Announcing the Canadian Chronicles, Volume 1: Nouvelle France
I’ve been teasing it for a little bit but it’s getting closer and closer! The first three scenarios in the “Canadian Chronicles” series will be released next week on Chaosium’s Miskatonic Repository on DriveThruRPG. Here are some teasers and general information for each!
Overview
The three scenarios are, roughly-speaking, set during the early years of Nouvelle France (New France), around the areas that historically belong to the Anishinaabe (Algonquin) and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) peoples, and later also known as Québec and eastern Canada in general.
Each scenario is standalone, with pre-generated characters, and can be played in one evening (i.e. a 3-to-4 hour session). Together they total up to about 150 pages of content. We will be running them next week at KamCon, a convention for tabletop gaming and other general kinds of nerdery, located in Kamloops, BC, Canada.
The writing team is composed of Patrick Chandler, Francis Acquarone, and myself. You might recognize our names (especially Pat’s and Francis’) from our work with the Sons of the Singularity, and in particular Journal d’Indochine Volume 1 and Volume 2, The Blessed and the Blasphemous, and The Sassoon Files: Brother of Jesus (I personally only worked on Journal d’Indochine, though). We are all located in British Columbia, in the ancestral and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, Katzie, and Kwantlen Nations.
These are scenarios made in Canada, set in Canada, and about Canada’s history. 🇨🇦
Runners of the Woods
It’s August 1628, an ongoing English blockade of the St. Lawrence River has choked off Habitation de Québec. With the situation becoming more dire by the day, colonial administrator Samuel de Champlain directs explorer Étienne Brûlé to organise several expeditions west to rendezvous with Wendat allies, and seek their aid.
Investigators are sent on this high-stakes journey into the wilderness. They’ll paddle dangerous rivers, portage untamed woods, and be challenged to survive with limited resources.
They’ll discover that the English blockade isn’t the biggest threat to their survival, and something far more dangerous threatens the expedition’s success, and their very survival…
“Runners of the Woods” is written by Patrick Chandler. It is 53 pages long.
The King’s Daughters
It is 1665, and a group of young French women embark on a dangerous journey across the Atlantic to settle in the New World’s colony. With only a few personal belongings and a dowry from Louis XIV, these so-called “King’s Daughters” are to marry and have children in a foreign and hostile land. After a harrowing ocean voyage and a harsh first winter, these women hope that the worst is behind them… but when ancient spirits take hold of the weak-minded, horror strikes home and threatens Western New France. Can these brave women safeguard their families and the future of the country?
“The King’s Daughters” is written by, err, me (Ludovic Chabant). It is 55 pages long.
Horror in the Nunnery
An unprecedented early winter storm has Montréal, Nouvelle-France, in its icy grip. Cut off by blinding snow and plummeting temperatures, the city’s inhabitants are warned to remain indoors. On the outskirts of the settlement, a small contingent of the Hospital Sisters of Saint Joseph finds itself completely isolated at Belisle Manor, a remote seigneury at the foot of Mont-Royal, where Mother Superior and her deputy look after young postulants (the investigators).
As a fierce winter storm traps the sisters at Belisle Manor, the investigators awaken to find one of their own missing. They will uncover eldritch horrors lurking beneath their new quarters, which will test their faith and drive them to commit unspeakable acts in a desperate bid for survival.
“Horror in the Nunnery” is written by Francis Acquarone. It is 49 pages long.
There will of course be an announcement when the PDFs are released on DriveThruRPG. In the meantime, we would greatly appreciate if you could share this article, follow our Instagram account (run by Patrick), or just repost our covers or whatever you like here, in order to drum up a bit of interest! If the community response is positive, we’re hoping to explore other places and times in Canada’s history!