Same cover as 1st edition. Contents: What's In This Box booklet; Investigator's Book; Keeper's Book; Sourcebook For The 1920s; World Map; Character Silhouettes.
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This review is from: Call of Cthulhu, 3rd Edition [Box Set] (Game)
Okay, let me start by saying the only way you'll find a copy of this is as a (probably) beat-up, definitely second-hand copy (almost certainly) missing components. It dates from the 1980s and there was a later and much more widely available hardback book edition that pretty much killed the need and/or demand for the boxed set. I didn't even know this boxed version existed for most of my Call of Cthulhu playing life.
What is in the box is a player handbook, a keeper rulebook, a sourcebook for the 1920s, a map of the world (mine is blue), character sheets, a card sheet with silhouettes of monsters and people on so you can make "flats" to take the place of miniatures and dice. The Player handbook is new from second edition, and is included to allow players to have a rulebook without giving away the farm as it were. Since I have always discouraged players from having rulebooks at my games (in order to promote immersion in the story we are creating) my views on the need for such things can be summed up as "for character generation only". The rulebook is an updated version of Edition 2, and features the same artwork on the cover. The sourcebook for the 20's is, as far as I can tell, identical with the one that came in 2nd edition. All books come with paper covers as opposed to the more sturdy card covers of Edition 1 and Edition 2. 3rd edition Call of Cthulhu represents a very playable version of the game, and I've recommended people try it over the latest one many times. The rules are so clear and simple, and so well organized for the most part, that the game can be learned by a budding GM in a ridiculously short time. I learned to run First Edition in approximately 15 minutes, driven on by an eager would-be player, and as I've said, Third Edition is substantially the same beast. There are three included scenarios, one of which I still run on occasion as an intro to the game. Talk about standing the test of time. I also have a soft spot in my heart for the Chaosium boxed products, which engendered a huge feeling of "kid at Christmas" every time I opened a new one and began exploring the contents. I just don't get anything like the rush from a book, no matter how well produced it is. You'll be lucky to find a halfway decent version of this boxed set, and should only try if you are a collector owing to the price such things command. The hardback book version, produced by Games Workshop in its day, is exactly the same thing minus map, flats, dice and box but PLUS the Cthulhu Companion and *that* you can find at an affordable price just by looking.
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