The Golden Dawn (Call of Cthulhu)
A Sourcebook of Victorian Ocult Intrigue | ||
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ISBN 1-887797-02-5 | |
The Golden Dawn is a
Contents
The Golden Dawn is a sourcebook that describes the Victorian-era secret occult society called
Publication history
Chaosium originally set their 1981 horror role-playing game Call of Cthulhu in 1920s New England, the same setting as many of the fictional works of
Reception
In the July 1996 edition of Arcane (Issue #8), Steve Faragher gave this book an average rating of 7 out of 10 and cautioned that "There's certainly some excellent information about the Golden Dawn contained in this book, but if you're at all like me, you'll be keeping your players at the outskirts of the Golden Dawn's power structure. Beyond that I can heartily recommend this sourcebook for its superb scenarios, even though you might think it's a bit expensive for that alone."[2]
In the November 1996 edition of Dragon (Issue #235), Rick Swan called this "the most ambitious supplement [for Call of Cthulhu] in recent memory." He suggested the book could serve as a "springboard for magic-intensive adventures," although he admitted that would be a "major departure for Cthulhu, which in the past has tended to discourage the indiscriminate use of magic." In addition to the abundance of information about the society, Swan called the included scenarios "terrific [...] not particular easy to run [...] but they're loaded with memorable scenes." He concluded by giving the book an excellent rating of 5 out of 6.[3]
Other reviews
- Pyramid V1, #21 (Sept./Oct., 1996)[4]
- The Familiar, Issue 9 (p. 47)
- Windgeflüster, October 1996 (Issue 34, p. 43, in German)
References
- ISBN 1-887797-02-5.
- ^ a b c Faragher, Steve (July 1996). "Games Reviews". Arcane (8). Future Publishing: 62–63.
- ^ TSR, Inc.pp. 109–110.
- ^ "Pyramid: Pyramid Pick: The Golden Dawn".