While predominantly focused on Lovecraftian fiction and horror, playing in the Cthulhu Mythos is not required. In keeping with the Lovecraftian theme, the gamemaster is called the Keeper of Arcane Lore ('the keeper'), while player characters are called Investigators of the Unknown ('investigators'). The protagonists may also travel to places that are not of this earth, such as the Dreamlands (which can be accessed through dreams as well as being physically connected to the earth), other planets, or the voids of space. Recent settings include 1000 AD ( Cthulhu: Dark Ages), the 23rd century ( Cthulhu Rising) and Ancient Rome ( Cthulhu Invictus). Cthulhu Now and Delta Green are set in a modern/1980s era and deal with conspiracies. The Cthulhu by Gaslight supplement blends the occult and Holmesian mystery and is mostly set in England during the 1890s. Lovecraft's observation (from his essay, ' Supernatural Horror in Literature') that 'The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.' The original edition, first published in 1981, uses Basic Role-Playing as its basis and is set in the 1920s, the setting of many of Lovecraft's stories. Gameplay Setting Ĭall of Cthulhu is set in a darker version of our world based on H. These include special rules for sanity and luck. Its game system is based on Chaosium's Basic Role-Playing (BRP) with additions for the horror genre.

The game, often abbreviated as CoC, is published by Chaosium it was first released in 1981 and is in its seventh edition, with licensed foreign language editions available as well. Lovecraft's story of the same name and the associated Cthulhu Mythos. Call of Cthulhu is a horror fiction role-playing game based on H.

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