The Investigator Handbook is an expansion of the main rulebook. Download Free Adobe Flash Player 9 more. It contains optional extras like more occupations. It is not required for play, and the rules are redundant with the main rulebook. It's closest analogy is the. It added options and setting for the player, but was completely superfluous. With the old IH and the new one, you need it because it has the full list of occupations, and the experience packages, which add a lot. That said, as you say, you can just get it in PDF.

1920s Investigator's Companion - An Essential Guide for Players When faced with the horrors of the Cthulhu Mythos, investigators need all the help that. What you get: Your EUR 39,20 or USD 44,95 or GBP 34,30 will buy you both the 288-page, full-colour hardcover of the Call Of Cthulhu Investigator Handbook (7th Edition), an accessory for the new and refreshed Call of Cthulhu game line, as well as its electronic edition (pdf, mobi, prc or epub).

I printed several copies of the character gen, occupation list and very useful combat and sanity rule summaries for my players. If you want something that will really add some new optional rules, buy the excellent, available only in PDF as of this time. It adds a number of optional rules that can be used in any CoC game, mainly things that make PCs stronger and more survivable -- especially useful if, like me, you have a small number of players and you don't want them all to die immediately. The Investigator Handbook is an expansion of the main rulebook. It contains optional extras like more occupations. It is not required for play, and the rules are redundant with the main rulebook. It's closest analogy is the.

It added options and setting for the player, but was completely superfluous. With the old IH and the new one, you need it because it has the full list of occupations, and the experience packages, which add a lot. As I've pointed out in, the 7th-edition contains all 28 occupations that were included in previous editions' core rulebooks. So you don't need the additional 84 occupations from the any more than you needed the added occupations from, a book that many groups did without. I do think the Investigator Handbook is worth having, myself, but I concur with Chad that it's not necessary for play, unlike the Keeper Rulebook. Having finally gotten my books I can chime in further.

The Investigator Handbook is not a must-have. It is WAY cool and well worth investing in.

It has loads of terrific material in it. But it can be lived without. The Keeper Rulebook is all you actually need. For me personally, I simply 'had' to have both and I'm glad I pulled the trigger on both. For those less fanatical than me, you can go with just the one book. If you like the game as much as I do, you might well find the Investigator Handbook calling your name.