Miskatonic Monday #98: The Curse of Black Teeth Keetes

Between October 2003 and October 2013, Chaosium, Inc. published a series of books for Call of Cthulhu under the Miskatonic University Library Association brand. Whether a sourcebook, scenario, anthology, or campaign, each was a showcase for their authors—amateur rather than professional, but fans of Call of Cthulhu nonetheless—to put forward their ideas and share with others. The programme was notable for having launched the writing careers of several authors, but for every Cthulhu Invictus, The Pastores, Primal State, Ripples from Carcosa, and Halloween Horror, there was a Five Go Mad in Egypt, Return of the Ripper, Rise of the Dead, Rise of the Dead II: The Raid, and more...

The Miskatonic University Library Association brand is no more, alas, but what we have in its stead is the Miskatonic Repository, based on the same format as the DM’s Guild for Dungeons & Dragons. It is thus, “...a new way for creators to publish and distribute their own original Call of Cthulhu content including scenarios, settings, spells and more…” To support the endeavours of their creators, Chaosium has provided templates and art packs, both free to use, so that the resulting releases can look and feel as professional as possible. To support the efforts of these contributors, Miskatonic Monday is an occasional series of reviews which will in turn examine an item drawn from the depths of the Miskatonic Repository.

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Name: The Curse of Black Teeth Keetes

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Author: Perry Grosshans

Setting: An island off Kingsport, New England (Lovecraft Country) for Pulp Cthulhu: Two-fisted Action and Adventure Against the Mythos in the Desperate Decade of the nineteen thirties.

Product: Scenario
What You Get: Twenty-Eight page, 2.27 MB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: Pirates of the Caribbean meets The Goonies off Lovecraft Country.

Plot Hook: A friend has gone missing on a mysterious island off the New England coast.

Plot Support: Detailed plot, staging advice for the Keeper, seven handouts, three maps, two NPCs, one Mythos entity, Zombie Pirates, and thirty Dimensional Shamblers.

Production Values: Decent.

Pros

# Pirates and/or zombies on a ghost island!

# Can be run with Call of Cthulhu, Seventh Edition, but better suited to Pulp Cthulhu: Two-fisted Action and Adventure Against the Mythos

# Easy to adjust Cthulhu by Gaslight or the here and now

# Easy to set off other coasts

# Solid, straightforward plot

# Very useful staging advice

# Excellent illustrations

# Good one-shot or convention scenario

Cons

# Needs an edit in places

# Potential for too much combat

# Finale needs careful stanging

# Minor Mythos details may not always match

Conclusion

# Detailed Pulp one-shot with potential Zombie Squad Action

# Pirates Zombies on a ghost island! (Is that not enough for you?)