A Time to Harvest - PDF

ATTH is a great follow up to Blackwater Creek (with Miskatonic U. investigators). Make sure if you want characters that transition easily from Blackwater Creek, that they are all undergrad/graduate level students or junior faculty at the most. The Chaosium live play on Twitch and YouTube is a great resource for Keepers to help segment sessions and keep pace of play at an appropriate level.

So is it plagurism when you take an adventure from the '80s or '90s, change the location and repagage it? I was so excited to see this "new" adventure set in 1930 which would be a good continuation of our campain. Imagine my disappointment to see that it was actually just a dust off of a side adventure set in South America... including the trip to the moon and an encounter with Shubby. I wish I could give this a higher rating because of the work that has gone into expanding the adventure and investigator handouts and such, but the fact that it is just a rehashed older adventure sold as a new one, I can't rate it high.

I picked up the 1.10 version of the PDF. There are some errors noting sections on certain page numbers which are incorrect. For instance, on page 209, towards the end of the fourth(?) paragraph, it writes: " .. see The Underground River, page 209, for what happens next." Well, you are on page 209, and the section it is actually referring to is on page 217. Other than tings like this in the PDF, the scenario is running pretty well, and my players are scrambling for their lives.

I've run this 3 times with different groups. This is a pretty solid campaign. Chapter 1 has a great twist that works very well and Chapter 2 flows well from Chapter 1. Chapter 3 can be expanded with other scenarios as that can become a basis for another series of scenarios for experienced investigators. Chapter 4 & 5 brings the campaign to a conclusion, finishing the events started in Chapters 1 & 2. Chapter 6 is an optional scenario that can be slotted in if the PCs go through a gate (actually pretty fun, but maybe slightly out of place in tone for the campaign). The number and variety of NPCs in this campaign makes this a very fun sandbox. Student hijinks in Chapter 1 & 2 is the icing on the cake in this campaign. The illustrations in this is very evocative. The original organized play had few illustrations and had mainly handouts and maps. This has been rectified with additional art. The Miskatonic University setting can be used as a basis for future campaigns set on campus such as Crimson Letters in the core book. I used this plus the Miskatonic University book as a basis for a campaign in Arkham, relocating various published scenarios to this locale. The FOC HQ can be a launching point for various scenarios the Keeper may want to send PCs on. They'll be veteran investigators with deep pockets. But I wouldn't do too many scenarios here as you want the PCs from Chapter 1&2 to experience Chapters 4&5. But nothing prevents the PCs from continuing to work for FOC after Chapter 5.