greasyspoon42 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 I am new to Call of Cthulhu I just have ran the starter scenario and a couple of the solo mission. My group is wanting to run a sci fi /horror scenario along the lines of the movies sphere and Pandorum. I think CoC might me a good rule system for it. I have the though the ages with the Icarus as an example but I was wondering if there are any websites with resources for CoC in a scifi setting. Looking for things like skills and occupations. Thanks for any help you can offer. Thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dethstrok9 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 I believe there is a CoC supplement (for an earlier edition) for games in space, then you could also look in the stand along TTRPG Alien (which is supposedly the quintessential sci-fi horror system). Alternatively, I think we'd be glad to help you out with creating specific skills/occupations or recommending good ones. What type of game are you planning on running? What is the setting like? For example, are the players going to all live on a spaceship or be astronauts? Or do you plan for them to take on the roles of aliens themselves? 1 Quote -Voice of the Legion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlonsoAguilurk Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 As of now, Chaosium has only released a sample of Cthulhu Icarus in Cthulhu Through The Ages. There are rumors of a campaign or full-blown supplement in the works. Stygian Fox's Salo's Glory is a scenario on that setting, tho. In the old Miskatonic University Monographs there were a couple of sci-fi supplements under the name "Cthulhu Rising". The scenario collection Strange Aeons II had "Time After Time", which is set on a space ship as well. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasyspoon42 Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 going to run a hard sci-fi’s setting not elder gods or that. It pre faster than light travel. Players are scientists sent on a 4 month hibernation trip to researcher a problem and help the colonist. Mid way they get woken up to find an unknown ship. They board it and are greeted by an AI. Explore the ship find the crew in hibernation. As they play found out the ship uses an experimental FTL engine that causes some of the crew to go violent/crazy and as it gets worse their bodies will break down on a molecular level. Turns out it is then engines side effect. But the Corp that sent them out know it and was studying the effect to weaponize it. The AI is part of it and will seek to stop the Players from helping then try to kill them. Players goal will be to escape or remove the AI. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDLeary Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 If you go to Chaosium, there is the fine Monograph Cthulhu Rising... think Alien or Aliens with the Mythos, and you'd be almost spot on for the setting. Downside? Not much of one really. Made for previous version of Cthulhu, but easily convertible. In this sites Downloads section, you will find various Sci-Fi oriented downloads, including those that translate Traveller 2300/2300AD into BRP supplement form, the Technical Expansion for RQ3, and various other setting books and a few adventures. As for something specifically for Cthulhu 7, I seem to remember Chaosium mentioning something, but my search ability seems to be escaping me right now. Oh @Mike M! SDLeary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastingsofCthulhu Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 You could probably adapt a few modern era scenarios to a sci-fi theme as well. The Deralict from petersen's abominations could work with a bit of a twist around. Make the crew of the ship a luxury space yacht or a tug and tweak the monster a little. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasyspoon42 Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 Cool thinks looking to to Cthulhu rising. I looked at Alien RPG but I have never played it and did not know the difficulty of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastingsofCthulhu Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 I played a couple of games of Alien at the weekend and its very simple, theres only a handful of stats, you just need plenty of D6s. The rulebook is huge and looks imposing but once you get into it most of the book is background material. The Cinematic oneshot in the back is a great intro to the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloporte Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 On 7/15/2020 at 6:43 AM, SDLeary said: If you go to Chaosium, there is the fine Monograph Cthulhu Rising... think Alien or Aliens with the Mythos, and you'd be almost spot on for the setting. Downside? Not much of one really. Made for previous version of Cthulhu, but easily convertible. The Cthulhu Rising website is down but you can get free dowloadable scenario and campaign right here https://gitlab.com/NHcthulhu/NewHorizon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike M Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) Cthulhu Through The Ages includes Cthulhu Icarus, a micro sci-fi setting / scenario. Edited August 19, 2020 by Scotty added link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Scott Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 12 minutes ago, Mike M said: Cthulhu Through The Ages includes Cthulhu Icarus, a micro sci-fi setting / scenario. There's a review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4OVP-9Lt1E Quote ----- Search the Glorantha Resource Site: https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com. Search the Glorantha mailing list archives: https://glorantha.steff.in/digests/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristan Narbrough Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 A new sci-fi setting for Cthulhu has been announced. I look forward to hearing more about the Dark Frontier, which is apparently making an appearance in 2021. This topic came up in an interview with Mike Mason on the podcast Rollers of Ry’leh recently. There were some other fantastic announcements of campaigns etc. to come. https://anchor.fm/rollers-of-rlyeh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadi Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Great news, can you tell us more? I don't have time to listen to the podcast. Or can you tell at which part he talks about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandilarasM Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 7 hours ago, stadi said: Great news, can you tell us more? I don't have time to listen to the podcast. Or can you tell at which part he talks about it? Check at the 54m 55s mark. Really exciting stuff on "Cthulhu - The Dark Frontier"! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadi Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Sounds great. He mentioned a Keeper and a Player book for Dark Frontier. Later also a campaign. Unfortunately it seems to be far away (at least the campaign if I understood it correctly what he meant). I'm really excited. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffDonizetti Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 "Cthulhu - The Dark Frontier": any news about this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike M Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 It's being worked on - but will be a while before it's ready. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 The first paragraph of "Call of Cthulhu" reads :- The first paragraph of "The Call of Cthulhu" The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age. I'm guessing in the Cthulhu universe, an AI, with its superior ability to correlate and extract meaning from vast amounts of information, brings us a big step closer to that dread day of revelation ;-). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali the Helering Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 1 hour ago, EricW said: The first paragraph of "Call of Cthulhu" reads :- I'm guessing in the Cthulhu universe, an AI, with its superior ability to correlate and extract meaning from vast amounts of information, brings us a big step closer to that dread day of revelation ;-). If you haven't read the Laundry series by Stross I would recommend it. The dangers of advanced computing..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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