Crimes is a historical role-playing game set in the heart of the Belle Époque and rooted in the tradition of 19th-century classic, fantasy, and horror literature.
In Crimes, this era is experienced by its characters as particularly painful, with the sirens of a decadent universe inexorably drawing humanity towards its ruin, a universe torn between boundless optimism and apocalyptic melancholy, with no possible redemption.
Crime is the central theme of this game, whose founding principle is Decadence: according to this law, anyone responsible for a criminal act, whether a person, a society, or a civilization, must pay the price through progressive decadence. Thus, the passions and deviances of the characters lead them inexorably towards their own hell: physical degeneration, madness, or other curses...
Essential for discovering Crimes, the Investigator's Guide contains everything you need to discover its universe, learn its game system, and create your alter ego.
This book includes:
- A foreword by Maxime Chattam;
- An introduction to role-playing, if you are new to the hobby or want to learn more about it in general, and Crimes in particular;
- The Belle Époque, with its political, geopolitical, social, and religious trends, to familiarize yourself with the fin-de-siècle atmosphere;
- Character creation, or how to embody your alter ego, use their skills, psychology, equipment, and investigation styles;
- The game system introduces you to the rules that define actions and interactions during a game of Crimes;
- How to conduct an investigation and some basics of criminology, so you can untangle the plots you'll face during your gaming sessions.
