My usual suggestion of not reading the review if you intend to participate in the adventures as a player does not apply. Even though there are two adventures included in the present volume, I will reveal practically nothing about them. With as many sessions of CoC under my belt however, this is definitely not your average playtest. The present review will discuss the present book only, both in the way it stands alone as well as how it compares to previous editions. In the interest of full disclosure, I have been playing Call of Cthulhu for more than 20 years. Finally, it has been translated in another ten languages in addition to English, something pretty much unheard of for any RPG.
It has won a million gaming awards (more accurately: over forty), and was the second role-playing game to be inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts, a distinction only earned by two other RPGs. It has been initially released in 1981 and has sold over 225.000 copies as such, with over 100 supplements and over 500.000 books sold overall. Lovecraft through numerous stories and novels. That is why the present one is called a 'rulebook' and the other a 'handbook'.įor those not familiar with the role-playing game (and I can't believe I actually have to write this), Call of Cthulhu is a horror role-playing game based on the Cthulhu Mythos, as initially developed by H. The Investigator Handbook that we will examine shortly is an optional book, not a sine qua non. In contrast to other games like D&D where more than one books are needed to run a game, the present book is actually the only must-have book to run Call of Cthulhu. Quaintly enough, the back cover is missing. The electronic edition is 449 pages long. The game can also be purchased in an electronic format only for EUR 24,00 or USD 27,95 or GBP 21,44. The book comes with a bound fabric bookmark. What you get: Your EUR 47,19 or USD 54,95 or GBP 42,16 will buy you both the 448-page, full-colour hardcover of the Call Of Cthulhu Keeper Rulebook (7th Edition), the rulebook that refreshes the Call of Cthulhu game line, as well as its electronic edition (pdf, mobi, prc or epub). The other players, the Investigators, should have one or more copies of the Investigator Handbook, containing expanded rules for character creation, skills, occupations, equipment, and more.Ĭall of Cthulhu, 7th edition, is backwards-compatible with all other available Chaosium titles and includes a guide for any conversion needed.' You must have at least one copy of this book to play Call of Cthulhu. It is intended for use by the Keeper of Arcane Lore (the Keeper) - that player who will present the adventure to the other players. This book, the Keeper Rulebook, contains the core rules, background, guidance, spells, and monsters of the game. You and your companions may very well decide the fate of the world. Within strange and forgotten tomes of lore you discover revelations that man was not meant to know. You encounter sanity-blasting entities, monsters, and insane cultists. Playing the role of steadfast investigators, you travel to strange and dangerous places, uncover foul plots, and stand against the terrors of the Cthulhu Mythos.
It is a game of secrets, mysteries, and horror.
When the stars are right they shall again walk the earth.Ĭall of Cthulhu is a tabletop roleplaying game based upon the worlds of H. They sleep now, some deep within the earth or beneath the sea. Originally they came to this world from the stars. Traces of their cyclopean cities can still be found on remote islands, buried amid the shifting desert sands, and in the frozen wastes of the polar extremes. The Old Ones ruled the earth aeons before the rise of man. Review Summary: The stars are right for the best edition of the best role-playing game in the world.īlurb from the publisher: '"That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die." -H.P.
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