Trail of Cthulhu review 

I would recommend the new Call of Cthulhu Starter Box from Chaosium.

@@questwise4077 I'll look into that, thank you.

@@kopgamer it is a great introduction to horror roleplaying and I really hope it fits the bill for you. Once you've gotten comfortable with that, let me know and I'd be happy to help you jump into the full game experience.

@@questwise4077 Thank you. I've checked the contents of the starter set and seem like it's exactly what I was looking for. I'll start with it, let's see how will it go.

@@kopgamer good luck and welcome to the fold!

It appears that their website has changed, but let me see if I can find out if it's still available elsewhere for you.

@@questwise4077, thank you very much! :)

Yeah, people cling to rolls too much, I feel. Success on a library use roll could give extra clues, while failure would still give the necessary core clues. What I tend to do is use time to constraint the research. Failing a library use roll might give you something, but maybe not what you were after. In certain scenarios, like the haunting, I then tend to inform the player that, during the whole afternoon, he was only capable of checking one pile of books, from the group of multiple piles and he could come back the next day to try and research more. The player will then weight that and consider if he wants to spend his next morning/afternoon in the library of if he wants to do something else. Regardless of what system is being used, crucial clues should never be locked behind rolls.

I’d say you really do not need Call of Cthulhu anymore: it’s an old and clunky system that simply doesn’t work.

@@Mencazable how does CoC not work? Seems to work great for me but I do hear a few people criticise it hear and there, no idea why personally.

@@18ps3anos I would tend to agree. I like the philosophy of rolls in the 7e book: it’s about possession of the story not failing or passing the task necessarily. And there is always luck points which also are subject to improvement check every session. I hear people say often about not “hiding clues behind roll”, but to me it’s either no roll or failed rolls pass with consequence if it’s essential.

Overall I prefer 7th edition followed closely by Pulp, for that kind of over the top cinematic action.

Jonathan Baldridge actually, after having played both, I think I prefer 7th edition. Much more support and flexibility. Though Trail is simple and has some cool traits, I still gravitate towards 7th.

I am really enjoying 7th. myself and I have just become obsessed by the new Delta Green by Arc Dream Publishing as well. Keep up the awesome vids!

Jonathan Baldridge I am about to dive into Delta Green soon as well. Keep an eye out for that review. And Thanks!

I'll be looking forward to it.

@@questwise4077 there is fall of delta green from pelgranepress now