Miskatonic Monday #109: Operation Foxglove

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 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: Operation Foxglove

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Author: Chad Briggs

Setting: Norway, 1944

Product: Scenario
What You Get: Thirty-three page, 9.561 KB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: Nightmare in Norway

Plot Hook: The mission or the monster?
Plot Support: Staging advice, eight pre-generated Investigators, 

two handouts, three maps, multiple NPCs, and a non-Mythos monsters.

Production Values: Adequate.

Pros

# World War (non) Cthulhu
# Solid bibliography

# Straightforward plot

# Potential convention scenario

# Folkloric foe

# Possible adaptation to Pulp Cthulhu: Two-fisted Action and Adventure Against the Mythos?

# Part of the RPG Writer Workshop Summer 2021 Call of Cthulhu Vol. 1

Cons

# World War (non) Cthulhu

# Underwritten pre-generated Investigators

# Action and combat orientated

# Faceless NPCs

# No real investigation

Conclusion

# Action and combat focused scenario with a simple plot: Trollhunter with Nazis versus SOE