The City of a Thousand Minarets
Cairo!
The Conquerer City. The City of a Thousand Minarets. The Victorious. For a millennia¸ Cairo has stood on the banks of the Nile as a succession of foreign rulers came then faded into the sands of history.
The City of a Thousand Minarets is a guide to the pulp fiction Cairo of 1930s for the Ubiquity Role Playing system that powers Hollow Earth Expedition and other role playing games. From the crowded back alleys where con men hawk counterfeit antiquities to the Egyptian Museum¸ from the coffeeshops and social clubs of the new boulevards to the ancient necropolises of the Old City¸ the points of interest are presented. The politics¸ culture¸ significant figures¸ and the archeology of the pulp era Cairo are explored.
To be used to its fullest¸ this guide requires the Hollow Earth Expedition role playing game by Exile Games.