| Three Investigations into the Sinister and Macabre | |
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 Cover by Jody Lee | |
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| Publishers | Chaosium |
| Publication | 1990 |
| Genres | Horror |
| Systems | Basic Role-Playing |
Fatal Experiments is a collection of three adventures published by Chaosium in 1990 for the horror role-playing game Call of Cthulhu , written by Russell Bullman, Gregory W. Detwiler, William Dunn, L.N. Isinwyll, Penelope Love, Kurt Miller, Kevin A. Ross, Richard Watts. [1]
Fatal Experiments is a set of three adventures set in the 1920s: "Tatterdemallion", "The Songs of Fantari", and "The Lurker in the Crypt". [1] The scenarios are sequentially linked, and involve investigation of a dangerous research project. [2]
In the February 1992 edition of Dragon (Issue #178), Rick Swan called this supplement "Another first-class collection of short scenarios for Chaosiums Call of Cthulhu game." He found that all three of the scenarios were "full of surprises and are delightfully disgusting." [2]
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