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| − | + | The Rise of forgotten [[R'lyeh]]. [[Cthulhu]] sleeps in the corpse city of R'lyeh. Through unblinking eyes he watches mountains grow and empires rise and fall. He lays quiet, unmoving. Now he stirs. He senses that the stars are right once again converging into their proper formations. His Worshipers have plotted for the day when their might lord once again walks the earth. That day has come! | |
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| + | Shadows of Yog-Sothoth presents a grand seven-part campaign, revealing details of the Silver Twilight, an international organisation dedicated to forcing the premature rise of R'lyeh and the release of the dread Cthulhu. | ||
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Revision as of 23:14, 11 February 2006
Details
Publisher: Chaosium
Product Code: 2010 (1st Printing), 2302 (2nd Printing), 2397 (2nd Edition)
Publishing Year: 1982, 1983 (2nd Printing), 2004 (2nd Edition)
Pages: 72 (1st Edition), 176 (2nd Edition)
Cover Price: $??.??
Author(s): John Carnahan, John Scott Clegg, Ed Gore, Marc Hutchison, Randy McCall, Sandy Petersen, Ted Shelton
Artist(s): Tom Sullivan (1st Printing and 2nd Edition), Gene Day (2nd Printing), Mislet Michel (2nd Edition), Andy Hopp (2nd Edition)
Setting(s): 1920s
Format(s): Softcover
Contents
Campaigns: Shadows of Yog Sothoth (Campaign)
Scenarios: The Hermetic Order of the Silver Twilight (Scenario), Look to the Future, The Coven of Cannich, Devils Canyon, The Worm that Walks, The Watchers of Easter Island, The Rise of R'lyeh, The People of the Monolith, The Warren.
Front Cover Text
Subtitled: A Global Campaign to Save Mankind Dedicated to: Joseph Payne Brennan.
Back Cover Text
The Rise of forgotten R'lyeh. Cthulhu sleeps in the corpse city of R'lyeh. Through unblinking eyes he watches mountains grow and empires rise and fall. He lays quiet, unmoving. Now he stirs. He senses that the stars are right once again converging into their proper formations. His Worshipers have plotted for the day when their might lord once again walks the earth. That day has come!
Shadows of Yog-Sothoth presents a grand seven-part campaign, revealing details of the Silver Twilight, an international organisation dedicated to forcing the premature rise of R'lyeh and the release of the dread Cthulhu.
Comments / Trivia
First Edition, First Printing
Printed in 'burnt umber' ink with an impressive double page centre spread of a shoggoth attacking a fishing vessel.
Shadows of Yog-Sothoth (Campaign)
This supplement features the legendary wizard Carl Stanford. Later re-issued as 2302 and re-printed in Cthulhu Classics? (3301). Petersen's favourite campaign. Winner of the 1985 Games Day Award for Best Role Playing Adventure and the 1982 Game Designer’s Guild Select Award.
Links
Link to outside reviews
- [Link 1]
- [Link 2]
Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only
Players should not read any further.
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