Tales of the Crescent City
Details
Publisher: Golden Goblin Press
Product Code: 10008
Publishing Year: 2014 (August)
Pages: 196
Cover Price: $39.95 (Print), $18.00 (PDF)
Authors: Kevin Ross, Dan Harms, C. Michael Hurst, Stuart Boon, Oscar Rios, Jeff Moeller, New Orleans Mythos (Matthew Morgan, Allen Ignatius Boudreaux III, Michael DeCuir, Chris Freeman, Dale Hrebik, Will Trufant)
Artists: Reuben Dodd, Steff Worthington (maps), Dean Engelhardt (handouts), Allen Ignatius Boudreaux III, Will Trufant, Matthew Morgan (photographs)
Layout: Mark Shireman
Setting(s): 1920s
Format(s): Softcover and PDF
Contents
Along the banks of a crescent bend in the lower Mississippi River lies a city like no other...
It is an old city with a colorful, often tragic history, a place where different races, cultures, and religions meet, sometimes blending and other times clashing. It is a city rich in the arts, where music and food are celebrations of life. Yet beneath it all, there is another city, a haunted place where mysterious cults worship in the surrounding swamps, sagging plantations hide terrifying secrets, and the sins of the past do not stay silent or unanswered. The dark and dangerous powers of the Cthulhu Mythos are woven thickly into the tapestry of the Crescent City; they have always been and always will be.
But through it all, there have been a few brave and hardy souls who fought against these sinister forces. Many of them fall in this crusade, their bodies broken, their spirits corrupted, their minds unhinged by the horrors they face. Because of their struggles and sacrifices, the Crescent City is protected, and the blasphemous horrors beyond human understanding are kept a bay… at least for now... These are a few of their tales.
Articles: Investigator's Guide to 1920s New Orleans (New Orleans Mythos), Étienne-Laurent de Marigny (Ross), A Few Notes on the Yellow Sign and "The King in Yellow" (Ross)
Scenarios: Tell Me, Have You Seen The Yellow Sign? (revised) (Ross), Bloodlines (Hurst), Needles (Harms), The Quickening Spiral (Boon), Song and Dance (Rios), Five Lights at the Crossroad (Moeller), Asylum: The Return of the Yellow Sign (Ross)
Front Cover Text
Tales of the Crescent City
Adventures in Jazz Era new Orleans
Back Cover Text
Along the banks of a crescent bend in the lower Mississippi River lies a city like no other...
It is an old city with a colorful, often tragic history, a place where different races, cultures, and religions meet, sometimes blending and other times clashing. It is a city rich in the arts, where music and food are celebrations of life. Yet beneath it all, there is another city, a haunted place where mysterious cults worship in the surrounding swamps, sagging plantations hide terrifying secrets, and the sins of the past do not stay silent or unanswered. The dark and dangerous powers of the Cthulhu Mythos are woven thickly into the tapestry of the Crescent City; they have always been and always will be.
But through it all, there have been a few brave and hardy souls who fought against these sinister forces. Many of them fall in this crusade, their bodies broken, their spirits corrupted, their minds unhinged by the horrors they face. Because of their struggles and sacrifices, the Crescent City is protected, and the blasphemous horrors beyond human understanding are kept a bay… at least for now... These are a few of their tales.
Tales of the Crescent City—Adventures in Jazz Era New Orleans is a collection of scenarios and supplemental articles for the 6th Edition Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game.
- "Tell Me Have You Seen the Yellow Sign" (Golden Goblin Press Edition) by Kevin Ross
- Bloodlines by C. Michael Hurst
- Needles by Daniel Harms
- The Quickening Spiral by Stuart Boon
- Song and Dance by Oscar Rios
- Five Lights at the Crossroad by Jeff Moeller
- Asylum -- Return of the Yellow Sign by Kevin Ross
And also featuring
- Investigator's Guide to 1920s New Orleans by New Orleans Mythos
- Étienne-Laurent de Marigny by Kevin Ross
- A Few Notes on the Yellow Sign and The King in Yellow by Kevin Ross
Comments / Trivia
This book was funded by a Kickstarter fund raising drive.
Backers also received a PDF of an additional scenario Black Goat of New Orleans, written, designed and published by New Orleans Mythos
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