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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;metadesc&gt;Bills eBranch games based on Brian Lumley&#039;s Wamphyri and the Necroscope series.&lt;/metadesc&gt;<br /> Bill occasionally runs games based upon Brian Lumley&#039;s Necroscope series.<br /> <br /> The [[Wampyhri]] are vampires of the worst kind, they are hideously evil and nowhere near as angst-ridden as their Anne Rice counterparts...<br /> <br /> These creatures pop up (or slither up!) in various forms throughout his Necroscope series, and the perfect nemesis for a group in a modern setting, especially espionage games. Given the pathogenic nature of Wamphyri vampirism, they also provide an alternative to zombie-style RPGs, in the vein (so to speak) of Resident Evil. They also have potent [[Psychic powers]].<br /> <br /> As well as the Wamphyri, the books describe the most secret organisation of the UK Security Services: Ebranch. As well as being the first line of psychic defence for the UK, they are also the foremost adversaries of the Wamphyri and are adept vampire-hunters.<br /> <br /> The game uses the [http://www.chaosium.com Call of Cthulhu] RPG rules as Lumley&#039;s work also features the Cthulhu Mythos.<br /> <br /> ==Previous Games==<br /> <br /> *Lost in America<br /> *Shooting the Past<br /> *Hunters Moon<br /> *Synchronicity 2<br /> *Blood-dimmed Tide<br /> <br /> ==Links==<br /> * [http://www.brianlumley.com Official page] of Brian Lumley<br /> * [http://www.chaosium.com Chaosium], makers of the Call of Cthulhu RPG<br /> <br /> ==Downloads==<br /> * Required reading - a dossier-style [http://www.themandragora.com/download/ebranch/docPDFNecroDossier.zip handout] for eBranch PCs, based on the following text from Invaders:<br /> <br /> “It had a yellow plastic jacket with a red diagonal stripe stamped with the word COSMIC. A once-white, well-thumbed label gummed in the top right-hand corner bore a scrawled legend in india ink: VAMPIRES AND THE WAMPHYRI — BASIC.”<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> © Brian Lumley, Invaders.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Call_of_Cthulhu]]<br /> [[Category:Ebranch]]</div>

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