Yeehaw of Cthulhu | Play By Post | Pulp Cthulhu Weird Wild West
Pulp Cthulhu, Call of Cthulhu | Campaign
About the adventure
"You folks ain't from around here are ya?" The bartender, a portly man in the middle of polishing a glass with a dirty rag inquired as he looked you up and down appraisingly, "Well, if you're looking for work, there's plenty to be found here in San Sanguine. The mines are full of minerals, and we've become a bit of a destination for travelers and academics alike." He paused, considering, "But maybe you're folks of action, and if so we need you, the sheriff has been having a hard time dealing with a rabble of troublemakers acting a fool in broad daylight lately, and there's rumors there's some manner of animals snatching people off the streets after dark...never a dull moment in San Sanguine I'll tell ya what." --- Yeehaw of Cthulhu is a play by post Pulp Cthulhu game set in the weird west, and an era in the CoC universe that I am building. My main focus is in creating one on one adventure stories for whatever character the player would like to create, with opportunities for group play as time allows for participants. Create or pick a weird west hero and dive and together we'll explore the stranger and more dangerous landscape of the 1800s America a couple universes to the left of our own. I offer my games on a sliding scale pricing structure, if you can afford to pay me, wonderful, I love paying my rent. If you cannot, that's fine, I love writing stories even when I'm not financially incentivized to do so. Happy to work with beginners to the CoC systems, Neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ players welcomed. I work with each and every player to create a bespoke story about their character, and I am very quick to reply to posts to move the story forward. If you find it's hard to create a block of time for a live game and want a story that will move along at a pace that is comfortable for you, you will find that I am very punctual in moving the story forward whenever I receive a reply.
Game style
Rule of Cool (RoC)
“Rule of Cool” emphasizes creative story beats over sticking to a system’s rules as written. Players have the ability to push the limits of the rules or even break core rule mechanics at times if the Game Master thinks it is interesting, fun, or cool enough.
Theater of the Mind
“Theater of the Mind” uses little to no visuals for scene settings and combat. Instead, the narrative imagery comes from the Game Master’s descriptions and character action and movement comes from Players’ descriptions.
Roleplay Heavy
“Roleplay Heavy” games place the focus on the story, the characters, and the world they live within, and tend to lean hard into the various roleplaying elements of the game. These games will frequently find the party talking with NPCs, exploring the personal elements of their backstories, or even having emotional moments around the camp fire.
1 year on StartPlaying
48 games hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Storytelling, Creativity
Additional details
How to prepare
You'll need a discord account and a PDF reader. I use https://www.dholeshouse.org/Characters/CoCv7Investigators/Pulp/Default for character creation as the process is well streamlined and provides a nice PDF sheet upon completion.
What I provide
I bring any books you'll need for character creation, years of roleplaying and system experience, and a mind full of creative and strange situations for your characters to find themselves into and out of. You bring your imagination and a character you want to see explore a fictional and strange wild west, and together we'll have a real fun time seeing what happens.
Gameplay details
The 1800's was a rough time of rough people, and the addition of mythos and horror only makes it rougher. But for as uncomfortable as the world might be, I want the players to feel comfortable and safe at all times. To that end I seek to always keep an open line of dialogue about what we might explore in the story, and will adjust as necessary if we get too deep in the weeds of horror and need to pump the breaks for some reason. We roleplay to have fun and player enjoyment is my foremost goal, so over the table communication is paramount to me.
Content warnings
• Alcoholism
• Alcohol Use
• Animal Death
• Blood
• Body Horror
• Character Death
• Child Death
• Classism
• Cults
• Death
• Deep or Large Bodies of Water
• Drugs (addiction, use, withdrawal)
• Execution
• Fire
• Guns
• Hangings
• Illness
• Kidnapping
• Language/Cursing
• Lifechanging Injury
• Mental Illness
• Murder
• Nightmares about Traumatic Events
• Police Brutality
• Prejudice
• Racism
• Real World Religion
• Snakes
• Spiders
• Suffocation
• Torture
• Trauma
• Uncanny Valley
• Violence
Safety tools used
• Lines and Veils
• Open Door
• Session 0
• X, N, and O Cards
How will character creation work
As this is a play by post game, my intent is to work with each player to create a character they are excited to see the story of unfold. However I've also made a variety of pre-made characters that may be of interest to folks who are new, or simply enjoy picking up a character and playing it.
Players can expect
Combat / Tactics
High
Roleplay
Medium
Puzzles
Medium
Experience level
Open to all
Platforms used
• Discord
$15.00
/ Session
Each player will be charged when a session starts.
Details
Weekly / Saturday - 11:00 PM UTC
1-4 Hour duration
0 / 5 Seats filled
Requirements
Experience required: Open to all
Age: 18+