''Unseen Masters, Modern Struggles against Hidden Powers'' is a 2001

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adventure, written by

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, with a cover by Matt Harpold, and published by

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for '' Call of Cthulhu''.

''Unseen Masters'', is a book of three mini-campaigns for use in modern ''Call of Cthulhu'': "The Wild Hunt", "The Truth Shall Set You Free", and "Coming of Age".

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The reviewer from the online second volume of ''

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'' stated that "In comparison with the classic period of the 1920s, the modern day has seen relatively scant coverage from Chaosium for their venerable RPG, ''Call of Cthulhu''. This is not to belittle their releases for the modern day such as ''Utatti Asfet'', ''The Stars Are Right'', or ''The Resection of Time'', but many feel that none have come close to Pagan Publishing's ''Delta Green'' setting and books in terms of tone and feel. Yet now Chaosium have published a contemporary set campaign that can justifiably said to come very close." ''Unseen Masters'' won the

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for ''Best Role-Playing Game Adventure'' of 2001.

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{{reflist Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game) adventures Origins Award winners Role-playing game supplements introduced in 2001

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