Close Encounters of the Random Kind

Close of Encounters of the Random Kind was a recurring feature of the roleplaying magazine Shadis written by Jolly R. Blackburn. Issue 17's article focused on West End Games' The World of Indiana Jones roleplaying game which included a list of artifact and location ideas for players along with a map to the Tomb of Turases III commissioned for the magazine by Ron Jacobs.

Although the Indiana Jones brand was used with permission, Close of Encounters of the Random Kind was published outside of the Lucasfilm Licensing process and, as such, is unlikely to have a canon designation.

Appearances

Characters

• Artorius (As "King Arthur")
• Brim Rael
• Valin Bloodrose
• Hermann Göring (As "Herman Goering")
• Adolf Hitler
• Indiana Jones
• Mad Arab
• Shilsanas
• Turases III

Artifacts

• Ark of the Covenant
• Christ's Robe
• Excalibur
• Fountain of Youth
• Holy Grail
• King Arthur's Crown
• Necronomicon
• Noah's Ark
• Seven Cities of Gold

Locations

• Africa
  • Olduvai Gorge
  • Olorgesailie
  • Kalambo Falls
  • Ife
  • Zimbabwe
  • Tassili n'Ajjer
  • Drakensberg
  • King Solomon's Mines
• British Isles
  • Cresswell Crags
  • Cheddar Gorge
  • Grime's Graves
  • Hetty Pegler's Tump
  • Avebury
  • Stonehenge
  • Maiden Castle
  • King Arthur's Tomb
• France
  • Les Eyzies
  • Lascaux
  • La Hougue Bie
  • Gav'rinis
  • Grotte des Fe'es
  • Carnac and Locmariaquer
  • Vix
  • Underground Paris
• Germany
  • Weinbergholden bei Mauem
  • Rijckholt-Sint Geertruid
  • Toterfout-Halve Mijl
  • The Heuneburg
  • Hitler's Eagles Nest
  • Charlemagne's Tomb
• Netherlands
• Scandinavia
  • Rock Scribings
  • Megalithic Tombs
  • Lindholm Høje
  • Trelleborg
• Eastern Europe
  • Mezhirich
  • Karanovo
  • Stara
  • Kujavian Megalithic Tomb
  • Biskupin
  • Zavist
  • Nowa Slupia
  • Sarmizegethusa
• Iberia
  • Altamira/Cantabrian Caves
  • Los Millares/El Argar
  • Lower Tagus
  • Tartessus
  • Ullastret
  • Citania of Briteiros
• Central Mediterranean
  • Grotta Addaura
  • Matera
  • Val Comonica (As "Val Comnica")
  • Castello di Lipari
  • Pantalica
  • Gola del Sentino
  • Belverde
  • Lost Tomb of Augustus Ceasar
  • Tomb of St. Peter
  • Catacombs of Rome
• Greece and the Aegean
  • Dimini
  • Lerna
  • Mycenae
  • Orchomenos and Gla
  • Tiryns
  • Pylos
  • Knossos
  • Tombs of Kamilari
  • Mallia
  • Kato Zakro
• Anatolia/Soviet Armenia
  • Troy
  • Kültepe
  • Gordion
  • Catal Hüyük
  • Beycesultan
  • Alaca Hiiyiik
  • Yazilikaya
  • Boghazkoy
  • Sardis
  • Karmir-Blur
• Egypt
  • Sakkara
  • Giza
  • Beni Hasan
  • Karnak
  • Western Thebes
  • Abydos
  • El-Amarna
  • Tanis
  • Edfu
  • Dendara
  • Aswan
  • Semna
  • Kerma
  • Meroë
  • Luxor
  • Philae
  • Valley of the Kings
  • Royal Library of Alexandria
  • Lost Tomb of Turases III
• Mesopotamia/Arabia Gulf
  • Eridu
  • Uruk
  • Ur
  • Nippur
  • Kish
  • Mari
  • Babylon
  • Tell Harmal
  • Noah's Ark
  • Nineveh
  • Hatra
  • Hasanlu
  • Pasargadae
  • Persepolis
  • Susa
  • Ashur
  • Nimrud
  • Bahrain
  • Choga Zanbil
  • Khorsabad
• Syria/Palestine
  • Mount Carmel
  • Jericho
  • Byblos
  • Ras Shamra
  • Hazor
  • Qatna
  • Megiddo
  • Masad
  • Lachish
  • Jerusalem
• India
  • Harappa
  • Mohenjo-Daro
  • Hastinapura
  • Taxila
• South East Asia
  • Pan-p'o-ts'un
  • Anyang
  • Great Wall of China
  • Japan
    • Nonakado Stone Circle
    • Toro
    • Ishibutai Kofun
• North America
  • Desert Caves
  • Adena-Hopewell
  • Snaketown
  • Mesa Verde
  • Bandellier
  • Huff Village
  • Viking Settlement
  • Smithsonian Institution
    • Hangar 51 (As "Warehouse")
• Mesoamerica
  • Teotihuacan
  • Cholula
  • Monte Alban
  • Mitla
  • Copan
  • El Taihuanaca
  • Tula
  • Tenochtitlan
  • La Quemada
  • Uxmal
• South America
  • San Agustin
  • Chavin de Huantar
  • Tiahuanaco
  • Chan Chan
  • Machu Picchu
  • Cuzco
• Undersea
  • Atlantis
  • Lyonesse