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16:11, 30th April 2024 (GMT+0)

Cthulhu Dark

This is going to be a game of Cthulhu Dark. For those not familiar with it it's an extremely rules light game of Lovecraftian horror. Rather than set out scenarios which the players are expected to 'win' as might be the case in Call (or Trail) of Cthulhu it captures the spirit of Lovecraft's stories (sans the appalling racism it has to be said) in that usually even a 'success' in a Cthulhu Dark game leaves the investigators horribly insane or contemplating the fact that they can't really ever fight the horrors arrayed against them. As the rulebook specially says “Cthulhu Dark is a game about doomed Investigators. So don’t play to win. Instead, enjoy losing. Enjoy watching your Investigator’s mind slowly break.”

Given the basic game mechanics fit comfortably on two sides of A4 I would be more than happy to take on players entirely unfamiliar with the system as it won't take much to teach. I'm really just looking for players willing to get into the spirit of a game you play to see just what it takes to break your character.

I'm currently thinking of adapting a modern day CoC module which I think will work well but I'm pretty flexible on setting so happy to discuss with players.