Places of Mystery III: Sylvan Settings

In 1983, The Companions, a games company in Bath, Maine, published the first of four supplements describing various settings for role-playing games, Places of Mystery I: Chilling Chambers. This was followed by Places of Mystery II: Alluring Alcoves in 1984, and Places of Mystery III: Sylvan Settings in 1985, a 32-page saddle-stapled softcover book designed by Terry DeRoche, Larry Hamilton, Chris Hewish, Patrick Hills, Mike Lawson, Edward Nutter, Dennis O'Brien, Scott Ramsay, Peter L. Rice, Gig Weeks, Bud Wellington, and Wm. John Wheeler, with illustrations by John J. Leavitt, Peter L. Rice, and Patrick Rowland.^[3] One more supplement in the series followed in 1986, Places of Mystery IV: Highroad.^[2]

In Issue 23 of Imagine, Mike Dean reviewed the first three supplements in the Places of Mystery series, and preferred Places of Mystery III: Sylvan Settings, saying, "Of the three sets, the third is probably the best and most useful, but much of the material in sets I and II is equally so, especially for the novice GM."^[1]