A stand-alone roleplaying game by Robin D LawsYou are elite investigators combating the plots of the Esoterrorists, a loose affiliation of occult terrorists intent on tearing the fabric of the world. The Esoterrorists introduces the GUMSHOE rules system, which revolutionizes investigative scenarios by ensuring that players are never deprived of the crucial clues they need to move the story forward. Upgrades, Improvements and New Content for the 2nd Edition.This new edition of The Esoterrorists is 4 times longer and allows you to: Equip your characters with fine-grained investigative abilities, ranging from Interrogation and Data Retrieval to the ever-popular Forensic Entomology and always useful Bullshit Detector. Round them out with 13 crucial action abilities, which help you fight, run away, and retain your mental stability when the horrors come knocking. Absorb the latest, in-depth intelligence data on the terrifying world of the Esoterrorists. Learn the never-before-revealed inner workings of the Ordo Veritatis, the secret international agency that sends you out to smash the foe. Recoil at raw reports detailing all-new creatures of unremitting horror. Root yourself in a site of small town menace with the new Station Duty campaign frame and scenario. Confront fever dreams of the apocalypse in a brand new introductory scenario, OPERATION: PROPHET BUNCO!Also included, for gamemasters: Data on the terrifying world of the Esoterrorists, and the Ordo Veritatis, the benevolent global conspiracy that fights them Creatures of unremitting horror. Detailed instructions on structuring investigative scenarios for the innovative GUMSHOE system Advice on bringing those scenarios to life in play Operation Slaughterhouse, an advanced example scenario of geopolitical horrorThe Esoterrorists is easy to learn, easy to play and replayable by design.