Anyone here know about it?  I was going to recommend 6th edition and Cthulhu by Gaslight to some friends.  But now I'm thinking they should hold off?

4e's book is the prettiest one, but there's no reason not to grab the latest and greatest.

Honestly. I think you should just go for 6th and don't worry about any of that new edition bullshit. Just enjoy the game. It's great as it is, and ever was, for that matter.

Benoist,

If you had to choose between the 6e English or the 30th anniversary French edition - which would you pick?

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;547003Anyone here know about it?  I was going to recommend 6th edition and Cthulhu by Gaslight to some friends.  But now I'm thinking they should hold off?

The report I've heard from a guy who's in no position to know anything is that 7th Edition is going to be a real, honest-to-god, serious revamp of the system which might even break compatibility with previous editions.

If that's the case, you don't want 7th Edition: It's never going to have the same support that CoC has historically had.

If it's not the case and 7th Edition is like all the previous editions (with just incremental improvements and errata), then there's no reason to hold off: The game is going to be functionally identical to the versions that already exist. Just snag whatever looks convenient and start playing.

I was thinking it might be a chicken or the egg thing, too.  Getting 7th edition CoC and then Chaosium announces their 35th anniversary BRP book that has the rule updates that CoC now uses, etc.

Yes, I know that CoC is always a standalone.

Quote from: Rum Cove;547006Benoist,

If you had to choose between the 6e English or the 30th anniversary French edition - which would you pick?

Really depends what you are looking for. The 30th anniversary French edition is full of inspiring bits and involves lots of subsystems handy for experienced Keepers, but fundamentally it is the same game, and if you are starting with CoC for the first time, for the sake of clarity and simplicity, I would actually recommend CoC 6th.

Ben has an unfair advantage!  From what I've heard the French versions of Call... were absolutely gorgeous and well-written to boot.

BOO!  BOO!  SSS!

The way in which the French AdC 30eme anniversaire would be useful for a starting Keeper is the atmosphere I think: the rich layout, the photographs of the time period, the many ideas spread in the form of background and anecdotes one can read throughout the book. The rules themselves present three styles of play, from lovecraftian horror to heroic adventures through conspiracy investigations, add tons of rules and variants to the game, like the notion of Aplomb, which is basically a built-in psychological resistance to the loss of sanity after living through great trauma, supernatural and otherwise. But all these things from a mechanical POV are here to help you fine tune your game rather than change it dramatically in the way a new D&D edition sadly would.

This is the reason why I would go for the core of the game bereft of the bells and whistles when it comes to the new Keeper: have him read the Whisperer in Darkness, At the Mountains of Madness, the Call of Cthulhu, and then just give him the core rules, which thankfully never changed. He'll get it from there.

I'm now imagining a nekked French woman sitting in my study and reading to me the French version of CoC.  And would I be horrified by the tale?

But since I don't have that version, she'll be reading from Mein Kampf (the English version).  Oh, well.

Quote from: Benoist;547019The way in which the French AdC 30eme anniversaire would be useful for a starting Keeper is the atmosphere I think: the rich layout, the photographs of the time period, the many ideas spread in the form of background and anecdotes one can read throughout the book. The rules themselves present three styles of play, from lovecraftian horror to heroic adventures through conspiracy investigations, add tons of rules and variants to the game, like the notion of Aplomb, which is basically a built-in psychological resistance to the loss of sanity after living through great trauma, supernatural and otherwise. But all these things from a mechanical POV are here to help you fine tune your game rather than change it dramatically in the way a new D&D edition sadly would.

This is the reason why I would go for the core of the game bereft of the bells and whistles when it comes to the new Keeper: have him read the Whisperer in Darkness, At the Mountains of Madness, the Call of Cthulhu, and then just give him the core rules, which thankfully never changed. He'll get it from there.

Is there any chance that you could sum up those new rules for those of us still in the process of learning French?

What I am personally waiting for is The Void.  From Wildfire.  Their last bit didn't ever get converted to book format (Chthonian Stars).

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;547026I'm now imagining a nekked French woman sitting in my study and reading to me the French version of CoC.  And would I be horrified by the tale?

But since I don't have that version, she'll be reading from Mein Kampf (the English version).  Oh, well.

expecting one, getting the other:   :eek: SAN loss 1d3/none

Quote from: Imperator;547027Is there any chance that you could sum up those new rules for those of us still in the process of learning French?

seconded!

Quote from: Imperator;547027Is there any chance that you could sum up those new rules for those of us still in the process of learning French?

Quote from: beeber;547058seconded!

Let me finish the Bandit level of the megadungeon first (link in sig), and then I'll see what I can do.