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Mansions of Madness (Call of Cthulhu)

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Mansions of Madness is a 1990 role-playing adventure for Call of Cthulhu published by Chaosium.

Plot summary

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Mansions of Madness is an adventure in which five adventure scenarios for the 1920s are presented: "Mr. Corbett", "The Plantation", "The Crack'd and Crook'd Manse", "The Sanatorium", and "Mansion of Madness".[1]

Publication history

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Mansions of Madness was Fred Behrendt, Shawn DeWolfe, Keith Herber, Wesley Martin, and Mark Morrison, with a cover by Lee Gibbons, with illustrations by Janet Aulisio and Sam Inabinet, and was published by Chaosium in 1990 as a 128-page book.[1]

Reception

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Wayne Ligon reviewed Mansions of Madness in White Wolf #26 (April/May, 1991), rating it a 3 out of 5 and stated that "Mansions of Madness provides two really interesting adventures, with three others that are 'merely' ordinary, but provide good background info for future games."[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 244. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  2. ^ Ligon, Wayne (April–May 1991). "Capsule Reviews". White Wolf Magazine. No. 26. p. 34.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)