"[1] Players create characters within that community — assumed to be black[1] — who are wealthy enough to be Investigators, but they will still have to contend with systemic racism as well as the Cthulhu Mythos.

[3] An expanded second edition was published by Chaosium in 2020, with content provided by Spivey, Ariel Celeste, Steffie de Vaan, Bob Geis, Cameron Hays, Sarah E. Hood, Noah Lloyd, Mike Mason, Alex Mayo, and Neall Raemonn Price, with cover art by artwork by Brennen Reece, and interior art by Michal E. Cross, Alex Mayo, and Jabari Weathers.

"[7] On the website Gnome Stew, John Arcadian had an issue with character creation, noting that both the BRP and Gumshoe systems were intermingled, meaning that "determining how to untangle the two in that section was a bit harder and took more time."

Wrapping in the pre-human history of the area as underwater and home to the creatures of strange aeons, Harlem Unbound builds a beautiful tapestry of what came before and how it affects what is there now."

Arcadian concluded, "It often feels like three intricately interwoven works that form a beautiful tapestry of 1920s Harlem and what lies beneath ... Each of these three parts supports each other and brings a unique perspective to the table.

Horvath concluded, "Harlem Unbound's chapter on storytelling, which provides guidance on these matters of race and more, both in the game and around the table, should be required reading for everyone running an RPG.