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The system was notable for being the first role-playing game system to introduce a full skill system to characters regardless of their profession. This was developed in RuneQuest but was also later adopted by the more skill-oriented Call of Cthulhu RPG. [3] [4] BRP was conceived of as a generic system. Specific rule systems for support ...
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.
1920s Investigators' Companion is a role-playing game supplement for Call of Cthulhu by Keith Herber, published by Chaosium. Volume 1 was published in 1993, volume 2 in 1994. An updated single volume of The 1920s Investigator's Companion was published in 1997.
Alone Against the Dark, subtitled "Defying the Triumph of the Ice", is an adventure published by Chaosium in 1985 for the Horror tabletop role-playing game based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Call of Cthulhu. It was written by author Matthew J. Costello, and was the second Call of Cthulhu solo adventure published after Alone Against the Wendigo.
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
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."
The second edition, published in 2005 for the 6th edition rules of Call of Cthulhu, is a 200-page softcover book with the original text and handouts supplemented by contributions from David Conyers, Don Coatar, Jeff Carey, and Steve Hatherley, additional illustrations by Mislet Michel, Andy Hopp, and Paul Carrick, and new cover art by Tom Sullivan.
John O'Neill reviewed Down Darker Trails for Black Gate, and stated that "CoC has been sorely lacking a weird western sourcebook, so I was very pleased to see Kevin Ross and his friends at Chaosium release Down Darker Trails, a massive full-color 256-page hardcover which lovingly brings Mythos horror to the old west.