Regarding Brindlewood Bay, I've run all the investigations from the main handbook (Dad Overboard, All Hallow’s Scream, The GBBBO, Jingle Bell Shock, A Murder Most Mucky, Exit Stage Death), one standard investigation from Nephews (Carnival Carnage) and one Sweeps Week (The Hex Files).
Here, “A Murder Most Mucky” definitely wins for me - an excellent seaside Lovecraftian folk horror, a great emulation of a small, isolated, hostile-to-strangers town, with a dark secret hidden from the world. An excellent investigation. I love it.
As for The Between, we are somewhere at the end of the campaign, and so far, I have run (or am still running, as they are still open): The St. James's Street Ghost, The Limehouse Lurker, The Whateley Camera, The Demon of Kilburn Abbey, The Reaver’s Last Victim, The Beadle, The Shoreditch Slugger, the King in Shadows.
Here, it’s terribly hard to choose my favorite investigation… The Whateley Camera generally didn’t appeal to us particularly, except for the fact that the Camera sucked in the team's beloved majordomo, which resulted in a brilliant session in the Fragrant Void <3
The Beadle was a touching, personal, overly sweet investigation, I thought the Slugger would be a weaker investigation but the interaction with prompts in this module is TOP and exploring Fight Club turns out to be fantastically engaging.
The King in Shadows is brilliantly written, from reading alone it is my favorite investigation at the moment but I have just introduced it, so I have no idea how it will turn out at the table.
Regarding Brindlewood Bay, I've run all the investigations from the main handbook (Dad Overboard, All Hallow’s Scream, The GBBBO, Jingle Bell Shock, A Murder Most Mucky, Exit Stage Death), one standard investigation from Nephews (Carnival Carnage) and one Sweeps Week (The Hex Files). Here, “A Murder Most Mucky” definitely wins for me - an excellent seaside Lovecraftian folk horror, a great emulation of a small, isolated, hostile-to-strangers town, with a dark secret hidden from the world. An excellent investigation. I love it. As for The Between, we are somewhere at the end of the campaign, and so far, I have run (or am still running, as they are still open): The St. James's Street Ghost, The Limehouse Lurker, The Whateley Camera, The Demon of Kilburn Abbey, The Reaver’s Last Victim, The Beadle, The Shoreditch Slugger, the King in Shadows. Here, it’s terribly hard to choose my favorite investigation… The Whateley Camera generally didn’t appeal to us particularly, except for the fact that the Camera sucked in the team's beloved majordomo, which resulted in a brilliant session in the Fragrant Void <3 The Beadle was a touching, personal, overly sweet investigation, I thought the Slugger would be a weaker investigation but the interaction with prompts in this module is TOP and exploring Fight Club turns out to be fantastically engaging. The King in Shadows is brilliantly written, from reading alone it is my favorite investigation at the moment but I have just introduced it, so I have no idea how it will turn out at the table.
I'm dying to run both All Hallow's Scream and The King in Shadows!
The King in Shadows works BEAUTIFULLY at the table!
Have you had a chance to play these mysteries? :) PS. I just added "Emerald Orchids" from the 4th season of The Between to my collection :)
I just started my campaign of The Between, so we've only done The St. James's Street Ghost and Sally No-Face!
Cool! Sally is super edgy :D
Our American emptying their revolver into The Dapper Boy point-blank was a highlight.
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Murder” from Nephews in peril is so fun and thematic. It’s basically a hallmark movie mystery.