r/callofcthulhu
# Call of Cthulhu Welcome to the Call of Cthulhu Reddit Community! Call of Cthulhu is a tabletop Role Playing Game created by Chaosium…
How to think about r/callofcthulhu
The community centers around the Call of Cthulhu tabletop role-playing game, which emphasizes themes of cosmic horror inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's works. It serves as a hub for both seasoned players and newcomers to discuss gameplay, share experiences, and explore related materials. Members engage in various topics, including game mechanics, storytelling techniques, and campaign ideas, fostering a rich environment for creativity and collaboration.
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Audience
Participants in this community range from dedicated tabletop RPG enthusiasts to casual players exploring the genre. The demographic is diverse, often skewing towards adults who appreciate horror and storytelling. Members typically seek to enhance their gaming experience, share insights, and connect with others who have a passion for Lovecraftian themes, creating a friendly yet intense vibe centered on shared interests.
Posting culture
Content that thrives includes gameplay experiences, character development discussions, and creative campaign ideas. Members appreciate detailed storytelling and unique interpretations of the game. Posts that lack depth or are overly promotional tend to receive downvotes. The community is active, with a steady flow of new content, particularly around game releases or events, encouraging regular engagement from members.
Brand engagement notes
Brands looking to engage with this community should focus on authentic interactions rather than overt promotions. Sharing valuable content, such as tips for gameplay or insights into game design, can resonate well. Collaborations with creators or sponsoring community events may be well-received, but brands should avoid hard sells or excessive self-promotion, as members are often skeptical of marketing tactics that don't align with their interests.
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What r/callofcthulhu talks about
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Top contributors
Who shapes the conversation
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Top posters
By post count
- u/lovemaps_rpg
- u/JoeKerr19
- u/torenmcborenmacbin
- u/CASTLEofMONSTERS
- u/kvnkrs9
- u/AbortRetryFlailSal
- u/[deleted]
- u/ColtrinCompositions
- u/Stuart66
- u/AbbreviationsNew8449
- u/KeeperDoc
- u/jadegriffinauthor
- u/Bolthra
- u/SeverusStjep
- u/Pomchop
- u/Creative_Fold_3602
- u/Natural20_UK
- u/nlitherl
- u/CaptainGothnog
- u/gourdgoth
- u/Triphoprisy
- u/27-Staples
- u/T33H00
- u/Cpt_Lonestar
- u/DownVoterInChief
- u/AerynDJM
- u/DelaporeMedia
- u/AgatheronCP
- u/anardelli
- u/Minigiant2709
- u/RedemptionVA
- u/drmdzh
- u/Shaken-Bac
- u/C00kie_Monsters
- u/cuppycup
- u/jmwfour
- u/UrbanArtifact
- u/Hendenicholas
- u/Wendeegoh
- u/Legal_Dan
- u/art-3dm-serra
- u/Squeaky-Warrior
- u/TexRichman
- u/fieldworking
- u/OkRefuse5435
- u/zitronengulasch
- u/daseinphil
- u/SilverCompassMaps
- u/itzlax
- u/Lanky-Championship67
- u/balatr0
- u/froppan11
- u/MightyMustard
- u/chodgson625
- u/Melenduwir
- u/BudsRPGreview
- u/ScottDorward
- u/meijis626
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- u/heptapod
- u/ponchothecactus
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- u/TheLovecraftTapes
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- u/TotalRecalcitrance
- u/ACorania
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- u/MiskatonicPlayhouse
- u/Schwarzendruber
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- u/Ashamed_Run_7863
- u/_Balac
- u/themellowsign
- u/sima_jan
- u/4n4k1n676new
- u/Serhii_Misko
- u/yourapube905
- u/Sentimental_Sloth
- u/DMCharlieGaming
- u/Joaoddesenho
- u/2uneater
- u/throwaway_141313
- u/paxpelus
- u/Sky-byte
- u/LivelyLizzard
By votes
- u/lovemaps_rpg
- u/torenmcborenmacbin
- u/Minigiant2709
- u/CASTLEofMONSTERS
- u/Tacitus-KiIgore
- u/SeverusStjep
- u/KeeperDoc
- u/fieldworking
- u/sima_jan
- u/RedemptionVA
- u/BentheBruiser
- u/themellowsign
- u/Shaken-Bac
- u/[deleted]
- u/drmdzh
- u/Dixiklo9000
- u/Natural20_UK
- u/Iago31
- u/4n4k1n676new
- u/Holmelunden
- u/thebruceuk
- u/Pomchop
- u/OkRefuse5435
- u/Joaoddesenho
- u/JoeKerr19
- u/yourapube905
- u/ColtrinCompositions
- u/Serhii_Misko
- u/lumberm0uth
- u/ClintFlindt
- u/Sentimental_Sloth
- u/SilverCompassMaps
- u/itzlax
- u/belthazubel
- u/daseinphil
- u/Triggerhappy62
- u/CaptainGothnog
- u/TheChafiz
- u/ArtofDecay
- u/nlitherl
- u/LachlanPageArt
- u/DavidMReynolds
- u/zitronengulasch
- u/fuckyourdeadnan
- u/ramizad
- u/PopRepresentative426
- u/Sky-byte
- u/Beginning-Move8912
- u/DMCharlieGaming
- u/cuppycup
- u/VRGvks
- u/throwaway_141313
- u/PathfindrIHrdlyNoHer
- u/Intellectuallygifted
- u/C00kie_Monsters
- u/gourdgoth
- u/Rahastes
- u/Jam_strong
- u/MasterMamuu
- u/2uneater
- u/froppan11
- u/TinyRyhno999
- u/kvnkrs9
- u/MightyMustard
- u/Stuart66
- u/lifethen
- u/AbortRetryFlailSal
- u/EmersonStockham
- u/CastlePainting
- u/paxpelus
- u/MythosJapan
- u/BudsRPGreview
- u/Charleston06
- u/UnaKC
- u/Character_Peak_7849
- u/limithron
- u/SolSinc
- u/techvvolf
- u/Owlysius
- u/davidlutz1987
- u/Uncertain_Ty
- u/Difficult_Insect_616
- u/Lyra_the_Star_Jockey
- u/_nullfish
- u/MadMonkeyStar
- u/Jerry_jjb
- u/balatr0
- u/FreightCrater
- u/Triphoprisy
- u/Lanky-Championship67
- u/jadegriffinauthor
- u/Pudrat
- u/Melenduwir
- u/grrrrrrrrrre
- u/Parking-Education-80
- u/wraith0410
- u/TheMeanBean1738
- u/27-Staples
- u/UrbanArtifact
- u/thequietcollector
Top commenters
By comment count
- u/[deleted]
- u/Tarl-X
- u/gourdgoth
- u/ithika
- u/jadegriffinauthor
- u/subaltar34
- u/braedan51
- u/KRosselle
- u/LivelyLizzard
- u/AwakeAtNights
- u/probabilityunicorn
- u/BabylonDrifter
- u/ColdEngineBadBrakes
- u/Saanvik
- u/HandsomRansom
- u/LameDM
- u/GreyArea1977
- u/_erufu_
- u/Slow-Ad-7561
- u/Redlemonginger
- u/Irregular475
- u/A18o14
- u/themellowsign
- u/DrMoehring
- u/FIREful_symmetry
- u/QuietsYou
- u/reno_chad
- u/MJRRPG
- u/osarusan
- u/_Sourbaum
- u/NecroCorey
- u/Zugnutz
- u/Funereal_Doom
- u/AirportHistorical776
- u/ThatWerewolfTho
- u/Moonage_Icecream
- u/yetisnowmane
- u/BackTo1975
- u/DJ_Rentboy
- u/MBertolini
- u/mcloud377
- u/megazver
- u/Environmental_Cut_33
- u/Larping_as_human
- u/Jerry_jjb
- u/3Dartwork
- u/Video-Comfortable
- u/Dragombolt
- u/DMChuck
- u/Mathwards
- u/RedemptionVA
- u/Scotorius
- u/numtini
- u/27-Staples
- u/creatorofsilentworld
- u/CleanMD
- u/Pod_of_Blunders
- u/Antura_V
- u/EducationalTaro6
- u/romelwell
- u/Major-Sleep-D
- u/Competitive-Ads
- u/GodModOrpis2018
- u/Ill-Head-7043
- u/DenverPostIronic
- u/Ariakoz
- u/SleestakJack
- u/Frozteee
- u/UrbanArtifact
- u/lobobobos
- u/Redwood_King
- u/misfit538
- u/PorkVacuums
- u/m0rl0ck1996
- u/Howlstride1994
- u/BrokenTelevision
- u/fddanger
- u/Grouchy_Drawing6591
- u/jesterghost
- u/ExtensionInformal911
- u/_Wolfszeit_
- u/Xenomorph-Cthulhu
- u/PSville
- u/Malaggar2
- u/AssiduousLayabout
- u/jetmanus
- u/AveryAcamar
- u/Affectionate_monster
- u/lazywing_67
- u/Elderbrand
- u/FredzBXGame
- u/Thanos2ndSnap
- u/MasterMamuu
- u/RoboToonz
- u/Salty_Worth6062
- u/FungusFly
- u/CaptainBaseball
- u/kermit-the-frogninja
- u/Minigiant2709
- u/mtiday
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- u/[deleted]
- u/AwakeAtNights
- u/BabylonDrifter
- u/Strange_Aeons86
- u/Squidmaster616
- u/themellowsign
- u/lokregarlogull
- u/Useful-Beginning4041
- u/Jakelell
- u/DaLimpster
- u/Enagonius
- u/TeaandandCoffee
- u/ScionoftheToad
- u/Dragombolt
- u/FinnMcCarr
- u/TheChafiz
- u/Minigiant2709
- u/mcloud377
- u/Cultural_Manner_2198
- u/Luigiapollo
- u/PaladinWij
- u/OrmondSound
- u/Steampunkfox999
- u/Miranda_Leap
- u/thebruceuk
- u/Rise_Impressive
- u/SSkorkowsky
- u/GenericDreadHead
- u/drvagers
- u/KRosselle
- u/ThatWerewolfTho
- u/3Dartwork
- u/RobRobBinks
- u/belthazubel
- u/Dixiklo9000
- u/Larping_as_human
- u/TheMeltingSkeleton
- u/Kenobi_80
- u/Hypno_98
- u/osarusan
- u/Holmelunden
- u/Fruhmann
- u/gourdgoth
- u/jimspurpleinagony
- u/THE_MAN_IN_BLACK_DG
- u/heptapod
- u/Mortarius
- u/Enturk
- u/RWMU
- u/Th4N4
- u/lumberm0uth
- u/Competitive-Ads
- u/Redlemonginger
- u/KeeperDoc
- u/Vixtro22
- u/Technical-Clue-309
- u/no-name-party
- u/_Sourbaum
- u/TheMourningStar84
- u/Junglesvend
- u/why_not_my_email
- u/Blame_410
- u/zendemion
- u/Tarl-X
- u/kuraizhero
- u/RedemptionVA
- u/JackoKomm
- u/Alistair49
- u/Throwy_the_Throw
- u/skrott404
- u/Metal_B
- u/fainton
- u/sadnesscake09
- u/OriginalBrassMonkey
- u/GodModOrpis2018
- u/oodleplex1
- u/Orphanchocolate
- u/Mathwards
- u/numtini
- u/CyanidePig
- u/Vikingteamsix
- u/TheHistorian2
- u/Rad_Boi
- u/Ariakoz
- u/mtiday
- u/DrMoehring
- u/LivelyLizzard
- u/JoeKerr19
- u/The_Sub_Mariner
- u/Rifkyman
- u/ishashar
- u/Fingoli
- u/DMCharlieGaming
- u/Ill-Head-7043
- u/ithika
- u/K9ine9
- u/Icy-Tap67
- u/bendaroni
- u/UnaKC
- u/Uncynical_Diogenes
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FAQ
r/callofcthulhu — frequently asked questions
Quick facts about this subreddit's size, history, focus, and related communities.
How many subscribers does r/callofcthulhu have?
r/callofcthulhu has approximately 84,177 subscribers as of May 27, 2026.
When was r/callofcthulhu created?
r/callofcthulhu was created on March 13, 2011 (15 years ago).
What is r/callofcthulhu about?
The community centers around the Call of Cthulhu tabletop role-playing game, which emphasizes themes of cosmic horror inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's works. It serves as a hub for both seasoned players and newcomers to discuss gameplay, share experiences, and explore related materials. Members engage in various topics, including game mechanics, storytelling techniques, and camp…
What subreddits are similar to r/callofcthulhu?
Communities similar to r/callofcthulhu include r/deltagreenrpg, r/rpg, r/lovecraft, r/osr, r/traveller.
Who are the most active posters on r/callofcthulhu?
The most frequent posters on r/callofcthulhu include u/lovemaps_rpg, u/JoeKerr19, u/torenmcborenmacbin.
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