Call of Cthulhu - RPGnet RPG Game Index

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Title	Call of Cthulhu
Authors	Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis
Book Type	Core Rules	Rank: [ 5 / 4196 ]
Genre	Horror / Cthulhu
Setting	1920s
Awards	Origins Awards (Hall of Fame, 1995) Origins Awards (Best Role-Playing Rules, 1981) Origins Awards (Best Graphic Presentation of a Book Product, 2001) Pen & Paper (RPG Hall of Fame, 2002) Grog d'Or (Best RPG Nominee, 2001) Grog d'Or (Best RPG Nominee, 2009)

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The definitive horror roleplaying game, based on the writing of H.P. Lovecraft and other contributors to the Lovecraft mythos, such as August Derleth, Brian Lumley, and Ramsey Campbell.

Uses a variant of Chaosium's BRP game system, with special rules for Sanity.

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There are 18 editions of Call of Cthulhu. Click on an individual title, below, for more information on that edition.

Game Editions

#	Title	System	Publisher	Released	Stock	Status
1	Call of Cthulhu First Edition Box	Call of Cthulhu 1	Chaosium	1981	2009	---
2	Call of Cthulhu Designer's Edition Box	Call of Cthulhu 1	Chaosium	1982	2009	---
3	Call of Cthulhu Second Edition Box	Call of Cthulhu 2	Chaosium	1983	2301	---
4	Call of Cthulhu Second Edition Box	Call of Cthulhu 2	Games Workshop, UK	1983	178301	---
5	Call of Cthulhu Third Edition Box	Call of Cthulhu 3	Chaosium	1986	2301	---
6	Call of Cthulhu Third Edition HC	Call of Cthulhu 3	Games Workshop, UK	1986	10247	---
7	Call of Cthulhu Fourth Edition	Call of Cthulhu 4	Chaosium	1989	2324	---
8	Call of Cthulhu Fifth Edition	Call of Cthulhu 5	Chaosium	1992	2336	---
9	Call of Cthulhu Fifth Edition HC	Call of Cthulhu 5	Chaosium	1993	2350	---
10	Call of Cthulhu Edition 5.2	Call of Cthulhu 5	Chaosium	1995	2336	---
11	Call of Cthulhu Edition 5.5	Call of Cthulhu 5.5	Chaosium	1998	2376	---
12	Call of Cthulhu Edition 5.6 HC	Call of Cthulhu 5.6	Chaosium	1999	2386	---
13	Call of Cthulhu 20th Anniversary Edition HC	Call of Cthulhu 5.6	Chaosium	2001	2399	---
14	Call of Cthulhu Sixth Edition HC	Call of Cthulhu 6	Chaosium	2004	2396	---
15	Call of Cthulhu Sixth Edition	Call of Cthulhu 6	Chaosium	2005	23106	---
16	Call of Cthulhu 25th Anniversary Edition HC	Call of Cthulhu 6	Chaosium	2006	2309	---
17	Call of Cthulhu 30th Anniversary Edition HC	Call of Cthulhu 6	Chaosium	2011	23126	---
18	Call of Cthulhu Keeper Rulebook Seventh Edition HC	Call of Cthulhu 7	Chaosium	2014	23135	---

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#	Title	Type	System	Author	Rating
1981-1982 Chaosium Only:
1	Basic Role-Playing	Core Rules		Greg Stafford Lynn Willis	5.18
1982 Chaosium Only:
1	Shadows of Yog-Sothoth	Adventure			6.24
	Chapter 1: The Hermetic Order of the Silver Twilight	Adventure	Call of Cthulhu 1	Marc Hutchison	5.15
	Chapter 2: Look to the Future	Adventure	Call of Cthulhu 1	Sandy Petersen	5.15
	Chapter 3: The Coven of Cannich	Adventure	Call of Cthulhu 1	John Scott Clegg	5.29
	Chapter 4: Devil's Canyon	Adventure	Call of Cthulhu 1	John Carnahan	5.29
	Chapter 5: The Worm that Walks	Adventure	Call of Cthulhu 1	Sandy Petersen	5.44
	Chapter 6: The Watchers of Easter Island	Adventure	Call of Cthulhu 1	Randy McCall	5.44
	Chapter 7: The Rise of R'lyeh	Adventure	Call of Cthulhu 1	Sandy Petersen	5.44
	People of the Monolith	Adventure	Call of Cthulhu 1	Ted Shelton	5.29
	The Warren	Adventure	Call of Cthulhu 1	Ed Gore	5.29

Article	Type	Issue
The Chapel of Contemplation	Background: Group	The Unspeakable Oath #18
Call of Cthulhu Designers' Notes	Information: Design Notes	Different Worlds #19
Call of Cthulhu Errata and Second Thoughts	Rules Q&A	Different Worlds #19

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5 + 5	Mark Strecker	. No summary available for this older review. [ Read Review ]
3 + 4	SJE	. An enormous overview of the Call of Cthulhu RPG line spanning 60 books and 6 companies- Ia, Ia! [ Read Review ]

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