#callofcthulhu

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So, I've been running this game and my players are having fun and saying that I should try and publish it.

That isn't going to happen because I think it only works because I have a sense of how it's supposed to work and feel but I have no idea how to encode that in a way that would be legible and reproducible to people who aren't me.

It occurred to me that you seldom get the sense with modern adventures that there's a larger, more personal 'shadow' adventure crammed into a box.

One of my favourite things about Call of Cthulhu (the RPG) is that it's a core part of the game that you can (and SHOULD) in any situation and city, town or village...
Go bother a librarian about obscure and/or strange things and look at a bunch of books to fact check things people have said. 😂 Library Use is a skill, and it's an important skill!
I just like it.

(updated 2024.06)

age: 40
place: europe (germany or poland)
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Into since the 90s, mostly , , , , .
I sometimes write and paint, and post moody b/w photos on pixelfed.
In IT and will talk about obscure & stuff.

: kyonshi@earth.xmpp, : http://ereborbbs.duckdns.org:9000/ (my server's webchat)

(I also post as kyonshi on text )

MAPS For FANTASY RPGs Workbook 2 - a 134-page book/PDF with 20 full color grid/grid-less maps for YOUR dungeons.
YOUR adventures, on YOUR bookshelf.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-for-fantasy-rpgs-workbook-2-softcover-book-of-maps


MAPS For FANTASY RPGs Workbook 2 - a 134-page book/PDF with 20 full color grid/grid-less maps for YOUR dungeons.
YOUR adventures, on YOUR bookshelf.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-for-fantasy-rpgs-workbook-2-softcover-book-of-maps


So this is how I prepare games that are driven by relationships plus resources (mystery/thriller stuff like mostly, space-fantasy-western here). A big sheet of paper with groups and locations as "areas", with resources, goals, features, but also tables, lists and meters and such. Areas interesect and/or are connected, connections sometimes have notes next to them. During Session, I scribble into the thing & put markers on connections (+/-).

A graphic representation of the locales and groups in a tabletop rpg campaign as per the toot. Handwritten, scribbled.

Saturday Morning Prop for Horror Games...

I saw this 1932 Egyptian Post Administration Letterhead today... and thought.. "You know a quick clone brush and that's a handy prop for a CoC game"

And here you go.

EGYPT Reg. Official Post Administration Letterhead Send SHALLAL to Cairo 1932
EGYPT Reg. Official Post Administration Letterhead Send SHALLAL to Cairo 1932 With details removed

quoted Schlesische Sagen 1 - Spuk- und Gespenstersagen by Richard Kühnau (Schlesische Sagen, #1)

Richard Kühnau: Schlesische Sagen 1 - Spuk- und Gespenstersagen (1910, B.G. Teubner)

The irrlichts (will-o'-wisps) were often seen in the Alt-Seidenberg area, and frequently led the carters astray. There was also a larger irrlicht, which was called "The Great Shining One". It frequently approached from the direction of the Röhrborn near Alt-Seidenberg, and made a curve around the village until it reached the Küppen Forest. While the common irrlichts swayed up and down and were significantly smaller, the Great Shining One moved in a steady course.

— Schlesische Sagen 1 - Spuk- und Gespenstersagen by  (Schlesische Sagen, #1) (Page 384 - 385)

A boss monster will-o'-wisp!

Or worse, a manifestation of Cthugha...

#ttrpg #folktale #folklore #CallOfCthulhu

commented on Cohors Cthulhu Player's Guide by John Houlihan

John Houlihan, Matt Goetz, Nathan Dowdell, Douglas Seacat, Nick Brown: Cohors Cthulhu Player's Guide (2024, Modiphius Entertainment Ltd.) No rating

Rise Up Against the Gods Themselves!

Welcome to an epic struggle of heroic mortals …

Another #ttrpg in the category: "Backed the Kickstarter, no idea when I will actually get around to reading it."

Still, I love #CallOfCthulhu , and I am always up for more interesting historical setting. Plus, the "default region" is ancient Germania, so I might actually use some of my German #folklore research for this...

commented on GURPS Cthulhupunk by Chris W. McCubbin

Chris W. McCubbin: GURPS Cthulhupunk (Paperback, STEVE JACKSON GAMES) No rating

The concept of GURPS Cthulhupunk is sound - throw some #CallOfCthulhu into a Cyberpunk setting. While the "mundane" setting is getting a bit aged (it's definitely "alternate history" by now), it's worth revisiting the ideas therein. #ttrpg #GURPS

Call of Cthulhu Hook:
The investigators are called to solve a puzzling medical mystery. The corpse of a man was found in a park, completely nude and visibly emaciated. But during an autopsy, examiners found something startling: nothing. The man had no organs. He had skin, bones, eyes, and everything else visible on the outside, but the inside was empty. And there were no marks or scars indicating a removal. They just… were absent.

Day 13:

Most memorable character DEMISE?

MY CHARACTERS DON'T DIE!!!! EVER!!!!

In a adventure my character blew himself up to save the world from the Old Unrelenting Evilâ„¢.

/cc @pasuht