Miskatonic Monday #267: Flash Cthulhu – Fair Porcine Prize

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: Flash Cthulhu – Fair Porcine Prize

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Author: Michael Reid

Setting: Dark Ages England

Product: One-Location, One-Hour Scenario for Cthulhu Dark Ages
What You Get: Eight page, 2.02 MB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: Harvest horror as a horrid hog hogs it all.

Plot Hook: A missing pig means everyone is slop!

Plot Support: Staging advice, four pre-generated Investigators, one Mythos TomeTale, one Mythos spell, and one Mythos pig.

Production Values: Plain

Pros

# Some pigs are destined for bigger things. Are the Investigators?

# Mini-scenario for Cthulhu Dark Ages

# Short, sharp, encounter

# Easy to slot into a campaign or between scenarios

# Easy to adapt to other times and settings

# Potential convention mini-scenario

# Mysopobia

# Phagophobia

# Swinophobia

Cons

# Needs a slight edit

# No village map

Conclusion

# “That’ll do, Pig. That’ll do.” NO! It damned well, won’t do!

# Short, strange swinishly scarey encounter that is easy to use no matter the time and setting