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Mike M
United States
Waunakee
Wisconsin
Currently running a Pathfinder Beginner Box game for my three kids!
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I'm going to be running some Call of Cthulhu for my group on off nights when our current GM can't run his ongoing Rubble and Ruin game. Since it could be weeks between occasional sessions, we'd like to do scenarios that can be completed in a 3-4 hour session.
I'd like to put together a list of options. Any suggestions?
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Paul Baldowski
United Kingdom
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Chaosium website has a bunch of free adventures for CoC. Several short adventues, including old perennials like The Haunting.
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Wouter Dhondt
Belgium
Anzegem
My armor is contempt. My shield is disgust. My sword is hatred. In the Emperor's name, let none survive.
When I now saw this Coppelius, the frightful and terrific thought took possession of my soul, that indeed no one but he could be the Sandman.
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There is a boatload of options available for Cthulhu one-shots. As a rule of thumb, any published scenario below 20 pages can be run in 4 hours (give or take). This also depends on your players. If they are the kind of players that will check out every detail, sessions will go longer compared to players who go in guns blazing.
Creating a full list will be a lot of work, but maybe I'll create a geeklist after the mountains of madness game (including a short synopsis).
Scenarios I've run as a one-shot:
Main book:
- The Haunting
- The Edge of Darkness
From Mansions of Madness:
- Mr. Corbitt
- The Crack'd and Crook'd Manse
From Shadows Over Scotland
- The Forbidden Isle
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Eric Dodd
New Zealand
Martinborough
Wairarapa
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Strange Little Girl and St. Swithun’s Hole from the Avalon: The County Of Somerset book should be completable in the length of session you suggest, though the first in particular may take longer if the investigators get distracted.
What Cthulhu books do you already have, Mark?
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Barad The Dwarf
Belgium
De Haan
Got some sanity left?
Come over to the RPGG Tavern, I buy you a drink.
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There are also a lot of free adventures to be found on
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/local_links.php?catid=6
One of my favorites is Finger Biter, but I think we actually did 2 sessions over it, but I think it's playable in 1.
A little bit of knowlegde is a great one session game that is based on the herbert west story.
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Tyler Hudak
United States
Akron
Ohio
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I'd recommend all of the ones that have been previously mentioned. I'd point out the book Secrets too - all of the scenarios in there are easily one-shots.
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Mike M
United States
Waunakee
Wisconsin
Currently running a Pathfinder Beginner Box game for my three kids!
129/420
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Thanks for all the excellent suggestions! I have Mansions of Madness, and with the free downloads mentioned I should have lots of options it looks like.
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