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<blockquote data-quote="Michael O'Brien" data-source="post: 7907276" data-attributes="member: 6807727"><p><a href="https://www.chaosium.com/masks-of-nyarlathotep-slipcase-set" target="_blank">Masks of Nyarlathotep</a> is not cheap, but it does weight eight pounds, contains over 666 pages of material plus additional handouts and maps, and more, and will keep a gaming group occupied for many, many sessions of play. The equally epic <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/horror-on-the-orient-express-pdf/" target="_blank">Horror on the Orient Express</a> (currently out-of-print) is also likely to return as a high-end slipcase in due course.</p><p></p><p>But there are Call of Cthulhu 7e releases at various price points, including the very affordable, including these (price = PDF/physical):</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-7th-edition-quick-start-rules/" target="_blank">Quickstart Rules</a> (free/$9.95)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.chaosium.com/alone-against-the-flames/" target="_blank">Alone Against the Flames</a> (free/$12.95)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lynne-hardy/scritch-scratch/paperback/product-23635572.html" target="_blank">Scritch Scratch</a> (free/$8.99)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/sandy-petersen-and-mike-mason/the-derelict/paperback/product-22774455.html" target="_blank">The Derelict</a> (free/$8.17)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.chaosium.com/alone-against-the-dark" target="_blank">Alone Against the Dark</a> ($6.95/14.95 inc PDF)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.chaosium.com/dead-light-and-other-dark-turns-pdf" target="_blank">Dead Light and Other Dark Turns</a> ($6.99/13.99 inc PDF - physical book will be released in Q1 2020)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.chaosium.com/gateways-to-terror-pdf" target="_blank">Gateways to Terror</a> ($9.99/$19.99 inc PDF - physical book will be released in Q1 2020)</li> </ul><p>Most of the standard hardback releases for Call of Cthulhu (128 pages to 300 pages) retail for similar prices to what you'd pay for D&D, Pathfinder, and other similar RPG lines.</p><p></p><p>Chaosium uses a sales model where if you buy the PDF of a book directly from the <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg" target="_blank">Chaosium website</a>, you the get full price of the PDF off the physical version if you choose to buy it later.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The rules in the Starter Set's Introductory Rules booklet are probably enough to go on too. Unlike some Starter Sets, the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set includes character generation so you create your own or use the pregens that are also provided.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael O'Brien, post: 7907276, member: 6807727"] [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/masks-of-nyarlathotep-slipcase-set']Masks of Nyarlathotep[/URL] is not cheap, but it does weight eight pounds, contains over 666 pages of material plus additional handouts and maps, and more, and will keep a gaming group occupied for many, many sessions of play. The equally epic [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/horror-on-the-orient-express-pdf/']Horror on the Orient Express[/URL] (currently out-of-print) is also likely to return as a high-end slipcase in due course. But there are Call of Cthulhu 7e releases at various price points, including the very affordable, including these (price = PDF/physical): [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-7th-edition-quick-start-rules/']Quickstart Rules[/URL] (free/$9.95) [*][URL='https://www.chaosium.com/alone-against-the-flames/']Alone Against the Flames[/URL] (free/$12.95) [*][URL='http://www.lulu.com/shop/lynne-hardy/scritch-scratch/paperback/product-23635572.html']Scritch Scratch[/URL] (free/$8.99) [*][URL='http://www.lulu.com/shop/sandy-petersen-and-mike-mason/the-derelict/paperback/product-22774455.html']The Derelict[/URL] (free/$8.17) [*][URL='https://www.chaosium.com/alone-against-the-dark']Alone Against the Dark[/URL] ($6.95/14.95 inc PDF) [*][URL='https://www.chaosium.com/dead-light-and-other-dark-turns-pdf']Dead Light and Other Dark Turns[/URL] ($6.99/13.99 inc PDF - physical book will be released in Q1 2020) [*][URL='https://www.chaosium.com/gateways-to-terror-pdf']Gateways to Terror[/URL] ($9.99/$19.99 inc PDF - physical book will be released in Q1 2020) [/LIST] Most of the standard hardback releases for Call of Cthulhu (128 pages to 300 pages) retail for similar prices to what you'd pay for D&D, Pathfinder, and other similar RPG lines. Chaosium uses a sales model where if you buy the PDF of a book directly from the [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg']Chaosium website[/URL], you the get full price of the PDF off the physical version if you choose to buy it later. The rules in the Starter Set's Introductory Rules booklet are probably enough to go on too. Unlike some Starter Sets, the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set includes character generation so you create your own or use the pregens that are also provided. [/QUOTE]
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