I picked up this summer when they released for retail and I'm really happy with it. I wish more RPGs go this way: boxsets containing simple stapled books n zines and not only the deluxified leatherettes trend of the las years. Also, having available classic material without having to pay crazy money for the originals is great. Great review, Daniel!

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

Yeah! I’d love to see more releases like this. For sure!

This brings back so many awesome memories when a friend got me into this back in the 80’s with the original box set. I loved the fact all the monsters were only silhouettes leaving it to your imagination. I’ve lapped up anything Mythos based since then. Awesome review. 😀 May have to pick this up.

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

I wish I would have gotten into this system earlier! I've got a lot of catching up to do!

43:59 The Solo Investigator's Handbook is so great! I use it with the mythic system and the Cthulhu Nights Chapbook for fast and easy rules system (I suggest taking a look at that). I use CoC 7Ed and Pulp Cthulhu for a base on everything else except for the game mechanics that I find heavy and tiresome for my solo games. There is also the equivalent book from the same author titled The Solo Adventurer's Toolbox. Basically the same thing but for fantasy settings.

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! That CN chapbooks looks pretty cool!

FFG did a reprint of the WEG Star Wars RPG a few years back. Really nice little set, I believe it’s still in print.

@Naruga

Жыл бұрын

I discovered it recently and been really enjoying reading it. It seems like it would be pretty fun to play.

Wow!! The art is so cool on this one! I just discovered this RPG and I like it sooo much! I'm still playin Alone Against the Dark and its fantastic! Thank you!!

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

You're enjoying that solo adventure?

@jean-sebastienh.8789

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDungeonDive Yes, a lot!! Its long, there's a timer mechanics similar to Legacy of Dragonholt, there's combat and stolen artefact etc.

looks amazing... i think i need this, but will never have anyone to play with.

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

With the Solo Investigators Book, and the solo adventures, you don't need anyone else to play!

Great video. That boxset looks awesome. A little out of my price range at the moment but I did pick up the starter set and Alone Against the Tide after watching your other video. And now I'm off to buy the PDF of the Solo Investigator's Handbook.

A very thorough review! I love those tentaclely monsters. It’s my favorite thing about the mythos.

A really good video. I look forward to seeing how you get on with the Solo Investigators Handbook. As I said, I went back to using Mythic with Call of Cthulhu but the Handbook has some excellent charts and resources that I mine for my games. Have fun.

Are you going to create a solo actual play video for Call of Cthulhu Classic? I'd love to see how you use the supplements for this. Great video. Thank you.

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

I will featuring some scenes / scenarios.

@Number01

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDungeonDive Thanks! :)

That is really awesome! I just got my starter set and a couple solo campaign books in the mail, I'm really excited to play through them.

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy them. Such a fun system. Wish I would have taken the plunge years ago! Oh well. Better late than never.

Great review! I bought this a few weeks back. Great box set. I have been trying to solo through CoC. The scenario layout doesn't make it easy. Still, I'm building my own approach - largely a journaling exercise with the scenario as prompts. Thanks again! Great Channel!!

CoC is my fav game because of its flexibility in creating a game that mimics older pc style adventure games / detective stories / mysteries etc which are a bigger draw to me than dungeon crawling (though dungeon crawling is my preferred gameplay style for board games). It also works well at various player counts. Here it is common to play one player one keeper because getting a group together can be hard and there are a ton of self published adventures made for 2 people.

@hariszark7396

Жыл бұрын

I prefer solo but 1 GM with 1 Player is also what I like.

@Naruga

Жыл бұрын

@@hariszark7396 With someone that has style similar to yours, 1 player 1 keeper can be so atmospheric.

@hariszark7396

Жыл бұрын

@@Naruga I agree. 👍

Very interesting and useful for a beginner like me. I'm just starting out (with the CofC Starter Set) and I was curious as to how I would build a solo experience from there and this video game me a clue to how I might progress once I eventually go through the 'Alone Against....' books. Thanks so much.

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I started playing CoC with the 2nd edition and that book looks pretty close to my copy - the art, the layout, etc.... I picked it up as a teenager and it kicked off a lifetime love of the Mythos. All the lore and detailed overviews of the creatures and Elder Gods, it was unlike anything else I'd seen (having come from AD&D) - absolutely a treasure!

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

Do you have a preferred edition now?

@miked5394

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDungeonDive Good question. I've only ever played the 2nd edition. I skipped all versions after that but did pick up the 7th edition a few years ago and found it rather similar. The biggest changes I could see were in the character development options - the skill points they give you to make a character. Slightly lower in the 2nd edition than in the 7th and in checking around, that seems to be the biggest change. Giving characters more points definitely tilts the balance more towards the players (imho) as it makes them more likely to succeed at various skill checks. There are other minor things (like the chase mechanic) but overall I think they're minor adjustments. I think if I were going to play, I'd personally stick with the 2nd edition or try Pulp Cthulhu because I own it and know it. If I'd never played before and didn't have books, I'd probably jump in with the current rules. Since you have the 40th anniversary, I'd definitely give that a go! If you can get your hands on the classic adventures (above and beyond what comes in those rule books), so many of them are really great - Masks of Nyarlathotep, Arkham, Horror on the Orient Express - just so many.

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

Yeah - characters in 7e seem to be a lot more powerful.

@miked5394

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDungeonDive What's interesting is that I started running an online 5E D&D campaign during the pandemic as a way to stay in touch with friends remotely. The "power creep" for the characters has actually derailed my ability to run the game and I'm switching over to Dungeon Crawl Classics to try and change the dynamics. I wonder if player characters becoming more powerful has been a trend overall for PnP RPGs over the last 20 years?

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I think so. I talk a bit about it in this video. Players have so much stuff competing for their time now, that I think they easily check out if they aren't doing cool things. I like to be heroic in my games, so I like more powerful PCs. This is why I love Scarlet Heroes so much - my level 1 character is total bad ass. I start as hero, and become a more powerful hero! Conversely, this is why I dislike DCC so much! :)

Awesome!

Note: The 'Resistance Chart' on the older BRP-based games is a fairly simple calculation, if you'd rather do it in your head than look it up on the chart. When both of the opposing stats are equal, then it's a 50% chance of success. Add or subtract the difference between the two characters' stats, multiplying that difference by 5%. e.g. If Active Character (STR 12) is trying to wrestle something out of Target Character's (STR 15) hands, then there is a -3 difference in stats, so -3 x 5 results in -15% from the base 50% = 35% Total. If it were the other way around (+3 higher stat than target) then it would be 65% total. Or you can just count plus or minus 5 per difference off, one at a time. Min 5% to Max 95% That may be more math than some can do in their head, but the table is there so they don't have to. Or, if you want one less table look-up during play and can math, then it's one less table to worry about.

I refed a short campaign of Call of Cthulhu in the late '80s. I described cultists summoning an Old One in the woods and the party kept watching them (regardless of my clues) until the god turned up and killed everyone. In the rule book, it states the characters are expected to run from many of the dangers. My friends were slow learners.

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

Haha! That's great.

@hariszark7396

Жыл бұрын

That will teach them....in their next lifes....😆

Speaking of Solo RPGs tools, have you ever see the Adventure Crafter by Tana Pigeon? Another great tool for solo. Also the CRGE by Zach Best can help advance the Yes/No oracle system adding more variables to it. And the BOLD system can give seeds to create events out of the "spot light" or at the background of your story. Like adding the "in the mid time" happenings.

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

I have Adventure Crafter by Tana Pigeon, but I haven't dug into it yet.

Great video

@TheDungeonDive

Ай бұрын

It’s such a nice box set. Wish more companies did repro sets like this.

I’m really looking forward to you showing us some gameplay of CoC solo. I’ve been wanting to try a sandbox as the published solo adventures didn’t really do it for me.

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully it works out!

The HP Lovecraft Historical Society did an INCREDIBLE job making a box of all the handouts for this box set. But it’s like movie quality work. Work checking out.

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

Those guys are great! I have their production of At the Mountains of Madness on CD.

So cool

Daniel, this looks SOOO cool. THanks for the video! Btw, are you no longer working as an exterminator?

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

I am not. The hours just didn't work out. I'm doing this part time, and project management at my old firm part time.

@chrisdonovan8795

Жыл бұрын

He's still exterminating horrors from beyond though.

Ohmanohman... I still have the box set of CoC from the '80s that I tried to run my friends through after we burned out on Advanced D&D. So many good memories. To your questions: yes--came in a box much like this one. No--the back was not like the one you show. Digital readers? More like no Internet, no BBS even, rip-offs of Edward Gorey illustrations? :)

I’ve just recently started to play Call of Cthulhu solo, I’m new to both CoC and the “Solo Investigator’s Handbook”. I’m struggling a bit with what would be a good investigator to start with, and I’m unsure of how the “boosting your solo investigator” thing from the handbook works in practice. Is the extra personal interest skill points the only mechanical adjustment, and the extra occupation just flavour/justification for those skill points, or do the character get any benefits from the second occupation? As far as I can tell from the rules of CoC occupation and personal interest skill points are not connected in any way, so I’m confused. I feel a bit like I’m missing something obvious, so I appreciate any advice or clarification 😅

@TheDungeonDive

11 ай бұрын

I am a total newb to the CoC game, so probably best to ask a rules question on reddit, or another forum dedicated to the game!

50:24 actually I think a roll on the Clues table would be more helpful in this case.

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice! I'll keep that in mind.

Where did you get the solo player handbook? Also, can transform all book scenarios with it?

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

It’s more for making your own adventurers. www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/266779

@roger9685

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDungeonDive thanks

What makes the dice antique? They are ruby inspired as in the ruby anniversary.

@TheDungeonDive

9 күн бұрын

I don’t know.

Where can I find this? It's not on the chaosium site

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

It's on the Chaosium site. www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-classic-2-deluxe-boxed-set/

@allanbray9480

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDungeonDive I kept looking for the 40th anniversary edition. I appreciate the link. I'll be picking this one up.

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

It's a great set.

Thanks Man, but WAY too many commercials!! Can you dial that down?

@TheDungeonDive

3 ай бұрын

Looks like YT has snuck some more in. I'll see what I can do. I don't see them because I pay for premium.

@TheDungeonDive

3 ай бұрын

Yep. YT added a bunch because this is a legacy video. I went in and deleted over half of them. Have to keep some because I want to at least make a few cents for my time and effort. :)

Thanks Daniel you are doing a great job but we must be millionaires 😂