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ACHTUNG! Cthulhu - Which System for War Time Adventure?

Started by ChrisBirch, March 19, 2012, 10:33:34 AM

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ChrisBirch

#15
March 21, 2012, 08:08:23 AM
Thanks Windjammer! Will check it out, my fiancee knows German so can check out some reviews.

I've been researching how to make more an impact with terror and fear using the systems we're going to be releasing Achtung! Cthulhu with so watch this space!
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#16
March 22, 2012, 04:06:58 AM
Quote from: ChrisBirch;522813Thanks Windjammer! Will check it out, my fiancee knows German so can check out some reviews.

I've been researching how to make more an impact with terror and fear using the systems we're going to be releasing Achtung! Cthulhu with so watch this space!

For research material on WW1 you have good selection of books on British side but German side has less in English. Jack Sheldon's books, German Army on Vimy Ridge, German Army at Passchendaele etc. are awesome. There are really good journal entries there; for example multiple observations how being the target of mine attacks is like.

Richard Hargreaves The Germans in Normandy is similar on WW2.

Akrasia

#17
March 22, 2012, 08:27:16 PM
Quote from: Géza Echs;522427Have you looked into the Laundry RPG system? I'm not familiar with it, myself, having only just started to read the Bob Howard books, but since it hinges on Lovecraftian stuff meeting espionage... I don't see why it couldn't work with a setting like this.

The Laundry RPG, like CoC, is a BRP-based game.  There's not much difference between them.
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Akrasia

#18
March 22, 2012, 08:29:21 PM
I might be interested in a Call of Cthulhu version.  I'm afraid that I don't have the time or energy to learn an entirely new system to run a Lovecraftian game.  It just seems unnecessary IMO, given the presence and popularity of CoC.
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#19
March 23, 2012, 06:43:01 PM
CoC or D20 are the only two listed above I would run it with. Of the others, even FATE, which I like a lot as a system, wouldn't feel right to me for Cthulhu mythos adventures.

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March 24, 2012, 04:06:45 AM
CoC should be there. D20 is also a good option, and, as I like ToC's take on Sanity, I would recommend it, too. I don't think the other games are good fits.
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