How The Call Of Cthulhu Starter Set Revolutionized TTRPG Intro Products
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- You can purchase the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set here: www.chaosium.c...
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Just bought this thing. I was shocked by the quality and value I got for less than 20 bucks.
I ran Call of Cthulhu for my wife & some friends back in 2019 (stupid pandemic, derailing my return to gaming!) and had a blast. I set it here in the Washington D.C. area, which let me dive into local history, find old photos of neighborhoods folks are familiar with, etc. There was a really wild speakeasy that involved a treehouse on the edge of Georgetown. Georgetown wasn't the trendy rich-people place it is now, either. It was largely a working port, with some industry, and a largely African American population. I didn't even get into U Street, which was called "Black Broadway" at the time. I love that Call of Cthulhu has prompted me to do so much research on historic subjects over the years. I've read so much on the 20s, and the decades leading up to it, often with "enriching my games" as the starting reason (though rampant curiosity usually kicks in soon after).
I learned something reading your comment! Children of Fear has given my play group and I a really strong drive to learn about a region of the world we know embarrassingly little about. But now we all know much more!
@@RPGImaginings I'm actually reading Children of Fear now. I've been slowly building up knowledge of that part of the world over the last few years. I think it started when I read Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel Boxers & Saints...Or maybe it was when I started watching Gong Li period piece movies back in high school because...well, Gong Li. Then I read a pretty good book about the British stealing the state/trade secret of tea from China (so they could start growing it in India) called For All the Tea in China. Next up (some day) I've got one on the Taiping Rebellion (which is TOTALLY NUTS).
A fascination with history is a rabbit hole I fell into decades ago & I can't climb out. Not that I'm trying.
I intended to get the starter set earlier, but missed out. Got this one, though!
The funny thing is that we had some starter sets in the 90s that were just as good, they just stopped making them for some reason. I got into Dungeons and Dragons after I got the 1994 "AD&D First Quest Set" and they were awesome. They came with pregen characters in full color printcote (like thick, durable paper), maps, miniatures and even a CD (yeah... 90s) with the gameplay example and the actual imagined scenario of said gameplay. It got all of my friends hooked!
As a youth (late 80s, early 90s) playing ttrpgs, CoC was a myth. All my friends talked about it but no one had it nor could find it. So back then any coolness the game had was lost simply because no one had it for me to see.
Then I became an adult and CoC is everywhere. I’m in love.
I was fortunate to have a really "hip" game store where I went to college.
Glowing review! I just picked this up yesterday and wow I am incredibly impressed (I also picked up the newest D&D starter set and uh…. call of cthulhu is on another level). What should I pick up next after running these starter adventures?
I recommend the core books and mansions of madness (not the boardgame), it has some great short adventures for new keepers and players, imho.
Chaosium have been hitting it out of the park for a while now. The recent RuneQuest starter set is even better, if only because it's more loaded with stuff.
Mine arrived on Wednesday. You really can't beat the price and the artwork and color scheme is right up my alley. Back in the 80's, I had the 1st edition but I couldn't find anyone to play it with, but it was fun to read and create characters 🦑👍
Still is! :D
RuneQuest starter set has the same setup but recommends I read the rules and then the world book before this but I come to find out you should read book 3 first. I'm better if I play the game first then read the rules so this is what I'm going to do. I can only read so many rules that don't make sense yet before I fall asleep.
I absolutely want to get a copy of this, thank you for the share.
in the origina; release the handouts were double sided and could NOT be used. cut one handout and you cut thru another on the ack.
Give one and also give another spoiler.
Well, you can just tell your players not to look at the other side. If I did that and a player ignored my request, that table wouldn't last. Honesty is an expectation of my tables.
Thank you so much! I won this starter set and always felt a bit worried about playing due yo to wanting to be authentic to 1920s classic setting, so i'll definitely get the Investigator handbook!
I really like these updates but as someone with the previous 7e starter set, do you feel that the 40th edition version having the extra handouts is worth getting?
I want to learn how to play this game and be a keeper. I'll keep an eye on this channel lol
Got any other tips for a noob?
The Alone series is nice, but the solo adventure in D&D’s Red Box had the first Choose your own Adventure style intro that I’m aware of, so I can’t agree this is revolutionary at all. The sanity stuff might be the main mechanic CoC innovated, otherwise, BRP is the same base system most other RPGs use.
Ok Mr. Meeseeks.