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Monday, 19 May 2025

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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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

1 comment:

  1. I sincerely appreciate your review. As always, you have a keen eye, and your review strikes me as objetive, accurate, measured and USEFUL.

    It may be too sandboxy for new players and for sure It is for rookie Keepers.
    Thanks for helping me to improve and potencial customers to select wisely, so they Will be happier about their selection!!

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