Reviews from R'lyeh

Sunday, 1 November 2026

Miskatonic Monday #467: Horror in the Nunnery

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: Horror in the Nunnery

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Authors: Francis Acquarone

Setting: Montreal, Nouvelle-France, 1734

Product: Scenario

What You Get: Forty-nine page, 19.64 MB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: “Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flowing with majestic train.” – John Milton

Plot Hook: When a sister goes missing, it is time to head into the storm.

Plot Support: Staging advice, five pre-generated Nuns, six NPCs, eleven handouts, one map, three spells, one Mythos artefact, and four Mythos monsters.

Production Values: Excellent

Pros

# Part of the Canadian Chronicles Volume 1: Nouvelle France bundle

# Nun on nun action!

# Comes with its own suggested soundtrack

# Unexplored setting and history

# Highly detailed investigation

# Storm-shrouded horror that is almost a locked room mystery

# Tokophobia

# Paedophobia
# Chionophobia

Cons

# Deals with the ‘horror’ of birth

# Needs a slight edit

Conclusion

# Nasty nun horror on the edge of the world

# Highly detailed, focused scenario which will take the nuns back to the horror of their beginnings
# Reviews from R’lyeh Recommends

Miskatonic Monday #466: Ooze On The Moor

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Name: Ooze on the Moor

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Authors: Ben Frayle

Setting: England, late Victorian era

Product: Scenario

What You Get: Fifty-six page, 16.75 KB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: What trouble oozes on the moor?

Plot Hook: Death of navvies hinders a vital transport link

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

Production Values: Decent

Pros

# Scenario for Cthulhu by Gaslight

# Highly detailed setting

# Easy to adjust to earlier in the Victorian era

# Could be adjusted to Regency Cthulhu: Dark Designs in Jane Austen’s England with some effort

# Mucophobia

# Skeletophobia
# Scelerophobia

Cons

# Needs a slight edit

# Investigators possess the Cthulhu Mythos skill

# Not clear how the ooze can be destroyed

# Investigation feels underpowered

Conclusion

# The rumour table is the best way to nudge the Investigators

# Isolated moorland mystery with an unclear solution

Miskatonic Monday #465: Cosa Nostra Conflagration

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Name: Cosa Nostra Conflagration

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Authors: Nick Olivo

Setting: Boston, 1923

Product: Scenario

What You Get: Fifteen page, 861.33 KB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: Extortion fuelled by the fires of madness

Plot Hook: A strange death and a strange burning in the North End

Plot Support: Staging advice, eight NPCs, two handouts, one map, four Mythos tomes, and one Mythos spell.

Production Values: Good

Pros

# Short, focused scenario for Pulp Cthulhu: Two-fisted Action and Adventure Against the Mythos

# Likely to end in either becoming one of the family or a confrontational conflagration

# Easy to adjust to other eras and cities

# Easy to prepare and run
# Easy to add to a campaign

# Pyrophobia

# Rhabdophobia
# Scelerophobia

Cons

# Needs a slight edit

Conclusion

# One session investigation into a strange arson with a fiery finale

# Quick and easy to prepare

Saturday, 31 October 2026

Miskatonic Monday #464: The Horror at Right Hook

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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

Miskatonic Monday #463: Safe Space

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Name: Safe Space

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Authors: Sabrina Haenze

Setting: Arkham, USA

Product: One-shot

What You Get: Seventeen page, 18.601 MB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: Sometimes it takes an overwhelming an overwhelming breakdown to have undeniable breakthrough.

Plot Hook: A therapy session.
Plot Support: Staging advice, four pre-generated patients, five NPCs, two handouts, and ‘one’ Mythos monster.

Production Values: Plain

Pros

# Horror as therapy, therapy as horror

# Confronts every patient with their fears

# Solid Keeper advice

# Teraphobia

# Phobia of Judgement
# Phobophobia

Cons

# Needs an edit

# Will require a Session Zero

Conclusion

# Group therapy hell as everyone experiences everyone’s horrors

# Engagingly staged one-shot

Miskatonic Monday #462: The Wolf in the Labyrinth

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Name: The Wolf in the Labyrinth

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Authors: Malcolm Harbrow

Setting: Jazz Age Arkham, USA

Product: Scenario

What You Get: Twenty-two page, 1.31 MB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton

Plot Hook: A locked room, missing persons case.
Plot Support: Staging advice, eleven NPCs, seven handouts, and one Mythos artefact.

Production Values: Decent

Pros

# Classic Call of Cthulhu art as artefact horror

# Can be run as part of a Miskatonic University campaign

# Easy to adjust to other cities

# Solidly detailed investigation

# Part of the Miskatonic Repository Halloween 2026 Collection

# Artophobia

# Diokophobia
# Cleithrophobia

Cons

# No NPC stats

Conclusion

# Familiar plot for Call of Cthulhu, but decently done

# Can be run without NPC stats, but Keeper will have to add them if she wants them

Miskatonic Monday #461: No Silver Linings

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Name: No Silver Linings

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Authors: Mark Corrigan

Setting: Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 1919

Product: Scenario

What You Get: Thirty-four page, 3.66 MB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: Mystery & Murder on the Mountain by Moonlight

Plot Hook: If a man has been dead for months, can he die again?
Plot Support: Staging advice, six NPCs, six handouts, three maps, and five Mythos monsters.

Production Values: Decent

Pros

# Solid investigation with strong social element

# Can be run in conjunction with Cthulhu Ireland

# Easy to adjust to other eras

# Scope for a sequel?

# Argyrophobia

# Kinemortophobia
# Selenophobia

Cons

# Slightly odd art

Conclusion

# Solid investigation that is easy to run and add to a campaign

# Suitable for a Cthulhu Ireland campaign