Pyramid Pick: The Keeper's Companion (for Call of Cthulhu)

Pyramid Pick

The Keeper's Companion (for Call of Cthulhu)

Published by Chaosium Inc.

Written by Keith Herber, William Dietze, Brian M. Sammons, Charles P. Zaglanis, Lynn Willis, Sandy Petersen, Kevin Ross, Scott Aniolowski, Sam Johnson, Stacy Clark, Peter Jeffrey, Lucya Szachnowski, John B. Monroe, Bruce Balloon, and Davide Gallorini

Illustrated by Drashi Khendup, Earl Geier, Tom Sullivan, Dreyfuss, Lisa A. Free, Jason Eckhardt and Paul Carrick

Cover by Paul Carrick

208 pages; $23.95

For Call of Cthulhu Keepers wanting more information about the game and the Mythos, the first purchase in the last few years (after the main rulebook) has been The Keeper's Compendium. Unfortunately this book has been out of print since 1996, but now Chaosium have gone one better with the release of the much expanded The Keeper's Companion.

Described as "A Core Book For Keepers, Vol. 1," this is 208 pages long (130 more than the Compendium), containing the both the material from the Compendium and a lot of new stuff as well. It is a impressive looking book, graced by a full-wraparound Paul Carrick cover, depicting an ominously brooding Cthulhu himself. Some of Carrick's previous artwork for Chaosium has tended to be a little too murky, but this is just right, and Chaosium should allow him to do more in this style.

The internal layout is clear and simple, thus living up to Chaosium's usual standard. While discovering that a book this size does not have an index would normally set . . .

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Article publication date: December 8, 2000

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