First of all, kudos for running Call of Cthulhu in a crowded convention environment. That atmosphere would make it difficult to crank up the spookiness, no matter the scenario’s content. I finished listening to the play-through earlier today. It’s always interesting to learn how other gamers both Keeper and act as Investigators in CoC games. I own a copy of this scenario and had read it maybe a week or so before finding this podcast - it was a treat to hear the play-through of such a recent publication. As always, the players always take published adventures in directions you’d never expect.

Do you intend to play-through and record the follow-up adventure to “A Murder of Crows”…being “The Doom from Below?”

Again, kudos for taking Call of Cthulhu to a convention environment, and for recording the session so that folks like myself can enjoy later on, in a different time and place. Even if the spookiness factor was lacking, the players and Keeper sounded like everyone was having a good time, which is the overall goal of any roleplaying meet. Well done.

Cheers,

Brian C.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.

- Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae
Canadian army

The other thing about the frogmen is that they are just so dumb that you can’t help but care for them. Their innocence is what makes us care for them. The Frogmen aren’t out to murder anyone, they are scientists and philosophers.

Yeah, the adventure actually has very little authentic “mythos” in it. In fact, I added the monster at the end. The published adventure is really meant to be an introductory adventure for players into the world of Cthulhu. I chose this adventure to run because the publishers felt that it could be fully run in a 4 to 6 hour time limit.

I would love to run and record a multi-part adventure that does a much better job of cranking up the spooky.

http://www.askmen.com/top_10/top_10/3_top10_games.html

*SPOILERS*
They are about half way throught it. the problem i have is making sure to give them all the ghosts ands clues as the story is a bit spread out throught the house, but so far they do not even suspect the Jack Duffy or Mobster involvment.