Call of Cthulhu Gets New King in Yellow Adventure in 1980s Japan

Chaosium has announced a brand new Call of Cthulhu adventure featuring the infamous King in Yellow entity in an unexpected locale. The Sutra of Pale Leaves - Twin Suns Rising is a new Call of Cthulhu adventure set in 1980s Japan that will feature the King in Yellow. No other details were provided outside of the creative team, which includes Damon Lang, Yukihiro Terada, Andrew Logan Montgomery, Jason Sheets, Jesse Covner, with Keris McDonald and Mike Mason.

The cover of the new adventure can be seen below:

Call of Cthulhu enjoys immense popularity in Japan, with the RPG often eclipsing sales of Dungeons & Dragons in that country. There were rumors that Chaosium was developing a setting based on 1980s Japan, and it appears that this is what the rumors were referring to.

The official description for the new adventure reads:

Forgotten for centuries, the Sutra of Pale Leaves has resurfaced in 1980s Japan—a time of excess, conspicuous consumption, and enormous technological changes.

In the hands of those who revere it, the Sutra of Pale Leaves can remake the world...

 

[Michael O'Brien]

Cover art by Kasumi Lang.

 

[Aldarc]

Considering the popularity of CoC in Japan, this makes a lot of sense.

 

[Weiley31]

Pulp version be like:
"Hey guys, I'm a modern day samurai!"

Or insert any 80's/90's OVA anime.

 

[Von Ether]

Considering the popularity of CoC in Japan, this makes a lot of sense.

The main difference between the two fandoms is that most of the Japanese scenarios are set in modern day and mostly banal places like offices and high schools as compared to CoC's traditional period pieces set in manors and the like.

 

[Aldarc]

The main difference between the two fandoms is that most of the Japanese scenarios are set in modern day and mostly banal places like offices and high schools as compared to CoC's traditional period pieces set in manors and the like.

Let's be honest here. Modern day is preferrable anyway, since setting CoC during 1920s Japan has a lot of ways it could be "icky."

 

[ProfessorDetective]

Let's be honest here. Modern day is preferrable anyway, since setting CoC during 1920s Japan has a lot of ways it could be "icky."

While this would be on the cusp of the Economic Miracle fizzling out. Could be a bit depression for some.

 

[ProfessorDetective]

This was NOT on my bingo card (still waiting for the Dreamlands book and that update of World War Cthulhu that's supposed to be happening, eventually), but I am not complaining.

Especially if this gives enough background to make this a viable setting past the pre-written stuff.

I've been playing World of Horror (think the digital version of Arkham Horror 2E we never got, but with Arkham swapped for the coastal town of Shiokawa circa 1985) recently and I'm looking for similar vibes.

 

[Edifice Head]

Great news! I was only listening to an interview with Sandy Peterson today and he was saying Japanese women aged 18-35 make up the largest demographic of players of the game worldwide. And he said that CofC outsells D&D by quite a margin there.

I think it is brillaint to hear Chaosium have made this move. And great to have authentic diversity in a major RPG. I bet Chaosium do a great job of making a well-rooted game in a Japanese setting. I'm interested.

 

[Clint_L]

Awwwww...I just switched to the Arkham Horror RPG. Well, hopefully I can still use this - the Arkham Horror rules are lightweight enough that it might not be too much trouble to convert.