''Devil's Children'' is a 1993 role-playing adventure for '' Call of Cthulhu'' published by

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Plot summary

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Publication history

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started publishing compilations of material from ''

The Unspeakable Oath ''The Unspeakable Oath'' is a game magazine that was published by Pagan Publishing from 1990 to 2001, and later by Arc Dream Publishing starting in 2010. History John Tynes founded Pagan Publishing in 1990 in Columbia, Missouri with a volunteer s ...

'', and that "Pagan started publishing original supplements around the same time, beginning with ''Alone on Halloween'' (1992), a solo adventure. However, it was another year before Pagan put out the first supplement that really foreshadowed their later success: ''Devil's Children'' (1993), an adventure with chapters set in 1692 Salem and 1992 Arkham. By this time Chaosium had already extended the core ''Call of Cthulhu'' game in the 1890s and the 1990s but for Pagan's first book-length scenario to make a one-off stop in a totally different time period was original and innovative."

Reception

Wayne Ligon reviewed ''Devil's Children'' in ''

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'' #43 (May, 1994), rating it a 4.5 out of 5 and stated that "I have to whole-heartedly recommend this adventure, especially at he price I only hope we see more from this team."

Reviews

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References

{{reflist Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game) adventures Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1993