The Enemy Within 1+2: The Enemy Within / Shadows over Bögenhafen
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Enemy Within / Der innere Feind - Kampagne: 1. Shadows over Bögenhafen (erschienen) 2. Death on the Reik (erschienen) 3. Power Behind the Throne - kein Pflichtteil der Kampagne (erschienen) 4. Something Rotten in Kislev (erschienen) alt: Empire in Flames / neu: Empire in Chaos 1. Unter falschem Namen & Schatten über Bögenhafen¸ 40DM 2. Tod auf dem Reik¸ 40DM 3. Die graue Eminenz
Something is stirring at the heart of the Empire. The dark hands of the followers of Chaos are stretching out¸ grasping at anything that will give them the power they need to bring the lands of Men¸ Dwarfs and Elves to ruin and despair. When¸ through a bizarre coincidence¸ a party of adventurers find themselves caught up in the machinations of a sinister cult¸ they quickly find that the only way out of the web of plots is through its very heart. So¸ as the Schaffenfest fair in Bögenhafen draws to its close¸ the petals of an awful bloom begin to unfurl¸ and the sickly smell of Chaos pervades the town. Can the adventurers find out what is happening before disaster strikes? In a recent poll of the leading games designers in France¸ the French RPG magazine Casus Belli awarded the Enemy Within campaign the title of the best RPG campaign ever published - equal top with Chaosium"s Call of Cthulhu classic Masks of Nylarthotep. Why? Perhaps it"s the campaign"s astonishing attention to detail¸ the intricacy of its plots or the flexibility of its design. It could be the amount of source material bound into each adventure¸ fleshing out the history and society of the Old World as the PCs explore it. It might have something to do with the range of the adventures¸ which take the adventurers from being basic grunts for hire to traders on the river Reik and from there to rub shoulders with high society in Middenheim and Altdorf. Maybe it"s because it"s simply brilliant. Whatever it is¸ when we say that The Enemy Within is a classic campaign¸ you know we"re not alone in that opinion. The Enemy Within vol.1: Shadows over Bogenhafen¸ the first book in the campaign¸ starts off with a detailed description of the Empire¸ its society and the people who run it¸ complete with most of the background detail you"ll need for this and future volumes. From there it presents "Mistaken Identity"¸ a prelude to the main campaign¸ and then the 64-page adventure "Shadows over Bögenhafen"¸ including maps of the Empire¸ Altdorf and the eponymous market-town¸ and copious player hand-outs as well. The Enemy Within vol.1: Shadows over Bögenhafen combines the original first two parts of the campaign¸ which were first published in the mid-1980s as "The Enemy Within" and "Shadows Over Bögenhafen". It is recommended that you play "The Oldenhaller Contract"¸ the adventure in the Warhammer FRP rulebook¸ before starting the Enemy Within campaign. The Enemy Within campaign continues in volume 2: Death on the Reik.