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==Details==
 
==Details==
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[[File:That Jazz Craze cover image.png|right|thumb|Scenario opening illustration]]
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[[File:Your Name in the Book opening illustration.png|right|thumb|Scenario opening illustration]]
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'''Pages:''' 20
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'''Pages:''' 32
  
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'''Author:''' Dr. [[Cameron Hays]]
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'''Authors:'''
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* [[Steffie de Vaan]] (scenario)
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* [[Chris Spivey]] (pregenerated characters)
  
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'''Artists:''' [[Brennen Reece]], [[Alex Mayo]]
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'''Artists:''' [[Jabari Weathers]], [[Alex Mayo]]
  
 
'''Editor(s):''' [[Dixie Cochran]], [[Jill Spivey]], [[Adam Alexander]], [[Mike Mason]]
 
'''Editor(s):''' [[Dixie Cochran]], [[Jill Spivey]], [[Adam Alexander]], [[Mike Mason]]
  
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'''Setting:''' [[Harlem]], [[New York]], [[1910s|1919]] or [[1920s|1920]]
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'''Setting:''' [[Harlem|Nieuw Haarlem]], [[New York]], [[1680s|1680]]
  
 
'''Appears in:''' ''[[Harlem Unbound]]'', 2nd ed.
 
'''Appears in:''' ''[[Harlem Unbound]]'', 2nd ed.
  
 
==Summary==
 
==Summary==
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Harlem musician Wendell Young has gone missing mere days before releasing the first ever recording of jazz music. The investigators must find the pianist while stopping a dark curse in the process.
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The freed Black population of Dutch Haarlem is on edge as a British takeover looms, bringing with it uncertain changes to the laws governing slavery and freedom. So when David Martin turns up murdered by the Hudson, the investigators must find his killer before the British get wind of the murder and use it as a pretext to take over. Meanwhile, rumors swirl that the Devil himself is offering guarantees of continued freedom in exchange for signing his Black Book
  
 
==Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only==
 
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===Synopsis===
 
===Synopsis===
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{{spoiler|When Harlem musician Wendell Young goes missing, several people notice—not least of which is Casper Holstein, Harlem's "Bolito King," who payed the recording costs for Young's upcoming record of "jass" music. Whether under orders from Holstein or following their own interests, the investigators untangle two webs surrounding the recording session. On the one hand, a "black hand" extortion ring has taken control of the Blue Moon Gramophone Company, where the record was made. They hope to sell the records to make some money. Even more troubling, the investigators find that everyone who has heard the record—from the band members who played on it to the technicians who recorded it—has lost all ability to understand symbolic thought, a condition that leads to suicide or worse. Ultimately, the inquiries reveal that Young made a deal with a strange figure called the "Baron in Blues," and now the recording is curse. The investigators must locate the thousand pressings of the gramophone with Young's maddening song on it and prevent them from being distributed.}}
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{{spoiler|The investigators are either freed Blacks living in Dutch Haarlem, or Black time travelers from a more recent period who find themselves transported to the seventeenth century. Either way, Dutch Haarlem's small Black population is on edge, since the British have gained political control of the area, meaning that previous legal freedoms for people of color may be rescinded. The local Black pastor asks the investigators to investigate the murder of a local name named David Martin; by finding his killer quickly, the pastor hopes to avoid alarming the British and speeding up their takeover. The investigators determine that Martin was killed by a strange being some call the devil, or the Black Man—actually an avatar of Nyarlathotep—who is keen to get signatures for the ''Black Book of Azathoth'' in exchange for guarantees of continued freedom under British rule. Eventually, the investigators learn that the Black Man has been active in the area for some decades; in searching the abandoned home where he was once seen, they find underground tunnels (carved by the Mi-Go) and the lair of a shell of a man called the Revenant. The investigators must stop the Black Man's plan from coming to fruition—or else sign the book to end his machinations that way.}}
  
 
===References===
 
===References===
  
 
'''Player Handouts:'''
 
'''Player Handouts:'''
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* Recording Contract
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* The [[Yellow Sign]]
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* Ownership Transfer
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* Medical records
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* Death Announcement
 
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* Farino's note
 
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* Production ledger
 
  
 
'''Locations:'''
 
'''Locations:'''
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* Blue Moon Recording Studio
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* The Bowl and Spoon (cookshop)
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* Farino’s apartment
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* Church of Our Lady of Harlem
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* Blue Moon Fabrication Facility
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* David Martin's boarding house
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* Unnamed speakeasy
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* Nell's Barbershop
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* Wendell Young’s apartment building
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* Palmer Stoddard's house
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* Paul Scarlotti’s business office
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* The Schipper house
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* Casper Holstein’s business office.
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* Shrine to the Mother Goddess
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* Sint Antonius church
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* Terrance Walker's house
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* Underground tunnels
  
 
'''Creatures:'''
 
'''Creatures:'''
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* [[Baron in Blues]] (avatar of [[Azathoth]])
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* [[Black Man]] (avatar of [[Nyarlathotep]])
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* Revenant
  
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'''Organizations'''
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'''Artefacts and Tomes'''
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* Blue Moon Gramophone Company
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* ''[[Black Book of Azathoth]]''
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* [[Harlem Hellfighters]]
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* Basalt statue
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* Wendell Young Deluxe Jass Orchestra
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* Bird amulet
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* Lizard amulet
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* Experimental blade
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* Pocketwatch
  
 
===Comments===
 
===Comments===
 
   
 
   
 
===Keeper Comments===
 
===Keeper Comments===
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The scenario offers four ways to get the investigators involved. One option is that they are hired by Casper Holstein to locate Wendell Young, since the small-time crook knows the police won't care about a missing black musician in debt to him. Alternatively, Young may be a veteran of the Great War and a surviving member of the Harlem Hellfighters; either a Hellfighter investigator or another member of the group gets interested in his disappearance. Another option is for the investigators to themselves be musicians or members of Young's band who are interested in finding him due to personal connections. Finally, if the Keeper plans ahead, the investigators may meet Young or Holstein, or hear rumors of the Baron in Blues, during a previous Harlem-based scenario.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 02:48, 30 May 2020

Details

Scenario opening illustration

Pages: 32

Authors:

Artists: Jabari Weathers, Alex Mayo

Editor(s): Dixie Cochran, Jill Spivey, Adam Alexander, Mike Mason

Setting: Nieuw Haarlem, New York, 1680

Appears in: Harlem Unbound, 2nd ed.

Summary

The freed Black population of Dutch Haarlem is on edge as a British takeover looms, bringing with it uncertain changes to the laws governing slavery and freedom. So when David Martin turns up murdered by the Hudson, the investigators must find his killer before the British get wind of the murder and use it as a pretext to take over. Meanwhile, rumors swirl that the Devil himself is offering guarantees of continued freedom in exchange for signing his Black Book

Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only

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Synopsis

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 The investigators are either freed Blacks living in Dutch Haarlem, or Black time travelers from a more recent period who find themselves transported to the seventeenth century. Either way, Dutch Haarlem's small Black population is on edge, since the British have gained political control of the area, meaning that previous legal freedoms for people of color may be rescinded. The local Black pastor asks the investigators to investigate the murder of a local name named David Martin; by finding his killer quickly, the pastor hopes to avoid alarming the British and speeding up their takeover. The investigators determine that Martin was killed by a strange being some call the devil, or the Black Man—actually an avatar of Nyarlathotep—who is keen to get signatures for the Black Book of Azathoth in exchange for guarantees of continued freedom under British rule. Eventually, the investigators learn that the Black Man has been active in the area for some decades; in searching the abandoned home where he was once seen, they find underground tunnels (carved by the Mi-Go) and the lair of a shell of a man called the Revenant. The investigators must stop the Black Man's plan from coming to fruition—or else sign the book to end his machinations that way.


References

Player Handouts:

Locations:

  • The Bowl and Spoon (cookshop)
  • Church of Our Lady of Harlem
  • David Martin's boarding house
  • Nell's Barbershop
  • Palmer Stoddard's house
  • The Schipper house
  • Shrine to the Mother Goddess
  • Sint Antonius church
  • Terrance Walker's house
  • Underground tunnels

Creatures:

Artefacts and Tomes

Comments

Keeper Comments

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