Automatic Fire Rules in Call of Cthulhu

Here’s another house rule for Call of Cthulhu. I’m not a fan of the automatic fire rules in Call of Cthulhu because they feel too crunchy. I did have a look at the rules in Delta Green, but they felt too simple, and inapplicable to Pulp Cthulhu.

My aim was a single dice roll, no matter how many bullets are being fired. I wanted to keep ammo tracking simple, and to maintain some degree of realism.

Automatic Fire

Some firearms can fire a ‘burst’ or ‘full auto’ (Keeper rulebook, p.114ff & p...