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'''Publisher:''' [[Chaosium]] | '''Publisher:''' [[Chaosium]] | ||
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'''Authors:''' [[Randy McCall]], [[Mark Harmon]], [[David A. Hargrave]], [[M. B. Willner]], [[John Scott Clegg]], [[Elizabeth A. Wolcott]] | '''Authors:''' [[Randy McCall]], [[Mark Harmon]], [[David A. Hargrave]], [[M. B. Willner]], [[John Scott Clegg]], [[Elizabeth A. Wolcott]] | ||
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==Back Cover Text== | ==Back Cover Text== | ||
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| + | In every ''Call of Cthulhu'' campaign certain situations arise regularly. This book takes seven of those situations and turns them into horrifying adventures. Each story is meant to be used freely by the Keeper (the gamemaster) when he or she needs a quick plot for an impromptu game or as fillers in larger campaigns. Investigators' Information, Keeper's Background, and suggestions for use are provided for each episode. The center four, gray-edged, pages are to be carefully pulled out and handed to the players appropriately as per the scenario. | ||
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==Comments / Trivia== | ==Comments / Trivia== | ||
| − | + | Inside back cover is a street map of Arkham drawn by Gahan Wilson | |
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| − | + | * [http://rlyehreviews.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/cthulhu-classics-iv.html Rlyehreviews - Cthulhu Classics IV: The Asylum and Other Tales] | |
| + | * [http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_2983.html Review by James Holloway on RPGnet] | ||
==Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only== | ==Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only== | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:34, 19 December 2017
Details
Publisher: Chaosium
Product Code: 2012 (1st Printing), 2303 (2nd Printing)
Publishing Year: 1983
Pages: 80
Cover Price:
Authors: Randy McCall, Mark Harmon, David A. Hargrave, M. B. Willner, John Scott Clegg, Elizabeth A. Wolcott
Artist: Tom Sullivan
Project Coordinator, Editorial Continuity, Typesetting: Sandy Petersen
Art Direction, Additional Editing, Copy Reading: Lynn Willis
Format, Layout, Production, Plans: Charlie Krank
Diagrams: Yurek Chodak
Proofreading: Sherman Khan
Setting(s): 1920s
Format: Softcover
Contents
Scenarios: The Auction, The Madman, Black Devil Mountain, The Asylum, The Mauretania, Gate from the Past, Westchester House
Additional: Introduction, Player Handouts
Back Cover Text
Seven Sinister Situations
In every Call of Cthulhu campaign certain situations arise regularly. This book takes seven of those situations and turns them into horrifying adventures. Each story is meant to be used freely by the Keeper (the gamemaster) when he or she needs a quick plot for an impromptu game or as fillers in larger campaigns. Investigators' Information, Keeper's Background, and suggestions for use are provided for each episode. The center four, gray-edged, pages are to be carefully pulled out and handed to the players appropriately as per the scenario.
Comments / Trivia
Inside back cover is a street map of Arkham drawn by Gahan Wilson
Links
Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only
Players should not read any further.
