Call of Cthulhu Starter Set - RPG Review

A look at the Starter Set for the Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying Game, a box set containing the dice, rules, and sample adventures to introduce new players to and get them playing the game.
Scenarios included are Alone Against the Flames, Paper Chase, Edge of Darkness, and Dead Man Stomp.

Guest Starring Jack the NPC.

[pferdebert]

I just got my Starter Set and apparently this is a newer version where pretty much even all your nitpicks are addressed:
* the back of the box does *not* show a picture of the dice anymore - so we cannot complain that we didn't got the Q Workshop dice
* the handouts and maps are now a *loose* collection of *single-sided* papers.
Well done, Chaosium!

[RPGImaginings]

Congrats on the shout out, Seth! Great review too.

[BradleyRogstad]

Good news for those getting the starter set now is that the handouts are now one sided single sheets. I just got the starter set after about a 30 year break in playing. I recently saw the solo scenarios and decided to get back into CoC. Great videos Seth, even though I am commenting on one of your older ones.

[Astronaut_FX]

Just as an update to anyone still considering this set...apparently, Chaosium is listening. I just received my set, and all of the handout materials are now unbound. They're still printed on the same high quality, glossy paper as the bound materials in the book, but they are now on loose pages, single sided, one handout per page. This will make it easier to make copies and/or distribute to players. Very nice adjustment on Chaosium's part.

[azathoth]

Man, I can't believe chaosium gave you a shoutout like that. Really speaks to the quality of your work.

[sooopmeister]

Plot twist: Seth has gone deeper and deeper into the Mythos as he has been doing more and more reviews on Call of Cthulu and Jake is no longer a comical scripted roll Seth plays, but a part of his (now) split personality.
Love the content 👌

[thechevyferrari]

Nice job getting mentioned in the booklet, man! You deserve it, your series hooked me hard and I can’t wait to start my first campaign with my friends.

[GKiernan]

I just wanted to say, thanks for all of the reviews. I personally don’t play CoC, but these reviews are entertaining on their own. However, it has made me think about being a keeper for my group of friends. Especially since I have a friend that knows the Cuthulu Mythos like the back of his hand And Jack is an amazing character. Watching some of your older reviews, they feel like they’re missing something without him. Which I feel just goes to show how much of an amazing persona he is. And congratulations on getting the shoutout. You deserve it.

[otaku]

I just got the Starter Kit today, I can confirm that the handouts are now printed on single sheets of paper, one on eage 1 sided page. They fixed that issue!

[pskovca]

The only issue with this starter set is that it should have been the first product they released after the KS not 2-3 years after the fact. The price point is excellent and will hopefully contribute to the growth of new players giving CoC a try. Great review Seth.

[skirk]

I mean they have the right guy to point people too. You're why I play CoC

[Natakupl]

boy sure wish White Wolf was treating the players as good as chaosium

[KoDaMoJo]

I have very fond memories of "Paper Chase" which remains, without a doubt, my most run scenario in some 34 years of playing CoC. In fact, it's my hook for players who know nothing about the game or investigative playing. Excellent series, cementing my resolve to upgrade to 7th edition.

[standingwavestudio]

Just found your videos. Really good stuff. It's funny I was doing TTRPG back in the Basic/AD&D days and after college kind of drifted out of it. Recently I got my daughter into Catan as a gateway drug and brought up D&D and she was interested so we got the starter set and ran through that. She loves horror and I was surprised to see that Chaosium was still around and the local game shop had the Call of Cthulhu starter set (I had always wanted to play back in the day but just never did). It's a really good contrast. Not that the D&D starter set is bad, but they way CoC takes the future keeper through a solo scenario that is specifically designed to show character creation and game mechanics in a nice incremental way before even getting to the rules is really amazing and surprising that other RPG games haven't picked up on that.

[mistaecco]

Hope they make something like this for cyberpunk 2020 at some point!

[trequor]

I'll be honest I got a big stupid grin when I saw that you were listed as a online resource (one of only TWO examples no less!)
It's so cool to see good work recognized by the creators.

[reaperofsouls]

You have an incredible channel. Love your videos, they're informative. Keep up the great work.

[craftsmenMC]

Hold the hell up! You wrote a published scenario?! My players are gonna love this, you were a valuable resource for all of us

[delmonte]

Passed my credit rating roll. Totally picking up the pdf. What a bargain. I already own the keepers and pulp manuals and have run 1 game which went well. But because of the advice from the last video too will go back and check out alone those adventures. You are an inspiration, thanks seth.

[matthew_thefallen]

Wow, it must be amazing to see your own name printed in a product! :D
This is why i always come here for tips and tricks 🤩