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  If you've read any of the previous blogs on here pertaining to Call of Cthulhu, you won't be surprised to learn I am a massive fan of the RPG. At points in time I, myself, had even been a Keeper of Arcane Lore when the game started running the first time at EPIC Ipswich.  Unfortunately, we have had to pause the Call of Cthulhu games for the past four weeks due to the Game Master (GM) availability, I am also unavailable to GM myself due to the time it takes to prepare for running the game. This is not goodbye forever, we have many enthusiastic players wanting to continue playing and should we find the next month I will take some time to make preparations to continue the games as a Keeper myself. May the insanity continue, Lachy

  You may recall that I recently wrote about the return of Call of Cthulhu to EPIC Ipswich, one of the most popular articles one the blog since it changed from our website to Blogger. This is a follow up to that article and if you haven't done so I would recommend reading it first before continuing this article to help with some context. You may read that here , and for those not wishing to have the Call of Cthulhu module Blackwater Creek  spoiled, this will recount key plot points from that module. Character Creation Call of Cthulhu Character Sheet Unlike when players had previously played Call of Cthulhu  on Free RPG Day , players got to experience the joy of creating their own unique characters from scratch. Credit Rating, Stat Score interactions, Skills and Occupations were all learned and combined for each player to have a unique character to begin the game. This was not only insightful but a necessary skill to learn as character death is very very high in Call of ...

 If you read our previous article about the riveting success that was 2022 Free RPG Day, you may recall that we mentioned the overwhelming demand for Call of Cthulhu . You can read that previous blog post here . In that article, I had hinted that Jon was running games of Call of Cthulhu on Saturdays at 4 PM, I can now confirm this is true! But what is Call of Cthulhu and did EPIC run games before? Let's dive into the insanity! What is Call of Cthulhu? If you're familiar with the popular game of Dungeons and Dragons , the premise is very similar. There is a game master (much like a Dungeon Master) referred to as The Keeper of Arcane Lore, it is their responsibility to ask players to make dice roles and narrate the story. Players will rely more on role play in Call of Cthulhu  as it primarily takes place using 'theatre of the mind' or your imagination. Unlike D&D, Call of Cthulhu  doesn't use a lot of combat, and if you have entered combat, it is very very likel...