Chaosium Inc

Library Bookwatch, August, 2005

Chaosium Inc.

895 B Street, #423, Hayward, CA 94541

www.chaosium.com

These excellent Lovecraft take-offs and expansions further Chaosium's line and focus on Lovecraft environments, each providing contemporary gaming and settings based on Lovecraft's sinister worlds. Secrets Of Japan: Surviving The Mythos In Present-Day Japan by Michael Dziesinski, et.al. (1568821565, $34.95) is a guide to roleplaying in modern Japan: a survey of the underworld of Japan which serves as a battle-ground for primordial entities. Japanese cities and suburbs receive histories, roleplaying insights, and extensive links to Cthulhu in this guide for Cthulhu roleplayers in modern Japan. Packed with black and white artwork and complexity: a 'must' for serious Cthulhu roleplayers. Sandy Petersen, et.al.'s Shadows Of Yog-Sothoth: A Global Campaign To Save Mankind (1568821743, $23.95) also adds to the 'Call of Cthulhu' roleplaying game, presenting a seven-part campaign revealing the Silver Twlight organization. Chapter connections, biographical sketches of characters, numerous line drawings and complex plot details will be welcomed by avid roleplayers--as will Keith Herber's Spawn Of Azathoth: Herald Of The End Of Time (1568821786, $23.95), a companion supplement to the game which begins with the story of an investigator awakened by a ghost and led into a dangerous cross-country quest. All are highly recommended, unique picks for avid Lovecraft game roleplayers who welcome the regular story ideas from Chaosium Inc.

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