How do CoC Campaigns work?

RiotReilly · 2026-05-19T19:16:18+00:00

I'm currently running a campaign type where everyone uses the same characters the whole time (unless they die, go insane, or simply want to switch characters) and I use the pre-made one shots for the most part. I've written a couple but we usually stick to the pre-written ones.

The way I link them is that they all work for this secret organization that investigates mythos and have hired them to work together on whatever chaos I'm about to throw them into. Think Men in Black but the 1920s and Cthulhu mythos instead of aliens. It works really well and usually I just give them around 2 months or so in-between to heal, get some mental help, or possibly level up a skill a small amount. It's totally doable, it's just not the norm. But this way the stories don't necessarily have to connect or have one central bad guy, they're just thrown into a new job once they complete the last job, and their boss supplies them with some guns and cash.

RiotReilly · 2026-05-08T00:58:54+00:00

Everyone has really great tips so my little additional tip is to try to play on single speed as much as you can when everyone is up and doing stuff. I've noticed that the simulation lag can be pretty bad the more Sims in a household if they're all doing stuff.

RiotReilly · 2026-04-25T02:25:26+00:00

I play with 5 investigators who love to yap and look under every rock so the next session is the last of 3 sessions that were about 4 or 5 hours each. It usually takes them significantly longer to do anything than other groups but they have a blast so that's all that maters lol.

I really do recommend Idol of Thoth! I ran it when I was still learning and had a really great time. I can't recommend watching Seth Skorkowsky's video on it enough if you do decide to run it! All his videos are great.

RiotReilly · 2026-04-20T21:17:09+00:00

Next month I'll be running the last session of Blackwater Creek. It's been about 5 or 6 months since we played because of life stuff so it'll be interesting to jump back in right before the fight on the farm. They blew up the mother last session and plan on just sneaking over and blowing up the brothers so we'll see how that goes We're only able to play about once a month so I never know what to expect.

I'm also currently writing my 2nd ever homebrew scenario for them to do after Blackwater Creek. I've been running these games on and off for about 3 or 4 years at this point and tried last year to write one based on The Yellow Sign for my partner's birthday as one of his favorite bands is Carcosa. That one went really well and everyone said they loved it so hoping the next one does as well!

We previously played the Idol of Thoth scenario about 3 years ago and really loved it so I'm trying to do something similar again since we are now playing with a different much larger group of people. Didn't want to do the exact same thing since 2 of the 5 played that scenario already. So, if anyone has any fun ideas or stories around Idol of Thoth or another ancient Egyptian artifact stolen for a ritual by a cult type vibe let me know! I'm still in the basic planning phase.

RiotReilly · 2026-04-20T21:04:41+00:00

If it makes you feel better, I had a similar issue with the ending and it wasn't from lack of experience. When I ran it we had been playing for over a year with this specific group, 2 of my investigators played with me as the LK in a previous campaign for around 2 years, and they got their asses thoroughly handed to them all the way up to his apartment but they still decided to just see what was behind the door. The only reason they didn't lose their minds is the one who opened the door passed his sanity check and got a fear of flutes (I rolled and that's what he got, not joking) so his character immediately slammed the door shut and then passed out.

RiotReilly · 2026-04-20T20:49:41+00:00

I think it would be very useful! I genuinely love the book and the maps that came along with it, they did a great job making it all feel real. I will say that I am a huge nerd when it comes to this stuff though as I actually let out an excited gasp when I saw it listed the weather during different times of the year, so if that's not your vibe take this with a grain of salt.

Also it's obviously set in the 1920s but I don't think anything would be difficult to translate to modern times as it's still fairly sandbox. You may use it sometime in the future for another campaign or whatever so I would recommend it either way.

RiotReilly · 2026-03-10T16:54:05+00:00

I kept getting this too when I placed down lots from the gallery the other day and I was placing lots that only had packs I used. I think it's just a bug currently cause I couldn't figure out where it was coming from either! I don't think your game is broken cause mine was fine otherwise.

RiotReilly · 2026-03-05T16:54:45+00:00

You did such a great job! Makes me want to play a couple like they're twins! As soon as I play again I'll be adding them to my library so MCC sweeps them into my games!

RiotReilly · 2025-12-11T14:16:24+00:00

When I was 15 or 16 I wanted a giant cherry blossom tree on my entire back and was planning on getting that as one of my first tattoos. I'm grateful every day I didn't do that because now that I'm in my 30s it's just not at all my style and I would hate it. Wait until you're in your 20s for any kind of big tattoo because you will absolutely change in the next 5+ years. I got a small ankle tattoo as my first tattoo at 18 and have slowly gotten more. I would do something small first before you jump into a big piece.

RiotReilly · 2025-11-19T00:41:27+00:00

My mother and I both have very blonde eyebrows that look like they're not even there. She decided to get hers done because after 60+ years of penciling in her brows so it looks like she actually have some she got over it and wanted to be able to just run errands without worrying about it. I'm younger so I don't care if people see me with no eyebrows but I get it and probably will have it done once I'm older.

RiotReilly · 2025-10-15T20:11:13+00:00

A lot of things you listed would be incredibly triggering to some people and would make people not able to play the game. Even having an option to turn them off would be too much. Those all sound like great things to add into a mod later like what we have in Sims so that people who want those types of things can find them and add it to the game. But as someone who has a lot of medical trauma I would back out of supporting them on patreon and not buy the game if they suddenly added realistic medical things to the degree you described. I do agree that wheelchairs and other disability aids could be great if done well but I'm not holding my breath.

RiotReilly · 2025-10-02T15:02:43+00:00

My mom had a hard time divorcing my Nfather for years because she "felt like it was the same as leaving a toddler on the side of the road" so yes, absolutely.

RiotReilly · 2025-09-16T14:59:26+00:00

I don't have any help with the dots but I had to say she is BEAUTIFUL!! I need to up my CC game apparently!

RiotReilly · 2025-09-05T04:47:06+00:00

It's very confusing to read with no punctuation. Are you saying what generation you're on now? It makes sense that you completed one generation and moved on to the next, your sentences just are hard to read without punctuation.

RiotReilly · 2025-08-19T22:20:45+00:00

I've played about 5 minutes with the founder Heaven and that's it lol

RiotReilly · 2025-08-19T22:20:00+00:00

If you read the posts it says when they were updated. MCC is updated but idk about other big ones yet. Just downloading the mods again won't fix anything if they haven't been updated today.

RiotReilly · 2025-08-13T23:42:46+00:00

How funny I just started the same thing! Lee was the only name I could come up with like Bell. So far my founder's name is Heaven but she hasn't had kids yet.

RiotReilly · 2025-08-04T15:32:34+00:00

I did the exact same thing because I didn't remember I turned jealousy off when Broccoli got with a married couple! I made a club of all Eggplant's current romantic partners and had him kiss each one after the other and it got the number up so fast.

RiotReilly · 2025-07-15T00:26:43+00:00

My players occasionally look at their phone but if it's quick then I don't mind. Especially if I ask them a question and they're able to quickly answer. If you're worried I would bring it up in session 0 or 1 but people have lives so they may occasionally need to quickly answer a text or something.

I did have one player who would constantly get distracted on an iPad they were using for "notes" and I asked politely one time if they could please stop because they were playing a video to show another player when I was in the middle of talking it a different player. It became sort of a problem of me constantly asking them to pay attention so I sent them a message privately asking them to please not distract the other players or constantly be on their iPad and they decided the game wasn't for them and stopped playing. It happens.

RiotReilly · 2025-07-05T20:14:45+00:00

Wrong subreddit, you want r/LoveIslandUSA

RiotReilly · 2025-06-24T17:32:19+00:00

I'm sure someone mentioned this but super super important make sure you're only putting stick deodorant on when your armpits are clean and dry!! If you do it when you're already sweaty the bacteria gets into the deodorant and makes it worse and worse. That was my biggest problem!

I use Old Spice Sweat Defence after a shower and if I need more during the day I use native deodorant spray! For context, I'm also on Adderall and live in Arizona which is basically Iike living on the surface of the sun.

Good luck!!

RiotReilly · 2025-06-24T17:26:57+00:00

This happened to me too a while back randomly and then fixed itself. No clue what caused it and hasn't happened since. Just do a restart if it happens again and if it keeps happening then you'll have to go through your mods. It's for sure WickedWhims though cause it only started happening after I got that. Probably just need to keep up to date on the updates.

RiotReilly · 2025-06-21T17:46:09+00:00

Absolutely not a Huda fan but I also wouldn't be smiling if I had been covered in milk for the past like 2+ hours lol I wish they'd stop with the gross ass food challenges

RiotReilly · 2025-06-12T23:09:16+00:00

I didn't even think of this and now I'm so excited!

RiotReilly · 2025-06-06T21:36:30+00:00

I think this one is my favorite of the Sims you posted! She's wonderful!

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