King of Chicago (Supplement)
Details
Publisher: Chaosium
Product Code: 2348
Publishing Year: 1994
Pages: 64
Cover Price: $10.95
Author(s): Gary Sumpter, Ugo Bardi, L.N. Isinwyll, Tadashi Ehara
Artist(s): Charlie Krank, Earl Geier
Setting(s): 1920s
Format(s): Softcover
Contents
Two Gangland Adventures for 1920's Call of Cthulhu.
INVESTIGATING LANZETTI MURDER STOP ONTO SOMETHING BIG STOP NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE STOP COME TO CHICAGO WITH INVESTIGATIVE TEAM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE STOP SULLIVAN
—Urgent telegram from Jack Sullivan
Chicago in the Roaring Twenties: crime is rampant, it is a world of violence, intimidation, bribery and treachery. Rival gangs are locked in violent power struggles as each ambitious hood looks to become the King of Chicago. Amidst this war our heroes, the investigators, must face the rum-running gangs of the Windy City to solve a murder.
Marseilles is a colorful port city in southern France. Here within the Casbah international gangs vie for control and profits. The discovery of a golden statuette leads investigators to the heart of Marseilles where they get caught up in more than they bargained for.
This book is mostly a scenario compilation, but it also includes two short articles providing source material on the 1920s.
Scenarios: The King of Chicago, The Secret of Marseilles
Articles: The Role of Prohibition, An Economy of Crime
Additional: Introduction, Player Handouts
Front Cover Text
King of Chicago
& The Secret of Marseilles
Prohibition, a Gangland Murder, the Casbah of Marsailles, Black Market Weapons
Back Cover Text
The Secret of Marseilles & King of Chicago.
Two cities in the 1920s face ruthless gangs, charismatic bosses, an un-yeilding thirst for vengence, and the malevolence of the mythos.
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