Cthulhu Britannica

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Cthulhu Britannica is a series of role-playing game supplements produced by the British game company Cubicle 7 Entertainment for use in the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game produced by Chaosium. The series allows for games to be set in the United Kingdom.

Contents

Publication history

Cubicle 7 used their license for Call of Cthulhu to publish the Cthulhu Britannica (2009) core book, [1] [2] :432 the first product in the line which included five scenarios. [3] [4] Additional books were then released every year until 2012, including Shadows over Scotland. [1] In 2013 a Kickstarter campaign was run in order to produce a boxed set and series of supplements set in London, with the London Boxed Set set being released in the following year. [5] [6] A dozen titles were produced for the Cthulhu Britannica line, and they spanned the British Isles with information from British folklore. [7]

Supplements

Awards

Shadows over Scotland won Best Roleplaying Supplement or Adventure at the 38th Annual Origins Awards (2011) [8] and 'Gold' for Best Setting at the ENnie Awards (2012) [9]

Legacy

Stu Horvath in the 2023 book Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, Deluxe Edition: A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership explained how "Before renovating Call of Cthulhu proper, Mike Mason and Paul Fricker did interesting work at the helm of Cthulhu Britannica for Cubicle 7 (2009), which also produced an odd fusion of war story and cosmic horror with their World War Cthulhu line (2013)." [10]

References

  1. 1 2 ONeill, John (2014-03-23). "New Treasures: Cthulhu Britannica: Shadows Over Scotland by Stuart Boon". Black Gate . Archived from the original on 2024-03-23. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  2. Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN   978-1-907702-58-7.
  3. S, Antonios (2016-04-08). "Review of Cthulhu Britannica". RPGnet . Archived from the original on 2024-03-23. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  4. Babb, Shelby (2010-06-28). "Review of Cthulhu Britannica". RPGnet . Archived from the original on 2024-03-23. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  5. "'Cthulhu Britannica London Boxed Set'". ICv2 . 2015-01-13. Archived from the original on 2024-03-23. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  6. thegaminggang review
  7. Jarvis, Matt (2021-08-23). "Call of Cthulhu studio acquires Cthulhu Britannica and World War Cthulhu, confirms re-releases and new titles". Dicebreaker . Archived from the original on 2024-03-23. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  8. 2011 Origins Award winners
  9. "2012 Noms and Winners". ennie-awards.com. 20 August 2012.
  10. Horvath, Stu (2023). Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, Deluxe Edition: A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership. Cambridge: MIT Press. p. 87. ISBN   978-0-262-04822-4 . Retrieved 2024-03-23 via Google Books.