A Guide to Case Files in the USA

What's Inside

Rivers of London: In Liberty’s Shadow - A Guide to Case Files in the USA is a sourcebook for Rivers of London: the Roleplaying Game, based on the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch. The book also contains an exclusive piece of microfiction by Aaronovitch, “Ask, And Ye Shall Receive.”

The United States

London isn’t the only place where magic is returning to the world—On the far side of the Atlantic Ocean, old factions are stirring once again to rub shoulders with brash newcomers to the American “twilight subculture,” aka the demi-monde. Rivers of London: In Liberty’s Shadow contains the full history of magic in America and details of the various groups operating within the United States.

American magical traditions

Mechanics from across the Pond

Rivers of London: In Liberty’s Shadow includes new spells, character creation options, and creatures unique to the USA setting. The book also includes six ready-to-play American investigators—members of the monster-hunting streaming channel, The Cryptid Kickers.

Recording

American Casefiles

Two new case files to introduce players to the American demi-monde: “Woolly Bully” and “A Regular Picture Palace Drama.”

Wooly Bully

Several of the groups that moved to Montana in the last ten years had vanished without a trace. Since their whole plan, in the first place, was to live off the grid the circumstances of their disappearance were hard to determine. Although rumors filtered east of a creature that stalked the night and ate heavily armed survivalists for breakfast…

A Regular Picture Palace Drama

There is a gun out there. A very special gun—a piece of American history. Its price cannot be measured in dollars because the gun is magic. People have died for the gun. People will die for the gun.