Explaining "Call of Cthulhu " setting - Page 3

BradyIrvin · 02-21-2011, 01:38 PM

I read where Call of Cthulhu was one of the top 3 RPG's of all time? Can someone direct me on where to find what it is I need to start playing this RPG - I never see anything for it in any of the gaming stores.

sir_pudding · 02-21-2011, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BradyIrvin

I read where Call of Cthulhu was one of the top 3 RPG's of all time? Can someone direct me on where to find what it is I need to start playing this RPG - I never see anything for it in any of the gaming stores.

Chaosium sells it from their website in deadtree and pdf. However since it is still published in deadtree, you should be able to get your FLGS to order it.

jason taylor · 02-21-2011, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Luke Bunyip

Have tried to explain Call of Cthulhu to one of my roleplaying buddies and his missus. Instead, I have suggested that they just read some of H.P.Lovecrafts musings. Any recommendations? Something short would be good, as I have to print it out (they are very 20th C people, like their hard copy).

Isn't one of the main points of Cthulhu, that you CAN'T explain it?

Not another shrubbery · 02-21-2011, 07:30 PM

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Isn't one of the main points of Cthulhu, that you CAN'T explain it?

Assuming you're asking seriously: There is a degree of ineffability among the big players in the Mythos. Even Cthulhu, who is a fairly minor being in the vast scheme of things, is difficult to nail down other than to say that his awakened presence would be a pretty bad thing for modern civilization. But LB seemed to want to describe the game and its premises, which of course can be done much more easily than explaining the cosmic entities in it.

Luke Bunyip · 02-21-2011, 10:38 PM

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Isn't one of the main points of Cthulhu, that you CAN'T explain it?

I was after an explanation as as to why, within the setting, it is unexplainable. I get what you are saying, as I get the setting. But for a muggle, it could be confusing.

Luke Bunyip · 02-21-2011, 10:42 PM

What I did not state in the initial post, was that this was in order to explain the underlying precepts for a game of Munchkin Cthulhu.

Had a game with them last weekend. Fortunately, I rolled under my Quicktalk skill, so they got the basic idea. They loved the game mechanics, the inherent silliness, and the fact that we all became cultists, and that was that.

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BradyIrvin Join Date: Feb 2011	Re: Explaining "Call of Cthulhu " setting I read where Call of Cthulhu was one of the top 3 RPG's of all time? Can someone direct me on where to find what it is I need to start playing this RPG - I never see anything for it in any of the gaming stores.

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Luke Bunyip Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The Kingdom of Insignificance	Re: Explaining "Call of Cthulhu " setting What I did not state in the initial post, was that this was in order to explain the underlying precepts for a game of Munchkin Cthulhu. Had a game with them last weekend. Fortunately, I rolled under my Quicktalk skill, so they got the basic idea. They loved the game mechanics, the inherent silliness, and the fact that we all became cultists, and that was that. __________________ It's all very well to be told to act my age, but I've never been this old before...