Hey There, Cthulu

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H.P.Lovecraft is creeping his way into society and appearing in all sorts of ways. For those of you who don’t know, H.P. Lovecraft is the horrifyingly fantastic writer behind Cthulu. Cthulu is a winged, bipedal octopus who dwells in the ocean waiting for the perfect moment to destroy the world and consume everyone. Together, Cthulu and Lovecraft have managed to slip into various forms of entertainment and cause quite a following.

One form of entertainment Cthulu has managed to weave its way into is tabletop roleplays. Tabletop roleplays are usually related to Dungeons and Dragons, if not something else similar to that nature. It’s when you take on a character you design with the use of dice and imagination.  Of course these games only get more fun when you toss a certain dark, aquatic overlord into the mix. Enter Call of Cthulu, a tabletop roleplaying game. The best thing about this game that you can incorporate the great, deep one himself as well as many other deities from other Lovecraftian works. Usually, this game is set in the 1890s, 1920s, or can be accelerated to modern day depending on what stories you would like to tell.

Here’s three places that would be cool to use in a Call of Cthulu game.

3. Coney Island

Coney Island first opened in 1895 and was America’s first amusement park situated by the beach. It was entitled “Poor Man’s Paradise” because of how people could get so much for so little.  There would be thousands of people who visited the popular tourist attraction if not more. What if there was a haunted house attraction that was secretly a trap for some sort of Lovecraftian monster? Ride attendees would enter the house and go missing for a while only to emerge as either cultists for a Lovecraftian deity or never emerge as all, being food for some horrific, unseen force. If the beast should ever roar or growl, the one who hosted the particular attraction would pass it off as a special effect.

2.  The Great Gatsby

What happens when you cross The Great Gatsby with a Lovecraftian tale? One amazing crossover consisting of eccentric weird billionaires accidentally summoning a horrific beast while completely smashed. Or owning a private dance club that only strange, wealthy cultists can enter and make sacrifices to the monster. There’s tons of ideas for sacrifices: suicidal persons (suicide rates were high due to The Great Depression during this time), trespassers, thieves, and so many other people.

1. Modern Day Japan

Ah yes, Japan. The home of tentacle hentai and an island created by a volcano not too far from it. What’s on this island? Possibly some Lovecraftian beasts that use the island as their base and whenever people venture upon it, they instantly devour them.  After a while so many people go missing before a special group of people are sent to investigate the land. What they find is not of this world, but rather the stuff of their nightmares.

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So tell me, what would be your ideal Lovecraftian adventure?