Mutant City Blues is a role-playing game published by Pelgrane Press in 2009.
Mutant City Blues is a role-playing game published by Pelgrane Press in 2009.
Mutant City Blues is one of the games to use the GUMSHOE System. In a world where 1% of the population has gained mutant powers, police procedure has changed forever. The characters are members of the Heightened Crime Investigation Unit that specializes in crimes involving the mutant community. [1]
Robin Laws designed Mutant City Blues (2009) for Pelgrane Press's GUMSHOE system. [2] : 385
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