- 🔀 For the short story, see The Call of Cthulhu; for the 2005 film, see The Call of Cthulhu (film).
Call of Cthulhu is a horror fiction role-playing game based on H. P. Lovecraft's story of the same name and the associated Cthulhu Mythos. The game, often abbreviated as CoC, is published by Chaosium. The game was first released in 1981, and eighteen editions (mostly fairly minor revisions) have been published to date.
The game makes use of Chaosium's Basic Role-Playing (BRP) system, first seen in the game RuneQuest, but with special rules for Sanity. It is notable among roleplaying games for its longevity and also for remaining largely unchanged for most of its history, with only the most recent seventh edition making significant changes to the rules.
Setting[]
The game takes place in the world of the Cthulhu Mythos, by default in 1920s Lovecraft Country. Supplements published by Chaosium and others supported other settings, such as 1890s England (Cthulhu by Gaslight), the modern day (Cthulhu Now), World War II (Achtung! Cthulhu), 11th century Europe (Cthulhu Dark Ages), Ancient Rome (Cthulhu Invictus), and the 23rd century (Cthulhu Rising).
Supplements[]
- Main article: Call of Cthulhu Supplements
Miskatonic Repository[]
- Main article: Miskatonic Repository
Video Games[]
Since its release, a number of video games carrying the Call of Cthulhu branding have been released. These games are of the horror survival, adventure and mystery-solving type.
- Shadow of the Comet (1993)
- Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice (1995)
- Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (2006)
- Call of Cthulhu: Destiny's End (cancelled)
- Call of Cthulhu: Beyond the Mountains of Madness (cancelled)
- Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land (2012)
- Call of Cthulhu (2018)
See also[]
- Achtung! Cthulhu - A Mythos-based RPG set during World War II.
- CthulhuTech - A Mythos-based RPG set in the late 21st century, in which humans use advanced technology to fight off Lovecraftian threats.
- Trail of Cthulhu - A later Mythos-based RPG which uses the GUMSHOE system, focusing on investigation and interpreting clues.
- Delta Green: The Role-Playing Game - An alternate contemporary setting based on the Mythos, originally set in the 1990s but later updated to the 2010s.
- Cthulhu Live - A live-action Mythos-based RPG.
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