Pyramid Review
The Stars Are Right! Nine Disturbing Tales of Mankind's Corruption (for Call of Cthulhu)
Published by Chaosium, Inc.
Written by Fred Behrendt, André Bishop, David Conyers, D. H. Frew, Steve Hatherley, Steven C. Rasmussen, Kevin A. Ross, Gary Sumpter, John Tynes, Richard Watts, & William Jones
Cover by John T. Snyder
Illustrated by Steven Gilberts, Chris Hill, Blair Reynolds & Jason Whitley
Cartography by David Conyers & Tony Santo
176-page b&w softcover; $23.95
The Stars Are Right is like the recent Shadows of Yog-Sothoth, another reprint for Call of Cthulhu, but for use with the modern incarnation of the game, Cthulhu Now, rather than the classic period of the 1920s. It is also a decade younger, having originally been published in 1992. Now the original anthology of modern-day scenarios has returned, being reprinted for the first time, but with two significant changes. The more obvious alteration is the addition of two new scenarios to the original seven, the other being an update of the various technologies to make the original seven feel more contemporary.
Physically, The Stars Are Right! is an improvement over recent releases for Call of Cthulhu. Primarily, this is due to Chaosium not using the same ugly style template that has marred those books (including the supposed 6th Edition rulebook), instead using a more contemporary look. Better for it, but like Shadows of Yog-Sothoth, the reprinted material is not as sharp and crisp as the original, being slightly murky, slightly . . .
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Article publication date: June 16, 2006
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