Miskatonic Monday #269: Signs of Blood

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: Signs of Blood

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Author: Scott Plumer

Setting: 1970s Cleveland

Product: Scenario
What You Get: Sixteen page, 1.21 MB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: Chaos performs in Cleveland—TONIGHT!

Plot Hook: Classic serial killer investigation

Plot Support: Staging advice, two handouts, one floorplan, and four NPCs.

Production Values: Plain

Pros

# Short, one session, one-shot investigation

# Can be run with just one Investigator

# Easy to adapt to other settings

# Potential convention mini-scenario

# Hemopobia

# Rokkuphobia

# Ochlophobia

Cons

# Needs a slight edit

Conclusion

# Shock Rock Serial Killer One-shot 

# Murder and Mythos gets turned up to 11 in the ‘The Rock and Roll Capital of the World’