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| + | This article is about the ''Call of Cthulhu'' campaign. For other uses of ''Shadows of Yog-Sothoth'', please see [[Shadows of Yog-Sothoth|Shadows of Yog-Sothoth (Disambiguation)]]. | ||
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* The favourite campaign of [[Sandy Petersen]]. | * The favourite campaign of [[Sandy Petersen]]. | ||
* Winner of the 1985 Games Day Award for Best Role Playing Adventure and the 1982 Game Designer’s Guild Select Award. | * Winner of the 1985 Games Day Award for Best Role Playing Adventure and the 1982 Game Designer’s Guild Select Award. | ||
| + | * Chaosium are working on a 7th Edition at present - estimated to ship near the end of 2020 - [https://www.facebook.com/groups/637494463001466/search/?query=shogsototh&epa=SEARCH_BOX Facebook thread] (look for a comment by Rodrigo Martinez, and a reply from Scott David Aniolowski). | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
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===Scenarios=== | ===Scenarios=== | ||
| − | [[The Hermetic Order of the Silver Twilight (Scenario)|The Hermetic Order of the Silver Twilight]] | + | *[[The Hermetic Order of the Silver Twilight (Scenario)|The Hermetic Order of the Silver Twilight]] |
| + | *[[Look to the Future]] | ||
| + | *[[The Coven of Cannich]] | ||
| + | *[[Devil's Canyon]] | ||
| + | *[[Shadows of Yog-Sothoth: The Worm that Walks|The Worm that Walks]] | ||
| + | *[[The Watchers of Easter Island]] | ||
| + | *[[The Rise of R'lyeh]] | ||
===Keeper Comments=== | ===Keeper Comments=== | ||
| − | + | Keepers should spend time ahead of the Campaign coming up with specific details about the motivation of the Order, and specifics about the [[Shadows_of_Yog-Sothoth:_Devil's_Canyon|Arc of Vlactos]], the R'lyeh Disc and the R'lyeh Spell. This will help create more consistent links between the scenarios than those found in the campaign. | |
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| + | You are also recommended to read through [[Nameless_City,_Nameless_Terrors|Nameless City, Nameless Terrors]], which can be included in this campaign as a source of the R'lyeh Spell. | ||
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| + | There is also a tie-in character and a tome description for [[Rituals and Arcane Wisdom for Keepers of the Silver Gate]] in the [[Miskatonic_University_(Supplement)|Miskatonic University sourcebook]] | ||
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| + | You can find some keeper's notes on the campaign at Call of Cthulhu Scenario Reviews - [https://cocscenarios.wordpress.com/2014/05/18/shadows-of-yog-sothoth-the-first-campaign-spoiler-alert-part-one/ Part 1], [https://cocscenarios.wordpress.com/2014/05/18/shadows-of-yog-sothoth-the-first-campaign-spoiler-alert-part-two/ Part 2] | ||
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[[Category:CoC:Campaigns]] | [[Category:CoC:Campaigns]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:02, 30 June 2022
This article is about the Call of Cthulhu campaign. For other uses of Shadows of Yog-Sothoth, please see Shadows of Yog-Sothoth (Disambiguation).
Details
Author(s): Marc Hutchison, Sandy Petersen, John Scott Clegg, John Carnahan, Randy McCall
Artist(s): Tom Sullivan
Setting: 1920s
Appears in: Shadows of Yog-Sothoth, Cthulhu Classics
Comments / Trivia
- The favourite campaign of Sandy Petersen.
- Winner of the 1985 Games Day Award for Best Role Playing Adventure and the 1982 Game Designer’s Guild Select Award.
- Chaosium are working on a 7th Edition at present - estimated to ship near the end of 2020 - Facebook thread (look for a comment by Rodrigo Martinez, and a reply from Scott David Aniolowski).
Links
Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only
Players should not read any further.
Synopsis
A sinister occult secret organisation led by the wizard Carl Stanford plans to raise R'lyeh and summon Cthulhu.
Scenarios
- The Hermetic Order of the Silver Twilight
- Look to the Future
- The Coven of Cannich
- Devil's Canyon
- The Worm that Walks
- The Watchers of Easter Island
- The Rise of R'lyeh
Keeper Comments
Keepers should spend time ahead of the Campaign coming up with specific details about the motivation of the Order, and specifics about the Arc of Vlactos, the R'lyeh Disc and the R'lyeh Spell. This will help create more consistent links between the scenarios than those found in the campaign.
You are also recommended to read through Nameless City, Nameless Terrors, which can be included in this campaign as a source of the R'lyeh Spell.
There is also a tie-in character and a tome description for Rituals and Arcane Wisdom for Keepers of the Silver Gate in the Miskatonic University sourcebook
You can find some keeper's notes on the campaign at Call of Cthulhu Scenario Reviews - Part 1, Part 2
