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Call of Cthulhu

Tabletop horror role-playing game
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Call of Cthulhu

Summary

Call of Cthulhu is a tabletop role-playing game[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of tabletop_role_playing_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,370 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Call of Cthulhu authored Sandy Petersen[3].
  • Call of Cthulhu's instance of is recorded as tabletop role-playing game[4].
  • Call of Cthulhu's instance of is recorded as group of works[5].
  • Call of Cthulhu's instance of is recorded as tabletop role-playing game family[6].
  • Call of Cthulhu was published by Chaosium[7].
  • Call of Cthulhu's genre is horror fiction[8].
  • Call of Cthulhu's genre is Lovecraftian horror[9].
  • Call of Cthulhu's genre is tabletop role-playing game[10].
  • Call of Cthulhu's collection is recorded as The Finnish Museum of Games collection of TTRPGs[11].
  • Call of Cthulhu's designed by is recorded as Sandy Petersen[12].
  • Call of Cthulhu's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • Call of Cthulhu's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • Call of Cthulhu was published on 1981[15].
  • Call of Cthulhu's has edition or translation is recorded as Q62080420[16].
  • Call of Cthulhu's has edition or translation is recorded as Call of Cthulhu (1st ed.)[17].
  • Call of Cthulhu's has edition or translation is recorded as Call of Cthulhu (5th ed.)[18].
  • Call of Cthulhu's has edition or translation is recorded as Call of Cthulhu (6th ed.)[19].
  • Call of Cthulhu's has edition or translation is recorded as Call of Cthulhu (2nd edition)[20].
  • Call of Cthulhu's has edition or translation is recorded as Call of Cthulhu (3rd edition)[21].
  • Call of Cthulhu's has edition or translation is recorded as Call of Cthulhu (4th edition)[22].
  • Call of Cthulhu's has edition or translation is recorded as Call of Cthulhu (7th edition)[23].
  • Call of Cthulhu's has edition or translation is recorded as Call of Cthulhu (5.5 edition)[24].
  • Call of Cthulhu's official website is recorded as http://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg[25].
  • Call of Cthulhu's described by source is recorded as Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground[26].
  • Call of Cthulhu's takes place in fictional universe is recorded as Cthulhu Mythos[27].

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Works and Contributions

Call of Cthulhu authored Sandy Petersen[3].

Why It Matters

Call of Cthulhu ranks in the top 2% of tabletop_role_playing_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,370 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publisher → —
    Publication date → +1981-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Publisher → Chaosium
    Language of work or name → English
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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