Miskatonic Monday #327: Flash Cthulhu – Christmas on Charon

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: Flash Cthulhu – Christmas on Charon

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Author: Michael Reid

Setting: Charon, 2099

Product: One-Location, One-Hour Scenario
What You Get: Eight page, 3.28 MB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: This Christmas, the company broadcast is broadcasting more than cheer.

Plot Hook: “When your boss drops by, it’s like a surprise pop quiz, you never know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing, but you better be prepared to perform.”

Plot Support: Staging advice, four pre-generated Investigators, one floorplan, and ∞ Mythos monsters.

Production Values: Decent

Pros

# Simple and short

# Challenging to roleplay

# Aquaphobia

# Mysophobia

# Autophobia

Cons

# Needs a slight edit

# Needs ∞ Investigator Sheets

# Challenging to roleplay

Conclusion

# An ∞ number of reasons to hate your boss and why she hates you

# Massive sendoff for the ‘Flash Cthulhu’ series with an ∞ roleplaying challenge