![]() Just like the characters in Lovecraft's stories, the best most characters can hope for is a quick death before they go completely insane. Players assume the roles of normal people caught up in the nightmarish world of Lovecraft's imagination. They called it "Call of Cthulhu," and designed a game rooted deeply in the Cthulhu mythos. ![]() Subsequent printings of the resource book excluded the Cthulhu mythos creatures.Ĭhaosium, however, went on to publish one of the most successful horror genre role-playing games ever. ![]() In 1980, creators of the game Dungeons & Dragons included several creatures in the Cthulhu mythos in the resource guide called "Deities and Demigods." Unfortunately, they did so without knowing that Arkham Press, which owned the rights to Lovecraft's intellectual property, had already licensed the rights to Chaosium, Inc. ![]() Cthulhu shows up in odd places, but one that isn't so bizarre is the role-playing game genre. ![]()
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