Miskatonic Monday #304: Last Call of Cthulhu

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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Name: Last Call of Cthulhu: Player Drinking Rules & Modern-Era Scenario

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Author: Pete Burgess

Setting: The Lake District

Product: Scenario
What You Get: Sixty-one page, 29.06 MB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: Late-night lock in horror hell

Plot Hook: It’s gonna be one hell of a night down the local…

Plot Support: Staging advice, four pre-generated Investigators, eight handouts, three maps and floorplans, nine NPCs, and two Mythos monsters.

Production Values: Outstanding

Pros

# The layout and graphic design are excellent!
# Actual rules for drinking whilst playing Call of Cthulhu

# Beer mats as Investigator sheets?

# Understated creepy horror until it’s really NOT

# Scope for fish out of water navigating British pub culture

# Tight, one night, one session scenario

# Excellent artwork and handouts
# Chorophobia

# Dipsophobia

# Tavernaphobia

Cons

# Actual rules for drinking whilst playing Call of Cthulhu

# Cover and extraneous artwork suggests fifties, not modern day

# ‘S’MPANPAMPANPANIOMPANION’?

# Needs a slight edit

Conclusion

# Very well presented single session, one-night horror

# What if the monster was already inside at The Slaughtered Lamb?

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