the most popular horror RPG, and most German RPG stores have at least entire shelf dedicated to the line.

They are even producing campaigns as boxed sets. When was the last time an American publisher has done that?

 

[KaosDevice]

Boxed sets?


That makes me all misty eyed and sad...

 

[BronzeDragon]

It would take a true gaming rules revolution to make me change from BRP to another system.

They have to tread this path very carefully if they intend to remain in business after release.