The Mysteries of Mesoamerica - Revision history

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	[[The Unspeakable Oath]]) to the current book.		[[The Unspeakable Oath]]) to the current book.

	This product was one of two (the other being [[Mysteries of the Old West]]) ~~products~~ originally intended to be designed and produced by [[Blair Reynolds]]' one-man company [[RM308]]. In February 2008, Reynold's released a press release stating that due to overwhelming workload as well as his general disillusionment with the gaming industry's dumbing down and dilution of the Cthulhu Mythos, RM308 would not publish game material. Subsequent to this, the book on Mesoamerica was completed and released by Pagan Publishing -- the same is seemingly planned for the Wild West book (which has yet to appear).		This product was one of two products (the other being [[Mysteries of the Old West]]) originally intended to be designed and produced by [[Blair Reynolds]]' one-man company [[RM308]]. In February 2008, Reynold's released a press release stating that due to overwhelming workload as well as his general disillusionment with the gaming industry's dumbing down and dilution of the Cthulhu Mythos, RM308 would not publish game material. Subsequent to this, the book on Mesoamerica was completed and released by Pagan Publishing -- the same is seemingly planned for the Wild West book (which has yet to appear).

	==Links==		==Links==

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	Blair Reynolds' "Field Notes From The Artist" thematically links his infamous severed-dog-head discovery in 1989 (much discussed in early issues of		Blair Reynolds' "Field Notes From The Artist" thematically links his infamous severed-dog-head discovery in 1989 (much discussed in early issues of
	[[The Unspeakable Oath]]) to the current book.		[[The Unspeakable Oath]]) to the current book.

			This product was one of two (the other being [[Mysteries of the Old West]]) products originally intended to be designed and produced by [[Blair Reynolds]]' one-man company [[RM308]]. In February 2008, Reynold's released a press release stating that due to overwhelming workload as well as his general disillusionment with the gaming industry's dumbing down and dilution of the Cthulhu Mythos, RM308 would not publish game material. Subsequent to this, the book on Mesoamerica was completed and released by Pagan Publishing -- the same is seemingly planned for the Wild West book (which has yet to appear).

	==Links==		==Links==

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 This book is a combined sourcebook and scenario collection based around the region of Mexico and Central America collectively termed
 "Mesoamerica".
 Approximately 120 pages of the book are given over to its four scenarios; the remainder is source material. This is organised into

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==Details==
[[Image:Mysteries of Mesoamerica.jpg|thumb|''Front Cover'']]

'''Publisher:''' [[Pagan Publishing]]

'''Product Code:''' 1012

'''Publishing Year:''' 2008

'''Pages:''' 208

'''Cover Price:''' $34.95

'''Author(s):''' [[Brian Appleton]], [[John H. Crowe, III]], [[Blair Reynolds]], [[Clint Staples]]

'''Artist(s):''' [[Blair Reynolds]]

'''Setting(s):''' [[1910s]], [[1920s]]

'''Format(s):''' Softcover

'''ISBN:''' 1-887797-25-2

==Contents==
This book is a combined sourcebook and scenario collection based around the region of Mexico and Central America collectively termed
"Mesoamerica".

Approximately 120 pages of the book are given over to its four scenarios; the remainder is source material. This is organised into
sections as follows:
* Map - Sites of Mesoamerica
* Introduction
* Pronunciation Guide to Mesoamerican Languages
* Sourcebook for Mesoamerica
** Pre-Columbian Cultures: Olmecs, Toltecs, Zapotecs, Maya, Aztecs
** Mesoamerica After the Conquest: Formation of Central America
** Mesoamerica - The Land
** The Old World and the New World (biographies of European scholars who wrote about Mesoamerica)
** The Feathered Serpent
** The Hidden World (creatures of Mesoamerican legend)
* Timeline of Mesoamerica
* Calendrics of the Mesoamerican Ancients
* Glyphs of Mythos Gods
* Deities and Monsters from Mesoamerican myths
* Traditional Armaments
* Bibliography

'''Scenarios:''' [[The Well of Sacrifice]], [[Menhirs in the Grotto]], [[The Heretics (Scenario)]], [[Temple of the Toad]]

==Front Cover Text==
1920s Sourcebook and Mythos Adventures for Mexico and Central America

==Back Cover Text==
4 New World Scenarios...

1914<br>
The Well of SACRIFICE

1923<br>
MENHIRS in the GROTTO

1925<br>
THE HERETICS

1927<br>
TEMPLE of the TOAD

Licensed by Chaosium, Inc.

==Comments / Trivia==
Playtesters: Brian Appleton, John H. Crowe, III, Dennis Detwiller, A. Scott Glancy, Chris Klepac, Blair Reynolds, John Tynes

Blair Reynolds' "Field Notes From The Artist" thematically links his infamous severed-dog-head discovery in 1989 (much discussed in early issues of
[[The Unspeakable Oath]]) to the current book.

==Links==

==Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only==
'''Players should not read any further.'''


===Source Material References===

References to Mythos creatures, tomes, artifacts, and Lovecraftian locations that appear within this book's scenarios are described in the pages detailing these scenarios. There are, however, numerous such references made in the source sections (and thus not associated with a specific scenario). These references are detailed below.

'''Locations:'''

'''Creatures:'''

'''People:'''

'''Tomes and Artifacts:'''

===Sourcebook New Rules===

'''New Spells:'''

'''New Skills:'''

'''New Creatures:'''

Comment here to Keepers about this book.
Comments on specific Scenarios and Campaigns
go on their respective pages.
Keep DISCUSSION on the talk page.

[[Category:CoC:Supplements|Mysteries of Mesoamerica]]
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