<s>
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
is	O
a	O
horror	O
fiction	O
role-playing	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
H	O
.	O
P	O
.	O
Lovecraft	O
's	O
story	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
and	O
the	O
associated	O
Cthulhu	O
Mythos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
darker	O
version	O
of	O
our	O
world	O
based	O
on	O
H	O
.	O
P	O
.	O
Lovecraft	O
's	O
observation	O
(	O
from	O
his	O
essay	O
,	O
"	O
Supernatural	O
Horror	O
in	O
Literature	O
"	O
)	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
oldest	O
and	O
strongest	O
emotion	O
of	O
mankind	O
is	O
fear	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
strongest	O
kind	O
of	O
fear	O
is	O
fear	O
of	O
the	O
unknown.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cthulhu	O
by	O
Gaslight	O
supplement	O
blends	O
the	O
occult	O
and	O
Holmesian	B-Application
mystery	O
and	O
is	O
mostly	O
set	O
in	O
England	O
during	O
the	O
1890s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cthulhu	B-Application
Now	I-Application
and	O
Delta	O
Green	O
are	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
modern/1980s	O
era	O
and	O
deal	O
with	O
conspiracies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
settings	O
include	O
1000	O
AD	O
(	O
Cthulhu	O
:	O
Dark	O
Ages	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
23rd	O
century	O
(	O
Cthulhu	B-Application
Rising	I-Application
)	O
and	O
Ancient	O
Rome	O
(	O
Cthulhu	O
Invictus	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
protagonists	O
may	O
also	O
travel	O
to	O
places	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
of	O
this	O
earth	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Dreamlands	B-Application
(	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
through	O
dreams	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
being	O
physically	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
earth	O
)	O
,	O
other	O
planets	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
voids	O
of	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
also	O
includes	O
ideas	O
for	O
non-Lovecraft	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
using	O
folk	B-Application
horror	I-Application
or	O
the	O
settings	O
of	O
other	O
authors	O
and	O
horror	O
movies	O
,	O
or	O
with	O
entirely	O
custom	O
settings	O
and	O
creatures	O
by	O
the	O
gamemaster	O
and/or	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
conception	O
of	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
was	O
Dark	O
Worlds	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
commissioned	O
by	O
the	O
publisher	O
Chaosium	O
but	O
never	O
published	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sandy	O
Petersen	O
contacted	O
them	O
regarding	O
writing	O
a	O
supplement	O
for	O
their	O
popular	O
fantasy	O
game	O
RuneQuest	O
set	O
in	O
Lovecraft	O
's	O
Dreamlands	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
took	O
over	O
the	O
writing	O
of	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
death	O
of	O
Willis	O
,	O
Mike	O
Mason	O
became	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
line	O
editor	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
continuing	O
its	O
development	O
with	O
Paul	O
Fricker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
4th	O
edition	O
1989	O
Softcover	O
Includes	O
content	O
from	O
the	O
Cthulhu	B-Application
Companion	I-Application
and	O
Fragments	B-Application
of	I-Application
Fear	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Second	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
Companion	I-Application
supplements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
6th	O
edition	O
2004	O
Hardcover	O
,	O
softcover	O
,	O
or	O
electronic	B-Application
file	O
Same	O
layout	O
and	O
content	O
as	O
20th	O
Anniversary	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
7th	O
edition	O
2014	O
Hardcover	O
,	O
softcover	O
,	O
or	O
electronic	B-Application
file	O
Rules	O
significantly	O
revised	O
by	O
Paul	O
Fricker	O
and	O
Mike	O
Mason	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
those	O
grounded	O
in	O
the	O
RPG	O
tradition	O
,	O
the	O
very	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
created	O
a	O
brand	O
new	O
framework	O
for	O
table-top	O
gaming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
book	O
of	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
adventures	O
was	O
Shadows	B-Application
of	I-Application
Yog-Sothoth	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
template	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
followed	O
in	O
many	O
subsequent	O
campaigns	O
,	O
including	O
Fungi	O
from	O
Yuggoth	O
(	O
later	O
known	O
as	O
Curse	O
of	O
Cthulhu	O
and	O
Day	O
of	O
the	O
Beast	O
)	O
,	O
Spawn	B-Application
of	I-Application
Azathoth	I-Application
,	O
and	O
possibly	O
the	O
most	O
highly	O
acclaimed	O
,	O
Masks	O
of	O
Nyarlathotep	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shadows	B-Application
of	I-Application
Yog-Sothoth	I-Application
is	O
important	O
not	O
only	O
because	O
it	O
represents	O
the	O
first	O
published	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
boxed	O
first	O
edition	O
of	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
,	O
but	O
because	O
its	O
format	O
defined	O
a	O
new	O
way	O
of	O
approaching	O
a	O
campaign	O
of	O
linked	O
RPG	O
scenarios	O
involving	O
actual	O
clues	O
for	O
the	O
would-be	O
detectives	O
amongst	O
the	O
players	O
to	O
follow	O
and	O
link	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
uncover	O
the	O
dastardly	O
plots	O
afoot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
format	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
by	O
every	O
other	O
campaign-length	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
publication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Asylum	I-Application
and	I-Application
Other	I-Application
Tales	I-Application
,	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
stand	O
alone	O
articles	O
released	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
rated	O
an	O
overall	O
9/10	O
in	O
Issue	O
47	O
of	O
White	O
Dwarf	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
milieux	O
were	O
provided	O
by	O
Chaosium	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Dreamlands	B-Application
,	O
a	O
boxed	O
supplement	O
containing	O
additional	O
rules	O
needed	O
for	O
playing	O
within	O
the	O
Lovecraft	O
Dreamlands	B-Application
,	O
a	O
large	O
map	O
and	O
a	O
scenario	O
booklet	O
,	O
and	O
Cthulhu	O
By	O
Gaslight	O
,	O
another	O
boxed	O
set	O
which	O
moved	O
the	O
action	O
from	O
the	O
1920s	O
to	O
the	O
1890s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
,	O
Chaosium	O
issued	O
the	O
supplement	O
titled	O
Cthulhu	B-Application
Now	I-Application
,	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
rules	O
,	O
supplemental	O
source	O
materials	O
and	O
scenarios	O
for	O
playing	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
in	O
the	O
present	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lovecraft	O
Country	O
was	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
supplements	O
for	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
released	O
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
,	O
Terror	O
Australis	O
:	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
in	O
the	O
Land	O
Down	O
Under	O
was	O
published	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
requires	O
the	B-Application
Call	I-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
Keeper	O
's	O
Rulebook	O
(	O
7th	O
Edition	O
)	O
and	O
is	O
usable	O
with	O
Pulp	O
Cthulhu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
28	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
crowdfunding	O
campaign	O
on	O
Kickstarter	O
for	O
the	O
7th	O
edition	O
of	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
with	O
a	O
goal	O
of	O
$	O
40,000	O
;	O
it	O
ended	O
on	O
June	O
29	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
having	O
collected	O
$	O
561,836	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Problems	O
and	O
delays	O
fulfilling	O
the	O
Kickstarters	O
for	O
the	O
7th	O
edition	O
of	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
led	O
Greg	O
Stafford	O
and	O
Sandy	O
Petersen	O
(	O
who	O
had	O
both	O
left	O
in	O
1998	O
)	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
an	O
active	O
role	O
at	O
Chaosium	O
in	O
June	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chaosium	O
has	O
licensed	O
other	O
publishers	O
to	O
create	O
supplements	O
,	O
video	O
,	O
card	O
and	O
board	O
games	O
using	O
the	O
setting	O
and	O
the	B-Application
Call	I-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Delta	O
Green	O
by	O
Pagan	O
Publishing	O
and	O
Arkham	B-Application
Horror	I-Application
by	O
Fantasy	O
Flight	O
,	O
have	O
moved	O
away	O
completely	O
from	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arc	O
Dream	O
Publishing	O
released	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Delta	O
Green	O
in	O
2016	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
game	O
,	O
partially	O
using	O
the	O
mechanics	O
from	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
version	O
of	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
was	O
released	O
by	O
Wizards	O
of	O
the	O
Coast	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
d20	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
d20	O
system	O
also	O
made	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
characters	O
in	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
introduce	O
the	O
Cthulhu	O
Mythos	O
into	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
bears	O
mention	O
because	O
its	O
eventual	O
failure	O
brought	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
hard	O
times	O
that	O
affected	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
produce	O
material	O
for	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Card	O
Game	O
is	O
a	O
second	O
collectible	O
card	O
game	O
,	O
produced	O
by	O
Fantasy	O
Flight	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
licensed	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
gaming	O
miniatures	O
were	O
sculpted	O
by	O
Andrew	O
Chernack	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Grenadier	O
Models	O
in	O
boxed	O
sets	O
and	O
blister	O
packs	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2011	O
,	O
RAFM	O
still	O
produce	O
licensed	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
models	O
sculpted	O
by	O
Bob	O
Murch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
Chaosium	O
announced	O
a	O
license	O
agreement	O
with	O
Ardacious	O
for	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
virtual	O
miniatures	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
their	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
app	O
Ardent	O
Roleplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Comet	I-Application
(	O
later	O
repackaged	O
as	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shadow	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Comet	I-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Infogrames	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
follow-up	O
game	O
,	O
Prisoner	B-Application
of	I-Application
Ice	I-Application
,	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
direct	O
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prisoner	B-Application
of	I-Application
Ice	I-Application
(	O
also	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
:	I-Application
Prisoner	I-Application
of	I-Application
Ice	I-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Infogrames	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
in	O
1995	O
in	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
H	O
.	O
P	O
.	O
Lovecraft	O
's	O
Cthulhu	O
Mythos	O
,	O
particularly	O
At	O
the	O
Mountains	O
of	O
Madness	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
follow-up	O
to	O
Infogrames	O
 '	O
earlier	O
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Comet	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
licensed	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
adventure	O
game	O
by	O
Headfirst	O
Productions	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
campaign	O
Escape	O
from	O
Innsmouth	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Bethesda	O
Softworks	O
in	O
2005/2006	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2011	O
,	O
Chaosium	O
and	O
new	O
developer	O
Red	O
Wasp	O
Design	O
announced	O
a	O
joint	O
project	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
mobile	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	B-Application
Call	I-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
RPG	O
,	O
entitled	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Wasted	O
Land	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Metarcade	O
produced	O
Cthulhu	O
Chronicles	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
for	O
iOS	O
with	O
a	O
campaign	O
of	O
nine	O
mobile	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
stories	O
set	O
in	O
1920s	O
England	O
based	O
on	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
is	O
a	O
survival	O
horror	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Cyanide	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Focus	O
Home	O
Interactive	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
inspired	O
by	O
H	O
.	O
P	O
.	O
Lovecraft	O
's	O
short	O
story	O
"	O
The	B-Application
Call	I-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
49	O
)	O
,	O
William	O
A	O
.	O
Barton	O
noted	O
that	O
there	O
were	O
some	O
shortcomings	O
resulting	O
from	O
an	O
assumption	O
by	O
the	O
designers	O
that	O
players	O
would	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
rules	O
from	O
RuneQuest	O
that	O
were	O
not	O
in	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
,	O
but	O
otherwise	O
Barton	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
an	O
excellent	O
piece	O
of	O
work	O
....	O
</s>
<s>
Bailey	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
an	O
above	O
average	O
rating	O
of	O
9	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
is	O
an	O
excellent	O
game	O
and	O
a	O
welcome	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
role-playing.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
This	O
package	O
is	O
going	O
to	O
keep	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
at	O
the	O
front	O
of	O
the	O
fantasy	O
game	O
genre.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
various	O
supplements	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
have	O
maintained	O
an	O
exceptional	O
level	O
of	O
quality	O
;	O
several	O
,	O
including	O
Shadows	B-Application
of	I-Application
Yog-Sothoth	I-Application
and	O
Masks	O
of	O
Nyarlathotep	O
,	O
deserve	O
consideration	O
among	O
the	O
greatest	O
pinnacles	O
of	O
the	O
fantasy	O
role-playing	O
game	O
design.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
reader	O
poll	O
conducted	O
by	O
UK	O
magazine	O
Arcane	O
in	O
1996	O
to	O
determine	O
the	O
50	O
most	O
popular	O
roleplaying	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
was	O
ranked	O
1st	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Editor	O
Paul	O
Pettengale	O
commented	O
:	O
"	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
is	O
fully	O
deserved	O
of	O
the	O
title	O
as	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
roleplaying	O
system	O
ever	O
-	O
it	O
's	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
does	O
n't	O
age	O
,	O
is	O
eminently	O
playable	O
,	O
and	O
which	O
hangs	O
together	O
perfectly	O
.	O
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