Call of Cthulhu role-playing game

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The Call of Cthulhu role-playing game is a tabletop horror RPG, published by Chaosium, in which players investigate cosmic terrors inspired by H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos using a sanity-fraying, mystery-focused rules system.

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instanceOf horror role-playing game
investigative role-playing game
tabletop role-playing game
awarded Origins Award
basedOn Cthulhu Mythos
works of H. P. Lovecraft
linked to: Cthulhu Mythos
coreRulebookTitle Call of Cthulhu
countryOfOrigin United States
designer Sandy Petersen
emphasizes character fragility
clue-gathering
mental deterioration
role-playing over combat
firstPublished 1981
focusesOn cosmic insignificance of humanity
investigation
psychological horror
genre cosmic horror
mystery
hasEdition Call of Cthulhu 1st edition
Call of Cthulhu 2nd edition
Call of Cthulhu 3rd edition
Call of Cthulhu 4th edition
Call of Cthulhu 5th edition
Call of Cthulhu 6th edition
Call of Cthulhu 7th edition
hasTheme cosmic entities
forbidden knowledge
madness
inspiredByAuthor August Derleth
Clark Ashton Smith
H. P. Lovecraft
language English
medium tabletop
notableAdventure The Haunting
notableCampaign Beyond the Mountains of Madness
Horror on the Orient Express
Masks of Nyarlathotep
notableMechanic Sanity loss from encountering Mythos horrors
playerCharacterRole investigator
playStyle scenario-based investigations
primaryMechanic Basic Role-Playing system
publisher Chaosium
setting Cthulhu Mythos universe
linked to: Cthulhu Mythos
supportsEra Dark Ages
Gaslight era
modern day
systemFamily Basic Role-Playing
typicalEra 1920s
usesMechanic Sanity points
percentile dice

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Call of Cthulhu role-playing game hasEdition Call of Cthulhu 7th edition
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Call of Cthulhu role-playing game coreRulebookTitle Call of Cthulhu
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Sandy Petersen designed Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)
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