![]() Needless the say the resultant mish-mash is both exceptionally full of handy information, strangely idiosyncratic and at times elliptical, and full of art which implies dreadful truths … In short, it’s a nifty and entirely unique artifact. ![]() ![]() And illustrated with art and pictures that, to the compilers tattered mind at least, elucidate his message. Accordingly he takes a pair of scissors to an assortment of handy contemporary guidebooks to Paris - some mundane, others luridly sensationalist - and compiles a syncretic guide to everything an occult investigator might need to know about 1890s Paris … hand annotated with various scratchings. As this poor unnamed fellow gets caught up in reality-shattering revelations, he gains insights into both the true nature of things and also the future stalwart figures who will read his words years later. The original concept was that Absinthe in Carcosashould be a photo-realistic replica of a notebook compiled by an 1890s American art student (of shaky sanity) studying in Paris. The reason this is exciting for us is because Pelgrane kindly allowed us to design almost all of this 194-page book based on detailed notes and outlines written by Robin D. There have been so many new Lovecraftian Kickstarters that have been delivering goodies over the past few weeks that it’s almost too hard to keep track … but one very exciting development was Pelgrane’s release of Absinthe in Carcosa, the enormous in-world “city-guide-slash-insane-notebook” prop for the Yellow King RPG.
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