New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley - Revision history

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Danial79: Added the 2nd edition by Stygian Fox

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Added the 2nd edition by Stygian Fox

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Typo

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 '''Pages:''' 240
-'''Cover Price:''' $19.95 (PDF)
+'''Cover Price:''' $? (Hardcover), $? (Softcover), $19.95 (PDF)
 '''Author(s):''' [[Keith Herber]], [[Kevin A. Ross]], [[Tom Lynch]], [[Christopher Smith Adair]], [[Oscar Rios]], and [[Seth Skorkowsky]].
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 '''Format(s):''' Hardcover, Softcover, PDF
-'''ISBN:'''
+'''ISBN:''' ?
 ==Contents==

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 ==Contents==
 ===1st Edition===
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 '''Additional:''' Preface (by Keith Herber), Player Handouts
 ===2nd Edition===
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 * [[The Night War]] ([[Kingsport]]), by [[Kevin A. Ross]]
 * [[A Mother's Love]] ([[Innsmouth]]), by [[Seth Skorkowsky]] (2nd edition only)
 ==1st Edition Front Cover Text==

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 '''Format(s):''' Softcover and PDF
 ===2nd Edition===
 [[Image:New Tales 2e.png|thumb|''2nd Edition Front Cover'']]
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 '''Format(s):''' Hardcover, Softcover, PDF
 ==Contents==
 ===1st Edition===
 Return to Lovecraft Country with this collection of six all-new adventures set in the [[Miskatonic Valley]] region. Investigators will visit favorite haunts such as [[Arkham]], [[Kingsport]], and [[Dunwich]], as well as less familiar destinations like [[Foxfield]].
 '''Additional:''' Preface (by Keith Herber), Player Handouts
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 ===2nd Edition===
-* [[The Reeling Midnight]], by [[Tom Lynch]]
+'''Additional:''' The Thing on My Doorstep (preface) by [[Tom Lynch]], Player Handouts
 * [[Wasted Youth]], by [[Christopher Smith Adair]]
 * [[Spirit of Industry]], by [[Oscar Rios]]
-* [[Proof of Life]], by [[Keith Herber]]
+'''Scenarios:'''
-* [[Malice Everlasting]], by [[Oscar Rios]]
+* [[The Reeling Midnight]] ([[Arkham]]), by [[Tom Lynch]]
-* [[The Night War]], by [[Kevin A. Ross]]
+* [[Wasted Youth]] ([[Arkham]]), by [[Christopher Smith Adair]]
-* [[A Mother's Love]], by [[Seth Skorkowsky]]
+* [[Spirit of Industry]] ([[Dunwich]]), by [[Oscar Rios]]
-==Front Cover Text==
+==1st Edition Front Cover Text==
 No additional text.
-==Back Cover Text==
+==1st Edition Back Cover Text==
 for Call of Cthulhu licensed by Chaosium, Inc.
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 Kevin Ross, author of ''[[Kingsport:_The_City_In_The_Mists_(Supplement)|Kingsport, City in the Mists]]'', [[The Night War|revisits his creation]] when a veteran of the Great War is suddenly haunted by deadly nightmares.
 ==Comments / Trivia==
 Dedication (by Keith Herber): For [[Lynn Willis]], long the backbone of Call of Cthulhu and a mentor I never expected. Thanks for all the lessons, I try to pass them on as best I can.

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 '''Setting(s):''' [[1920s]]
-'''Format(s):''' PDF
+'''Format(s):''' Hardcover, Softcover, PDF
 ==Contents==
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 '''New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley'''
-Six all-new scenarios set in the fictional New England of H.P. Lovecraft. Written by veterans ''Keith Herber'' and ''Kevin Ross'', and
+Six all-new scenarios set in the fictional New England of H.P. Lovecraft. Written by veterans ''Keith Herber'' and ''Kevin Ross'', and new Call of Cthulhu voices ''Christopher Smith Adair, Tom Lynch,'' and ''Oscar Rios''. Cover art by ''Santiago Caruso'' and interior illustrations by ''Jason C. Eckhardt''.
 In Arkham, Tom Lynch's "[[The Reeling Midnight]]" introduces players to Arkham's truly decadent party scene.
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 [[Category:CoC:Supplements]]
 [[Category:CoC:Lovecraft Country]]
 __NOTOC__
 This collection of six scenarios set in Arkham country is plainly and clearly laid out. It has and atmospheric cover by Santiago Caruso and twenty internal illustrations by Jason Eckhardt. The handouts and maps are functional but a deal with the HPLHS means that there is online access to considerably more characterful handouts, too.

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 '''Publisher:''' [[Stygian Fox]]
-'''Product Code:'''
+'''Product Code:''' SFX-3009
 '''Publishing Year:''' 2020
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 '''Pages:''' 240
-'''Cover Price:'''
+'''Cover Price:''' $19.95 (PDF)
-'''Author(s):''' [[Keith Herber]], [[Kevin A. Ross]], [[Tom Lynch]], [[Christopher Smith Adair]], [[Oscar Rios]], and [[Seth Skorkowski]].
+'''Author(s):''' [[Keith Herber]], [[Kevin A. Ross]], [[Tom Lynch]], [[Christopher Smith Adair]], [[Oscar Rios]], and [[Seth Skorkowsky]].
 '''Artist(s):''' [[Henriette Boldt]], [[Mihai Bila]], [[Dean Engelhardt]], [[Jason C. Eckhardt]], [[Jon Gibbons]] (maps), and [[Stephanie McAlea]] (maps).

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 [[Foxfield]] is the setting for Keith Herber's "[[Proof of Life]]," a tale of extortion and madness in a brand new Lovecraft Country town.
-Oscar Rios is back for seconds, this time exploring Kingsport and old grudged with "[[Malice Everlasting]]."
+Oscar Rios is back for seconds, this time exploring Kingsport and old grudges with "[[Malice Everlasting]]."
 Kevin Ross, author of ''[[Kingsport:_The_City_In_The_Mists_(Supplement)|Kingsport, City in the Mists]]'', [[The Night War|revisits his creation]] when a veteran of the Great War is suddenly haunted by deadly nightmares.

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 This collection of six scenarios set in Arkham country is plainly and clearly laid out. It has and atmospheric cover by Santiago Caruso and twenty internal illustrations by Jason Eckhardt. The handouts and maps are functional but a deal with the HPLHS means that there is online access to considerably more characterful handouts, too.
-The scenarios are 1920s set, and playable in almost any order, focusing on Arkham, Dunwich, Foxfield and Kingsport. What isn't stated anywhere, perhaps because it is so obvious to anyone who would be interested in the collection, perhaps because it might imply this wasn't a stand-alone product, is that there are large sourcebooks available for Arkham, Dunwich and Kingsport which Keepers can use to support New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley. These books are not necessary for the keeper to run these scenarios but they do, unavoidably, tie in for anyone like this reviewer who has read them previously. Perhaps even more significantly there exist (not always in print) several scenario collections set in Arkham country such as Tales of the Miskatonic Valley, Adventures in Arkham Country, and Dead Reckonings. How does New Tales stand up against these?
+The scenarios are 1920s set, and playable in almost any order, focusing on Arkham, Dunwich, Foxfield and Kingsport. What isn't stated anywhere, perhaps because it is so obvious to anyone who would be interested in the collection, perhaps because it might imply this wasn't a stand-alone product, is that there are large sourcebooks published by Chaosium for Arkham, Dunwich and Kingsport which Keepers can use to support New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley. These books are not necessary for the keeper to run these scenarios but they do, unavoidably, tie in for anyone like this reviewer who has read them previously. Perhaps even more significantly there exist several scenario collections set in Arkham country such as Tales of the Miskatonic Valley, Adventures in Arkham Country, and Dead Reckonings. How does New Tales stand up against these?
 The Scenarios [SPOILERS throughout]
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 The Night War by Kevin Ross
-With Kevin Ross the originator of the Kingsport book and of The Dreamlands as a game setting this is an authoritative scenario and will be for some the standout scenario in the collection. As my previous comments infer I'm less keen on it, but this is because, for me, a predominance of Dreamlands is too much. Drawing on the prose and fate of W.H. Hodgson this scenario pitches the investigators into a deadly, phantasmagoric Great War trenches setting and strongly motivates them to seek a therapeutic solution. This equals a crafty way to put characters not eligible for the front line in a combat setting and challenges them to understand the damaged mind of a real veteran (see also the work of Bruce Ballon). It's a striking scenario but not one I personally would enjoy playing or inflicting on my group.
+With Kevin Ross the originator of the Kingsport book and of The Dreamlands as a game setting this is an authoritative scenario and will be for some the standout scenario in the collection. As my previous comments infer I'm less keen on it, but this is because, for me, a predominance of Dreamlands is too much. Drawing on the prose and fate of W.H. Hodgson this scenario pitches the investigators into a deadly, phantasmagoric Great War trenches setting and strongly motivates them to seek a therapeutic solution. This equals a crafty way to put characters not eligible for the front line in a combat setting and challenges them to understand the damaged mind of a real veteran (see also the work of Bruce Ballon). It's a striking scenario but not one everyone will enjoy playing.
 Overall verdict [NO SPOILERS]
-I calculate that there are two great scenarios in this collection, three good ones and one marmite love/hate scenario. Your mileage may vary but other reviewer's verdicts seem to run about the same even if we may disagree which scenarios are best. The whole point of a collection is to provide something for everyone.
+There are two great scenarios in this collection, three good ones and one marmite love/hate scenario. Your mileage may vary but other reviewer's verdicts seem to run about the same even if we may disagree which scenarios are best. The whole point of a collection is to provide something for everyone.
 The collection has few frills but the excellent Eckhardt illustrations have a great feel for the 1920s and combine horror and comedy with great facility. It's a shame the great handouts of the HPLHS could not have been in the book; those that are seem a little bland, but this is a minor gripe.
 New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley stands up well with the earlier Arkham Country collections.

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 The scenarios are 1920s set, and playable in almost any order, focusing on Arkham, Dunwich, Foxfield and Kingsport. What isn't stated anywhere, perhaps because it is so obvious to anyone who would be interested in the collection, perhaps because it might imply this wasn't a stand-alone product, is that there are large sourcebooks available for Arkham, Dunwich and Kingsport which Keepers can use to support New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley. These books are not necessary for the keeper to run these scenarios but they do, unavoidably, tie in for anyone like this reviewer who has read them previously. Perhaps even more significantly there exist (not always in print) several scenario collections set in Arkham country such as Tales of the Miskatonic Valley, Adventures in Arkham Country, and Dead Reckonings. How does New Tales stand up against these?
-The Scenarios [spoilerS throughout]
+The Scenarios [SPOILERS throughout]
 The Reeling Midnight by Tom Lynch