Mysteries of Montreal

This is a nice little video as both a quick introduction to Call of Cthulhu, if not an in depth review of 7th edition, as the title suggests.

Been away on holidays, where I planned to read through the new quickstart rules for 7th edition Call of Cthulhu, however, it was not to be. I still plan to do this, and will post my thoughts on the new edition, and how it differs from 6th (and previous) editions of Call of Cthulhu, but in the mean time, here's omething a little different in tone: Feminist Yog-Sothoth .

It has been in the news for a while, but it is finally coming to a head. Call of Cthulhu is printing a 7th edition. Furthermore, this is not a new edition in the way that many of the other CoC editions, in that, they were mere clean-ups of the book and rules, tidying and modernising the layout and such. This seems to be very much a new edition. What I do know is that they are trying their hardest to make the new edition backwards compatible with all existing adventures. For a company like Chaosium, where their back catalog of adventures is what they are renowned for, this really was a must. Also, all playtesting done for the new edition of Horror on the Orient Express has been done in 7th ed, thereby assuring the new adventure is not out of date as soon as it hits the shelves, whilst also being backwards compatible with all older versions of the rules, as befits a classic adventure. Want to know more? Go here for the kickstarter . I have yet to pledge, as I am waiting to see what o...