Pyramid Review
Raising Up (for Call of Cthulhu)
Published by Chaosium, Inc.
Written and illustrated by Dr. Michael C. LaBossiere
54-page b&w tape-bound softcover; $13.95
Raising Up is the third book to be released as part of Chaosium's Miskatonic University Library Association Monograph series. The series was begun in late 2003 with the physically flawed, though still interesting Parapsychologist's Handbook, with the intention of countering the lack of releases for Call of Cthulhu. 2004 has already seen the release of another Monograph, End Time, also by Michael C. LaBossiere, making Raising Up his second contribution to the series. Where End Time detailed mankind's near future after we have left the Earth to explore the worlds and moons of our Solar System, particularly the colonies on the Moon and Mars, Raising Up is a much simpler and more traditional release for Call of Cthulhu.
What LaBossiere, best known for his contributions to GDW's Challenge magazine, presents in Raising Up, is the Miskatonic University Library Association's first collection of scenarios in the form of a five-part mini-campaign. Upon initial reading, it appears to be set in the game's classic period of the 1920s, but by the second part and its mention of an MP3 player, it is clear that Raising Up is set firmly in the here and now. At its core lies not some planet threatening foe or cult, but a single individual, one Reginald Preston, a reclusive academic, who despite being confined to a wheelchair, has set . . .
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Article publication date: April 9, 2004
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