Call of Cthulhu

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1st Edition

titleCall of Cthulhu
subtitleFantasy Role-Playing in the Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft
publisherChaosium
date1981
gameCall of Cthulhu
authorSandy Petersen, William James Hamblin III, Steve Perrin, Greg Stafford, Anders Swenson, Lynn Willis
cover artistGene Day
format2" deep box set
pages
product code2009-X
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front
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back


contents:

  • "What's in this Box?", sheet
  • rulebook, staple-bound softcover, 96pp
  • "A Sourcebook For the 1920's", staple-bound softcover, 32pp
  • "Basic Role-Playing", staple-bound pamphlet, 16pp
  • 4 folded character sheets
  • character figures sheet
  • world map, 22"x34"
  • dice: d20,d8,3d6,d4

content images:

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rulebook
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sourcebook
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basic role-playing
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character records
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character figures
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map (detail)


Awards

"Call of Cthulhu 1st Edition" won the H.G. Wells Award for best roleplaying rules of the year 1981 (The H.G. Wells Awards are annually given out at the Origins Game Convention)