Carl Sanford Joslyn "Sandy" Petersen is an American game designer. He worked at Chaosium, contributing to the development of RuneQuest and creating the acclaimed and influential horror role-playing ga
Petersen at Lucca Comics & Games 2011
Call of Cthulhu is a horror fiction role-playing game based on H. P. Lovecraft's story of the same name and the associated Cthulhu Mythos. The game, often abbreviated as CoC, is published by Chaosium
Sandy Petersen
…game designer. He worked at Chaosium, contributing to the development of RuneQuest and creating the acclaimed and influential horror role-playing game Call of Cthulhu. He later joined id Software where he worked on the development of the Doom franchise and Quake. As part of Ensemble Studios, Petersen subsequently…
1st edition box cover by Gene Day, 1981
7th edition cover by Sam Lamont, 2014
"The King in Yellow", illustration by Earl Geier for the Fatal Experiments adventure book. The Yellow Sign adorning the back of the throne was designed by Kevin A. Ross for the Call of Cthulhu scenario Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?