Miskatonic Monday #464: The Horror at Right Hook

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 Horror at Right Hook

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Authors: Elizabeth Hildick

Setting: New York, 1929

Product: Scenario

What You Get: Twenty-Seven page, 6.39 MB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: “Boxing is the magic of men in combat, the magic of will, and skill, and pain, and the risking of everything so you can respect yourself for the rest of your life.” – F.X. Toole

Plot Hook: The horror of the ultimate bout in the ring

Plot Support: Staging advice, six pre-generated Investigators, six NPCs, one handout, one map, and two Mythos monsters.

Production Values: Decent

Pros

# Brutal boxing ring drama in New York meets monster hunting upstate

# Physical investigation with lots fights

# Easy to adjust to other eras and settings

# Scope for a sequel?

# Solid set pieces

# Athlemophobia

# Hemophobia
# Traumatophobia

Cons

# It is a scenario about blood sports

# An Investigator never gets to fight ‘beasts’ in the ring

# Leaves the fate of the secret society unaddressed

Conclusion

# Bruising investigation into fight exploitation in the Jazz Age 

# Scope for a sequel with some of the unresolved plot lines