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 (often abbreviated as CoC) is a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) based on the Cthulhu Mythos, published by Chaosium since 1981.
In Japan, it is the predominant TTRPG (or TRPG there) of choice - 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.
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Scenarios
- 10-M-Carnaval
- Aconite (Ttrpg Scenario)
- Akuma No Kuchibiru
- Ai Koi Gare
- Ai Ni Tokeru
- Airasu No Sougan
- Angel Devil Improper
- Aoharu The End
- AreAy
- Ato No Matsuri -Hi No Utage-
- Ayame-Mura Kitan
- Boketsu Ni Osamaru
- Brunnhilde Ni Sayonara O
- Deus Ex Machina Wa Shinda
- Dropout Despair
- Drosselmeyer Syndrome
- Ensei. Tsuretette Etoranze
- Erabu Tamashii Koku-Shi
- Faust To Chocolate
- FRaTRlCiDE
- Fritillaria/Meleagris
- Ge Shi Ya
- Gin-Dan No Ite
- GODARCA
- Good Morning ALL
- Hachigatsu No Glass No Mori
- Hai To Kanro
- Haikei Yodaka No Hoshi E.
- Hana O Amu Oukami
- Haru Wa Usotsuki To Iku.
- Hebi No Risoukyou
- Henrin
- Hiver (Ttrpg Scenario)
- Hotel Andersen E Youkoso
- Houkou Etoranze
- K Kenkei K-Ka
- Kadai: Taikanshiki
- Kai Butsu-Tachi To Mahora Cult
- Kaikou (Ttrpg Scenario)
- Kaito Ranma
- Kanata Kara No Kimi Ni Sasagu
- Kanoyo-Gai
- Kasei (Ttrpg Scenario)
- Kibou No En
- Kill Kill Kill
- Killer Killer Killer
- Kore No Kongi
- Kyouki Sanmyaku ~Jashin No Itadaki~
- Ibi No Hijiri Sakazuki
- Inazuma No You Ni Moete Yose
- Iwashi To Hiiragi
- Jeanne No Ryouken
- Joker=Joker
- Junketsu To Tekketsu
- Juu Ni Seiza Kan Satsujin Jiken
- Juurin Suru Wa Waga-Te Nite
- Laplace No Quarters
- Liebbing (Ttrpg Scenario)
- Machi-Sou-Ya Kaiitan
- Megami Wa Ouki Kata Ga I
- Miniature (Ttrpg Scenario)
- Moonlight Town
- My Dear, "H"
- Natsu To Matsuri To Watashi No Mao
- Neverland Club
- Ningen Shitsu Satoru Satsujin Kuse
- Numa O Wa Dareda?
- Obake No Machi
- Oh My Universe!
- Ours Locus Amoenus
- Paranormal Crime
- Purgatorium No Yoru
- Raika No Yukue
- Ranran (Ttrpg Scenario)
- Replicant No Souretsu
- R.I.P+3
- Rotoka Volterra No Ai Duo Uchi
- Sairen Seisou Kaisha
- Senka No Sousou
- Shiki Okuri
- Shoujo Teien (Ttrpg Scenario)
- Soap School
- Sss.S
- Tenshi No Hane Wa Naniiro Ka?
- Toshi Densetsu-Ka
- Vernet No Tenshi Wa Shi O Utau
- VOID (TTRPG Scenario)
- UNISON HOTEL
- What Happened in Bespoke Land?
- What'S Under The Dough
- Youkoso! Mi Mei Shiyakusho Toshi Densetsu Ka E!
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
- Tag Group:Role-Playing Games