Also known as: クトゥルフの呼び声, CallOfCthulhu, CoC, coc, COCシナリオ, CoCTRPG, CoCTTRPG, クトゥルフ神話TRPG, 新クトゥルフ神話TRPG, 克苏鲁的呼唤
Call of Cthulhu (CoC) is the tabletop role-playing game (TRPG) based on Cthulhu Mythos by Chaosium, often abbreviated as CoC, which has been releasing since 1981.
It is the predominant TRPG of choice in Japan - equal to Dungeons & Dragons in the West, building off the TRPG fan culture tradition of 'replays' (novelizations of sessions, often paired with visuals to go with the text) with play videos (prerecorded or live) on Niconico and YouTube (ex. Yukkuri-Tachi No Cthulhu No Yobikoe). The general continued popularity for 20th century western authors such as Lovecraft, an accessible and easy-to-learn 'Basic Roleplaying' system which allows players to shape the scenarios as they wish (leading to many non-combat/horror-oriented scenarios), publisher support, player-created tools (such as CCFOLIA), and countless number of fan-made scenarios (同人シナリオ, doujin scenario) also contribute to CoC’s popularity. In turn, this has resulted in much fanart based on Japanese scenarios.
The name came from the 1926 short story that gives the Cthulhu Mythos its titular cosmic entity Cthulhu. For posts which refer to the short story specifically, tag it with the Cthulhu Mythos tag.
Call of Cthulhu-related tags
Scenarios
- 10-M-Carnaval
- Akuma No Kuchibiru
- Ai Koi Gare
- Ai Ni Tokeru
- Airasu No Sougan
- Angel Devil Improper
- AreAy
- Ayame-Mura Kitan
- Brunnhilde Ni Sayonara O
- Ensei. Tsuretette Etoranze
- Erabu Tamashii Koku-Shi
- Faust To Chocolate
- FRaTRlCiDE
- Ge Shi Ya
- Good Morning ALL
- Hachigatsu No Glass No Mori
- Hai To Kanro
- Haikei Yodaka No Hoshi E.
- Hana O Amu Oukami
- Hiver (Trpg Scenario)
- Hotel Andersen E Youkoso
- Kai Butsu-Tachi To Mahora Cult
- Kadai: Taikanshiki
- Kaikou (Trpg Scenario)
- Kaito Ranma
- Kanata Kara No Kimi Ni Sasagu
- Kanoyo-Gai
- Kibou No En
- Killer Killer Killer
- Kore No Kongi
- Kyouki Sanmyaku ~Jashin No Itadaki~
- Iwashi To Hiiragi
- Jeanne No Ryouken
- Junketsu To Tekketsu
- Juu Ni Seiza Kan Satsujin Jiken
- Juurin Suru Wa Waga-Te Nite
- Liebbing (Trpg Scenario)
- Moonlight Town
- My Dear, "H"
- Ours Locus Amoenus
- Paranormal Crime
- Purgatorium No Yoru
- Raika No Yukue
- Ranran (Trpg Scenario)
- R.I.P+3
- Rotoka Volterra No Ai Duo Uchi
- Senka No Sousou
- Shiki Okuri
- Shoujo Teien (Trpg Scenario)
- Soap School
- Toshi Densetsu-Ka
- Vernet No Tenshi Wa Shi O Utau
- VOID (Trpg Scenario)
- UNISON HOTEL
- What Happened in Bespoke Land?
- What's Under The Dough?
Campaigns
- Call Of Cthulhu TRPG Replay - Mitsukado Gakuen Game-Bu No Boutokuteki Na Katsudou
- Machigai Darake No Cthulhu Shinwa TRPG
- Rokujouhan No Natsu
- Yukkuri-Tachi No Cthulhu No Yobikoe
- Yukkuri Youmu To Hontou Wa Kowai Cthulhu Shinwa
See also
- Emo-Klore TRPG - free TRPG by Madaraushi and PapaVIP, two TRPG scenario writers known for their CoC work
- Tommy Walker Co.’s games (Mugen No Fantasia, Silver Rain, End Breaker!, Psychic Hearts, Kerberos Blade, Dairoku Ryouhei, Chain Paradox, Root Eden) - play-by-web (PBW) TRPGs
- Pandora Party Project - a PBW TRPG
- Alpaca Connect - a platform for PBW TRPGs
External links
- Wikipedia: The Call of Cthulhu (short story); Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)
- Dicebreaker: Horror RPG Call of Cthulhu is bigger than D&D in Japan
- Polygon: The many-tentacled reach of Call of Cthulhu, among Korea and Japan’s most popular RPGs
- Screenrant: D&D Can't Compete With Call Of Cthulhu In Japan