White board is great! I used one for my first chase scene in Masks, I used the white board to plot out the dots/route. but instead of drawing and erasing names or letters each round, I used small sticky notes that had; Name, Dex, and move actions on each. Very easy to move and keep track of initiative.

Really enjoyed this. I've run half a dozen chases over the last couple of years in our ongoing Call of Cthulhu campaign, but admit I feel some trepidation every time it looks like we're setting up a chase. My group is generally 3-4 players, and I worry about things dragging--or Ruth's player waiting for her turn, only to be limited to a simple move each action. A couple takeaways for me: (1) I have not been good about explicitly offering alternate paths! I need to make that a focus. (2) I have not been good about open-ended hazards/barriers! I usually say what roll is called for, but I love the idea of letting the investigator dictate that through their actions. If you ever do revisit this topic, it would be great to see an actual blow-by-blow of a chase scene, with players around a table responding, making decisions, and playing the chase in realtime (even a staged version of such). This video's example is super helpful from a rules perspective, but seeing a chase play out at the table would help me with flow and pacing, I think.

I've been struggling with chase scenes in my ttrpg and finding something that feels fun, fair and like a chase. I know nothing about Call of Cthulhu but I really like how this system is drawn out. Great job explaining it.

Brilliant illustration of the Chase Rules. I agree with you about automatically losing the Chase on lower MOV, because of the possibility of hazards could turn the tide. My rule of thumb was that if there was only 1 MOV difference then the Chase would move forward. Good idea with small whiteboard. I was toying with the idea of using a cribbage board or a peg board I could make. Your illustration was the only one I've seen that was non-linear. Interesting. I really like your Sprint rule, I'll be using that for sure. Finally, I would encourage all to try out the Chase rules. The rules are a bit wordy, I broke them down on paper, making crib notes. But, after a couple of reads and practice runs, they're not bad at all. Great vid, nice work 'Cat!

I'm just getting into cthulhu. so any more videos like this would be most appreciated

That was great! I'm just newly learning the 7e rules, and this was a great primer for chases! I've always heard that the chases rules were a little complex. Thanks for breaking it down! I did love the little characters in your example. Would love to see a car chase example actually!

I’d love to see more rule breakdown videos! As a new keeper running a game can get very overwhelming.

Ok, you kick ass. I tend to cop out on the numbers to reduce rolls, but doing that cheats my players a lot of the time. This is a good way to let them have the chase for a change.

Great lesson! Thank you, sensei. 😺

a very good alternative demonstration of the mechanics, very clear.

This is very cool. Thanks for the useful tips

Great video, XPL. Thanks for the additional tips!

I like the timer idea

The diagram was very handy, and using a small white board is a great idea.

Thanks, this was really helpful! I am an old keeper, but new to CoC7 and the chase rules did overwhelm me a bit at first glance. Now I am confident to try them out with my group.

Nice video, I would be interested in more Call of Cthulhu videos. Warm regards, Rick.

I love to act out the chase as well! The visual aid is great. Thanks for the excellent content!

I am so glad you Focus on cthulhu. I started with learning the rules of cthulhu to become a gm and your Videos are very helpful! Keep it up please.

Just started a Keeper and am loving the system. Thank you for the amazing video. it has helped greatly. looking forward to seeing more videos.

Nice job with the illustrations to explain your worked example!

Great video (😂I recall an excellent chase during the Fungi from Yuggoth) I like chases as an element it helps give a multifaceted feel to the problems that occur in game, seldom do I hear in any other game you see the antagonist who simply legs it leaving the overburdened PCs in their wake.

Oh hey, another system I've been meaning to learn!

Nice video. You have made me try chase rules one more time.

I'm learning the system rn because I am planning on running a one shot for my players.

Nice one - good explanation of the chase rules!

Would love to see a breakdown of Sanity rules and how you deal with your investigators going insane, where it isn’t necessarily planned 😊

I myself don’t use the chase rules but I do show players how they work and see if they want to use them

It is my understanding that the person fleeing only gets away if their adjusted move is higher (after speed roll and establishing the chase). In this case dale and the cultist were both at 8. If dale had failed his speed roll then the cultist would have escaped

Movement rules and now it's a board game. These are good explanations but it doesn't stop the role-playing game suddenly becoming a board game.

Thank you! This helped quite a bit! But I have a question: How would that work with chases using vehicles? Would it be some sort of comparison beetween the speed of each vehicle involved? If so, how do we determine exactly the speed of them? Skills would come into play is my guess?

Really helpful. But one thing that confuses me a bit - and the book doesn't go into detail either - the actual options for routes and choices in the chase... how do you come up with those? Especially on the fly.

Board game operative word bored