Another Revival - The Esoterrorists

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This is a revival of a bundle from November 2015, a conspiracy theory / occult RPG based on the Gumshoe system

https://bundleofholding.com///Esoterror2022

Revived (for a second time) from November 2015, this offer features The Esoterrorists by Robin D. Laws (Feng Shui, HeroQuest, Hillfolk) from Pelgrane Press. As an investigator for the benevolent secret conspiracy Ordo Veritatis, you defend modern-day reality against a loose network of occult terrorists, the Esoterrorists, who try to weaken the protective Membrane and summon Unremitting Horrors from the Outer Dark. The Esoterrorists was the first RPG to use Robin's GUMSHOE system (seen in Trail of Cthulhu, Night's Black Agents, and many other RPGs of detection and mystery).

We provide each ebook complete in .PDF (Portable Document Format) and each music track in MP3 format. Like all Bundle of Holding titles, these files have NO DRM (Digital Restrictions Management), and our customers are entitled to move them freely among all their devices.

Ten percent of each purchase (after gateway fees) goes to the charity chosen by Pelgrane Press co-owner Cat Tobin, the International Red Cross Fund for Ukraine. As the security situation in Ukraine allows, ICRC water engineers and doctors aim to help more than three million people access clean water and improve the living conditions of more than 66,000 whose homes have been damaged by heavy fighting.

The total retail value of the titles in this revival is US$119. Customers who pay just US$8.95 get all four titles in our Player Collection (retail value $44) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks:

• The Esoterrorists Second Edition core rulebook (2013, retail price $15), as well as First Edition (2006).
• The Esoterror Fact Book (retail $15): An indispensable reference for assets, protocols, psychogeography, Membrane permeability, and Techno-Macho Utterances.
• Dissonance: Music for Esoterrorists (retail $5): Four atmospheric tracks by composer James Semple encompassing suspense, action, and horror. Includes the music that introduces the ENnie-winning podcast Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff.

Those who pay more than this revived offer's threshold (average) price, which is set at $17.95 to start, also get this revival's entire Gamemaster Collection with seven more titles worth an additional $62:

• The Esoterror Summoning Guide (retail $10): The Ordo Veritatis summarizes what it knows of the enemy's world-threatening methods.
• The Book of Unremitting Horror (GUMSHOE version, retail $15): A boundary-crossing collection of truly disturbing modern monsters.
• Worldbreaker (retail $13): A globe-spanning campaign by Robin D. Laws.
• Albion's Ransom 1: Little Girl Lost and 2: Worm of Sixty Winters (retail $9 each): A complete two-part campaign of battle against a climate catastrophe in northern England.
• Three scenarios (total retail $19): The Love of Money, Profane Miracles, and Six Packed.

The first time I saw this I said: This one interests me a lot, and it's a game system that is VERY highly regarded, but as usual I have to stress that one of the reasons I see this stuff is that I get freebies. I'm not the one who has to spend the money, but I think it's well worth a look if you like this type of game. Since then I've delved into it to some extent, and I have to admit that I am not a huge fan of the game system; it's playable, but doesn't click with me somehow. This seems to be a fairly common comment - people like the ideas but often aren't huge fans of the Gumshoe system. This may be because I tend to discuss this stuff with gamers who have very long experience of the hobby, and were already playing in their own ways before the Gumshoe system came along. What we seem to agree on is that there are good ideas in here, but possibly ideas that we prefer to transfer to systems we're more comfortable with.