Cthulhu Live
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Cthulhu Live is a live-action roleplaying game (LARP) version of the popular horror roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu
. Based on the bleak works of horror author H. P. Lovecraft
, Cthulhu Live is an action-oriented game that has been seen as an alternative to LARPS like Vampire: The Requiem
.
Created by game designer Robert "Mac" McLaughlin, the first edition of the game was published in 1997 by Chaosium
. A second edition and four supplements were published over the following years by Fantasy Flight Games
.
Its third edition was published in September 2006 by Skirmisher Publishing LLC
, which has supported it with a Companion CD-ROM, a number of ready-to-use scripts, and a section of the company's interactive forum.
Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)
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.-Setting:...
. Based on the bleak works of horror author H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
, Cthulhu Live is an action-oriented game that has been seen as an alternative to LARPS like Vampire: The Requiem
Vampire: The Requiem
Vampire: The Requiem is a role-playing game published by White Wolf, set in the World of Darkness, and the successor to the Vampire: The Masquerade line. It was first released in August 2004, together with a new core rule book for the World of Darkness...
.
Created by game designer Robert "Mac" McLaughlin, the first edition of the game was published in 1997 by Chaosium
Chaosium
Chaosium is one of the longer lived publishers of role-playing games still in existence. Founded by Greg Stafford, its first game was actually a wargame, White Bear and Red Moon, which later mutated into Dragon Pass and its sequel, Nomad Gods...
. A second edition and four supplements were published over the following years by Fantasy Flight Games
Fantasy Flight Games
Fantasy Flight Games is a Roseville, Minnesota-based game company that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games. Fantasy Flight Publishing was founded in 1995 by its CEO, Christian T. Petersen. Since the release of its first game product in 1997, the company has been doing...
.
Its third edition was published in September 2006 by Skirmisher Publishing LLC
Skirmisher Publishing LLC
Skirmisher Publishing LLC is a Spring Branch, Texas-based publisher of wargames, roleplaying games, and historic reprints. It was founded by author, editor, and game designer Michael J...
, which has supported it with a Companion CD-ROM, a number of ready-to-use scripts, and a section of the company's interactive forum.
External links
- Official Cthulhu Live website
- Robert McLaughlin Interview Flames Rising