The new podcast Hypnogoria #110 is “Answering the Call of Cthulhu“. The second half of this is an excellent and clear examination of the recent £20 Call of Cthulhu Starter Set from Chaosium, with the box and the basics of the game explained for utter clueless newbies by a solo presenter who’s an experienced keeper (game master). He also makes some useful basic distinctions which clearly explain why Call of Cthulhu is different from the bulk of heroic fantasy RPGs.

Those delving into the game, and perhaps short of cash after forking out £20 for the Set, will also want to know that there’s a free Quickstart Rules PDF on the Chaosium site. I had repeated problems getting this to download, and couldn’t get it to complete the download even with a VPN. Apparently the PDF is the 2013 version, and the 2016 Quickstart print edition ($s) was “Revised”.