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<blockquote data-quote="CarlZog" data-source="post: 2511466" data-attributes="member: 11716">At GenCon last week, I played in a Pulp Cthulhu game in which a dying NPC handed the group a a page torn out of an Edgar Allen Poe&nbsp; book. The DM handed us the real page, smeared red (the blood of the dying NPC) and burnt around the edges (NPC died in an exlposion).When the group tracked down the book in the research library where the NPC had been working, the DM handed us the real book, minus the torn out page. The inside back cover had the envelope for the library withdrawal card, but behind that was a false backing page pasted on.&nbsp; On the advice of the psychic in the party, I took the book and ripped out the false backing page. Behind it, was the secret map to Atlantis -- another brilliant looking prop, which we laid out on the table and began to decipher.The DM was running the game several times at the con, and told us later that he had bought copies of the book for $4 from the bargain tables at Borders or B&amp;N. He made a separate set of props for each game he was running, so that every set of players could have the experience of shredding the book to find the hidden map.It was brilliant, and must have been quite a bit of work, considering how realistic the map and the damaged torn page looked.Carl</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CarlZog, post: 2511466, member: 11716"] At GenCon last week, I played in a Pulp Cthulhu game in which a dying NPC handed the group a a page torn out of an Edgar Allen Poe book. The DM handed us the real page, smeared red (the blood of the dying NPC) and burnt around the edges (NPC died in an exlposion). When the group tracked down the book in the research library where the NPC had been working, the DM handed us the real book, minus the torn out page. The inside back cover had the envelope for the library withdrawal card, but behind that was a false backing page pasted on. On the advice of the psychic in the party, I took the book and ripped out the false backing page. Behind it, was the secret map to Atlantis -- another brilliant looking prop, which we laid out on the table and began to decipher. The DM was running the game several times at the con, and told us later that he had bought copies of the book for $4 from the bargain tables at Borders or B&N. He made a separate set of props for each game he was running, so that every set of players could have the experience of shredding the book to find the hidden map. It was brilliant, and must have been quite a bit of work, considering how realistic the map and the damaged torn page looked. Carl [/QUOTE]

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