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In the December 1995 edition of Arcane (Issue 1), Steve Faragher liked the book, giving it an above-average rating of 8 out of 10, and saying, "These Call of Cthulhu city guides are a great idea, and this one in particular is full of superb information that's applicable to anyone running a campaign (of any sort) set in the '20s."
Call of Cthulhu is a horror fiction role-playing game based on H. P. Lovecraft's story of the same name and the associated Cthulhu Mythos. [1] The game, often abbreviated as CoC , is published by Chaosium ; it was first released in 1981 and is in its seventh edition, with licensed foreign language editions available as well.
Pages in category "Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game) supplements" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Shannon Appelcline commented that after the publication of fourth edition Call of Cthulhu, "The modern Cthulhu Now setting even got some love with the At Your Door (1990) adventure anthology — best known for its introduction of disguised Shoggoth 'Mr. Shiny,' who became a sort of Chaosium mascot for several years." [3]: 269
Shadow of the Comet (later repackaged as Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet) is an adventure game developed and released by Infogrames in 1993. The game is based on H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos and uses many elements from Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror and The Shadow Over Innsmouth.
However, DM Schmeyer of IGN praised the game with a rating of 8.6/10. He said the dialogue options is one of the best features in Call of Cthulhu, unlike other games that are more "stunted and unimaginative". He concluded that despite its poor level and encounter design, the "engaging mystery and an intriguing utilization of RPG mechanics make ...
Cthulhu Britannica: Folklore; Avalon - The County of Somerset; Shadows over Scotland; Cthulhu Britannica: London box set; Cthulhu Britannica: London The Curse of Nineveh; Cthulhu Britannica: Cards from the Smoke; Cthulhu Britannica Thompsons Journal; Cthulhu Britannica Neves Journal; World War Cthulhu
In Issue 235 of Dragon (November 1996), Rick Swan was disappointed in this book, noting that most of the material could be found in a good library, that some of the material such as the date of the Chelsea Flower Show was simply trivia, and "the designers don’t do much to tie the material into the Cthulhu Mythos, beyond an occasional suggestion of supernatural activity."