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''Maléfices'' (French > "Evil Acts" or "Hexes") is a French role-playing game created by Michel Gaudo and Guillaume Rohmer. It was published by game company Jeux Descartes from 1985 to 1994 and was the first original French-language horror role-playing game. Although it had well-crafted adventures, it lost market share to Chaosium's ''Call of Cthulhu'', which expanded on the fanbase that ''Maléfices'' itself had created. This is ironic because ''Call of Cthulhu'' was printed earlier under license by Jeux Descartes as ''l'Appel de Cthulhu'', starting with their translation of Chaosium's Second Edition of the rules in 1984. In 2004 ''Maléfices'' was reprinted by ''Editions du Club Pythagoras'', which has begun making new material and sells PDFs of old material. The core rules have been published in three editions: the 1st in 1985 and 2nd (Revised Edition) in 1988 by Jeux Descartes. The expanded 3rd Edition (288 pages long - triple the size of the earlier volumes!) was printed in 2004 by ''Editions du Club Pythagoras'' and reprinted in 2007 by Asmodée Éditions. ==Setting== ''Maléfices'' - ''le jeu de rôle qui sent le soufre...'' ("the role-playing game with the scent of sulphur") The game is set during the early part of the French Third Republic (1870–1914). It is a time where the reason, science and industry of the cities is confronting the superstitions, legends, and witchcraft of the countryside. The players' characters are ordinary people, who belong to ''le Club Pythagore'' ("The Pythagorean Club"), an association of gentlemen (and ladies) dedicated to fighting the darkness, with the help of Faith, Science, or even Magic. The players must expect mystery and the supernatural rather than the gore and overt fantastical elements of other horror games. However, whether the threat is a haunted house or a mad scientist, the cloven footprints of the Devil are found not far off. Much like ''Call of Cthulhu'', ''Malefices'' was about investigators trying to stop evil forces from destroying mankind but just delaying the inevitable for a while. The First World War apparently heralds the beginning of the end. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Malefices」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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