The Yellow Death

Author: Batu Bozoglu

Playhouse Thoughts: Many investigators end their days in a Sanitarium. It’s rare that you begin in one! Yellow Death puts an unusual spin on a familiar aspect of the genre.

Blurb: It’s 1927 and Tuberculosis, also known as the White Plague runs rampant in the United States. The fatal and highly infectious disease has no known cure; its victims seek refuge in secluded sanatoriums across the country, resigned to their fates. It is one such facility, the expensive and luxurious Waverly Hills, that the investigators are sent to. Disguised as patients, their job is to conduct an undercover investigation and reassure their contractor Jeremy Strand, who finds his brother’s death at the hands of the staff highly suspicious. Though what they will find in its death ridden halls will defy any natural explanation. 

The Yellow Death is Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition scenario set in 1920s. Depending on your gameplay, it will last around 3 to 5 sessions. It is a mystery thriller and leans heavily on investigation, social skills and deductive reasoning.