This episode, the full crew is finally back after a long winter's nap for a discussion about Chaosium’s launch of something called the Miskatonic Repository. This episode was recorded on January 11, 2018.
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Chaosium has introduced the Miskatonic Repository, a “way for creators to publish and distribute their own original Call of Cthulhu content.” This is also our main topic, so see more below for extra links.
Lynne Hardy has been named as Call of Cthulhu assistant editor at Chaosium. Congratz Lynne!
Legends of Tabletop did an interview with Adam Scott Glancy that is well worth a listen. They cover Horrors of War as well as some interesting political territory. Kudos to John H and Leah for delving into touchy ground.
Hudson and Brand has been released on PDF...
Matt Sanderson is doing a sequel scenario to Call of Cthulhu in collaboration with propmaker Delphes Desvoivres.
Pelgrane Press has released Ex Astoria, a scenario for Cthulhu Confidential - Spine-Tingling New York Mythos Noir from the Newsfiles of Vivian Sinclair. This is the Ruth Tillman creation for Cthulhu Confidential. Promo copy: “A brawl between picketers from the miner’s union and scab laborers working on the Winn Water Tunnel has turned into a riot, and Vivian Sinclair is on the scene reporting. But it seems the scab workers are the least of the miners’ concerns. Can Viv prevent further injuries and an environmental disaster?”
The Dark Brood for The Cthulhu Hack - “The Dark Brood offers content about the Black Goat and its Thousand Young, creatures horrible and mindless, including six examples of the Dark Brood, two investigation seeds, Mythos spells and dozens of elements to add the essence of Shub-Niggurath to your game.” A PDF is $3.95.
Cult of Chaos Convention Scenario Competition 2018 - a list of pitches has been selected for writers to turn their work into full-fledged scenarios. Round One Results:
Seven new spider species from Brazil have been named after seven famous fictional spider characters. Including a Lovecraft creation!
In other random weird science news, there's a spider that looks like a pelican.
Listener Feedback
From Graham: Regarding those freshwater Deep Ones. I was re-listening to the most recent podcast episode and remembered that there is one scenario out there that has what could be freshwater Deep Ones in it. It was published twice, once in the late 80's in a semi-pro fanzine called "North Coast Roleplaying" (Issue 7) and then in the early 90s in the first issue of "Vortext Magazine". Entitled "Shadow Over Stockton" the scenario hook is someone catching a 'strange creature' (Deep One) on Lake Stockton in Missouri and then a sporting goods company puts up a huge reward for the next ...