The Mysteries of Mesoamerica

Details

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
The Well of SACRIFICE

1923
MENHIRS in the GROTTO

1925
THE HERETICS

1927
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.

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:

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