Japan – Empire of Shadows
日本 – 影の帝国
Hunting the Mythos in Imperial Era Japan
A 400 page sourcebook for 1920s Imperial Era Japan for use with Call of Cthulhu (クトゥルフの呼び声) 7th Edition.
Please be aware, this book is written in English.
WELCOME TO JAPAN
Blue sparks flash as electric streetcars rattle down bustling avenues. Flesh and blood mannequin girls in department store windows beckon customers with their white painted faces and charming smiles. Men in suits and patent leather shoes walk beside women in kimonos and clicking getas (sandals). In factories across the nation the latest modern appliances roll off assembly lines while in the countryside farmers live as they have for countless generations surrounded by the kami (gods) of their ancestors.
Externally, Japan is a modern, industrialized nation, yet underneath the surface lies a shadow world, as dangerous and unpredictable as the earthquakes and typhoons that wrack its shores. Ancient forces that have lain dormant beneath the Japanese islands for millennia are being drawn to the surface by men and women whose growing knowledge of the arcane arts and modern science have outpaced their native wisdom and restraint. It is the dawn of a new age in the land of the rising sun, but will it be an era of light and prosperity or one of darkness and ruin?
– From the Introduction
Japan – Empire of Shadows is a sourcebook for roleplaying in Imperial Japan during the late Taisho and early Showa eras (1920-1932). It can be run with foreign or Japanese Investigators using the provided single-session story-hooks or multi-session narrative threads. The 400 page sourcebook includes 334 unique locations, 35 full color maps, over 70 NPCs, 20 player handouts, six pre-generated characters, new spells, new Mythos tomes, new monsters, a concise history of the land, people and nation of Japan and much more.
NOTE: Japan – Empire of Shadows is intended for mature audiences. It contains situations and material that some individuals might find intense, traumatic or offensive.
A copy of either the Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Keeper Rulebook or the free Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Quick-start rules are required to play.
Price: $24.95
