Pulp Cthulhu

We’re back, and we’re continuing our run of episodes inspired by the print release of Call of Cthulhu 7th edition by taking a look at Pulp Cthulhu. While it’s only available as a backer-only PDF at the moment, Pulp Cthulhu should be available for purchase within days and in shops later this year. This is the culmination of a long, winding journey that started all the way back in 2001! Our discussion starts off with an overview of what we mean by pulp, how this compares to the more purist mode of play most people associate with Call of Cthulhu and a bit of debate about whether they are really totally different things. I honestly thought that we’d argue more about this last point, but we all seem to agree. We’ll have to find something else to get us bickering. The bulk of the episode is taken up by a brief overview of what you can expect to find in Pulp Cthulhu, an explanation of what sets it apart from standard Call of Cthulhu, and discussion of our experiences of playing and running the game. Although the PDF is only just on the cusp of release, we each spent much of last year running Pulp Cthulhu, to playtest both the rules and The Two-Headed Serpent, the campaign we have co-written for Pulp Cthulhu, which will be released by Chaosium in the not-too-distant future. And, once again, there is singing. As I mentioned in the show notes for our two recent episodes about the development of Call of Cthulhu 7th edition, the fact that these episodes were recorded last year meant we had to delay our usual thanks to our Patreon backers until we returned to the present day. Well, here we are! There are three sets of sung thanks to tease your ears and horrify your sensibilities. We shall try not to let them build up again. This episode also sees the return of our new Ask Jackson segment. If you have a question that you would like us to pose to the spirit of Jackson Elias, please let us know via Google+, Facebook, Twitter or email.