Miskatonic Monday #142: Amelia’s Friends

 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: Amelia’s Friends

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Author: Stephen K. Stein

Setting: South Pacific, 1937

Product: Scenario
What You Get: Forty Page page, 7.93 MB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: Amerlia Earheart may be lost, but there are horrors to be found in the South pacific.

Plot Hook: A search for Amelia Earheart leads to shipwreck, sacrifices, and scares!
Plot Support: Six pre-generated Investigators, five handouts, staging advice, eleven NPCs, two ordinary creatures, one Mythos tome, and two Mythos monsters.

Production Values: Decent.

Pros

# Scenario for Pulp Cthulhu: Two-fisted Action and Adventure Against the Mythos

# Silver Winner—Miskatonic Playhouse Award

# Pulp action movie plot

# Cult versus Cult action

# Grand Grimoire of Cthulhu Mythos Magic will be useful

# Can literally end with a bang!

# Volcanophobia

Cons

# Needs an edit

# No introduction

# Pulp action movie plot

# No deckplans

# Does tweak the history

Conclusion

# Interesting historical backdrop as the heroes get caught up between rival cultists in the South Seas.

# Cultists, volcanos, action, and a tropical island, what more could a Keeper and her players want for a Pulp Cthulhu movie night?