Cthulhu Britannica is a series of role-playing game supplements produced by the British game company Cubicle 7 Entertainment for use in the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game produced by Chaosium. The series allows for games to be set in the United Kingdom.
Cubicle 7 used their license for Call of Cthulhu to publish the Cthulhu Britannica (2009) core book, [1] [2]: 432 the first product in the line which included five scenarios. [3] [4] Additional books were then released every year until 2012, including Shadows over Scotland. [1] In 2013 a Kickstarter campaign was run in order to produce a boxed set and series of supplements set in London, with the London Boxed Set set being released in the following year. [5] [6] A dozen titles were produced for the Cthulhu Britannica line, and they spanned the British Isles with information from British folklore. [7]
Shadows over Scotland won Best Roleplaying Supplement or Adventure at the 38th Annual Origins Awards (2011) [8] and 'Gold' for Best Setting at the ENnie Awards (2012) [9]
Stu Horvath in the 2023 book Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, Deluxe Edition: A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership explained how "Before renovating Call of Cthulhu proper, Mike Mason and Paul Fricker did interesting work at the helm of Cthulhu Britannica for Cubicle 7 (2009), which also produced an odd fusion of war story and cosmic horror with their World War Cthulhu line (2013)." [10]
Cthulhu Britannica is a series of role-playing game supplements produced by the British game company Cubicle 7 Entertainment for use in the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game produced by Chaosium. The series allows for games to be set in the United Kingdom.
Cubicle 7 used their license for Call of Cthulhu to publish the Cthulhu Britannica (2009) core book, [1] [2]: 432 the first product in the line which included five scenarios. [3] [4] Additional books were then released every year until 2012, including Shadows over Scotland. [1] In 2013 a Kickstarter campaign was run in order to produce a boxed set and series of supplements set in London, with the London Boxed Set set being released in the following year. [5] [6] A dozen titles were produced for the Cthulhu Britannica line, and they spanned the British Isles with information from British folklore. [7]
Shadows over Scotland won Best Roleplaying Supplement or Adventure at the 38th Annual Origins Awards (2011) [8] and 'Gold' for Best Setting at the ENnie Awards (2012) [9]
Stu Horvath in the 2023 book Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, Deluxe Edition: A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership explained how "Before renovating Call of Cthulhu proper, Mike Mason and Paul Fricker did interesting work at the helm of Cthulhu Britannica for Cubicle 7 (2009), which also produced an odd fusion of war story and cosmic horror with their World War Cthulhu line (2013)." [10]