Call of Cthulhu in Space
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Call of Cthulhu in Space
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I was musing about how you might run a Call of Cthulhu set in space and I came across The Titan Incident, a one-shot from the Miskatonic Repository for 7th edition.
I think it'd need a bit of work to tighten up the scenario but is this something anyone would be interested in? I'd think about posting every 1-2 days (for my modern day game we said 2-3 days but people seem to be posting more frequently at the moment).
I'd be thinking a hard scifi approach, something like 2001 meets Alien, but via Call of Cthulhu. The game has pregen characters but I think there is scope for making your own characters. I'm wondering about making rules for synthetic characters (i.e. androids).
The blurb is:
By the waning years of the 22nd century, humanity has expanded beyond Earth, establishing colonies on Mars, Ceres, and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn; the latter of these being largely penal or mining colonies, taking advantage of the isolation and mineral wealth of these moons. One such colony, known as Benedict’s Rest, was established on the shores of the north polar sea of Ligeia Mare on the moon Titan, in the year 2169. Originally a penal colony that used convict labor to harvest liquid methane, Benedict’s Rest was bought out by a German energy conglomerate, Richter Dynamics, and expanded; now, in 2189, contract, or “free” miners outnumber convicts 5 to 1—158 free miners to 31 convicts.
The colony’s productivity, formerly the highest of any Richter colony site, has dropped 19% in the last month with no reasonable explanation provided. In the same period, the colony medic, Dr. Henry Holzer, has died; the administration has been vague regarding cause, though it has been intimated that he committed suicide. Over the objections of colony administrator James Kingsley, Richter Dynamics has sent a team of corporate troubleshooters to investigate these two issues and make recommendations to revive productivity.
I was musing about how you might run a Call of Cthulhu set in space and I came across The Titan Incident, a one-shot from the Miskatonic Repository for 7th edition.
I think it'd need a bit of work to tighten up the scenario but is this something anyone would be interested in? I'd think about posting every 1-2 days (for my modern day game we said 2-3 days but people seem to be posting more frequently at the moment).
I'd be thinking a hard scifi approach, something like 2001 meets Alien, but via Call of Cthulhu. The game has pregen characters but I think there is scope for making your own characters. I'm wondering about making rules for synthetic characters (i.e. androids).
The blurb is:
By the waning years of the 22nd century, humanity has expanded beyond Earth, establishing colonies on Mars, Ceres, and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn; the latter of these being largely penal or mining colonies, taking advantage of the isolation and mineral wealth of these moons. One such colony, known as Benedict’s Rest, was established on the shores of the north polar sea of Ligeia Mare on the moon Titan, in the year 2169. Originally a penal colony that used convict labor to harvest liquid methane, Benedict’s Rest was bought out by a German energy conglomerate, Richter Dynamics, and expanded; now, in 2189, contract, or “free” miners outnumber convicts 5 to 1—158 free miners to 31 convicts.
The colony’s productivity, formerly the highest of any Richter colony site, has dropped 19% in the last month with no reasonable explanation provided. In the same period, the colony medic, Dr. Henry Holzer, has died; the administration has been vague regarding cause, though it has been intimated that he committed suicide. Over the objections of colony administrator James Kingsley, Richter Dynamics has sent a team of corporate troubleshooters to investigate these two issues and make recommendations to revive productivity.
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I'm definitely interested! It sounds like the perfect opportunity to bring back my character from Titanic Horror, engineer Samantha Golightly.
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Re: Call of Cthulhu in Space
I’d love to, but think I’m overcommitted at the moment!
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Would you have room for a power-hungry, profits-before-sense corporate minion on the team? Or is that just asking for mind-rending tentacular trouble?
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I'm not sure you can run a scenario like this without a corporate minion.
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I think we'd need at least three players to justify running the scenario. Also you'd need to be comfortable with players potentially having hidden agendas. We'll see if anyone else is interested.
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This sounds interesting. I think I can commit posting three times per week.
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Three times a week should be fine. Sounds like we're quorate. I need to have a look at how we'll do character generation then we can get going in the next week or so. Time for anyone else to express an interest.
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Great! When you're ready for me to create a forum, please post the title you want me to use for the game. I can use the blurb you provided in the initial post.
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The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
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The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
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Re: Call of Cthulhu in Space
Cheers, 'The Titan Incident' is as good a title as any.
Looks like we have Mr Handy, aine, and Starspawn338. Still room for a few more if anyone's interested.
Looks like we have Mr Handy, aine, and Starspawn338. Still room for a few more if anyone's interested.
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No problem. The forum is here.
Doctor Who/CoC Campaign:
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
(viewforum.php?f=191)]The Ninth Planet
The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
(viewforum.php?f=191)]The Ninth Planet
The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
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Re: Call of Cthulhu in Space
Got the character creation thread up. Still room for another player.
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Can I really commit to another game? Sure I can! I’d like to join if you’ll have me.
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Sure head on over. Link is above.
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If you've room for one more I'd like to join in. I'm pretty desperate to get myself active on these forums again, and I've The Expanse (books and TV show) and the original two Alien movies, so this is right up my street.
I've an existing investigator Nicole Favre that I'd rejig from 6th Edition for this.
She's ideal to be tweaked into the Colonial Marshall, but I can easily rewrite her to fit another role. Maybe the pilot?
I've an existing investigator Nicole Favre that I'd rejig from 6th Edition for this.
She's ideal to be tweaked into the Colonial Marshall, but I can easily rewrite her to fit another role. Maybe the pilot?
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Great stuff! I’ll look at character creation ASAP.Mephistophilis wrote:Sure head on over. Link is above.
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Of course Raiko, head on over to the thread above. I think that means we're full with five players. Post your character ideas to the Character Creation thread.
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