Tag: Call of Cthulhu

Prowler at the Threshold – A Miskatonic Repository Review [Call of Cthulhu]

Prowler at the Threshold Author: Jane Routley Publisher: Miskatonic Repository Page Count: 26 Available Formats: PDF PDF (DTRPG) – $4.95 Nestled on the edge of the encroaching city is the quaint town of Rackham. A town with a sordid past dating back to the 1920s when a prominent yet avant-garde painter held parties at his home rumored to…

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A Chill in Abashiri – A Miskatonic Repository Review [Call of Cthulhu]

A Chill in Abashiri A 1920s Taisho-Era Japan Scenario Author: Michael Reid Artists: Linus Larsson, David North, Zed Nope Publisher: Miskatonic Repository Page Count: 39 Available Formats: PDF PDF (DTRPG) – $4.95 If you have a campaign set in 1920s Japan, this is a scenario for you. I suspect that leaves many Call of Cthulhu…

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Round Table Discussion – Keeper Tips [Call of Cthulhu]

Keeper Tips Collected Wisdom on Running Games Author: Various Publisher: Chaosium Page Count: 128 Available Formats: PDF & Print PDF – $8.99 Print – $17.99 The people with the best advice are the ones that have learned from their successes and failures. Knowledge gained from past experiences helps shape a brighter future if the lessons…

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Swamp Song – A Miskatonic Repository Review [Call of Cthulhu]

Swamp Song: A 1920s Scenario for Call of Cthulhu Author: Keeper Doc Publisher: Miskatonic Repository Page Count: 44 Available Formats: PDF PDF (DTRPG) – $1.00 New Orleans or the “Big Easy” as it is known, is alluring, mystical, and seductive. From its early, dark days in the 18th century to its decadent periods in the 19th and 20th centuries, the…

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Character Actions Have Consequences

We all invest time and energy in coming together to play our favorite games, whatever they may be. There is no right or wrong game for you or your group. Each group needs to find the game(s) that work for them; damn the naysayers! The only wrong game is one that does not support the…

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It’s Getting Weird in Here – The Catcott Collection – A Miskatonic Repository Review [Call of Cthulhu]

The Catcott Collection Author:  Peter Willington Publisher:  Miskatonic Repository Page Count: 15 Available Formats: PDF & Print PDF (DTRPG) – $6.79 Print (DTRPG) – $6.79 Print/PDF Combo (DTRPG) – $13.58 Riley, a young, astute scholar from the Miskatonic University, has been given a coveted research opportunity at the prestigious Bristol Museum in Bristol, England. This…

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On This Day, March 9, 1923

Since the start of this year, I’ve been doing a daily TikTok video going through  Boston Globe newspaper headlines from exactly 100 years ago. I’ve used old newspaper archives heavily when running RPG campaigns set in the past, and Call of Cthulhu particularly benefitted from this treatment. In my experiment of doing a daily video…

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Lucie’s Dispensation – A Miskatonic Repository Review [Call of Cthulhu]

Lucie’s Dispensation Author: John Dyer Publisher: Chaosium/Miskatonic Repository Page Count: 50 Available Formats: PDF PDF (DTRPG) – $4.95 While the default period for Call of Cthulhu tends to be the 1920s, I have to confess to having a soft spot for the period just before it—the years just before, during, and just after the World…

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