Viral

Author: Alex Guillotte & Bud Baird

Playhouse Thoughts: There’s a reason this went viral and it’s not just the name. Viral is an ambitious reimagining of what is possible with Call of Cthulhu, and it delivers.

Blurb: Join Marco Proudfoot, host of the successful YouTube channel The Spektral Krew, as he and his fellow paranormal investigators journey to an island off the coast of Sicily to explore its very dark past. The only public information is a pixelated satellite map and a pile of redacted documents, but a little digging on the Dark Web has revealed something far more sinister. What better way to make their final push for one million subscribers than to stream their investigation live from the island! The Krew hopes to find evidence of the paranormal, but what they discover is so much more horrific than just orbs of dust and incoherent voices in the static.

Viral is a scenario set in the modern era, and is designed to be run in one, two, or more sessions, depending on the Keeper’s preference. The scenario includes the background history of the island, a timeline of events, information to create an immersive ghost-hunting experience, detailed location descriptions, five pre-generated characters, new spell, new Mythos tome, new Sanity rules, thirty-four pages of player handouts, five detailed full-color maps, and much, much more.