''Secret Societies'' is a 1995 role-playing game supplement for ''
Nephilim
The Nephilim (; ''Nəfīlīm'') are mysterious beings or humans in the Bible traditionally understood as being of great size and strength, or alternatively beings of great power and authority. The origins of the Nephilim are disputed. Some, ...
'' published by
Chaosium
Chaosium Inc. ( ) is a publisher of tabletop role-playing games established by Greg Stafford (game designer), Greg Stafford in 1975. Chaosium's major titles include ''Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game), Call of Cthulhu'', based on the horror fic ...
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Contents
''Secret Societies'' is a supplement which details the secret societies which align against the Nephilim as they quest for spiritual transcendence.
''Secret Societies'' is a supplement about the hidden world of the occult and the shadow war that humans fight against it.''
Pyramid
A pyramid () is a structure whose visible surfaces are triangular in broad outline and converge toward the top, making the appearance roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid can be of any polygon shape, such as trian ...
'' V1, #18 (March/April, 1996)
The book details some of the major secret societies that oppose the Nephilim, as well as some new groups.
Publication history
The book was written by
Kenneth Hite
Kenneth Hite (born September 15, 1965) is a writer and role-playing game designer. Hite is the author of '' Trail of Cthulhu'' and '' Night's Black Agents'' role-playing games, and lead designer of the 5th edition of '' Vampire: the Masquerade''. ...
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Reception
Andrew Rilstone
Andrew Rilstone is a game designer and blogger who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Career
Andrew Rilstone was the editor of the influential fanzine Aslan (fanzine), Aslan in the 1980s and early 1990s.
James Wallis (games designer), J ...
reviewed ''Secret Societies'' for ''Arcane'' magazine, rating it a 5 out of 10 overall.
Rilstone comments that "I get the feeling that this book is aimed at people who are interested in the world of ''Nephilim'' for its own sake, irrespective of whether they are actually going to play it. if you're one of them, then you'll probably find it indispensable."
Reviews
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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 ...
'' #14/15 (1997)
References
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Role-playing game books
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1995