Mike M

Hi

I have been advised that the Keeper Rulebook, Investigator Handbook, and Pulp Cthulhu are now up-to-date with Bits & Mortar. We are uploading new version of the Keeper Screen Pack zip file that contains the corrected Reference Booklet. 

Many thanks

Hi - I am chasing this (updated PDFs on Bits and Mortar), and waiting to hear back.

Newer versions of the titles are used when reprinting the books, these eventually find there way into stores etc.

Hi

From time to time I need scenarios play tested. As members of the Cult of Chaos are some of the most experienced Keepers around, it makes sense to ask if any of you would be up for play testing scenarios as and when needed.

A note about play testing:

Usually things need to be play tested fairly quickly - anything from 2 weeks to 2 months. Also, feedback needs to be concise and to the point - rather than a blow by blow of how a game went (who did what etc.)

I need bullet point comments noting where things:

• didn't make sense
• were wrong mechanically
• where there is a big error (factual or otherwise)
• where narrative logic breaks down (e.g. the text says "Tim" is in this scene, but "Tim" was killed two scenes previously, or "John Smith" is an NPC, but later in the text the name has suddenly changed to "Jack Smith", or John Smith is mentioned as being important in the introduction but is never again mentioned in the text).
• plus, was it easy to follow and make sense of, and did the players enjoy it.

Of course, I need feedback as quickly as possible once the game has been played.

Lastly, those play testing (Keeper and players) must respect a Non-Disclosure Agreement.

If you think that you could deliver this type of feedback and are willing to try out the odd scenario from time to time, then please just post a short comment below (and ensure your BRP Central profile includes your contact email). I will draw from those reponding and send out invites accordingly.

Many thanks

Mike Mason

Call of Cthulhu Line Editor

There is a pulp sheet for download at Chaosium

https://www.chaosium.com/cthulhu-character-sheets/

If the store where you purchased it from is part of Bits and Mortar then the store can give you the link to download the PDF. It is free for a store to join the scheme - if they have not already joined, ask them to. 

http://www.bits-and-mortar.com

On 11/02/2018 at 12:25 PM, TheBjornIdentity said:

Any news on MoN? I’m eagerly awaiting it.

Masks is in layout - working our way through. It's looking great. 

Hi - yes the book is in production, its a while off, but it is in the queue for editing.

I've been told the updated PDFs have been uploaded now to Bits and Mortar.

The errors have been sent to layout to fix the PDF.

If you wish purchase the book, you can redownload the PDF once it has been fixed.

Hi, a new edition of the Malleus book is in development, but it is not likely to be out in print this year, more likely the year after.

Hi, yes the new Peru prologue introduces Elias. There is a window between Peru and the actual start of Masks, so there is room if you would like to add in another prologue scenario to further develop the relationship - such as one of your own devising or one from the Masks Companion etc.

Many thanks - please post any more that are found, as we will go through these in due course.

Checking on this.

On 16/01/2018 at 2:30 PM, jeffjerwin said:

I want this. The Arkham and Lovecraft Country maps in the 7e edition might make nice posters as well...

You get both of those as poster sized maps in the Keeper Screen Pack.

On 24/12/2017 at 2:09 AM, klecser said:

I have a general question about time for the campaign:  The campaign establishes standard travel times between locations within a city location of one hour.  Many location entries that have research specify a time for research so the entry tells you how much time to tick off.

What about locations where no time is specified?  For example, and without spoilers, let's say that I decide to visit someone at Miskatonic University.  If no time is specified for the location description, does the travel time account for my time there, or is there always a standard one hour that happens at a location?

One hour Travel to MU

Talk to X person, no time listed in entry, so no additional time?

or

One hour Travel to MU

Talk to X person (no time mentioned, but tick off an hour anyway)

Not trying to nitpick, just trying to play in the spirit of the original author's vision.

And then how does this extend to eating in the middle of the day?  If the more conservative way is the expectation, eating lunch is an incredible waste of time:

Travel to Bee's Diner (One hour), Eat at Bee's diner (one hour), leave Bee's Diner to go to another location (one hour)

By the literal rules, you have to spend three hours eating lunch, not one, because of travel time.  Or, is eating included in the travel time?

I know I could probably just "house rule it" and decide what is reasonable.  I just don't think three hours to eat lunch in a small town like Arkham is reasonable.

Hi

See page 7 - About Time - usually 1 hour for conversations, 1 hour for travel time in unspecified entries. It attempts to mirror reality somewhat, so stopping for lunch does take time (just as in real life). See same page - Food and Sleep - for accounting for breaks.

Hi Hansmo

Both are errors - it should be "three" bedrooms downstairs, and the ledgers date 1863 to 1927 (not 1907).

Thanks

Please post any errors/typos spotted in Petersen's Abominations to this thread.

We have a two-week window to make amendments before sending to print (as of 23 Nov 2017).

Many thanks.

Hi

Stuff is coming. We've been very busy on a number of projects that are taking up everyone's time. 

In the pipeline - we have the various 2017 competition scenarios having a final edit and then on their way to layout, then they will be uploaded to the Chaos Library. Also Flotsam & Jetsam a four scenario serialized campaign, which is currently in editing and then will go to layout. We're balancing all these alongside our actual book production, so please bear with us.

Lots of cool stuff coming. It'll just take a bit of time to get everything ready.

Hi  - 

Work has begun on writing some new elements to go into a new Dreamlands setting supplement for CoC - but it's early days. I can't say a great deal at present, but I'm keen to not only present HPL's Dreamlands (per the previous editions) but also to suggest alternatives 'moods / styles / atmospheres' for dreams - the classic setting is somewhat dream-like but not very much. I'd like to provide advice and inspiration for customising your Dreamlands to the style of actual dreams - where logic isn't always applicable, where happy can suddenly turn to nightmare, where time is elastic, where differing themes (dark fantasy, cosmic horror, sheer terror, wonder, and so on) can be used to ensure the setting remains 'dream-like' and not a set in stone - things change in dreams and often look different on repeated excursions. So imagine a baseline with various layers you can throw over it to keep it unsettling, weird, and... dream-like.

In short, you'll get HPL's Dreamlands and a range of different takes riffing on the setting. In fact, think of it less as a setting and more as a mindset.

Hopefully, that obfuscates things nicely ; )

Hi

I've checked and been told the latest updated versions of the PDFs are heading to DriveThru, Bits & Mortar, and the Chaosium website - this should happen in the next couple of week. 

Errata: Down Darker Trails

Update: 20 October 2022

Errata - Down Darker Trails - 20 Oct 2022.pdf

Possibly, it's a ways down the line at the moment.

Yes there is. Bear with me....

On 20/09/2017 at 9:07 AM, Kinjin said:

Weapon Tables - The weapon tables are missing the Date column 

Page 46 - The combat example 

In the example Brock's handgun fires up to 3 bullets per round.  All the typical hand guns are listed with only being able to shoot once per round.  Are there some guns missing?

Yes - my fault! - Handguns table - uses per round states 1 for each entry - this in fact should be: 1 (3)  - just like the ones in the Rulebook.