Intrigue and Horror in the Pearl of the Orient! The Sassoon Files will be a set of scenarios and campaign resources for Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition and GUMSHOE role-playing games (RPGs) set in historical 1920s Shanghai; an international city of intrigue, espionage, style and violence. The Sassoon Files will use…
https://youtu.be/xMMMD6wtTwAIn Shanghai, the remnants of the Luoist reformed into aid societies for salt smugglers, dock hands, and migrant laborers. In the early 1900s, one of these aid societies evolved into the Green Gang; a secret criminal organization that came to control all “vice” in Shanghai.Shanghai was the perfect environment for…
https://youtu.be/plxdTOYk-GwThe Sassoon Files will be a set of scenarios and campaign resources for Lovecraft and Cthulhu Mythos role-playing games (RPGs) set in historical 1920s Shanghai; an international city of intrigue, espionage, style and violence. The Sassoon Files will be based on the GUMSHOE SRD (found at http://www.pelgranepress.com/?p=12466), a product of Pelgrane Press, developed, written,…
The Tcho Tcho Navigator Standing before you is an elderly member of the tribe that tends these crops; he is leaning on his walking stick and smiles at you with a mouth full of sharp teeth. It looks like he took files to his teeth, and then forgot to brush…
Jason (the Project Lead and my partner) and I are very happy with our art development process. As I previously reported, Mr. Breno Girafa is working with us to develop several full-page art pieces for the Sassoon Files, before our Kickstarter starts. Here is a run-down of the how this…
I hope that this question has been answered somewhat by the various posts about the history of Sassoon Files. I felt it’s good to summarize it here. This is a TL/DR for the historical background information I have been posting.70 years before the Sassoon Files takes place, a massive and…
The Shambler in the Den The Demon Kun desires to be free and loathes those who would command it. The Demon Kun is an alien intelligence and has no qualms attacking and killing an investigator that gets in its way or has the hubris to try to control it. This piece…
The Sassoon Files takes place in the world of 1920s Shanghai. There are two parts of this setting: the historical and the Mythos. This blog post series is about the historical settings... the background which the player characters may know about as they begin their investigations. This entry is about…
This blog series is about the pre-made characters that will be included with The Sassoon Files. The Sassoon Files comes with 15 pre-mades of diverse backgrounds and nationalities, but all tied to events and people in the International Settlement and French Concession. Sophia Volkov Sophia’s last name, Volkov, means “wolf”…
The Sassoon Files takes place in the world of 1920s Shanghai. There are two parts of this setting: the historical and the Mythos. This blog post series is about the historical settings... the background which the player characters may know about as they begin their investigations. See Part #1 about The…
The Sassoon Files takes place in the world of 1920s Shanghai. There are two parts of this setting: the historical and the Mythos. This blog post series is about the historical settings... the background which the player characters may know about as they begin their investigations. China’s greatest engineering feat…
This blog series is about the pre-made characters that will be included with The Sassoon Files. The Sassoon Files comes with 15 pre-mades of diverse backgrounds and nationalities, but all tied to events and people in the International Settlement and French Concession. Francois du Luc As a young man, Francois…
This blog series is about the pre-made characters that will be included with The Sassoon Files. The Sassoon Files comes with 15 pre-mades of diverse backgrounds and nationalities, but all tied to events and people in the International Settlement and French Concession. My name is Zhang Jing, and I am…
We are currently looking to commission art pieces for the new Sassoon Files campaign and scenario book. Here is our "Mood Sheet," which consists of historical stock art from 1920s Shanghai.
The Sassoon Files takes place in the world of 1920s Shanghai. There are two parts of this setting: the historical and the Mythos. This blog post series is about the historical settings... the background which the player characters may know about as they begin their investigations. At the beginning of…
The Sassoon Files takes place in the world of 1920s Shanghai. There are two parts of this setting: the historical and the Mythos. This blog post series is about the historical settings... the background which the player characters may know about as they begin their investigations. Sun Yat-sen was born…