Overview
Call of Cthulhu is a classic tabletop roleplaying game of eldritch horror based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Just behind the veil of reality lie ancient horrors beyond human comprehension: immortal elder gods sunken to the deepest places, cosmic entities drifting dreaming among the stars, impossible ideas waiting for a fragile human psyche to take root in. You play as an investigator, a mostly normal person (at first) who's simply too curious for their own good. You'll pull at threads perhaps best left untouched to uncover the secrets of a world bigger than mortal minds were meant to know. You might unmask cults who wish to wake dread sleeping things, learn the true nature of an alien parasite, or try to deduce what might cause an entire town to all walk into the sea. Your own exposure to all this things may not drive you to madness yourself--if you're lucky. Call of Cthulhu is typically set in 1920s America, around the time of Lovecraft's stories, but its flexible and versatile system and a long history of supplements allow setting your eldritch mystery nearly anytime, anywhere. A classless, skill-based system allows players to fully customize their investigator, and a robust Sanity mechanic tracks your gradual (but likely inevitable) descent into madness as you delve deeper into the mythos. As one of the most popular roleplaying games of all time, Call of Cthulhu dares players to plumb its depths, and unearth its mysteries. Never mind that all who came before you have lost their minds; surely, your fate will be different.