MOB Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 Note: The boxed sets in our Call of Cthulhu Classic Kickstarter will NOT be going into general retail distribution. If we have any left over after the Kickstarter rewards go out we'll sell them on Chaosium.com and that will be it. We don't have a retailer backer level, but if you're a genuine brick and mortar game store, our FAQ explains how to you can order copies. Ends in three days! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaosium/call-of-cthulhu-classic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 $100,000 Stretch Goal - Classic Keeper Screen - Achieved! $200,000 Stretch Goal - Ruby Red Dice - Achieved! $300,000 Stretch Goal - Handouts Upgrade - Achieved! $350,000 Stretch Goal - Arkham Poster Map - Achieved! $400,000 Stretch Goal - Out from the Shadows... (extra Silhouettes) - Achieved! $450,000 Stretch Goal - 34" x 11" Size Comparison Poster - Achieved! $500,000 Stretch Goal - Bonus Scenario: Wail of the Witch by Keith Herber - Achieved! Having passed $500,000 in our Call of Cthulhu Classic Kickstarter it's on to the next Stretch Goal: $500,000 Stretch Goal - Things get a little more dicey: Two more D6s We will add 2 more red ruby-colored D6s into each boxed set (so the set will have 3D6 in total). That way you won't have to roll that single D6 so many times when rolling up characters or dealing out damage. nb: These dice are in addition to the set of dice in our $200,000 Stretch Goal, already achieved. Check out our campaign here, we've got just over 24 hours to go! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaosium/call-of-cthulhu-classic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 As we enjoy the final 24 hours of our Kickstarter we want to celebrate the record breaking 5000 backers who have joined us on this adventure. One of the magic powers of Kickstarter is how it strengthens a community, and rallies a gathering of kindred spirits. Some of us started playing Call of Cthulhu decades ago, while many more have discovered the Mythos more recently. In the end, here we are, all together, 5000 strong. Back when Call of Cthulhu first debuted, in each boxed set there was a small postcard. It allowed you to mail in the name of a friend who would love to find out more about our games. In the time we have left together on this Kickstarter, perhaps you can still do something like that, and a few more like-minded souls might join us. Reach out to your gamer friends. Let them know about what we are doing. If they back the Kickstarter for a $1 now, they can upgrade their pledge later once they know how best to proceed. After all, it's not where you start, so much as where you end up. Let them know what they would otherwise be missing. As always, from all the team at Chaosium, thank you for your support, and thank you to everyone who has backed this Kickstarter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 $100,000 Stretch Goal - Classic Keeper Screen - Achieved! $200,000 Stretch Goal - Ruby Red Dice - Achieved! $300,000 Stretch Goal - Handouts Upgrade - Achieved! $350,000 Stretch Goal - Arkham Poster Map - Achieved! $400,000 Stretch Goal - Out from the Shadows... (extra Silhouettes) - Achieved! $450,000 Stretch Goal - 34" x 11" Size Comparison Poster - Achieved! $500,000 Stretch Goal - Bonus Scenario: Wail of the Witch by Keith Herber - Achieved! $550,000 Stretch Goal - Things get a little more dicey: Two more D6s - Achieved! With a little over 7 hours remaining in our Call of Cthulhu Classic Kickstarter we have broken the $550,000 mark! Thus, those two additional red ruby-colored D6s are going into the little plastic baggie that holds the rest of the dice set. That got us to thinking about what we could do for our digital only backers and this is what we decided to aim for in the last few hours of this campaign. Our biggest Cthulhu Kickstarter raised $561,836. While we didn't expect we would break that record this time around, we're only about $9,000 away from doing that. So here's a final stretch goal: $561,837 Stretch Goal - Setting a new record! We will provide free PDFs of the other items included with the set back in 1981. All $20 reward levels and higher will get a free PDF of the 16 page Basic Role-Playing book, and a free PDF of the 1981 Chaosium games catalog. We'll even do a free PDF of the postcard. That's three free PDFs when we break the record. As always, from all the team at Chaosium, thank you for your support, and thank you to everyone who has backed this Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaosium/call-of-cthulhu-classic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) With literally one hour to go in our Call of Cthulhu Classic Kickstarter, people have been trying to triangulate on exactly how many scenarios are in the 2" boxed set, so we thought we should provide a list: The Haunted House (by Sandy Petersen) The Brockford House A Beginning Scenario for a Campaign The Wail of the Witch Shadows of Yog Sothoth The People of the Monolith The Warren The Auction Black Devil Mountain The Asylum The Mauretania Gate from the Past Westchester House Paper Chase The Mystery of Loch Feinn The Rescue The Secret of Castronegro The Haunted House (by Keith Herber) Shadows over Hollywood The Underground Menace Valley of the Four Shrines Curse of Tsathoggua Trail of Tsathoggua That's 23 scenarios, although Shadows of Yog Sothoth is really a campaign and you could equate each of its 7 chapters to a scenario. Doing that would bring the total to 29! What's more, the boxed sets and PDFs on offer are not only packed-full of nostalgia from the birth of the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game in 1981, but are also fully compatible with the 7th Edition of the game! Last chance to back, the campaign ENDS Sat 24 July at 7pm EDT / 4pm PDT! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaosium/call-of-cthulhu-classic Edited July 24, 2021 by MOB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 Kickstarter has just notified us that 5718 backers pledged USD$591,470.01 to help bring our Call of Cthulhu Classic project to life. That is amazing, astounding, and awesome. It exceeded our expectations and we feel like we just rolled a special success. Thank you to all who joined us for this intense ritual to bring back some of the Great Old Ones. Our efforts certainly succeeded. As the saying from 1928 goes, "That is not dead which can eternal lie." In our case we don't have to have a lot of early Call of Cthulhu books just lying in the archives. We're bringing them back onto your gaming shelves for you to read, play, and enjoy. There's lots more info to come, but right now we wanted to focus on thanking everyone who backed the campaign for making it such a success. The Stars Were Right! And it was all down to all of you! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadDomain Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Congrats @MOB! It begs the question, what was the previous record (backers and dollars) and for which kickstarter was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 hour ago, DreadDomain said: Congrats @MOB! It begs the question, what was the previous record (backers and dollars) and for which kickstarter was it? The 7th edition Kickstarter: 3,668 backers pledged $561,836 to help bring this project to life. Call of Cthulhu Classic: 5,718 backers pledged $591,470 to help bring this project to life. PS: That was a one minute search on Kickstarter to find out. 1 1 Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadDomain Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Rick Meints said: The 7th edition Kickstarter: 3,668 backers pledged $561,836 to help bring this project to life. Call of Cthulhu Classic: 5,718 backers pledged $591,470 to help bring this project to life. PS: That was a one minute search on Kickstarter to find out. Thank you for the answer and apologies to have bothered you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closterphobia Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Just got my Backerkit notice. PDFs are now being downloaded. The shipping to Canada was way cheaper than I feared it was going to be, quite happy about that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 PDFs going out to all 5,718 backers of the Call of Cthulhu Classic Kickstarter today! BTW, these aren't just scans of the originals: we recreated everything in Adobe Creative Suite. All the files are crystal clear, searchable, and hyperlinked! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadDomain Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 3 hours ago, MOB said: BTW, these aren't just scans of the originals: we recreated everything in Adobe Creative Suite. All the files are crystal clear, searchable, and hyperlinked! I concur. I am going through the pdfs now and they are crisp and clear. Well done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlHazred Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 For those of us who missed this, is there an email list we can get on to be notified when any remaining sets might hit the Chaosium store? I, too, have all of these items in the original and would not mind having crisp new copies! Quote ROLAND VOLZ Running: nothing | Playing: Battletech Hero, CoC 7th Edition, Blades in the Dark | Planning: D&D 5E Home Game, Operation: Sprechenhaltestelle, HeroQuest 1E Sartarite Campaign D&D is an elf from Tolkien, a barbarian from Howard, and a mage from Vance fighting monsters from Lovecraft in a room that looks like it might have been designed by Wells and Giger. - TiaNadiezja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 18 minutes ago, AlHazred said: For those of us who missed this, is there an email list we can get on to be notified when any remaining sets might hit the Chaosium store? I, too, have all of these items in the original and would not mind having crisp new copies! You can also message me on Kickstarter. Just let me know what backer level and what email to send the invite to. pr-at-chaosium-dot-com Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted May 6, 2022 Author Share Posted May 6, 2022 Yesterday, in an update to backers of the Call of Cthulhu Classic Kickstarter, we were pleased to let them know that shipment of their boxed sets will commence in just over a week! If you're a backer, we thank you for your patience! Now is the time to make sure your shipping address is correct: please go to the update for more details. If you weren't a backer and would like a copy, never fear: we'll be selling the remaining copies via Chaosium.com AFTER distribution to backers is completed. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 BACKER SHIPMENTS 99% DONE! — Almost one year ago our Call of Cthulhu Classic Kickstarter funded on July 24th. We were thrilled that 5718 Backers joined us to bring back the Classic Call of Cthulhu boxed sets from the early 1980s. As of today we have but a handful of backers yet to provide us with their shipping address or updated payment details; thus, we are in the final stages of wrapping up this Kickstarter! In our latest backer update we have details on what to do if you have issues updating or accessing Backerkit, or if your shipment has not arrived, or arrived damaged or with something missing. And if you weren't a backer and would like a copy, very soon we'll be announcing the date we'll be selling the remaining copies via Chaosium.com. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 The stars will be right on August 4th! The Call of Cthulhu Classic 1" box and Deluxe 2" box will be available at GenCon and worldwide, exclusively at Chaosium.com, from August 4th! Spread the word! Iä! Iä! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlHazred Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Well, THOSE are going to sell out quickly... Quote ROLAND VOLZ Running: nothing | Playing: Battletech Hero, CoC 7th Edition, Blades in the Dark | Planning: D&D 5E Home Game, Operation: Sprechenhaltestelle, HeroQuest 1E Sartarite Campaign D&D is an elf from Tolkien, a barbarian from Howard, and a mage from Vance fighting monsters from Lovecraft in a room that looks like it might have been designed by Wells and Giger. - TiaNadiezja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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