Miskatonic Monday #338: The Road Unravelled

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: The Road Unravelled

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Author: Sean Liddle

Setting: Michigan, 1985

Product: Scenario
What You Get: Nine page, 427.46 MB Black & White PDF
Elevator Pitch: A haunted road leads to haunted house and a window into the past
Plot Hook: A road survey reveals more than road safety.

Plot Support: Staging advice

Production Values: Plain

Pros

# Can be run as a one-on-one scenario

# Easy to adjust to other eras for Call of Cthulhu

# One session scenario

# Slightly eerie situation

# Oikophobia

# Cetaphobia

# Agyrophobia

Cons

# Layout is very tight

# Haunted house rather than haunted road scenario

# Requires some development by the Keeper

Conclusion

# Slight, if lightly eerie haunted house scenario

# Groundhog Day with added misogyny