Miskatonic Monday #376: Many Mansions Main Book

 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: Many Mansions Main Book

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Author: Adam Gauntlett

Setting: Kingsport & The Dreamlands

Product: Core sourcebook for the ‘Many Mansions’ series
What You Get: Eighteen page, 1.77 MB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: Ghost busting in Kingsport and beyond...

Plot Hook: Gives the Keeper the advice and common elements for the forthcoming campaign

Plot Support: Staging advice, eight NPCs, three ghosts, and three ‘Mythos’ monsters.

Production Values: Tidy

Pros

# Ghostbusting Kingsport style!

# Details the background, themes, concepts, NPCs, and threats common to the ‘Many Mansions’ series

# Describes the mansion common to the series

# Kingsport: The City in the Mists may be useful, but is not required

# Coimetrophobia

# Oneirophobia

# Phasmophobia

Cons

# No advice on Investigator creation or suggested Investigator types

# Needs an edit

Conclusion

# Solid introduction to the ‘Many Mansions’ series

# Lacks advice on Investigator creation