Kingsport: The City in the Mists
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| The City in the Mists | |
|---|---|
 Cover by John T. Snyder | |
| Designers | Kevin A. Ross |
| Publishers | Chaosium |
| Publication | 1991 |
| Genres | Horror |
| Systems | Basic Role-Playing |
| ISBN | 978-0933635777 |
Kingsport: The City in the Mists is a supplement published by Chaosium in 1991 for the horror role-playing game Call of Cthulhu that describes a mysterious Massachusetts city, itself based on the work of H.P. Lovecraft.
Kingsport: The City in the Mists is a setting book which details the Massachusetts city of Kingsport.[1] The book covers the village's dark history, notable Lovecraftian personalities and various points of interest.[2] The book uses as its reference point Lovecraft's story The Strange High House in the Mist
The book also includes three adventures set in the city:
- The House on the Edge of Dreams: Following a storm, a house disappears.
- Dreams & Muses: Investigation following the suicide of a young artist.
- The Deadly Waters: Several mysterious disappearances at sea.
Publication history
Chaosium first released the horror role-playing game Call of Cthulhu in 1981, and regularly refreshed it with new editions containing revamped rules. The fourth edition's release in 1989 sparked a line of superior products that game historian Stu Horvath called "the golden age for the line".[3] These included Arkham Unveiled (1990), Return to Dunwich (1991), Escape from Innsmouth (1992), and Kingsport: The City in the Mists, the latter designed by Kevin A. Ross with contributions by Keith Herber and Scott Aniolowski, interior art by Gus DiZerega, Jason Eckhardt, and Carol Triplett-Smith, and cover art by John T. Snyder. Chaosium published it in 1991 as a 120-page softcover book with a pull-out map of Kingsport.[4]