(Crowdfund Quest) Cthulhu Dreamt

Crowdfund Quest is a daily column that takes us on an expedition into tabletop crowdfunding with a look at a current project in the tabletop gaming world.

Today’s choice in our Crowdfund Quest is an original sci-fi horror TTRPG where you play a team of survivors exploring a near future Earth that is suffering under the influence of Cthulhu and other cosmic entities. Welcome to Cthulhu Dreamt, by QuasiReal Publishing.

Set on a near-future Earth, this project offers a fresh take on Cthulhu by imagining the horror occuring in our world with the technology of the year 2034. Players will journey across the world, attempting a rescue mission unlike any other, trying to circumvent the abominations in their way, as the reality of their world unravels before their eyes.

Cthulhu Dreamt is designed to evoke the old-world feel of 1930s and 40s eldritch horror, recontextualized in a near-future sci-fi world. While it contains many of the calling cards of popular eldritch horror imagery, we strove to give Cthulhu Dreamt more; its terrifying monsters contrasted heavily against a neo-noir backdrop put players in a difficult place of having to fight for and defend a difficult and imperfect world.

Like many classic eldritch horror tales, Cthulhu Dreamt is not a story that hides some subliminal, triumphant optimism beneath its surface. Here, the world is ending in secret, snuffed out not only by the great and invisible hand of the Old Ones but also by the pride and greed of powerful men and by the mistakes of a grieving mother. This is not meant for you, nor you for it.

The date is June 1, 2034. For the past five years, while humanity slept… Cthulhu Dreamt.

When Cthulhu rises from the ocean, parallel realities begin to merge, unleashing a tide to eldritch anomalies and otherworldly abomonations. You must face these untold horrors and pray that you surivive.

The campaign offers up over 700 pages across two hardcover books , supplying you with an original d12 narrative ruleset, 10 playable character specialisations, a full campaign with over 100 hours of play, 5 perilous one-shot adventures, and a custom made score with over 8 hours of music.

The Encounter Portfolio explores the effects of Cthulhu’s eldritch awakening on humanity through five unique side adventures, that will take you around the world. Each encounter pits you against the horrors of the unknown as they try to consume the planet and humanity along with it.

Encounters in the world of Cthulhu Dreamt serve as spin-off stories to the main campaign. Whilst they might not have a material impact on the campaign, they are interconnected with the events of the campaign, and characters made for these encounters could return in future encounters or even the main campaign itself.

Springfield Nocturne is a two-part adventure taking players on a journey through a nondescript midwestern city which they call home. Springfield finds itself mysteriously occupied by the private military forces of Sakien-Welf, a global corpopration on the bleeding edge of technology and research. Players will dig to uncover the secret of this occupation, and if they’re lucky, live long enough to expose it.

This adventure serves as a great introduction to the world of Cthulhu Dreamt, including opportunities for all the pre-generated characters to shine. Not every character must be taken, as every obstacle in the adventure can be solved in numerous ways.

The other side adventures include Moorland Scherzo and R’lyehian March, the latter of which can be used as a prequel to the main campaign of Cthulhu Dreamt.

Cthulhu Dreamt is currently funding on Backerkit and runs until 24th July 2026.