How do you Cthulhu?

[fmitchell]

Just curious how those who play or run Cthulhu use the system. Please check all that apply.

[Moritz]

I've never run a straight Cthulhu game. However, I have many of the modules and the monster books just because they were excellent resources for a dark world (not WoD - just a game that was placed in a tainted world) game I did run.

[PhishStyx]

Actually, I've never played a straight-up Cthulhu game either. I have played Delta Green, and it was one of my all time favorite TPK's.

For future reference, if I say that there's a sniper across the lake with a Barrett .50 cal, don't ask a bunch of stupid questions about how I know it, just duck. Otherwise, the entire affair will end in flaming badness. Trust me in this matter.

Thank you,
Your friendly neighborhood Horrible Mod

[Ed Zachary]

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[Moritz]

I'd vote for him.

[Farcaster]

At least we'd know what we were getting. :cool:

[MortonStromgal]

I like good old 1920s BRP where your expecting to die or go insane ;)

[Stormcrow77]

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He's had my vote since 92

[tesral]

I don't exactly play CoC. I play Bureau 13 with guest appearances by the Lovecraftian horrors.

[Igbutton]

Any way I can get it is how I play. I like to have a game of it rather than just a one shot every now and then.

[purestrainhuman]

John Kovalic earned my everlasting respect for this:

http://dreamlandtoyworks.com/images/dke/my_little_cthulhu_victims.jpg


MY LITTLE CTHULHU

along with MY LITTLE VICTIMS, Complete with Realistic Dismemberment Action!!

http://dreamlandtoyworks.com/images/dke/victims.jpg

[Law Dog]

We use Unknown Armies. The madness meters are far superior to the madness tracking systems in any other Cthulhu games that have been published.

[Webhead]

I love Call of Cthulhu, unfortunately I almost never get to play it. One of the players in our group refuses to play anything he dubs as a "victim game". CoC is at the top of his list.

[Thoth-Amon]

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He's got my vote.

Thoth-Amon

[gdmcbride]

How do I Cthulhu?

As a diehard, Call of Cthulhu and BRP fan, anyway I can. It seems that the Cthulhu Mythos leaks into just about any campaign I run.

I notice I'm not alone. Cthulhoid monstrousities are common place in D&D. The first published 4ed module had a distinctly Cthulhu-esque flair about it (evil cultist, portal to another world, a thing from beyond).

RPGs and horror often go hand in hand and was there a more influential horror writer of the 20th century than H.P. Lovecraft?

I think not.

Gary