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The obvious answer is that 1920s sells. Arkham Now is still overstocked many years after release and H.P. Lovecraft's Arkham goes for collector prices. I think that if we actually looked at the sales records, I wouldn't be surprised if there is a vast difference in sales numbers. Game companies are, after all, businesses. 

That said, I'm all for development of product that gamers want. Maybe sales of modern scenarios on MR will make a case for an A-list release?

1 hour ago, SunlessNick said:

It's on my DT wishlist.

Same.

Congratulations @Joe Kenobi! 😄 

19 minutes ago, greger said:

I found these, when I went looking previously

https://www.reddit.com/r/callofcthulhu/comments/eseqfk/extended_tables_for_bouts_of_madness/

 

That's a really good start. I personally wouldn't include "sexual disorder" on any table because there are just too many veil or "touch the X" issues there, especially given that investigators don't have any control over what happens in a bout of madness. As a Keeper I would ignore that result on the table.

One I've been thinking of:

Physiological accident: The Investigator urinates or defecates in their clothes. Penalty die to social encounters until addressed.

I just see my players and other Keepers I talk to wanting more variety that we can just rely on in the moment. 

28 minutes ago, Mike M said:

There's 200 phobias and manias in the Rulebook. You want more?

My read was options for bouts of madness and temporary insanity. There are only ten of each. Yes, we can do whatever we want, but a "bigger table" to roll on is something I consistently see as desired. It probably exists out there somewhere as a fan creation.

52 minutes ago, Runeblade said:

One thing I would really love to have in a mildly updated 7e is an expanded insanities list for more variation.

Agree completely. This could be a great include in a near future supplement.

Nothing to add to the great advice above. Just here to wish you success! 😄 

Test Subjects is currently on sale as part of DriveThruRPG's GM's Day Sale! For less than three bucks you can get a full-length scenario complete with Keeper aides to help you execute the consequences of 

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/333222/Test-Subjects

I'm hoping there hasn't been some kind of catastrophe here. 😬  Any news? Are we waiting for product to arrive at all warehouses worldwide before release? If that is the case, I totally support it!

There are plenty of role-playing games that do just fine without new editions. I've never understood this desire to get to the next edition soon after the newest is released. Some people seem to think that the grass is always greener in the new edition, and then they get there and complain about it anew. 7th is fine. If you don't like 7th, house rule. 🙂  A lot of people just stuck with 6th. That's fine too. It's not like they're that different.

For me the 40th anniversary is an excuse to do special things. And if you don't view it that way, that's just fine. But I'm not sure why you'd deny anyone a desire to get special things?

1 hour ago, MOB said:

Lynne Hardy's The Children of Fear is our newest Call of Cthulhu campaign, and we're printing it in Poland; the printer there has just sent us advance copies, and they look superb!

The presses are rolling; will be shipping to our warehouses soon! And remember, if you buy the PDF direct from Chaosium.com now, you get the full price of the PDF off the printed book when it's out.

Are Leatherettes being printed at the same time and included in the same shipment?

Rick coyly teases the possibility of a two-inch box set for the 40th in the latest Out of the Suitcase...

https://www.chaosium.com/blogout-of-the-suitcase-10-can-some-investigators-help-solve-this-mystery-with-library-use/ 

Kind of an updated Cthulhu Classics, but with the ability to draw on a much wider selection of older and mid-age classics. I like it.

25 minutes ago, Rick Meints said:

In general, something was removed because:

• we no longer had the rights to use it.
• it was too similar to another creature.
• quality.

Hold up. Are you saying that you don't make editorial decisions as a deliberate personal attack on specific gamers? Because I have it on poor authority that you do! 😉 

11 minutes ago, g33k said:

On the Chaosium website, it looks like 7E (including Pulp/DDT/DarkAges) is the only lineup.  They already have the base 7E and the 7E Leatherette, so I'm not seeing yet another "Special Edition" being likely.  They've got stock of everything, sitting in their warehouses, and a "Fanservice 40th Anniversary Edition" would compete for market share.

Yeah, I thought about this, and I'm wondering if a layout update is the great equalizer. Let's be honest, and no offense to Paul or Mike, or anyone, but I think the layout of the main rulebook is among the least attractive layouts of any product available for 7E (excepting Canis Mysterium and Nameless Horrors maybe). I'm not trying to insult or anything, just pointing out that the core layout change was a very good idea, in my opinion. So, to what extent does Chaosium now have the capital to produce perhaps a limited print run of an updated rulebook? My publishing knowledge is infantile, so I defer to anybody who knows better. As a fan, I just wonder if the collector market of this game is large enough to make a limited run worthwhile? I recognize that "core books drive profit" has long been a mantra of the industry, and price point influences accessibility, but I've always heard that in the context of DND. How might a smaller publisher have their own conventional wisdom?

20 minutes ago, g33k said:

We all believe you.  Really, we do.

We've talked about you, and none of us think you're  all about the monster 'nads.

*Begins careful study of Kevin Ross scenarios for evidence of focus*

2 hours ago, kross said:

I'd still like to see and art/history book for the game a la the Arts & Arcana book for D&D, showing the development of the game through the years. Fill it with art, photos, memorabilia, and so forth. I've got lots of scans of preliminary art sketches, including some censored stuff (did you know the totem-creature in "The Hills Rise Wild" originally had 'nads?). That's what I wanna see.

To be clear, it's the art in general you want to see, right? Not specifically just the 'nads? 😜

5 minutes ago, Runeblade said:

I never played or read Yog-Sothoth, so I cannot comment on it. But it would be great to read a huge adventure with a shot at topping Masks. I would love to see more mystery, challenging and fun interactions/role-playing with humans before monster appearances in general in these modules. Horror is after all about anticipation.

I'm in total agreement. The hidden monster is the more frightening. I find Children of Fear very interesting, in this regard. There is a lot of potential for role-playing and ritualism in that campaign. It is far more skewed to the investigative and story-focused side of role-playing, in my opinion. Monsters DO appear often, but they don't necessarily have to be "in your face."

7 minutes ago, Runeblade said:

It’s funny, I love the rules so much, but one thing has always struck me as odd is why the malfunction of 38 automatic is 99 and for a 45 it is 100.

While this may be realistic it seems to me it would be more interesting to design it in the opposite fashion, given the armor of opponents. From a role-playing standpoint I guess some players want the smaller gun, and it would be easier to hide, but that may rarely, if ever, come into play.

Any thoughts on that?

What's stopping you from just changing it for your games if your group agrees it should be played differently? 🤔

Good on topic questions for people:

What play aides might we get?

What art pieces/props?

To what extent will redbubble.com open up the possibilities of celebratory products that wouldn't have been possible for the 30th?

There is so much great stuff forthcoming. I am also eagerly anticipating the Dreamlands. I also think it would be awesome to unveil an updated Shadows of Yog-Sothoth for the 40th. It would be appropriately poetic to update the first campaign for a major anniversary. Everybody has their favorite, of course. I wouldn't be surprised if the "Cthulhu Cults" book that Mike Mason teased in a recent interview was part of the 40th. Celebrate the most sophisticated and established of cults of the game's Great Old One namesake...

Hey everyone,

Many of us are eagerly anticipating the 40th anniversary of Call of Cthulhu that we are celebrating this year. If you are late to the party, know that several Chaosium employees, including President Rick Meints, have confirmed products are being developed for the 40th Anniversary, perhaps with a late October release (not official/certain).

What would everyone like to see? What do you think is likely to be seen?

One thing that I think is both likely and something that I would like to see is a 40th Anniversary Leatherette Edition of the 7th Edition rulebook, with all errata and corrections included, and with a new layout to match the layout of the post-Kickstarter books.

What do you think is likely?

What are you hoping for?

Nerd out! Discuss!

2 hours ago, Rick Meints said:

Please be mindful of our general reluctance in answering "when" product availability questions. If we provide an incorrect answer we usually get complaints, frustration, and sometimes outright anger from people who treat such a date as an iron-clad guarantee. Do we want people to know when things will be for sale? Of course we do. Do we want to be helpful and informative? Of course we do. Do we want to disappoint people? No, we don't. Do we want to get into answering "but you said X was the date, so why didn't that happen" questions? No, we don't.

Case in point. The Malleus Monstrorum slipcase set was late in delivery to most of our warehouses, especially our UK warehouse. The shipping delays were severe, and unexpected. We couldn't plan for our UK shipment to be rejected and sent back to us because the shipping company ran out of warehouse space due to Brexit delays. When we talked about that situation with eager buyers, most were understanding, but we also got sincere hate mail about us lying, playing games with people, and being unprofessional, all because we said X was the LIKELY date it would be for sale, and then it turned out it was later than that. 

This is the exact reason why I continue to post about a need for patience and consideration of tone. Chaosium employees are people. Chaosium is also a small company, and cannot participate in the "release date certainty" that a lot of companies can, based on their size.

*sigh* Ok, with this and Lovecraft Country it may be time to sign up for another streaming service....

1 hour ago, Sir Pom-Pom said:

You don't need to act as their (angry) spokesperson.

Hardly angry. I'm asking you to consider the (perhaps unintended) secondary messages you communicate with your tack. Where I'm from "ehem" is a deliberately passive-aggressive way of coyly and impatiently avoiding asking a direct question. The search function is a thing. This isn't the first time Mike has commented on "something special in October" being planned for the anniversary. I'm not Chaosium's spokesperson. But I also see them as people. And asking eight months in advance of what we've heard before isn't going to alter their news schedule. And whether you intend it or not, it makes you look like you can't take "we have plans for October" as an answer. And if you didn't know that there were prior updates, fine, but you have the means to find out.

40 minutes ago, DreadDomain said:

I'd like to point out that no one here was asking "when it would come out" and even less so "can we have it faster" or "are there yet". The question was "if it was planned". Hopefully, gamers taking interest in what is in store for their favorite game is not seen negatively. 

It's hard not to take it as that when Mike M said they were considering it in February 2020, in this very thread. You either trust his response or you don't. "Ehem" is impatience. Chaosium will announce officially on their schedule. Or is this a case of people not taking the effort to read back through the thread?

1 minute ago, TheophilusCarter said:

I'd keep it pretty simple, eyeball the situation as a whole, then just roll it all into the throwing roll.  Most of the time, I'd probably make it a hard success against a normally clothed person in order to hit an exposed area, doing whatever damaged you've assigned from breaking and/or blunt force.  If it's just a regular success, then it hits a well covered covered area (leather, denim, etc.), does minimal damage from blunt force, depending on size and weight of object.  A failure is a miss or it just bounces off harmlessly.  A critical failure: breaks in hand of thrower before releasing it.  🙂

I really like this. Thanks!