Miskatonic Monday #92: go alone against Nyarlathotep!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Aug 2024
It's Miskatonic Monday – here's some excellent new Call of Cthulhu community content titles to peruse in the Miskatonic Repository, beginning with a 340 page solo adventure!
Alone Against Nyarlathotep
Lee Wade ($18.99, 340 page PDF)
A huge solo campaign, set in Classic 1925 England. Three times larger than other "Alone Against..." titles this sandbox game has hundreds of locations. Dozens of NPC's, tens of items and numerous horrors to battle. The solo game, allows traditional TTRPG gameplay, but without several players, or a Keeper.
The Mask of the Black Sun
Alexander Nachaj (Pay-What-You-Want, Rec Price $4.99, 12 page PDF)
Elizabeth Parlee, one of the richest folks in town, wants someone to retrieve a mysterious relic - the titular Mask of the Black Sun - that was recently stolen. She claims it's a priceless heirloom that reminds her of her recently departed and world-traveled husband, but rumours are that the mask was once used in rituals as strange as they were dangerous. Who could have stolen the mask, and for what purpose? And why was this telegram addressed to Mike's old partner Solomon anyways?
Brief standalone campaign set in the fictional Canadian city of Salem Falls, New Brunswick and takes place during the classic Cthulhu era of the 1920s.
A Long Day's Night
Sabrina Haenze ($6.99, 32 page PDF)
San Francisco, December 21, 1956: Mob boss Mr. Tony has asked you, lower-level members of "The Organization" to quietly look into the disappearance of his third-in-command, Michael Antonucci, after his wife Mara asked Mr. Tony to ensure he stays missing. But there's something Mara isn't saying and the disappearance has made Mr. Tony wonder if Michael's turned rat. It's going to be a simple task: find him, make sure he stays quiet, and clean up any...mess he may have left behind.
Occupation Kit: Professor
Cameron Hays ($1.00, 4 page PDF)
Play a Better Professor: "The Academic" is a classic role in Call of Cthulhu games, but the world of college education was very different in the 1920s and 1930s. This Occupation Kit will help you bring flash and depth to your Call of Cthulhu investigators and NPCs. It has Career Paths, Roleplaying Tips, Public Perceptions, Real-life Examples, Variant Skill Lists, and Equipment Lists with prices.
Part of a collaborative project - you can buy all 13 Occupation Kits as a bundle instead! Find it here!
Shadow & Illusion
John Almack ($2.95, 23 page PDF)
When a stage magician is mysteriously killed while rehearsing a new trick for an upcoming performance, the players are called in to help investigate the bizarre death. Was it just a freak accident, murder...or something else?
A short scenario of magic and mayhem.
In Darkness We Wait
Joe Trier, Sabrina Haenze ($7.95, 36 page PDF)
Two ghost-hunting film-makers have gone missing at an abandoned California Gold Rush mining town... the only clue to their whereabouts, a harrowing voicemail message...
Modern era scenario by best-selling Miskatonic Repository creators Joe Trier (The Idol of Thoth) and Rina Haenze (Saturday the 14th, Safe Space), featuring NPC illustrations by Jason Shepherd and cartography by Matt Ryan.
The Calling of the Blood
Jonas Morlan ($3.95, 27 page PDF)
Modern-day scenario, set in the countryside of Sweden. The investigators - out of curiosity - all submit DNA samples to an online genealogy service and are then offered grants to travel to Sweden and learn about their family history. But a dark secret awaits them.
Lights in the Trees
Matt "Doc" Tracey ($5.99, 43 page PDF)
What do you do, now that the war is over?
In the urban sprawl of New York City 1975, visions of the Vietnam War haunt young soldiers returned home, shadows taunting them for their actions in the war. Faces reminding them of their actions. Visions blurring the lines of reality, as guilt hangs on every wall. Or are they?
Blind Date
Adam Brown ($1.49, 38 page PDF)
Valentines Day, 1921. What a terrible time to be single - or perhaps not. Each of you extremely eligible singletons have received a flyer inviting you to a night of speed dating. The event promises cocktails, titillating conversation, and possible romance at an exclusive location in Arkham, Massachusetts. The host is someone who claims to be ‘The One and Only Priscilla Noir’ - what a tantalising prospect! Collars upturned and furs tightly wrapped against the chill blowing in over the Miskatonic River you all stand together, gathered in an alleyway as instructed by the flyer, waiting for the door in the wall to open.
The Curse of Punk
Keller O'Leary ($4.95, 35 page PDF)
Can you survive the Curse of Punk?
It's 1985, and a small city in California is thriving as a hub for the punk movement, drawing all kinds of artists and misfits into its veil. But just beneath the surface lies something truly sinister, and one group of rowdy punks might be clever enough to unveil it.
Can just one band be enough to save a city?
The Oracle of Yuggoth
Quico Vicens-Picatto ($3.00, 16 page PDF)
The crew of the interplanetary spacecraft Persephone sets out on the historic journey of being the first humans to reach and land on Pluto in this space horror setting. The crew’s psyche will be shattered by the old location and everything that has lived there for too long, exposing their utter vulnerability.
Starport Helios
Geoff Bridges (Pay What You Want, 10 page PDF)
It is the year 2370 and humanity is expanding throughout the universe. On a lonely station on the edge of human space, a sole technician tries to balance duty with a growing feeling of isolation. But is everything as it seems on this far-off corner of space?
The Million Flavoured Ones
David Kirkby ($4.00, 24 page PDF)
After a simple fast food delivery from a local restaurant order ends in disaster, a group of students are slowly drawn into the mystery of why the restaurant is so popular, why they keep craving food from it and why they’re having such horrible dreams after eating anything from the menu. As they start to uncover the details of what is happening, the group will have to deal with the terrible secrets hidden on the top floor.
Cursed to Life
Jared Tallis ($4.99, 69 page PDF)
Fayetteville Arkansas, May 3rd 1876. When a US Marshal, who secretly fights against the unnatural learns of a stagecoach robbery by the Wilkes Gang featuring a strange combatant with “eyes like death” and described by an asylum bound victim as the devil, he sends a group of investigators on the trail. When the heroes arrive in the isolated town of Ashford however, they learn of strange happenings and a new town nearby, run by the gang leader Tom Wilkes. Can they remove the unnatural threat and thwart a dangerous conspiracy by antagonistic time-travelling entities from aeons past?
Pulp Cthulhu scenario set in the Wild West, taking place across 2 towns in the isolated forested state of Arkansas.
Lost in Cremation
Poul Holmelund ($3.99, 36 page PDF)
Four years ago, Isabella's sister vanished without a trace alongside three fellow students from the heart of Copenhagen. The Danish police have failed to locate them despite heavy political pressure. Isabella and her team of reporters arrive from the USA to Copenhagen to investigate for themselves and document their findings on why the police can't crack this case in the fairytale cradle of H.C. Andersen.
The Black Pyramid
Dante Harrower (Pay What You Want, 23 page PDF)
A longer scenario set in Egypt in the 1920s depicting the events immediately preceding those in Lovecraft’s tale Nyarlathotep as the outer god rises out of Egypt to wreak havoc on our world. The investigators join a dig team sent to excavate a sub-terranean pyramid which has been chosen as the place where the great Nyarlathotep will again adopt flesh and walk the earth as the Black Pharoah.
Hospital Island
Jane E. Cooper ($3.94, 23 page PDF)
A fog enshrouded island - A remote hospital suddenly silenced - Something lurking in the woods
A scrambled telegram arrives from a family relative, “june dean hospital island devon something weird happening scared cannot escape come at on”
An adventure suitable for novice or veteran investigators and set in1930's Great Britain (although easily adapted to other eras and locations)
A scheduled stop during an overnight railway journey ends up with the investigators fighting for their survival: can they unravel the mystery of the unexpected item in the baggage area?
Lost Mines of Weird Hill
Wille Ruotsalainen ($4.00, 20 page PDF)
The year is 1920. The Finnish government has bought the private Werid Hill mine and sends investigators to find out the condition of the mine. The mine is shadowed by a dark secret that may endanger the mental health of the researchers and the reputation of the young republic. The Finnish civil war in 1918 was tense, but nobody could expected such horrors.
Legacy of the Weird Hill
Wille Ruotsalainen ($4.19, 26 page PDF)
Finland 2020: The old mine stood like a forgotten specter from the past, but within its depths lurked a horrifying secret. Transformed into a museum, the Weird Hill mine held a piece of history that had been hidden in the shadows for a century. The museum was transformed into a dark stage where the horrors of the past resurfaced. The question was no longer whether there was something terrifying in the depths of the mine but rather who was willing to face it and reveal the truth, even if it tore through the pages of history. And the answer is, elementary, the investigators.
The House of Seven Gables
Andy "The Old Goat" Hedley, Cyle Durkee ($7.98, 70 page PDF)
An encounter-based scenario set on New England's coast near Salem Town in 1690. It involves the investigators arriving from England on assignment from King William III to investigate a second-generation family led by a mysterious patriarch, Piers Newton. In just under a year, this unknown family has created a bustling new mercantile business that has quickly overtaken the other traders in the town. As a result, Newton's Mercantile is quickly getting a reputation for having some of the finest and rarest goods worldwide. Along with this thriving business, the family recently built a massive mansion called the House of Seven Gables on the outskirts of town. The King wants to discover where all this new wealth comes from and why the tax collector's records don’t reflect the Newtons’ new hoard.
Shadows of Yith
Quico Vicens-Picatto ($4.00, 25 page PDF)
Contemporary scenario in which the players embody a group of pals who gather to visit one of their best friends, whom they met during their university days and who suddenly, during the last few years, began to travel the world without giving hardly any signs of life.
Mystery Box
Ben Frayle ($1.33, 23 page PDF)
A short investigation intended for a group already playing another campaign or set of scenarios. While travelling on a train, the characters are unexpectedly involved in a baffling mystery.
The Vanishing
Raul Longoria ($1.99, 15 page PDF)
After visiting a secluded village in the East Texas woodlands, a group of college students mysteriously vanishes without a trace. Perplexed and alarmed by the strange disappearances, officials discreetly hire private investigators to retrace the students' steps and unravel the mystery.
Can you piece together the fate of the vanished students? Will you uncover the truth behind the horror lurking in the woods? Or, will you too become one of the vanished?
Abyssus Aquae
Ruggero Cortini (Pay What You Want, 35 page PDF)
When trying to contact a friend who doesn't show up at a dinner party, things get strange and dark very soon. The quest for discovery of the truth will set the investigators on the trace of a university professor with an obsession for Virgil and the ancient legends that concerns the underground world beneath Naples, where terrors beyond human comprehension sleep since millenia...
Set in modern-day Naples, Italy,
Lost & Found
S.R. Sellens ($5.00, 64 page PDF, also VTT version for Roll20)
A railway-based scenario designed to be played as a stand-alone, or as an adjunct to an existing campaign (e.g. Masks of Nyarlathotep, Horror on the Orient Express, The Children of Fear, or homebrewed), being set during a train journey. The destination and departure points of the train are immaterial; only the journey matters.
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