Cthulhu

Cthulhu is a role play game produced now, I believe, by Chaosism.

The game was inspired by the books of Lovecraft, indeed Lovecraft is remembered more for the horror stories he wrote that provided this inspiration than for his other poems and works. It is basically a game involving horror where staying sane is as much of the object as staying alive.

The players are known as investigators. Generally they discover a sinister happening, investigate it and try to deal with it. Most of their opposition are other humans, the few monsters are generally remarkably powerful and usually have to be banished of imprisoned as they can rarely be destroyed.

I have prepared a simple game - no amazing graphics or programmed dice rolling - to give the favor of Cthulhu I hope I have succeeded. I must advise that this game is not suitable for children - they have way too much imagination.

Mr. Henry works for an agency set up by the British Government to identify and deal with certain types of incidents. A group of investigators have been gathered into an area to look into certain 'happenings' and you, if you play this game, are also there. Your role though is to help and advise from a distance due to an especial set of skills you have. Firstly people who do meet you generally quickly forget you. Secondly you can watch people within a certain range via a crystal ball and finally, as long as you can see a person, in the flesh or through the ball, you can implant suggestions into their minds and/or folk to them via their minds. Through the ball you can see them, the are just around them and what they can see. You have to meet the people in person to create a link enabling this. The game starts with a kind of invitation.

Play instructions - click on underlined links to make decisions. Some objects in scenes can be examined and an investigator's record can be examined by clicking on their head. Select "Done" or finished to return to the scene. If you want to play please click on the line below.