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Down with Cthulhu?

Iä! Bruce Baugh disses Chaosium's version of Call of Cthulhu, and puts forward the loathsome, blasphemous idea that d20 Cthulhu is actually an improvement.

Actually, he does have a point; I feel the old Chaosium rules, although groundbreaking in their time, are getting a bit dated now. But I'm far from convinced that the d20 rules are really an appropriate replacement; d20 is just a bit rules-heavy, and I have yet to see any evidence that d20 can do any style other than cinematic. The last time I ran a (non Mythos) scenario written for CoC, I converted the game to Fudge, which seemed a far better way to go.

Posted by TimHall at January 02, 2004 06:46 PM | TrackBack
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Fudge Cthulhu? Sounds interesting. Tell me more!

Posted by: Bruce Baugh on January 5, 2004 08:05 AM
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