Best Call of Cthulhu Setting | Chaosium Interview

In this interview with Mike Mason, Mike talks about the many different settings available to Call of Cthulhu players.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:49 - What are the settings?
00:08:50 - What's the hardest setting to write for?
00:12:20 - What settings is the "least" Call of Cthulhu

[@jelkehuisman]

70's Call of Cthulhu would be fun. Stylish cars, people are still obsessed with the moon landing and there's disco. Hell, the moon landing could even be the cause for strange mythos things happening on earth.

[@oberonkestral2020]

Cthulhu Invictus? Missed that one! Very happy to hear Dark World War II will see a new edition, loved what Cubical 7 did with that line.

[@kelpiekit4002]

I love all the settings, but they are rather overwhelmingly western. Even for adventures going to other parts of the world they usually start from western areas. With books like Harlem Unbound and Terror Australis they do confront some ethnic diversity. Still, countering Lovecraft's views, it would be nice to see more diverse cultures as the focus for setting books such as settings from pacific islander history, pre-colonial Africa, pre-European North, South, and Central America, and so on. Though maybe it's just business and they don't see their fans buying those books or they are worried about the cost and difficulty of seeking out indigenous writers and historians interested in contributing.

[@Wraithing]

Loving the idea of the Regency Era Cthulhu!
So many possibilities.
Modern thought straining to be born against the backdrop of old Empires and a rising, brutal capitalism.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was written then, and Hoffman wrote The Sandman. And mid-century, across the pond, Harriet Beacher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. A period in history I relish seeing… except for the ubiquitous (Aagh) Austen!!
As someone forced to read Jane Austen in a UK school… yeah, that's not the basis for a great relationship. Have tried, but she doesn't do much for me.
There's far more to be gained from a good CoC tome.

[@simonfernandes6809]

Cthulhu Invictus 7th Edition version is on Drivethru RPG - essential.
Cthulhu by Gaslight is wondrous - waiting eagerly for this one.
World War Cthulhu (or whatever the new version may be) was awesome. Needs to be played Pulp Cthulhu style.

[@anthonyragan2696]

Regency Cthulhu is a must have: Beau Brummel vs. the Mythos. Roll for SAN loss at the sight of bad manners!

[@temporary67315]

How about... The Cthulhu Mythos in the Hyborian Age?

[@--enyo--]

It would be interesting to play in scenarios set in 1600 - 1700 UK/Europe and New England when witch trials were in full swing. Your investigator could be a witch hunter, or seeking to clear the name of an accused. And the closer they get to the mythos the more likely they themselves might get to being accused…

[@APaganPerspective]

Best setting Gaslight via Hudson and Brand for Pulp Cthulhu

[@svenk5221]

I love to play in the 1960‘s. Vietnam, Satanic Panic, uprise of serial killers, FBI, Hippies, the music. It has a lot going for it….

[@jacobbutts6109]

I thought Satanic Panic was more of an 80s thing?

[@atlanteum]

Thanks to Lovecraft & Chaosium, we now know why King George lost all those sanity points -

[@jordanetherington1922]

Delta Green babyyyyyy

[@rory7590]

Soooo.......Pirates and Cthulhu?

[@verlandes1]

Iä, iä, cthulhu ft'arrrgh

[@RPGNook]

Corsair of Cthulhu already exists from New Comet Games.

[@simonfernandes6809]

Regency Cthulhu = Blackadder III

[@Nopperabou]

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