Miskatonic Monday #413: The Phantom of Gloaming Thicket

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 Phantom of Gloaming Thicket

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Author: Andy Miller

Setting: Dark Ages Britain

Product: Scenario
What You Get: Forty-four-page, 41.17 MB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: “If you go down in the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise

If you go down in the woods today, you better go in disguise”

—Henry Hall, Teddy Bear’s Picnic

Plot Hook: No matter if you are going north or south, there is horror to be found on the other side of the Watford Gap.

Plot Support: Staging advice, six pre-generated Investigators, seven NPCs, eight handouts, two maps, some Mythos and other monsters, and two artefacts.

Production Values: Decent

Pros

# Inspired by B10 Night’s Dark Terror

# Side-trek for Cthulhu Dark Ages

# Includes advice to adapt to other eras and settings

# Easy to slip into a campaign

# Easy to prepare

# Catoptrophobia

# Hylophobia

# Scoleciphobia

Cons

# From its size, the Keeper may be expecting more

Conclusion

# Extended ‘things in the woods’ encounter

# Very serviceable addition to any Cthulhu Dark Ages campaign (and other campaigns with some effort)