Saturday the 14th

Author: Rina Haenze

Playhouse Thoughts: Want to play though a slasher? This is the scenario for you! Saturday the 14th effortlessly captures the thrill of watching a 1980s horror B-movie and places you and your players in the middle of the action! Saturday the 14th was the gold winner of our 2022 competition. So you know it’s gonna be good.

Blurb: It's Saturday, June 14, 1980. Your crime scene team has been dispatched to Camp Shady Pines to investigate the bizarre deaths of the camp's counsellors who had been preparing for the arrival of the campers next week. According to Shelly Peters, the sole survivor, the counsellors were attacked and brutally hacked to death by a mysterious masked stranger. It's up to you and your team to find the truth, and fast, so the camp can open on time.

This scenario, written for Call of Cthulhu in the 1980s setting, is an homage to classic slasher flicks with a mythos twist. 4 pre-generated characters are included in this adventure, along with Keeper notes and suggestions. Content warnings: harm to teenagers, blood, gore, homicide, potential PvP, potential drowning, body horror.