Miskatonic Monday #355: The Outbreak 1854

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 Outbreak 1854

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Author: Chicho ‘Arkashka’ OCARIZ

Setting: London, 1854

Product: Scenario
What You Get: Forty-seven page, 16.32 MB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: “You know nothing, Jon Snow” ― Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin

Plot Hook: “A plague o’ both your houses!” — Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare

Plot Support: Staging advice, four pre-generated Investigators, six NPCs, five handouts, two maps, one Mythos tome, and two Mythos monsters.

Production Values: Decent

Pros

# Well-researched background

# Obfuscation of the plot by the history

# Possible sequel to The Bristol Train Robbery

# Nosophobia

# Seismophobia

# Scoleciphobia

Cons

# Needs an edit

# Needs development to pull the Investigators in more

Conclusion

# Bloody horror in Victorian London that will give you the shakes

# Underdeveloped in terms of investigation, but could be developed further