Pyramid Review
Murder of Crows (for Call of Cthulhu)
Published by Super Genius Games
Written by Stan!
Illustrated by Luis Guaragna & Stan!
Cartography by Stan!
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From just the one -- Pagan Publishing -- the number of licensees for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu has spawned into a squamous clutch, aiming to publish both new scenarios and supplements for the game and new variants of the game using alternative rules systems. Pelgrane Publishing's excellent Trail of Cthulhu is an example of the latter that we have already seen and now a Murder of Crows is our first example of the former. Published by Otherworld Creations through its Super Genius Games imprint, this scenario is the first of a series set on the fringes of Lovecraft Country.
A tale of isolation and horror, Murder of Crows takes place in the fictional town of Bethlehem, New Hampshire (as opposed to the real town of Bethlehem, New Hampshire), forest bound and desperate to find a means to survive in the face of its failing logging industry. The town's leading figure, Prescot Walker, is sure that he has hit upon such a means: tourism. In the last few years, Walker has directed the town to prepare itself as an autumnal retreat for visitors, specifically wealthy dilettantes and socialites, and from these few weeks Bethlehem has made enough money to survive the rest of the year.
This year has been different though. The deep woods surrounding the town have had . . .
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Article publication date: October 10, 2008
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