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 Setting:  Halloween 2007, in South east [[England]].  The scenario would probably work on any modern Halloween date.  The locations seem fairly specific to Medway and Chatham in England, and the scenario might lose a little local color by moving it elsewhere, but there's really not much of a reason why the essential elements of the scenario couldn't be set elswhere in England or, far more easily, somewhere in North America (e.g., Lovecraft Country).
-Special Notes:  There's a reference or two to an "Appendice 7" which does not seem to have been included in the published product; this was presumably a map; keepers who feel they need such a map will probably need to invent on of their own.  The scenario seems to be intended to be played for at least the occasional laughs, and keepers may prefer to run this scenario in something of the same spirit of parodic horror/comedy films like ''Sean of the Dead''.  This scenario is basically a variation on the "it's Halloween night, anniversary of something awful in Creepsville, and the Scooby Gang happens to be passing through when zombies/scarecrows/killer-clowns/drowned-leper-colonists/whatever rise from the grave in vengeance... our heroes must survive the carnage and figure out how to make it stop by morning..." theme that can be seen in one form or another in most of the other "Halloween Horror" monographs; the plot is fairly simple and basic modifications to it could be improvised fairly easily if you've seen this kind of story often enough (it's essentially the plot of John Carpenter's ''The Fog (1980)'', and almost certainly wasn't new then).  This particular scenario seems to take the odd approach of the investigators being assumed to be movie actors on a set and provides Pre-Gen actor characters, but there seems to be no reason why any group of people interested in visiting a [[Halloween]] "haunted house" attraction couldn't work just as well.  Then again, a keeper with the right sense of humor might choose to have the actor pre-gens on site to film a cheesy remake of ''[[The Fog (1980)]]'', rather than the Napoleonic zombie film they seem to be making in the scenario as-written - in fact, this alteration seems like it would fit right in with the pre-gen characters' acting careers in the amusing background information provided in the scenario....
+Special Notes:  There's a reference or two to an "Appendice 7" which does not seem to have been included in the published product; this was presumably a map; keepers who feel they need such a map will probably need to invent on of their own.  The scenario seems to be intended to be played for at least the occasional laughs, and keepers may prefer to run this scenario in something of the same spirit of parodic horror/comedy films like ''Sean of the Dead''.  This scenario is basically a variation on the "it's Halloween night, anniversary of something awful in Creepsville, and the Scooby Gang happens to be passing through when zombies/scarecrows/killer-clowns/drowned-leper-colonists/whatever rise from the grave in vengeance... our heroes must survive the carnage and figure out how to make it stop by morning..." theme that can be seen in one form or another in most of the other "Halloween Horror" monographs; the plot is fairly simple and basic modifications to it could be improvised fairly easily if you've seen this kind of story often enough (it's essentially the plot of John Carpenter's ''The Fog (1980)'', and almost certainly wasn't new then).  This particular scenario seems to take the odd approach of the investigators being assumed to be movie actors on a set and provides Pre-Gen actor characters, but there seems to be no reason why any group of people interested in visiting a [[Halloween]] "haunted house" attraction couldn't work just as well.  Then again, a keeper with the right sense of humor might choose to have the actor pre-gens on site to film a cheesy remake of ''[[The Fog (1980 film)]]'', rather than the Napoleonic zombie film they seem to be making in the scenario as-written - in fact, this alteration seems like it would fit right in with the pre-gen characters' acting careers in the amusing background information provided in the scenario....
 Dependence on Halloween:  Moderate. [[Halloween]] is the reason there's a themed tourist attraction at the fort with costumed amateur actors pretending to be scarecrows, vampire hunters, killer clowns, pirates, and other schlocky horror characters, while drunk soldiers and vandal chavs are sneaking around stirring up scarecrow trouble.  It would be tough to separate the scenario from Halloween and still have the setup make sense, but the scenario doesn't rely very heavily on Halloween after getting the investigators roped into seeing the exhibits at the "haunted" fort, and the scenario doesn't really demand any Halloween "buy in" beyond the minimal needed to accept that there's a "Halloween Horrors" event full of people dressed up in spooky costumes trying to scare audiences, and it's normal for the investigators to visit this tourist attraction for fun.

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 Setting:  Halloween 2007, in South east [[England]].  The scenario would probably work on any modern Halloween date.  The locations seem fairly specific to Medway and Chatham in England, and the scenario might lose a little local color by moving it elsewhere, but there's really not much of a reason why the essential elements of the scenario couldn't be set elswhere in England or, far more easily, somewhere in North America (e.g., Lovecraft Country).
-Special Notes:  There's a reference or two to an "Appendice 7" which does not seem to have been included in the published product; this was presumably a map; keepers who feel they need such a map will probably need to invent on of their own.  The scenario seems to be intended to be played for at least the occasional laughs, and keepers may prefer to run this scenario in something of the same spirit of parodic horror/comedy films like ''Sean of the Dead''.  This scenario is basically a variation on the "it's Halloween night, anniversary of something awful in Creepsville, and the Scooby Gang happens to be passing through when zombies/scarecrows/killer-clowns/drowned-leper-colonists/whatever rise from the grave in vengeance... our heroes must survive the carnage and figure out how to make it stop by morning..." theme that can be seen in one form or another in most of the other "Halloween Horror" monographs; the plot is fairly simple and basic modifications to it could be improvised fairly easily if you've seen this kind of story often enough (it's essentially the plot of John Carpenter's ''The Fog (1980)'', and almost certainly wasn't new then).  This particular scenario seems to take the odd approach of the investigators being assumed to be movie actors on a set and provides Pre-Gen actor characters, but there seems to be no reason why any group of people interested in visiting a [[Halloween]] "haunted house" attraction couldn't work just as well.  Then again, a keeper with the right sense of humor might choose to have the actor pre-gens on site to film a cheesy remake of ''The Fog (1980)'', rather than the Napoleonic zombie film they seem to be making in the scenario as-written - in fact, this alteration seems like it would fit right in with the pre-gen characters' acting careers in the amusing background information provided in the scenario....
+Special Notes:  There's a reference or two to an "Appendice 7" which does not seem to have been included in the published product; this was presumably a map; keepers who feel they need such a map will probably need to invent on of their own.  The scenario seems to be intended to be played for at least the occasional laughs, and keepers may prefer to run this scenario in something of the same spirit of parodic horror/comedy films like ''Sean of the Dead''.  This scenario is basically a variation on the "it's Halloween night, anniversary of something awful in Creepsville, and the Scooby Gang happens to be passing through when zombies/scarecrows/killer-clowns/drowned-leper-colonists/whatever rise from the grave in vengeance... our heroes must survive the carnage and figure out how to make it stop by morning..." theme that can be seen in one form or another in most of the other "Halloween Horror" monographs; the plot is fairly simple and basic modifications to it could be improvised fairly easily if you've seen this kind of story often enough (it's essentially the plot of John Carpenter's ''The Fog (1980)'', and almost certainly wasn't new then).  This particular scenario seems to take the odd approach of the investigators being assumed to be movie actors on a set and provides Pre-Gen actor characters, but there seems to be no reason why any group of people interested in visiting a [[Halloween]] "haunted house" attraction couldn't work just as well.  Then again, a keeper with the right sense of humor might choose to have the actor pre-gens on site to film a cheesy remake of ''[[The Fog (1980)]]'', rather than the Napoleonic zombie film they seem to be making in the scenario as-written - in fact, this alteration seems like it would fit right in with the pre-gen characters' acting careers in the amusing background information provided in the scenario....
 Dependence on Halloween:  Moderate. [[Halloween]] is the reason there's a themed tourist attraction at the fort with costumed amateur actors pretending to be scarecrows, vampire hunters, killer clowns, pirates, and other schlocky horror characters, while drunk soldiers and vandal chavs are sneaking around stirring up scarecrow trouble.  It would be tough to separate the scenario from Halloween and still have the setup make sense, but the scenario doesn't rely very heavily on Halloween after getting the investigators roped into seeing the exhibits at the "haunted" fort, and the scenario doesn't really demand any Halloween "buy in" beyond the minimal needed to accept that there's a "Halloween Horrors" event full of people dressed up in spooky costumes trying to scare audiences, and it's normal for the investigators to visit this tourist attraction for fun.

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 ===Synopsis===
 The investigators are the cast and crew of a movie being made in the nearby Dockyard who are visiting Fort Amherst for a Halloween Horrors event. Unfortunately they have the bad luck to be in the fortress when a couple of local yobs break into the fort and vandalise a scarecrow triggering a bloody revenge by the Scarecrow King. The investigators are the only ones who can stop the carnage, and afterward survivors can choose to investigate why this happened and the origins of the Scarecrow King.
 ===References===

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 * [http://www.yog-sothoth.com/content/1016-Bride-of-Halloween-Horror-Nine-Dread-Encounters-on-All-Hallows-Eve Malcojones' review on YSDC]
 * [http://www.heipeople.com/ Pictures and History of Hei People]
 ==Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only==
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 Setting:  Halloween 2007, in South east [[England]].  The scenario would probably work on any modern Halloween date.  The locations seem fairly specific to Medway and Chatham in England, and the scenario might lose a little local color by moving it elsewhere, but there's really not much of a reason why the essential elements of the scenario couldn't be set elswhere in England or, far more easily, somewhere in North America (e.g., Lovecraft Country).
-Special Notes:  The scenario seems to be intended to be played for at least the occasional laughs, and keepers may prefer to run this scenario in something of the same spirit of parodic horror/comedy films like ''Sean of the Dead''.  This scenario is basically a variation on the "it's Halloween night, anniversary of something awful in Creepsville, and the Scooby Gang happens to be passing through when zombies/scarecrows/killer-clowns/drowned-leper-colonists/whatever rise from the grave in vengeance... our heroes must survive the carnage and figure out how to make it stop by morning..." theme that can be seen in one form or another in most of the other "Halloween Horror" monographs; the plot is fairly simple and basic modifications to it could be improvised fairly easily if you've seen this kind of story often enough (it's essentially the plot of John Carpenter's ''The Fog (1980)'', and almost certainly wasn't new then).  This particular scenario seems to take the odd approach of the investigators being assumed to be movie actors on a set and provides Pre-Gen actor characters, but there seems to be no reason why any group of people interested in visiting a [[Halloween]] "haunted house" attraction couldn't work just as well.  Then again, a keeper with the right sense of humor might choose to have the actor pre-gens on site to film a cheesy remake of ''The Fog (1980)'', rather than the Napoleonic zombie film they seem to be making in the scenario as-written - in fact, this alteration seems like it would fit right in with the pre-gen characters' acting careers in the amusing background information provided in the scenario....
+Special Notes:  There's a reference or two to an "Appendice 7" which does not seem to have been included in the published product; this was presumably a map; keepers who feel they need such a map will probably need to invent on of their own.  The scenario seems to be intended to be played for at least the occasional laughs, and keepers may prefer to run this scenario in something of the same spirit of parodic horror/comedy films like ''Sean of the Dead''.  This scenario is basically a variation on the "it's Halloween night, anniversary of something awful in Creepsville, and the Scooby Gang happens to be passing through when zombies/scarecrows/killer-clowns/drowned-leper-colonists/whatever rise from the grave in vengeance... our heroes must survive the carnage and figure out how to make it stop by morning..." theme that can be seen in one form or another in most of the other "Halloween Horror" monographs; the plot is fairly simple and basic modifications to it could be improvised fairly easily if you've seen this kind of story often enough (it's essentially the plot of John Carpenter's ''The Fog (1980)'', and almost certainly wasn't new then).  This particular scenario seems to take the odd approach of the investigators being assumed to be movie actors on a set and provides Pre-Gen actor characters, but there seems to be no reason why any group of people interested in visiting a [[Halloween]] "haunted house" attraction couldn't work just as well.  Then again, a keeper with the right sense of humor might choose to have the actor pre-gens on site to film a cheesy remake of ''The Fog (1980)'', rather than the Napoleonic zombie film they seem to be making in the scenario as-written - in fact, this alteration seems like it would fit right in with the pre-gen characters' acting careers in the amusing background information provided in the scenario....
 Dependence on Halloween:  Moderate. [[Halloween]] is the reason there's a themed tourist attraction at the fort with costumed amateur actors pretending to be scarecrows, vampire hunters, killer clowns, pirates, and other schlocky horror characters, while drunk soldiers and vandal chavs are sneaking around stirring up scarecrow trouble.  It would be tough to separate the scenario from Halloween and still have the setup make sense, but the scenario doesn't rely very heavily on Halloween after getting the investigators roped into seeing the exhibits at the "haunted" fort, and the scenario doesn't really demand any Halloween "buy in" beyond the minimal needed to accept that there's a "Halloween Horrors" event full of people dressed up in spooky costumes trying to scare audiences, and it's normal for the investigators to visit this tourist attraction for fun.

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 Setting:  Halloween 2007, in South east [[England]].  The scenario would probably work on any modern Halloween date.  The locations seem fairly specific to Medway and Chatham in England, and the scenario might lose a little local color by moving it elsewhere, but there's really not much of a reason why the essential elements of the scenario couldn't be set elswhere in England or, far more easily, somewhere in North America (e.g., Lovecraft Country).
-Special Notes:  This scenario is basically a variation on the "it's Halloween night, anniversary of something awful in Creepsville, and the Scooby Gang happens to be passing through when zombies/scarecrows/killer-clowns/drowned-leper-colonists/whatever rise from the grave in vengeance... our heroes must survive the carnage and figure out how to make it stop by morning..." theme that can be seen in one form or another in most of the other "Halloween Horror" monographs; the plot is fairly simple and basic modifications to it could be improvised fairly easily if you've seen this kind of story often enough (it's essentially the plot of John Carpenter's ''The Fog (1980)'', and almost certainly wasn't new then).  This particular scenario seems to take the odd approach of the investigators being assumed to be movie actors on a set and provides Pre-Gen actor characters, but there seems to be no reason why any group of people interested in visiting a [[Halloween]] "haunted house" attraction couldn't work just as well.  Then again, a keeper with the right sense of humor might choose to have the actor pre-gens on site to film a cheesy remake of ''The Fog (1980)'', rather than the Napoleonic zombie film they seem to be making in the scenario as-written - in fact, this alteration seems like it would fit right in with the pre-gen characters' acting careers in the amusing background information provided in the scenario....
+Special Notes:  The scenario seems to be intended to be played for at least the occasional laughs, and keepers may prefer to run this scenario in something of the same spirit of parodic horror/comedy films like ''Sean of the Dead''.  This scenario is basically a variation on the "it's Halloween night, anniversary of something awful in Creepsville, and the Scooby Gang happens to be passing through when zombies/scarecrows/killer-clowns/drowned-leper-colonists/whatever rise from the grave in vengeance... our heroes must survive the carnage and figure out how to make it stop by morning..." theme that can be seen in one form or another in most of the other "Halloween Horror" monographs; the plot is fairly simple and basic modifications to it could be improvised fairly easily if you've seen this kind of story often enough (it's essentially the plot of John Carpenter's ''The Fog (1980)'', and almost certainly wasn't new then).  This particular scenario seems to take the odd approach of the investigators being assumed to be movie actors on a set and provides Pre-Gen actor characters, but there seems to be no reason why any group of people interested in visiting a [[Halloween]] "haunted house" attraction couldn't work just as well.  Then again, a keeper with the right sense of humor might choose to have the actor pre-gens on site to film a cheesy remake of ''The Fog (1980)'', rather than the Napoleonic zombie film they seem to be making in the scenario as-written - in fact, this alteration seems like it would fit right in with the pre-gen characters' acting careers in the amusing background information provided in the scenario....
 Dependence on Halloween:  Moderate. [[Halloween]] is the reason there's a themed tourist attraction at the fort with costumed amateur actors pretending to be scarecrows, vampire hunters, killer clowns, pirates, and other schlocky horror characters, while drunk soldiers and vandal chavs are sneaking around stirring up scarecrow trouble.  It would be tough to separate the scenario from Halloween and still have the setup make sense, but the scenario doesn't rely very heavily on Halloween after getting the investigators roped into seeing the exhibits at the "haunted" fort, and the scenario doesn't really demand any Halloween "buy in" beyond the minimal needed to accept that there's a "Halloween Horrors" event full of people dressed up in spooky costumes trying to scare audiences, and it's normal for the investigators to visit this tourist attraction for fun.
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 Dependence on Halloween:  Moderate. [[Halloween]] is the reason there's a themed tourist attraction at the fort with costumed amateur actors pretending to be scarecrows, vampire hunters, killer clowns, pirates, and other schlocky horror characters, while drunk soldiers and vandal chavs are sneaking around stirring up scarecrow trouble.  It would be tough to separate the scenario from Halloween and still have the setup make sense, but the scenario doesn't rely very heavily on Halloween after getting the investigators roped into seeing the exhibits at the "haunted" fort, and the scenario doesn't really demand any Halloween "buy in" beyond the minimal needed to accept that there's a "Halloween Horrors" event full of people dressed up in spooky costumes trying to scare audiences, and it's normal for the investigators to visit this tourist attraction for fun.
-Sequel Plot Hooks:  Survivors can choose to investigate why this happened, and the origins of the [[Jack O'Lantern|Scarecrow King]].
+Sequel Plot Hooks:  Survivors can choose to investigate why this happened, and the origins of the [[Jack O'Lantern|Scarecrow King]].  The pre-gen actors and crew seem almost destined to appear in future z-grade film disasters.
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 * IMDB-style Web Bios for Bambi and Lee
 * Six appendices to the scenario concerning historical elements/details
+* A page full of one- or two-line clues with suggested reactions
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 Setting:  Halloween 2007, in South east [[England]].  The scenario would probably work on any modern Halloween date.  The locations seem fairly specific to Medway and Chatham in England, and the scenario might lose a little local color by moving it elsewhere, but there's really not much of a reason why the essential elements of the scenario couldn't be set elswhere in England or, far more easily, somewhere in North America (e.g., Lovecraft Country).
-Special Notes:  This scenario is basically a variation on the "it's Halloween night, anniversary of something awful in Creepsville, and the Scooby Gang happens to be passing through when zombies/scarecrows/killer-clowns/drowned-leper-colonists/whatever rise from the grave in vengeance... our heroes must survive the carnage and figure out how to make it stop by morning..." plot that can be seen in one form or another in most of the other "Halloween Horror" monographs; the plot is fairly simple and basic modifications to it could be improvised fairly easily if you've seen this kind of story often enough (it's essentially the plot of John Carpenter's ''The Fog (1980)'', and almost certainly wasn't new then).  This particular scenario seems to take the odd approach of the investigators being assumed to be movie actors on a set and provides Pre-Gen actor characters, but there seems to be no reason why any group of people interested in visiting a [[Halloween]] "haunted house" attraction couldn't work just as well.  Then again, a keeper with the right sense of humor might choose to have the actor pre-gens on site to film a remake of ''The Fog (1980)'', rather than the pirate film they seem to be making in the scenario as-written....
+Special Notes:  This scenario is basically a variation on the "it's Halloween night, anniversary of something awful in Creepsville, and the Scooby Gang happens to be passing through when zombies/scarecrows/killer-clowns/drowned-leper-colonists/whatever rise from the grave in vengeance... our heroes must survive the carnage and figure out how to make it stop by morning..." theme that can be seen in one form or another in most of the other "Halloween Horror" monographs; the plot is fairly simple and basic modifications to it could be improvised fairly easily if you've seen this kind of story often enough (it's essentially the plot of John Carpenter's ''The Fog (1980)'', and almost certainly wasn't new then).  This particular scenario seems to take the odd approach of the investigators being assumed to be movie actors on a set and provides Pre-Gen actor characters, but there seems to be no reason why any group of people interested in visiting a [[Halloween]] "haunted house" attraction couldn't work just as well.  Then again, a keeper with the right sense of humor might choose to have the actor pre-gens on site to film a cheesy remake of ''The Fog (1980)'', rather than the pirate film they seem to be making in the scenario as-written - in fact, this alteration seems like it would fit right in with the pre-gen characters' acting careers in the amusing background information provided in the scenario....
 Dependence on Halloween:  Moderate. [[Halloween]] is the reason there's a themed tourist attraction at the fort with costumed amateur actors pretending to be scarecrows, vampire hunters, killer clowns, pirates, and other schlocky horror characters, while drunk soldiers and vandal chavs are sneaking around stirring up scarecrow trouble.  It would be tough to separate the scenario from Halloween and still have the setup make sense, but the scenario doesn't rely very heavily on Halloween after getting the investigators roped into seeing the exhibits at the "haunted" fort, and the scenario doesn't really demand any Halloween "buy in" beyond the minimal needed to accept that there's a "Halloween Horrors" event full of people dressed up in spooky costumes trying to scare audiences, and it's normal for the investigators to visit this tourist attraction for fun.