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I'm going to run Viral for my in-person group in October. Any tips on running the scenario? (I've watched Seth's video, by the way, and it looks like the unredeacted version has some of his changes built in.)

For those of you who have run it, how did you approach the comment section and donations? How did you approach the massive Hospital map in-game?

Other than the legacy of being the first scenario ever, why do people like this one? I've run it once and I didn't love it and my players didn't love it like many of the other scenarios I've done. (We've had a blast running Edge of Darkness, Crimson Letters, and more).

What's the hype about and why do I see it recommended to new Keepers so often, even over other freely available scenarios like The Lightless Beacon or The Dead Boarder.

I want to eventually run this game. I am a fairly experienced keeper, but still feel a bit intimidated by this behemoth of a campaign.

As such, I think I would love to try it out as a player before I run the game, but with the 2 groups I currently run CoC for and a D&D campaign I'm playing in, adding another commitment to my schedule is not plausible.

Is there anyway to experience MoN in a more...I dunno...casual format? Is anyone even running such a thing?

I've been a Keeper for some time now, and I have been apprached to run some Call of Cthulhu one shots at a local comicon. It's a 2 day affair. On day one I'm running a 3-4 hour session. On day 2 I'm running three 1 hour sessions, for which I'm doing each of the scenarios from Gateways to Terror.

The session on day one is supposed to be a way to introduce the system to potential new keepers, so I was thinking of either doing one of the freely available scenarios (The Haunting, The Lightless Beacon) or one from the starter set (likely Edge of Darkness).

Which do you think I should run? Preferably one that would be easily accessible to newer keepers.

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I've never played the Arkham Horror board game or card game. Is it worth bothering with or should I just stick to the Call of Cthulhu TTRPG?

Whether you were the Keeper or an Investigator, what was your least favorite Call of Cthulhu scenario or campaign to be a part of? What made the experience sub-par?

With Baldur's Gate 3 being the most definitive video game adaptation of Dungeons and Dragons in existence, I would love to see a Call of Cthulhu adaptation with dice rolls and character creation that lends into an investigative horror with the kind of narrative possibilities that BG3 has.

I've played the official Call of Cthulhu game as well as Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss, and some of the older point and click adventures, but nothing has really felt like a CoC rpg.

If you could have a CoC game that felt like the best possible adaptation of the TTRPG, what mechanics and elements would you want to see?

I am running my first online campaign with a group and after the first session, I am worried about immersion. When I play in person, I usually have music, cool props and handouts, etc. I am playing over discord, and while I can send maps/handouts and the like in the chat or directly to players, I find it kind of clunky and I haven't found a good way to introduce music in an efficient and effective manner.

Any tips from online keepers to make the online experience more immersive while still being efficient?

One of my favorite things about Call of Cthulhu is that all of the monsters and deities are from published stories. Having the Malleus Monstorum has led me to seek out other authors who contributed to the mythos.

I am currently reading The Inhabitant Of The Lake and Other Unwelcome Tenants by Ramsey Campbell and loving it. Two questions for the subreddit:

1. Has anyone read Campbell's other mythos works, aka The Revelations of Gla'aki or The Three Births of Daoloth trilogy? If so, are they worth hunting down?

2. Who is your favorite mythos writer outside of H.P. Lovecraft?

While it is certainly simple to convert a classic campaign to 7e, I would love to see more of these campaigns given the 7e treatment a la Masks and HotOE.

Anyone know if there are plans for the OG, Shadow of Yog-Sothoth, or Beyond the Mountains of Madness getting the update?

Would you be interested in a 7e version of these classics?