Call of Cthulhu

Charles Dunwoody started playing and running RPGs with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (before it was first edition) and is currently…

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A new edition of Lovecraftesque, the GM-less tabletop roleplaying game, is on its way. Lovecraftesque is a tabletop RPG that…

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Chaosium Inc. revealed Horror on the Orient Express: The Board Game, a new cooperative game based on the classic Call…

Horror on the Orient Express, the legendary campaign for Lovecraftian RPG Call of Cthulhu, is being turned into a board…

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I ran a Call of Cthulhu game recently on startplayinggames.com. The Keeper screen is still on my desk. The printouts…

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By John Houlihan The Serpent and the Sands, the new combined guide book and campaign, for Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20 has…

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The roleplaying system that powers seminal horror RPG Call of Cthulhu and classic fantasy game RuneQuest is being opened up…

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H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard co-wrote a story. Lovecraft’s section ended with the protagonist learning a truth about…

The publisher responsible for the Pathfinder roleplaying game series, Paizo, has confirmed its stance on the use of AI artwork…

Goliath Coins and Chaosium Inc. will release Call of Cthulhu coins, collector RPG metal coins, into retail in June 2023.…

Call of Cthulhu’s A Time to Harvest, written by Brian M. Sammons, Glynn Owen Barrass, with Mike Mason and Lynne…

A supplement for tabletop roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu promises to challenge even the most experienced of players. Nameless Horrors…

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When 7th Edition of Call of Cthulhu came out, Chaosium created a new organization called the Cult of Chaos. The…

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The open game licence launched by Pathfinder maker Paizo in response to the embattled Dungeons & Dragons OGL has already…

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The publisher of fantasy RPG Pathfinder, Paizo, has revealed its plans to launch an alternative to Dungeons & Dragons’ Open…

Chaosium, the publisher behind the Call of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game, has confirmed that it refuses to use AI art…

The original artwork for the logo to Shadowrun 1e and 2e is for sale. As of this writing, Noble Knight…

The universe of Call of Cthulhu should not be confused with the worlds of Dungeons and Dragons. Magic is not…

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The 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu Keeper Rulebook has interesting guidelines on how to create Cthulhu adventures. The first bit…

Paizo, Inc. announced that they have partnered with TYPE40 to work on a new products across multiple Paizo game lines,…

Cults of Cthulhu introduces us to five cults that worship our favorite dead and dreaming elder god. Two of them…

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Here’s my collection of Call of Cthulhu character sheets. CoC is one of the oldest and best RPGs ever created.…

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Call of Cthulhu is a stone-cold classic when it comes to horror RPGs, inspiring endless other Lovecraftian games and spinning…

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Are you an adventurer who longs to explore the lone-lands of Eriador? Then rejoice, for today Free League Publishing has announced The…

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A new sourcebook for horror tabletop roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu takes inspiration from Jane Austen and Regency history. Regency…

The original designer of the first Call of Cthulhu RPG, Sandy Petersen, joins me on the podcast. We explore sandy’s…

Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…

Experience the newest edition of the tabletop roleplaying game, King Arthur Pendragon, for free with a new quick-start adventure. The…

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Elden Ring, the open-world video game from the creators of Dark Souls, is being turned into a tabletop RPG next…

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Call of Cthulhu Classic, the original version of the tabletop roleplaying game, is returning for a limited time. The classic…

By Bill Heron When I received my sealed orders regarding the new 2d20 edition of Shadows of Atlantis from Modiphius…

The American chapter of Masks of Nyarlathotep takes place years after the Peru adventure in New York City. All the…

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Roll20, the biggest and most popular virtual tabletop RPG website, has announced a partnership with Dungeon Masters Guild that will…

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Call of Cthulhu, the classic horror tabletop roleplaying game, is getting a new starter set next week. A new starter…

Call of Cthulhu Creative Director Mike Mason joins me on today’s dicegeeks podcast. We have a fantastic conversation covering a…

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I want to take a closer look at the amazing Call of Cthulhu campaign Masks of Nyarlathotep. There are games…

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A couple articles ago I featured one of my favorite Cthulhu Mythos monsters, the Daughters of Atlach-Nacha, giant spider creatures…

When running a Call of Cthulhu game, you have to know what the endgame is for your antagonists. Are they…

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In the Malleus Monstrorum, several pages are dedicated to creating original deities to use in your Call of Cthulhu campaign.…

Dungeons & Dragons is undoubtedly considered to be one of the best fantasy tabletop RPGs of all time, but it’s…

This chart of the Top 5 Roleplaying Games (hobby channel) reflects sales in Fall 2021 (September-December).  The charts are based…