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'''Author(s):''' [[Adam Giebel]]
 
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'''Appears in:''' [[Challenge Magazine]], #63
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==Summary==
 
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Describe the adventure in detail; no bias allowed.
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{{spoiler|Kevin Anderson had a horrific experience in the dying days of the Great War. Never fully recovered, his days at the Miskatonic Veterans Home have been disturbed by the realization that what happened back then has never really ended and that what he escaped may be coming for him. The scenario uses a structure similar to that in a Tale of Terror or Traveller Patron Encounter and presents options for what is chasing him (Ghouls, a vengeful comrade, the strange products of German science or simply his conscience.).}}
 
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===References===
 
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'''Player Handouts:''' N/A
 
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The scenario, like the [[The Chapochaug Tunnel Lights]] in [[The Arkham Gazette, Issue 0]] is written in quasi-sandbox fashion, with different options as to how to get the investigators involved and in what exactly is going on.
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The scenario, like the [[The Chapochaug Tunnel Haunting]] in [[The Arkham Gazette, Issue 0]] is written in quasi-sandbox fashion.
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===Keeper Comments===
 
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Keep general DISCUSSION on the talk page.
 
Keep general DISCUSSION on the talk page.
  
[[Category:CoC:Scenarios]][[Category:CoC:Friend in trouble scenarios]][[Category:CoC:Scenarios set in Arkham]][[Category:CoC:Non-Mythos creature scenarios]][[Category:CoC:1920s scenarios]][[Category:CoC:Ghoul scenarios]][[Category:CoC:Gibichung scenarios]]
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* This is a scenario like [[The Haunting (aka The Haunted House) (Scenario)|The Haunting]] or [[Edge of Darkness]] that can serve as an effective way to bring an Investigator group together for the first time.
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[[Category:CoC:Scenarios]][[Category:CoC:Friend in trouble scenarios]][[Category:CoC:Scenarios set in Arkham]][[Category:CoC:Non-Mythos creature scenarios]][[Category:CoC:1920s scenarios]][[Category:CoC:Ghoul scenarios]][[Category:CoC:Gibichung Scenarios]]
 
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Latest revision as of 12:59, 4 September 2017

Details

Challenge, Issue 63


Pages: 3

Author(s): Adam Giebel

Artist(s): Janet Aulisio

Setting: 1920s

Appears in: Challenge Magazine, #63

Summary

Just what did Kevin Anderson encounter in the dying days of the Great War?

Links

Link to outside reviews or helpful pages.

  • [Link 1]
  • [Link 2]

Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only

Players should not read any further.

Synopsis

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Kevin Anderson had a horrific experience in the dying days of the Great War. Never fully recovered, his days at the Miskatonic Veterans Home have been disturbed by the realization that what happened back then has never really ended and that what he escaped may be coming for him. The scenario uses a structure similar to that in a Tale of Terror or Traveller Patron Encounter and presents options for what is chasing him (Ghouls, a vengeful comrade, the strange products of German science or simply his conscience.).


References

Player Handouts: N/A

Locations: Miskatonic Veterans Home, Old Wooded Graveyard, Anderson House

Creatures: Ghouls, Gibichung

Tomes and Artifacts: N/A

Campaigns / Scenarios: N/A

Comments

The scenario, like the The Chapochaug Tunnel Haunting in The Arkham Gazette, Issue 0 is written in quasi-sandbox fashion.

Keeper Comments

Comments to Keepers about this scenario; Possibly how to run it successfully. Keep general DISCUSSION on the talk page.

  • This is a scenario like The Haunting or Edge of Darkness that can serve as an effective way to bring an Investigator group together for the first time.