The Prince of Ileria

Statistics: Shadows of Yog-Sothoth

Core Game Ratings

Rating: 6.24 / Ranking: 843

These ratings are based on 15 ratings with 2.16 average weight and 1 reviews.

This is compared to an index-wide 3.64 average ratings and 1.98 average weight.

This rating earns an average level of trust.

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Content Ratings

This game has contents. The following charts show the composite ratings for these contents which make up some of the overall rating of this product (though they are not depicted in the product composite chart, above).

Chapter 1: The Hermetic Order of the Silver Twilight Composite:

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Chapter 2: Look to the Future Composite:

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Chapter 3: The Coven of Cannich Composite:

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Chapter 4: Devil's Canyon Composite:

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Chapter 5: The Worm that Walks Composite:

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Chapter 6: The Watchers of Easter Island Composite:

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Chapter 7: The Rise of R'lyeh Composite:

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People of the Monolith Composite:

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Core Game Comments

All User Comments

Rating User Comments
10 / 10ChillinghamStill one of the best ever Call of Cthulhu supplements. Who doesn't love visiting R'lyeh and facing Great Cthulhu himself!
8 / 10cj.23An excellent early Cthulhu book, while a little pulpy, with memorable themes, and a very dramatic ending. Probably too lethal for the tastes of many modern gamers, but one of the best rpg books of the 80's in my opinion.
6 / 10deleriadAt the time it was stunning and helped define an era of gaming. But times have moved on. It was more than acceptable in the 80s.
6 / 10SkiorhtA great adventure for its time, but suffers in comparison to modern CoC adventures. PC lethality can easily be extremely high, and some of the encounters are rather nasty.
6 / 10ShannonAAmazing and innovative for its time. The first use of textual player handouts and a great example of a Cthulhu campaign. Less amazing today.
6 / 10JDCorleyPretty okay campaign. Suffers from the "how could we possibly be expected to try that" syndrome, as well as the deadly "I missed a roll, well, looks like the game's stopped" disease. Pandemic in those early days...

Core Game Reviews

All RPGnet Reviews

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Rating User Summary
4 + 5SJEShadows of Yog-Sothoth.

All Magazine Reviews

Year Magazine Synopsis
2011The Unspeakable Oath #196th edition version, 6 phobias. "a flawed classic"
1984Different Worlds #34
1983White Dwarf #44Rating: 10/10.
1983The Space Gamer #60"I recommend it"
1984Dragon #81"...a classic example of role-playing horror..."

Ratings Explanation

The following components make up a rating:

Ratings. The ratings that users enter into this index are each averaged into the final rating with a weight of between 0 and 4, with weight based on trust algorithms.

Reviews. Each review is averaged into the final rating with a weight of 8. Sometimes reviews can skew high, but they also display fan interest (or disdain) in a product.

Content. The average rating of each content--before its own bayesian weight is inserted--is averaged into the final rating. The weight of a content is equal to its own weight divided by the number of contents, and divided again if it only appears in a fraction of editions.

Bayesian Weight. A rating of 5.00 is inserted into the final rating with a weight of 35. This is an arbitrary weighting of the average rating that keeps things toward the center until they're better rated.