Miskatonic Monday #346: Silent Valley

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: Silent Valley

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Author: James Bunnell

Setting: Modern day Alaska

Product: Scenario
What You Get: Thirty-four page, 12.55 MB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: “No one dare disturb the sound of silence...” – The Sound of Silence, Paul Simon
Plot Hook: When silence falls, what secrets does it reveal?

Plot Support: Staging advice, six pre-generated Investigators, ten NPCs, two handouts, one map, and one Mythos monster.

Production Values: Plain

Pros

# Eerie sound of silence

# Grim investigation into a silent town

# Potential scenario for Delta Green: The Role-Playing Game

# Sedatephobia

# Kinemortohobia

# Pupaphobia

Cons

# Explanation of what is going on could be clearer and earlier

# No Stifled stats

# Why are none of the Investigators armed?

# Town, village, or hamlet?

Conclusion

# Potentially eerie, creepy scenario in need of development

# Requires the sound of breathing