Perhaps the finest campaign ever written for the venerable Call of Cthulhu rules system.
I was greatly disappointed by my purchase of the much heralded and celebrated 'Masks of Nyarthalhotep' campaign about two years ago, so much so that I ended up never actually using it at the table.
But Paul Fricker's 'The Two-Headed Serpent' while it is by no means perfect or complete, because no published campaign ever can be if it is to come inside a page count, is exactly the sort of globe trotting campaign to save the world I had been looking for. While written for the 'Pulp Cthulhu' rules, this by no means should stop Game Masters from seeking it out, as it simply makes official what was probably true about any long running CoC game in the first place. That is, the PC's are ultimately expected to be armed with more than pocket knives, cue sticks, and .25 caliber derringers, and need some sort of framework to operate in that makes sense and keeps the focus on the game fighting the mythos, and not avoiding legal trouble with well meaning local authorities.
Highly recommended.
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