| Diabolical Dossiers of Doom | |
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| Publishers | Chaosium |
| Publication | 1993 |
| Genres | Horror |
| Systems | Basic Role-Playing |
Investigator Sheets, subtitled "Diabolical Dossiers of Doom", is a supplemental product published by Chaosium in 1993 for the horror role-playing game Call of Cthulhu . [1]
Chaosium first published the Lovecraftian horror role-playing game Call of Cthulhu in 1981, and subsequently produced a number of editions, including the 5th edition in 1992. The following year, Chaosium produced two supplemental products for use with the 5th edition under the subtitle "Diabolical Dossiers of Doom": a package of various blank certificates called Dire Documents ; and Investigator Sheets, a set of character sheets for the three standard eras used in the game: the 1890s, 1920s, and 1990s. [2]
In the October 1993 edition of Dragon (#198), Rick Swan questioned why any player with access to a photocopier would need these. [3]
A copy of Investigator Sheets is held in the "Edwin and Terry Murray Collection of Role-Playing Games, 1972-2017" at Duke University. [4]
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