$139 plus postage?
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@Printdevil Yeah... it's not great, but then their taste in art is decidedly ropey and frequently AI-adjacent.
@Taskerland obviously they have to spend the $139 on something
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$139 plus postage? Fuck off. Absolutely fuck off.
https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-chaosium-50th-anniversary-slipcase-set/
Today, in „How to tell if your favorite hobby product is a Cash Cow.“
Also: „Variant covers: Looking at you, DCC and D&D.“
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Today, in „How to tell if your favorite hobby product is a Cash Cow.“
Also: „Variant covers: Looking at you, DCC and D&D.“
@Morgunin Gamers are absolute rubes.
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$139 plus postage? Fuck off. Absolutely fuck off.
https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-chaosium-50th-anniversary-slipcase-set/
Also, the game was first published in 1981 and this ship in 2026. They're five years early!
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@Printdevil Yeah... it's not great, but then their taste in art is decidedly ropey and frequently AI-adjacent.
@Taskerland I've always felt CoC should have expressionism poster style art. The "here is bloke with a book, a hat and gun standing in front of Cthulhu" rather misses the crazy.
Eric Heckel or something. That style would really fly for me in CoC
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$139 plus postage? Fuck off. Absolutely fuck off.
https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-chaosium-50th-anniversary-slipcase-set/
@Taskerland 50ish Anniversary!
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@Taskerland I've always felt CoC should have expressionism poster style art. The "here is bloke with a book, a hat and gun standing in front of Cthulhu" rather misses the crazy.
Eric Heckel or something. That style would really fly for me in CoC
@Printdevil Yes, but that would require a) taste, and b) anyone working at Chaosium to have heard of German Expressionism.
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@Printdevil Yes, but that would require a) taste, and b) anyone working at Chaosium to have heard of German Expressionism.
@Taskerland @Printdevil Presumably David Larkins has.
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@Taskerland 50ish Anniversary!
@cumush It'll be doubly funny when they decide to do an eighth edition between now and 2031.
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@Taskerland @Printdevil Presumably David Larkins has.
@RogerBW Definitely... but the person who did the art direction on his book clearly hadn't. @Printdevil
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@Printdevil Yes, but that would require a) taste, and b) anyone working at Chaosium to have heard of German Expressionism.
@Taskerland Imagine a whole Caligari/Mabuse poster style gazetteer of Arkham. Sumptuous. With crazy linocut faces and maps done with dripping oleaginous black inks.
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@Taskerland Imagine a whole Caligari/Mabuse poster style gazetteer of Arkham. Sumptuous. With crazy linocut faces and maps done with dripping oleaginous black inks.
@Printdevil I just think not over-saturated AI-adjacent slop would be nice.
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@Printdevil I just think not over-saturated AI-adjacent slop would be nice.
@Taskerland @Printdevil That is apparently What The Punters Want (because they've been brought up on modern D&D). Of course, giving the punters exactly what they're used to is a recipe for a crash.
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@Taskerland @Printdevil That is apparently What The Punters Want (because they've been brought up on modern D&D). Of course, giving the punters exactly what they're used to is a recipe for a crash.
@RogerBW D&D art is of a style... but it's a better style than Call of Cthulhu. That selection of single-page Faerun adventures they did had a fab cover. @Printdevil
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@Taskerland I've always felt CoC should have expressionism poster style art. The "here is bloke with a book, a hat and gun standing in front of Cthulhu" rather misses the crazy.
Eric Heckel or something. That style would really fly for me in CoC
@Printdevil @Taskerland I feel like some 90s TTRPGS used at least a bit of art along these lines, particularly in some books published by White Wolf. Maybe im just thinking of John Cobb’s art in particular
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Also, the game was first published in 1981 and this ship in 2026. They're five years early!
@Taskerland Probably Chaosium's 50th.
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@Printdevil @Taskerland I feel like some 90s TTRPGS used at least a bit of art along these lines, particularly in some books published by White Wolf. Maybe im just thinking of John Cobb’s art in particular
@pcas First edition Vampire books look better than contemporary CoC. Like most RPG books of that period, it's a lot of simple monochrome linework but it looks stark and suits the subject matter. @Printdevil
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@Taskerland Probably Chaosium's 50th.
@BigJackBrass Oh yeah!Chaosium was established in 1975 but still... not great as the book comes out in 2026.
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@RogerBW D&D art is of a style... but it's a better style than Call of Cthulhu. That selection of single-page Faerun adventures they did had a fab cover. @Printdevil
The poster from the Golem with some wag replacing the words (a bit)
I'd love a bonkers version of CoC like this.
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@pcas First edition Vampire books look better than contemporary CoC. Like most RPG books of that period, it's a lot of simple monochrome linework but it looks stark and suits the subject matter. @Printdevil
It also can be printed on very good paper stock a lot cheaper than the shiney-toilet paper approach so common in gaming books now.
Which is very friable.
