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APOCTHULHU RPG Core Rules €21,49
Publisher: Cthulhu Reborn
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von Amanda C. [Verifizierter Käufer] Hinzugefügt am: 10/14/2020 14:11:45

I really like this system, I've been running various Lovecraftian games for over a decade now and definitely like this product.

My biggest problem with it isn't really the system's fault, as I run primarily over virtual tabletops (With a strong preference for Foundry) and being a small system it can be difficult to get on big systems. If you're struggling with this problem, I found that running it as Delta Green (The systems overlap a lot in some ways) and adding in custom weapons and items, as well as having a handout/journal entry telling you your skill with the skills not ont Delta Green's sheet gets around this issue well.

My only other real problem is that the pre-written apocalyptic scenarios are short, very short, with plenty of room to fill in your own ideas, but in turn that leads to them being somewhat uninteresting. Particularly, the setting of "The God from the Utmost South" was one I was excited for, dealing with the creature from At The Mountain of Madness (And, I feel, drawing heavy inspiration from other titles such as Beyond the Mountains of Madness and Assault on the Mountains of Madness) which is my favorite Lovecraft story. It has an interesting premise, rather than destroy the world as we know it in fire and death, the God instead enslaves humanity and turns them into an insect-like hive where people communicate telepathically while hunting down those mentally strong enough to resist. Again, interesting, but the section on it lasts only four pages, with no guidelines on how to actually run this scenario because it's short, to the point that the Keeper is going to be inventing the vast majority of content for it. The sample apocalypses are simply seeds, when I was hoping for full fledged settings, which was disappointing. Notably excepted from this is their section on "The Night Lands", which is 50 pages worth of a sourcebook full of ideas for running a full campaign. I would have preferred another one of these, perhaps for Cthulhu or Nyarlathotep rising, but I have zero complaints about this section. Should Cthulhu Reborn publish a book of more settings like this, it would definitely be worth a look.

Now for the good, however. As I said, the section on The Night Lands is awesome and is brimming with ideas for being based off of a setting a hundred years old that predates Lovecraft's mythos. Additionally, Apocthulhu is widely adaptable by design to be usable with monsters, tomes, weapons and other items of interest from other systems such as Delta Green. It mentions it is compatible with items from Open Cthulhu, but I don't think this product is available yet, I hadn't even heard of it and it appears to be in a legal limbo, so make of that what you will. Apocthuhlu doesn't have specific rules for using Call of Cthulhu RPG items and monsters, but it's easy enough to switch it over should you want to, particularly if you're more partial to 6e instead of 7e. Finally, the scavanging system is intuitive and ensures your players are never truly without the gear that they might stumble into really, really needing while intentionally keeping their resources scarce.

All in all, I recommend this for any fan of Lovecraft, particularly fans of the Delta Green RPG or Keepers who don't want their game of Masks of Nyarlathotep or Beyond the Mountains of Madness to end just because their players caused the apocalypse.



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Antwort des Verlags:
Hi Amanda,

Thanks for your great review. I can provide a little bit of extra context about a few of the points you mention (and what we are hoping to do in the future with APOCTHULHU).

First off, in terms of Virtual Tabletops, we're definitely interested in making it as easy as possible for people to run APOCTHULHU online. So far our efforts have focussed on Roll20, where we have *just* (a day or two ago) had an official APOCTHULHU sheet added to the site. That bakes in a lot of the dice mechanics as automated rolls, so it definitely makes the game a bit easier to run. In terms of getting it on other VTTs or supported more comprehensively on Roll20, more will hopefully come as people play the game more.

In terms of the 8 "sample Apocalypse settings" included in the core rules ... you're absolutely correct in saying that they're not intended as "ready to play scenarios" but more like springboards for someone making their own game using these pieces as a seed. We've already had a couple of people make cool games using them, and hopefully more people will share their creations. You're also right in saying that we wanted "The Night Land" to be more of a read-to-use "world" for running games -- and the fact that you found it inspiring is wonderful.

Not mentioned in your review is the two large "ready to run" scenarios (each about 50 pages long) which are intended as a resource for people who just want a cool one-shot mini-campaign to run, or who prefer to have things more pre-written for them. One of those campaigns actually ties into one of the "sample apocalypse" settings as well, so is kind of a bridge from the "seed" to an example fully-realized creation.

Your idea about publishing more books which expand on some of those "sample Apocalypse" seeds is definitely something we've been thinking about ourselves. We already have Kevin writing some more Night Land material, but perhaps other settings could benefit from being fleshed out in the same way ...?

Anyway, thank you so much for taking the time to review APOCTHULHU! I hope you and your gaming group have some fun in the Lovecraftian Post-Apocalypse soon :)
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