(RPG PDF Spotlight) Call of Cthulhu RPG : The Year of the Goat

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Year of the Goat

Call of Cthulhu Scenario Anthology by Miskatonic Repository / Chaosium

Welcome to the Year of The Goat

She is known by many names: All-Mother, the Black Goat, the Lady of the Woods, Magna Mater. Each reflects humanity’s attempts to define the unknowable majesty of the eldritch god Shub-Niggurath. The Year of the Goat anthology celebrates the Great Old One in all her guises through 12 scenarios by new and veteran authors of the Miskatonic Repository exploring themes of family, conception, self-improvement, mutation, creation, and many more.

Over the course of 228 pages and 12 fully-written scenarios, including 40 player handouts and over 50 pregenerated investigators, these authors invite you to join in a bacchanal of horror that will end only when you have become what you are meant to be, however terrifying that may prove.

The Scenarios

Maiden, Mother, Crone by Matt “Doc” Tracy. A modern-day scenario in which foster parents implore investigators to find their missing girl, leading them down a trail of deception, pain, and what it truly means to be a family.
Goat Fitness by T. A. Newman. A modern-day scenario tasking investigators with uncovering the mystery behind GOAT Gym’s obsessive culture, where elite fitness conceals a secret pursuit of godlike transformation and the true cost of physical perfection.
The Caprine Cure by Colin Richards. A modern-day scenario inviting investigators to a special, invitation-only health and wellness event at an exclusive woodland spa, there to procure ingredients and concoct their very own “Caprine Cure.”
The Witch’s Bargain by David Waldron. A Dark Ages scenario taking place on Walpurgis Night in the haunted fens of English Civil War-era Suffolk that forces a band of desperate outlaws to choose between serving an ancient horror and being consumed by it, all the while facing their darkest fears.
In Sorte Diaboli by Jayson Green. In this modern-day scenario, investigators are Finnish metal band musicians who must use all their prowess, and possibly their instruments, if they are to escape the clutches of Shub-Niggurath’s avatar, Pan.
The Convent of Sancta Maria Lactans by Robin Worthy. A Dark Ages scenario set in 1526 that ensnares investigators into the machinations of the court of King Henry VIII to explore rumors of dark, blasphemous practices within a convent under the patronage of Queen Catherine of Aragon.
The Festival of the All-Mother by Olga Patijn. In this modern-day scenario, investigators are concerned parents chaperoning their children attending a festival hosted by the latest social media craze—the wellness influence “Cult of the All Mother,” promoting hyper fertility, female rage, and sexual dominance.
The House of Flesh by Antonio Marchena. A modern-day scenario featuring a group of friends stranded by a hurricane in a nearby house, unaware that it belongs to a cannibalistic cult in worship of Shub-Niggurath.
To Serve in Heaven by Maverick Haenze. A Dust Bowl-era scenario that sees a group of desperate, hungry investigators stumble across a small prosperous town that seems like a veritable paradise, which unfortunately does not come without a cost.
Nos Galan Gaeaf by Lydia Malings. A gaslight-era scenario inspired by Welsh legends and folklore, that sees investigators face Ladi Wen, the headless white lady, and her monstrous servitor, the tail-less black sow, Hwch Ddu Gwta.
Dead Letters from the Orchard by Perry Clark. In this classic-era scenario, gruesome deaths and disappearances start a countdown to outright violence between an African-American community and its neighboring white counterpart, unless investigators solve the mystery in time.
Mother of a Thousand Young by Poul Holmelund. A scenario set in 1953 that tasks members of the local police department with solving a missing persons case, which escalates into a murder investigation, before drawing investigators into a tragic story of charity and corruption arising out of the ashes of the First World War.