Call of Cthulhu – Order of the Stone Review

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Archaeologists have unearthed 3 stone urns in Ireland that can unleash a monstrous force into the woods of Massachusetts unless stopped. The Order of the Stone is a 3 part campaign that can be played with classic Call of Cthulhu rules or Pulp Cthulhu rules and can be slotted into an existing campaign or be a starting place for up to 6 investigator characters.

Fair warning to Call of Cthulhu players, proceed no further as there will be spoilers. Always check with your Keepers before checking out reviews for campaign supplements to make sure you won’t utilize them in your games. This review will contain spoilers.

This campaign exists in three chapters, “Terror on the SS Champagne”, “Murder in Greyport”, and “The Hunt” alongside three main factions, Agran’Talan’Tsoth, The Order of the Stone, and The Summoners.

Druids had summoned the creature Agran’Talan’Tsoth and realizing their mistake bound it into three separate containers and buried it. Unfortunately, it is happened upon by chance in a field by a young boy and sets the adventure in motion. Archaeologist from Miskatonic University get involved and the lead financier, Dr. Nicolus Sebastian, takes over the dig only to be slowly influenced by the trapped creature. Eventually taking the three “stones” with him he is attacked aboard the SS Champagne by the Order of the Stone, hoping to keep the monster from being released. He fully succumbs to the whisperings of Agran and breaks the first container on the ship fully releasing the first essence of the creature. The creature kills almost everyone on board while Dr. Sebastian escapes. Then enter the investigators after the harbor master haven’t heard from the SS Champagne as it is adrift at sea.

In “Terror on the SS Champagne” investigators are thrust into a “haunted house” investigation except the haunted house is the abandoned SS Champagne where the passengers and crew have been sacrificed to satiate the hunger of Agran. Upon reaching the boat they find one crazed