Spence

Any update on when print versions of the core books will be available via the distributors in the US?

Bump?

Awesome!  Central Asia eh?  Now we only need to know which area they are calling "Central Asia" and the speculation can begin

Well, we will speculate anyway.........

I guess I was pretty lucky.  I akways run at FreeRPG Day and so I always get a copy.  Can't run without one

Really really need this :)

5 hours ago, Mankcam said:

1. Anthologies of 'one-shot' scenarios - these could be 1920s/1930s, but also an opportunity for other eras. Complete with pre-gens designed for those particular scenarios. These could be themed, or just completely random. Like the recent Nameless Horrors publication. They could range from hard core horror investigations for the purists, through to superficlal serials designed with the ultra pulpy enthusiasts in mind.

2. Lovecraftian County - setting books and small campaigns set in Lovecraft's version of New England USA. Typically 1920s, and hard core purist play would be the focus

3. The Grand Campaigns - global spanning campaigns with lots of exotic locations, in the vein of SoYS, MoN, BtMoM, HotOE. These ideally would be set in the 1920s and 1930s, perhaps being more tailored for action orientated mild pulpy play rather than purist. The kind of sprawling campaigns that attract GMs to the system to run, as part of a GM 'bucket list'.

If Chaosium considers another era other than the 1920s/1930s, then the next logical era is the Victorian/Edwardian 'Gaslight' era from the late 1800s to early 1900s. The core Gaslight book would obviously focus on Great Britain as the heart of the British Empire (just update the most recent Gaslight book), but supplements could also span the empire and beyond, such as Parisan Bohemia, Colonial India, Boer War Africa, French Foreign Legion, the East Indies Company in Java, the American Wild West, Tsarist/Bolshevik Russia etc

Great post

And my 2 cents.

#1.  I can totally get behind your #1.  I'd have each anthology stay in a single time and setting though.  1920 New England, 1930 Scotland, 1920 Caribbean, etc.

#2.  Perfect.  Though I would add a chapter on tweaks for using them in a more Pulpy game.

#3.  Yes and Yes Again   I agree with the thought of leaning toward pulp, since that is my personal favorite. But like #2, a good chapter on using them in Purist and Pulp. 

I like your take on Gaslight.  But I'd like to not get too narrowly focused on the British Empire.  Other European Powers have great potential for stories as well as US possessions in the 20's & 30's.   Not to mention the worlds Minor Powers of the era.  I'd also not be adverse to seeing some material dip into the 40's. 

daddystabz - 

All that type of information is available on the Cult of Chaos forum. 

Including release schedules and a host of helpful topic discussions and game aids. 

The information is intentionally separate from this, the general open forum in order to avoid spoiling anything for players.

Waiting with baited breath.  Pulp is my all time favorite genre.

25 minutes ago, noahghola said:

Spence--I've been thinking about trying the same thing at my FLGS, but am nervous about the same kind of thing happening. Did you have another keeper to help you with the second table? 

Brian, one of the owners at the FLGS stepped in and did a crash course and prep for CoC 7 and ATfH.  He ran the second table.   

From the overall response of players in my area, finally seeing organized play support for something other than sword-swingers is hitting the bulls-eye.  The only drawback is the availability of books which I hope will be rectified soon. 

After this, I would definitely recommend having a second Keeper on hot standby  

2 hours ago, sverbridge said:

 I have the PDFs, but some of my players do not care for reading PDFs on their computer, so I am waiting for the hard copies so I can run A Time to Harvest.  I don't want to spend the money to get the PDFs printed out and bound at Staples or the like, that is really expensive.

I just started ATtH last night with pre-gens and a copy of the quick-start rules.    I really want the hard-copy's, but......

It was actually pretty cool.  We advertised it as an event at my FLGS.  In the past non-sword swinging RPG's have been the only games that anyone responded to.    I was expecting 4 players or maybe 5 if I was lucky.  We got 9.  Two tables.  It will be 11 next week because two people were out for work and being sick. 

Awesome evening all around  

But I really need some hard-copy books....

IIRC my FLGS usually gets them about 10 to 15 days before the event.

If we are running the Derelict for FRPGD, should we notify Dustin or post it on a thread in the Cult?  Or other method?

I cannot wait for this book!

I already have my FLGS on the look-out, yes I know it is still a ways out there , but all the other 7th Ed is already on pre-order.....

On 5/19/2016 at 1:55 AM, nclarke said:

A clue as to your location would be nice so that you can get a suitable answer.

Good point

For myself I am in Washington State USA.

But I was actually looking for a broader answer since I am guessing I am not the only one out there wanting to bootstrap CoC in their FLGS.

A Target month for Canada, EU, UK, Australia, the US and so on.

So being all late to the party and such....

Any idea when the books will be available to the distributor?  I have a full array on order and it would be great to have some physical books available while running A Time To Harvest.   

I know that it will be a while, the KS's need to get theirs first.  But a rough guesstimate would be nice  

I sent Dustin the event link for my upcoming game.

Also remember that sending a message was Expensive with a capitol "E".  Very few telegrams (wire or wireless) were sent plain language.  Before the 1950's there were many commercial code books as well as private and government codes.

http://cryptiana.web.fc2.com/code/telegraph2.htm is a good read with some links to actual code books. 

I tried to send this directly to Dustin, but for some reason his email address is kicking back Message can't be delivered?

Then I realized that if I had this question, I am probably not alone, so...

Just wanted to note that the resources here are fantastic.  

I have set up to run AATH at my FLGS starting on 28 May and the dance card was full on the same day the store listed the event.   It has been a while since I have run CoC itself (a lot of Trail of Cthulhu and Fear Itself recently) but I've always had a sweet spot for CoC,, hampered mostly by prep time I didn't have

CoC's Org Play neatly solves that for me.  I am just taking the time to brush up on the new rules, nicely done in my opinion, and getting all the adventure details firmly to mind and into Realm Works. 

PS the various props and material on here are fantastic.  After I get all of my adjustments cleaned up I plan on posting them here (after touching bases with the original version owners of course).

Anyway, great stuff!