Call of Cthulhu: The Dare - RPG Review 

Your a good man, may God rest his soul

God rest him.

23:15 Imagine a rat monster being birthed with Charlie Brown's face.

@Anne O'Nymous That would be pretty good for everything but the witch. It's basically a huge flail.

Better than being dressed as Kenny from South Park.

@@somebloke3869 I mean, at that point you just get to play as the same character when you get forced back in after you die. Because you would have to play him as literally Kenny rom SouthPark. He's even fought Cthulhu and Shub-Niggurath and his friends survived. With that kind of track record it would be such a wasted opportunity not to just run with the joke. You don't often see a Rez tank. Not sure how you would work SAN damage. Probably just depression and substance abuse with a little rage. I don't know, seems like a party to me. You would have to be very clear you were playing it as a joke, but that could really add a twist to this if the table was cool with it.

Hey, at least he probably has a bag full of rocks to throw at the rats and bats.

When you name your kid "Dweebles" the inevitable bullying is going to shove some nasty mental issues deep in there...

You would go nuts too if the only person who knows your real name refused to reveal it and made the only thing anyone calls you be a degrading nickname.

Rather "It"-like.

I did this exact thing. Had a scenario set circa 2000 for the characters to be in their late teens and bridge that gap to adulthood.

That's not a bad idea, actually. You can even link it as a "Legacy" series. The Grandparents(s) got involved in the mythos with something simple(the Happening or something else), then got involved with Cadduseus( Two-Headed Serpent). Their Parents continued fighting(the Well or the Airplane one) and now they get involved unintentionally....

You could add a lovecraftian twist to the movie "The People Under The Stairs" for a one or two player story!

Old man Cavendish who lived next door died. Nobody knew he owned a mythos relic. Soon after he died, the groups' mutual friend Timmy Cooper has been acting wierd.... Like a grown-up...... Guys! We HAVE to figure out what's going on Who's in?

So all of them wound up as bats, huh?

Loving this Idea!

I was about to do this, I thought "wait, what does he mean he can't read that, can!" But you've beaten me to it. Good work!

That sounds like an awesome mod for that scenario.

Yes! I'm prepping a Kids of Cthulhu for my kids (think Hardy Boys meets the Mythos) and Mr. Corbett is going to to be the sophomore adventure after...The Haunting. Jack the NPC, particularly in Seth's The Haunting, inspired me to use old timey radio shows to give the players hints and options. Dead-Eye Jack wouldn't just barge in, he would look into the history of the house knowing, sometimes, naming the demon weakens ones foes. Stuff like that.

@@andychandler1737 I like the idea of the radio occasionally coming on by itself, and it's just like, "I'm Jack, from N.P.C. public radio! You have a great day!"

I was thinking the same thing. I would love to run the rules from The Dare with Mister Corbitt.

THATS AMAZING!!! He’s a perfect baddie for a kid campaign.

1:01 I caught that too... I was thinking the other day that I really need to rewatch that show, I guess this is just fate reminding me. I love Dr. Mrs. The Monarch lol. I guess Jack The NPC doesn't have to worry about dying in this adventure, since he has a Clone At Home.

I came here to comment on this. Hank frequently wore the very same store bought Batman costume

Anyone who thinks Jack's costume being the same as Hank Ventures was mere coincidence has clearly never tried to find a 1970s/80s Ben Cooper Batman mask.

@@SSkorkowsky It's also the quote of getting the tongue caught in the mouth slit. I thought for sure there was going to be a joke of cutting himself on the tongue. Hank incapacitated himself with that in an episode. I personally wasn't sure if it was a coincidence or a nod, but regardless the inclusion of the lines hit a note with the Venture Bros fans, and we clearly appreciate the honor provided! Thanks for the great video, I want to try to run this adventure soon.

"Ith maddening!"

"I can't help myself. It's maddening."

Same! The side skits are usually fun to watch, but this time the Dweebles line made me actually laugh out loud :D

Our group survived (save for The Snob who died up in the attic and was reborn as a Rat Thing).

@@SSkorkowsky Five sessions later: Revenge of the Rat Thing! "You let me die!" -Reanimated Rat Thing They'll never see it coming. Unless they saw horror movies from the 80's, in which case they will entirely see it coming.

This could also make a great back story for some call of Cthulhu player characters or even delta green ones

So Nyarlathotep? (See "Dream In The Witch's House.")

Thanks, I'm not an native english speaker and i'm having a hard time reading that sheet (although I can guess what it says)

Awesome to hear it was a success. Happy to have helped.

It wasn't razor blades though it was poison. Cyanide.

That wasn't fun. Interesting, maybe, but not 'fun'

Wow, going right for the double dog dare?

Tbh it's not hard

Yeah, I ended up copying and pasting the text from the PDF into my own document, and sort of re-wrote the adventure so it would make sense to me as I was running it.

Oh hey, what a surprise to see ya here. (From Bruugar) Seth is awesome.

@@otakuofmine Yep, he's really helpfull when it comes to running modules or tips for DMing in general.

@@manticore6963 indeed and very entertaining at that. also he brough me just to buy a lot of Cthulhu stuff :D

He definitely got it worst, poor sod.

He will get stuck in a room trying to kick a football forever

Best of luck with the game. Hope they have a blast

@@SSkorkowsky Thank you! Turned into a two shot, but the first session went really well. Took it easy to start with, but now I'm gonna start ramping up the action and horror. They are really digging roleplaying as kids. Got them to split up a little bit, and Rodger attacked one of them as his buddy was Freaking Out. Got two impaling strikes on the guys, but they were able to set him on fire and finish him off. Next week's session should be awesome

"Have I ever told ya the story of th' Old Man Corbitt house? Hang on, lemme get my dentures, vodka flask, and Elder Sign Amulet..."

That's too bad, your scenario sounds fun! Wow...Hodgson's work has a lot of potential...hmmm.

With us it was drinking (and screwing, for the couples) in the local graveyard, which was (back in the day) completely unfenced and tucked away in a dell with no houses at all nearby. These days the old home town has plenty of abandoned houses, some very old, but there's so few kids left there's no one left to explore them. Haven't seen a child on a bike or out walking my old neighborhood in the decade since I've been back here.

Scooby doo?

Awesome to hear. It's such a fun scenario. I really hope they do more with the Call of Kidthulhu rules because we had an absolute blast.

Halloween oneshot 😊

I've heard good things about Kids on Bikes but the session I tried to check out was very freeform and improvisational. That's not everybody's bag, but the game is this genre to the dang hilt. I also stumbled upon a setting for Savage Worlds called East Texas University that was basically an aged-up BtVS expy. That would take some adapting but it hits quite a few of the genre conventions as this, with a different focus. Just some options incase Kidthulu is a non-starter.

@@morganrobinson8042 Right! i listened to a review of Kids on Bikes when it was a Kickstarter (was that Seth?). But i was left unsure by its lack of a Narrator/GM. I need to read it over. Has anyone tried it or even the newish Power Ranger rules? I will try to find this Savage World setting you speak of. My group seems split down the middle between wanting Nonmagical mystery and full Lovecraft horror…either way i have to get them OUT of plain jane dnd.

There are other options worth looking at: Don't Tell Mom & Dad from Weird Hobbies Bubblegumshoe from Evil Hat or for a more horror/slasher flick/monster film feel, Sleepaway from Possum Creek Probably others too, I can't keep track of all the indie stuff these days. If you wanted to invert the age range and play old lady sleuths against cosmic horror, there's also Brindlewwod Bay, as well as the upcoming-soon prequel set in the Jazz Age, the Unquiet Dark. Doing a party of Jessica Fletchers versus Generic Cthulhu seems at least as much of roleplaying novelty as Kidthulhu to me - and maybe you could mash them up and have a grandmother or two and a bunch of kids in the same campaign. At least you'd have someone who can drive...

To add to the list, there's Takes from the Loop (kids) and Things from the Flood (teens)

@@richmcgee434 I…I suddenly have a lot of home work! 🫣 the best kind of course!

They meet the dog again as a Animal thing.

@@davidbrennan660 Ruh-roh

What is the typeface they're using there?

@@anthonyragan2696 No clue. It just defaults to whatever your default is when you put it into the word processor.

Good luck. Hope ya have fun.

I just ran this scenario for the first of what will be two times for the month, with the second run happening this weekend. It really is a great time if you have players that can really embrace it. I love doing little things for the group where props are concerned. For this scenario I bought a plastic jack o lantern trick or treat pail for each player and filled each one about half full with candy. It helped sell the idea of the kids had been out trick or treating before they got to the Barnaker house, plus gave the added benefit of having snackies they could munch on throughout the evening.

​@@riff727 I am planning on something similar. I bought some Kool-Aid, some Capri Sun, and candy as well as some electric candles. Aside from a few changes I made to provide optional objectives and ways out (potentially to set up a Part 2 for lucky characters), I'm proud of the music and ambiance I found to play in the background. Fingers crossed I get actual rain that night so we can have creepy music and natural rain noises! Hopefully your sessions went well as I am very hopeful mine goes well this Halloween!

@@Starcraftgamer97 Rain would have been a great and serendipitous addition, but alas the weather did not cooperate as much for that. Music and ambience are great ways to help immerse the players. I hope your run goes well for this. My second run definitely went better than the first run. I think the biggest difference was in the players in each group. The first had more people that wanted to play the game but were very much more stereotypical "roll players". The approach from this group derailed quickly into a stereotypical dungeon crawly find the item and defeat the baddie type of experience. Part of this was certainly my fault but part of this was the group. The members of that first group tend to approach things that way in other games as well and don't really embrace the idea of "playing a character" and interpersonal interactions between the players or players and npc. I tried to coax more of the character interplay out of them, but it just landed flat. I think this group just might not be the right fit for Call of Cthulhu type games that are not extreme action oriented. That being said, even though I found it to be a bit lacking, the players themselves really enjoyed it, even though it played out more or less like a board game than an rpg. The second group was much more into player interaction and the difference could not have been more major. The second run took twice the time the first run took just because the players were really into interacting with each other and exploring the scenario and their characters. This also made it much easier to "creep out" the players as they really got into the headspace of the characters they played. Honestly, as a keeper I much preferred this second group as my job was much easier to do than it was with the first group. There were actually a lot of things that the first group never even got to experience because they just didn't bother with something if they figured it did not help to achieve the end game, where the second group ended up almost insane because they found almost every bad thing they could. It was actually a pretty fun night. It is important to note that while I felt the second group was a better experience, on the player side both groups thoroughly enjoyed their play through. Though I think the story will stick with the second group more than the first, both got I guess what they wanted out of the experience. The second group just gave me more of what I like about running a Cthulhu game, and I will be doing Cthulhu with that group more often I think, while sticking to more Shadowrun, D and D, or Cyberpunk with the first group. That first group is less concerned with what we play and more concerned with getting together to do something. The second group specifically approached me because I run Cthulhu and they wanted to play that particular game. Cthulhu is one of those games where the players will get out only as much as they put in, and that second group definitely put in the effort, at least for what I expect from a Cthulhu game.