Looking Glass: Hong Kong
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Looking Glass: Hong Kong is a "Low and Slow" city setting for many possible GUMSHOE games. This look at one of Asia's most cramped and chaotic ports features the lay of the land¸ including markets and masses¸ and three unique backdrops for the main setting - a scenic or thematic element¸ or just somewhere to stage a fight scene. It also details Hong Kong's factions¸ from organized crime all the way up to the The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region¸ and includes thirteen Hong Kong-flavoured adventure seeds. Use Looking Glass: Hong Kong in:
- Night's Black Agents as a modern-day equivalent to the role West Berlin plays in post-WW2 spy dramas - a speck of room to manoeuvre¸ just on the edge of an authoritarian state¸ with HK-themed alien¸ mutant¸ and damned vampires;
- The Esoterrorists ¸ as Esoterror operatives capitalize on on the city's key fears of disease¸ and the dead;
- Fear Itself ¸ playing on the alienating effect of isolation within one of the most densely packed places on Earth;
- Trail of Cthulhu ¸ with extensive notes on Mythos locations and practices of an occult bent that would sit well in the backstory of any investigation.
This supplement exists in a world of instantaneous oceans of information¸ and holds plenty of rash generalizations¸ needed for game play and speed of familiarization. It's not intended to be comprehensive; instead¸ it combines a few evocative details with broad-brush color. It is intended as a starter¸ a foundation for your own adventures¸ a framework on which to hang the fruits of your own research¸ similar to its sister title¸ Looking Glass: Mumbai.
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