1920s Investigators' Companion
{{short description|Horror tabletop role-playing game supplement}}
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{{Infobox RPG
|title=1920s Investigators' Companion
|subtitle=A Core Gamebook for Players
|publisher=Chaosium
|date={{Start date and age|1993}}
|image=1920s Investigators' Companion.jpg
|caption=Cover of the updated 1997 edition
|system=Basic Role-Playing
|genre=Horror
|designer=Keith Herber
|isbn=1568821069
}}
1920s Investigators' Companion is a role-playing game supplement for Call of Cthulhu by Keith Herber, published by Chaosium. Volume 1 was published in 1993, volume 2 in 1994. An updated single volume of The 1920s Investigator's Companion was published in 1997.
Contents
Because modern game players may not know much about the early part of the twentieth century, 1920s Investigators' Companion contains information covering the 1920s.{{Cite web|url=https://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=3014|title=1920s Investigators' Companion - RPGnet RPG Game Index|website=index.rpg.net}} The book covers economic and social background, popular culture, research facilities, transportation, and equipment that would be available to 1920 investigators.
Reception
In the October 1994 edition of Dragon (Issue 210), Rick Swan was impressed by the large volume of facts and figures, but questioned the book's usefulness, saying "Is the Companion interesting? Yep. Impressive? You bet. Useful? Well, you tell me — when was the last time you needed to know the horsepower of a Pierce-Arrow?" Swan concluded by giving the book an average rating of 3 out of 6, commenting, "This is mostly window dressing, helpful for spicing up a referee's descriptions, but unnecessary for players."{{cite journal|last=Swan|first=Rick|authorlink=Rick Swan| date=October 1994 |title=Roleplaying Reviews|journal=Dragon|publisher=TSR, Inc.|issue=210|pages=93}}
Wayne Ligon reviewed Investigators' Companion in White Wolf #49 (Nov., 1994), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "This book is indespensible for the CoC investigator and Keeper. It offers a glimpse into the Roaring Twenties and provides very important rules on conducting research in a game that puts heavy emphasis on information gathering."{{Cite magazine |last=Ligon |first=Wayne |date=November 1994|title=Capsule Reviews |magazine= White Wolf Magazine |number=49 |page=64-65 |url=https://imgur.com/a/Rw07v84}}
Reviews
- The Unspeakable Oath #10 (Fall, 1993)
- Dragon #248 (June 1998)
- Backstab #7{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/backstab-magazine-french-07/page/n37/mode/2up|title = Backstab Magazine (French) Issue 07}}
- Backstab #11{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/backstab-011/page/42/mode/2up | title=Backstab #011 | date=1998 }}
- Magia i Miecz #51 (March 1998) (Polish){{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/MagiaIMiecz199709/page/n71/mode/2up|title=Magia I Miecz 1997 09|date=September 1997}}
- Envoyer #56{{cite web | url=http://www.envoyer.de/ausgaben/2001/06/investigatorscompanion.html | title=Cthulhu: Investigator's Companion | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020120230028fw_/http://www.envoyer.de/ausgaben/2001/06/investigatorscompanion.html | archive-date=20 January 2002 }}
- Australian Realms #14{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/australian-realms-magazine/Australian%20Realms%20%2314%20NovemberDecember%201993/page/4/mode/2up | title=Australian Realms Magazine - Complete Collection | date=June 1988 }}
References
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External links
- {{official|https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/}}