''Call of Cthulhu Keeper's Screen'' is a 1985 role-playing game supplement for ''
Call of Cthulhu'' published by
Chaosium
Chaosium Inc. is a publisher of tabletop role-playing games established by Greg Stafford in 1975. Chaosium's major titles include '' Call of Cthulhu'', based on the horror fiction stories of H. P. Lovecraft'', RuneQuest Glorantha'', ''Pendragon'' ...
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Contents
''Call of Cthulhu Keeper's Screen'' is a three-panel cardstock
gamemaster's screen
A gamemaster's screen, also called a GM's screen, is a gaming accessory, usually made out of either cardboard or card stock, and is used by the gamemaster to hide all the relevant data related to a tabletop role-playing game session from the playe ...
with tables for ranged and melee weapons, monsters, spells, rules for sanity loss and fictional books of the Mythos.
The ''Keeper's Screen'' features tables for combat, magic, and skills, with third edition ''Call of Cthulhu'' rules data; the second version of the screen also includes the "knock-out" rule, and weapons data from the supplements ''
Cthulhu Now
''Cthulhu Now'' is a supplement published by Chaosium in 1987 for the horror role-playing game '' Call of Cthulhu''.
Description
''Cthulhu Now'' is a 154-page softcover book with two foldouts and 24 pages of perforated removable player handouts ...
'' and ''
Cthulhu by Gaslight
''Cthulhu by Gaslight'' is a horror tabletop role-playing supplement, written by William A. Barton, with art by Kevin Ramos, and first published by Chaosium in 1986. This supplement provides information on role-playing in an alternate setting ...
''.
Publication history
''Keeper's Screen'' features art by Tom Sullivan, and was published by
Chaosium, Inc., in 1985 as a cardstock screen.
A second edition was published in 1988 and says "New Edition" on the cover.
Reception
Guy Hail reviewed ''Call of Cthulhu Keeper's Screen'' in ''
Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer'' No. 80.
Hail commented that "The new tables will settle some disputes about thrown weapons, and a Keeper should have a cthuloid screen to hide his secrets from nosy investigators, but Chaosium should have used this opportunity to cumulate ''Call of Cthulhus monsters and spells in a single supplement."
Review
*''
Challenge'' #38 (1989)
*''Envoyer'' (German) (Issue 46 - Aug 2000)
References
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Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game) supplements
Gamemaster's screens
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1985