Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)
| Horror Roleplaying in the Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft | |
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1st edition box cover by Gene Day, 1981 | |
| Designers | Sandy Petersen |
| Publishers | Chaosium |
| Publication | 1981 |
| Genres | Horror |
| Systems | Basic Role-Playing (adaptations into other systems also available) |
| Website | Call of Cthulhu |
| ISBN | 978-1568824307 |
Call of Cthulhu is a horror fiction role-playing game based on H. P. Lovecraft's story of the same name and the associated Cthulhu Mythos. The game, often abbreviated as CoC, is published by Chaosium; it was first released in 1981 and is in its seventh edition, with licensed foreign language editions available as well. Its game system is based on Chaosium's Basic Role-Playing (BRP) with additions for the horror genre. These include special rules for sanity and luck.