"They're digging in the wrong place!"
The subject of this article originated from an unlicensed Indiana Jones source. While authorized, it was released outside the Lucasfilm licensing process and thus is generally not considered part of the official Indiana Jones continuity.
The Necronomicon was a work compiled by a so-called "Mad Arab" which threatened to be a pathway into a world of horror.
Behind the scenes[]
The Necronomicon is a fictional grimoire from H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos included by the Close Encounters of the Random Kind feature of Shadis in a list of artifacts as ideas for players of The World of Indiana Jones, and cited as an example of how the items could also be applied to other Earth-based RPGs such as Call of Cthulhu and Chill.
With the magazine feature itself being an unlicensed Indiana Jones source, albeit one which used the brand with permission, and being drawn from a different franchise altogether, the Necronomicon's bearing (if any) on the wider Indiana Jones continuity is dubious at best.
Sources[]
- Shadis 17 – Close Encounters of the Random Kind (Unlicensed source)
See also[]
- Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods, a comic storyline which also draws on Lovecraftian horror
