Title: Call of Cthulhu – The Sutra of Pale Leaves – Twin Suns Rising
Publishers: Sons of the Singularity and Chaosium Inc
Authors: Damon Lang, Andrew Logan Montgomery, Jason Sheets, and Yukihiro Terada
Artists: Jesse Covner, Kenaz Covner, L. Hsiang, Kasumi Lang, Damon Lang, Jennifer S. Lange, Malena Sheets, Susan Sheets, Wayne Miller, and Yukihiro Terada
Year: 2025
Genre: First volume of a two volume Call of Cthulhu campaign set in 1980s Japan
Pages: 192 pages
MSRP: $42.99 for the hardcover
I review the first of two volumes in The Sutra of Pale Leaves Call of Cthulhu campaign from Sons of the Singularity and Chaosium Inc. Twins Suns Rising is set in Japan during the mid to late 1980s and reimagines The King in Yellow.
Summary
I really dig the reinvention of the King in Yellow or, in this case, the Pale Prince in this first volume of The Sutra of Pale Leaves. The first two adventures are very well done too. I don't care much for the fact the investigators will no doubt find out too late the Sutra has provided the big bad the ability to plant itself in the PCs minds. Plus the Pale Prince can eventually get to the point where the investigators are puppets for him to command, which I think will irritate some. I do recommend the book but I'm probably not the right sort of Keeper to get the most out of the campaign. Or at least this first part.
Founder/Editor-in-chief of The Gaming Gang website and host of The Gaming Gang Dispatch and other TGG media for fifteen years, Jeff takes on any and all sorts of games but is especially ready to tackle roleplaying games and strategy games. He's been involved with the hobby since he was just a wee grade school lad, over four decades ago.
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