Miskatonic Monday #340: Deadfellas

Much like the Jonstown Compendium for RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha and The Companions of Arthur for material set in Greg Stafford’s masterpiece of Arthurian legend and romance, Pendragon, the Miskatonic Repository for Call of Cthulhu, Seventh Edition is a curated platform for user-made content. 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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Deadfellas
Name: Deadfellas

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Author: Christian Grundel

Setting: New York, 1982

Product: One-shot (though probably more, plus stabbings)
What You Get: Thirty-two page, 3.46 MB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: “A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places.” – Tom Lichtenheld
Plot Hook: The Drive. The Body. The Hit. The Horror.

Plot Support: Staging advice, four pre-generated Mobsters, one handout, two maps, three Mythos spells, and one Mythos monster.

Production Values: Excellent

Pros

# Classic Mafia road trip set-up

# Fantastic tensions between the Mobsters

# Mafia memories are the worst

# Almost deserves to be staged as if in a car

# Paranoia

# Thanatophobia

# Detection apprehension

Cons

# Needs an edit

# Short

Conclusion

# Four killers, four secrets, one monster, who gets put on ice?

# Great set-up demands some great roleplaying

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