The Unofficial Miskatonic Repository Index Has Been Updated!

Since June and the UMRI update 2.0, 26 scenarios have moved up in category. Congratulations to all the authors!

Also, I have started filling in the entries in the “Below Copper English Scenarios” section. It’s going to take a long time, but I really want to finish it: I’m convinced there are some hidden gems in there.

On a personal note, here’s how I’ve engaged with Miskatonic Repository content recently:

• I have purchased and read Moonglow and The Tartarus Intercept. I suppose I’ve been craving some sci-fi with my tentacles lately.
  • Moonglow is interesting but simple. Maybe a bit too simple? That might be the intent, to try to keep it short and sweet. That being said, there are a couple of fantastic scenes in there.
  • The Tartarus Intercept has a great premise and a great first half, but I was a little less enthusiastic about the second part.
  • Instead, I might go back to Dark Side of the Moon to fulfill my sci-fi urges. It’s a scenario I read a few months ago and liked a lot, but haven’t played yet. I’m thinking of stealing the riveting launch scene from Delta Green’s BLACKSAT and adding it to the scenario.
• I have read and browsed Signal to Noise. I’ve watched some really well-made video reviews of it. Even though I applaud the ambition of such a creation, I wasn’t particularly transported by it. But I mentioned it to my players, and a lot of them were very excited. So I think I’ll give it a chance soon.
• I have played Hot Bro Summer, which recently became a Copper scenario on DriveThruRPG. It is so deserved, as it was so much fun. I had five really enthusiastic players, some of them unapologetic fans of reality TV. The “confessional room” moments were done with an armchair set up in front of a mirror, with me “out of frame” asking cruel questions to the PCs while sad renditions of famous pop songs started playing at just the right time. Exquisite.
• I’m also considering replaying soon:
  • Viral, with a group of friends who are interested in TTRPGs but aren’t part of my usual group of players.
  • Of Sorrow and Clay, with a group of colleagues, if we can find a time slot when we’re all available.
  • Arkham Fire, at a local gaming convention with a group of randos. I have never played it before, but it seems like it can be easily shortened if needed, and it doesn’t require much introduction.

The Unofficial Miskatonic Repository Index is a PWYW resource designed to help navigate the catalogue of scenarios from the Miskatonic Repository community. You can find if here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/536675/the-unofficial-miskatonic-repository-index

If you’re an author of a missing scenario from the index, or if there’s a mistake for a listed scenario that you would like to be corrected, please let me know!

Category Promotions

New GOLD Titles (Moving up from Electrum)

• A Colour in a Dark Age (Jonathan Baxter)
• One Step Further (Quico Vicens-Picatto)
• The Castle of Greed (Phaedra Florou)
• The Echoing Whispers (Ekin Ergün)
• The Sins of the Father (Brendan Lahey)
• The White Circle (Jonas Morian, The Yellow Hand)

New ELECTRUM Titles (Moving up from Silver)

• Flash Cthulhu - Fruit from the Dust (Michael Reid)
• Flash Cthulhu - The Cavernous Haunt (Michael Reid)
• The Bride of Pendle (Jayson Green)
• The Catcott Collection (Peter Willington)
• Valley of Shadows (Patience Bluestone)
• The Year of the Goat (Heinrich D. Moore, Evan Perlman, Matt “Doc” Tracey, T A Newman, Colin Richards, David Waldron, Jayson Green, Robin Worthy, Olga N. Patijn, Antonio Marchena, Maverick Haenze, Lydia Malings, Perry Clark, Poul Holmelund)

New SILVER Titles (Moving up from Copper)

• No One's Spheres (Quico Vicens-Picatto)
• Northern Lights and Darkness Volume 1 (Poul Holmelund, Jonas Morian, Wille Ruotsalainen, Oscar Sedholm, Maja Hvalryg Kvendseth, Theodor Helgason)
• Prison for the Thousand Young (Jessica Gunn, Skippy)
• Rich Food (James Cross)
• Sermon of Sludge (Bored Stiffs)
• The Day Necronomicon Burned (Marek Golonka, Mateusz Bielecki)
• The Innsmouth Terror (John Hedge, Miskatonic Playhouse)
• Tournament of Shadows (James Killick)
• Vermis (Alex Guillotte, Bud Baird)

New COPPER Titles

• Approved for Public Health (Fabrice BOUCHET)
• Hot Bro Summer (Maverick Haenze, Evan Perlman)
• Lost Light (Michał Pietrzak)
• The Cursed Idol of Manco Capác (Jared Tallis, Jay Sojdelius, Jonas Morian, The Yellow Hand)
• Whispers In The Frostbound Woods (Harri Savolainen)

Not that I actually want to play a character like this, but if I were a min-maxer (or a particularly cruel GM), what would be the most efficient way to build a rokugani samurai using all the rules from the official 4th edition books?

I’m curious what the absolute most broken/optimized character you can come up with would look like.

I'm sorry if this post fall into the "low effort posts" category, it's really a genuine request! Currently listening to the Path of Fire OST, and it's a top-tier soundtrack.