April 2019 13
Role Call
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Weird creatures abound in this month’s RPG round-up, whether they’re Lovecraftian
cowboys, the spirits of Invisible Sun or the dangerous foes of Monster of the Week
Words by Richard Jansen-ParkesCALL OF CTHULHU:
SHADOWS OVER
STILLWATER
Feel like mixing a little
bit of rootin’ tootin’
cowboy action with your
cosmic horror? Well
then, you’ll probably
need this combination of
adventures and locations
for Down Darker Trails,
Call of Cthulhu’s creepy
Wild West setting. The
print copy is a few months
away, but you should be
able to pick up a PDF now.
Chaosium | £THE LEGEND OF
THE FIVE RINGS
RPG: WINTER’S
EMBRACE
The first adventure for
The Legend of the Five
Rings invites players
into the treacherous
intrigues of the Winter
Court, where the
right words can kill as
surely as any sword.
Expect schemes
aplenty throughout
the icy-cold quest!
Fantasy Flight | £BIG BOOK OF SCI-FI
BATTLE MATS
A sci-fi follow-up to Loke’s
successful run of fantasy-
themed mats, this ring-
bound A4 book allows you
to carry around dozens of
combat-ready maps with
in your backpack. The book
is designed to lay perfectly
flat, doubling the size of the
environments. It’s a very
nifty little accessory – and
if you don’t care about easy
portability it also comes in
a giant A3 version.
Loke|£MONSTER OF
THE WEEK: TOME
OF MYSTERIES
An expansion for the
charming Monster of the
Week mystery game, this
slim book is loaded with new
options for players, rules for
confronting investigators
with X-Files-esque weird
phenomena and almost 30
fully-formed mysteries. On
top of all this it’s fleshed
out with essays and advice
from the Monster of the
Week community.
Evil Hat | £INVISIBLE SUN:
TERATOLOGY
The closest thing the
inscrutable world of
Invisible Sun will ever
come to a bestiary, the
Tetraology promises
to introduce hundreds
of “creatures, spirits,
and other entities”.
Expect some beautiful
writing and stunning
art for Monte Cook’s
impressively ambitious,
inventive and grand
roleplaying opus.
Monte Cook | £CALL OF CTHULHU: INVISIBLE SUN: INVISIBLE SUN: INVISIBLE SUN: INVISIBLE SUN: MONSTER OF MONSTER OF MONSTER OF