New version of Call of Cthulhu - survey

[Baron Opal]

Wow, boxed sets. I have been wanting to practice my German...

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

Wow, boxed sets. I have been wanting to practice my German...

Good ones are "Auf den Inseln", a campaign set on various North Sea islands, and the Weimar Germany boxed set.

There's also a recent boxed set with the German version of "Masks of Nyarlathotep", but I don't know if that one has anything new. However, "Horror on the Orient Express" has been released as a series of four hardcover volumes with lots of new material.


(And on a related note, I wish I had bought their Wales sourcebook before it went out of print. Well, at least I got the London sourcebook...)

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

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.

Well, if it's written by Ken Hite, it is worth buying for the non-rules bits alone.

At least that's my opinion, and I am sticking to it.

 

[Wraith Form]

I dunno, but I'm certainly the oddball among the respondents!

Just among the respondants?





KIDDING!

 

[Glyfair]

Well, if it's written by Ken Hite, it is worth buying for the non-rules bits alone.

I admit, even though the Esoterrorists game (the first appearance of the GUMSHOE system) was designed by Robin Laws, I had no interest in the subject matter. However, hearing that the system is an investigation rules set has me interested and I might have to pick up this CoC rules set to check it out (and I have never picked up any other version of CoC).

 

[Frostmarrow]

Blood Brothers

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

No, its in 3D. Weeeeeeeeoooooooo, weeeeeeeeeeoooooooo
*moving coffee mug back and forth in front of Numion's face*

 

[Pelgrane]

Thanks for the interest, guys. In response:

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

I could tell you, but then wouldn't that violate your game premise?

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.

You need have no concern about us going out of business. I am not taking any risks- my sales projections are very modest. I'm hoping the intial release game will be sufficiently succesful that we can issue a stream of adventures and player material, but it definitely will be a stand-alone system, designed to work easily with with existing CoC adventures. The BRP/GUMSHOE hybrid appendix will see to that; and this option should demonstrate that GUMSHOE can work along side BRP. It's a modular system.

I admit, even though the Esoterrorists game (the first appearance of the GUMSHOE system) was designed by Robin Laws, I had no interest in the subject matter. However, hearing that the system is an investigation rules set has me interested and I might have to pick up this CoC rules set to check it out (and I have never picked up any other version of CoC).

The GUMSHOE system core may well be modified enormously by Ken to adapt to CoC. If it's a choice between the system changing and the background giving, the system loses every time. However, the basics of GUMSHOE are well adapted to the investigative premise of most CoC adventures (and Lovecraft stories). You always get the minimum clues you need to continue with the adventure, but you can buy extra information to make later scenes go better for the PCs.

 

[scourger]

"Horror on the Orient Express" has been released as a series of four hardcover volumes with lots of new material.

A friend just got this one (English version). He has nostalgia from playing it years ago. He's interested in running it with Savage Worlds, which I intend to encourage.

 

[Starglim]

You always get the minimum clues you need to continue with the adventure, but you can buy extra information to make later scenes go better for the PCs.

Hm. How very Forge-ish. Unless it's actually "You get the minimum clues you need to continue with the adventure. Also, PCs 1, 2 and 4 die horribly. This buys you three more clues."

 

[Infernal Teddy]

(And on a related note, I wish I had bought their Wales sourcebook before it went out of print. Well, at least I got the London sourcebook...)

As an ex-resident of south-west Wales (Pembroke, to be exact), trust me, the Wales Sorcebook wasn't that good.