Miskatonic University – Shadows Over the Campus

RPG system: LARP
Participants: 80-100 players

Organized by

Chaos League

Description

Miskatonic University – Shadows Over the Campus is a high-budget live-action role-playing game inspired by the cycle of the Cthulhu Mythos. It is a unique larp that takes place in one of the most majestic and fascinating castles in Europe.

You will play as professors and students of Miskatonic University engaged in a quest on which the fate of many will depend.
Miskatonic University is a story about knowledge and its limits, ambition, hatred, fear, love, and power.
Scholars trying to see an ancient truth beyond the veil, where reason must surrender and make way for the unknown and our deepest fears.
A fully immersive experience where every character can make a difference. For those who want to dream really big.


From the inaugural address for the 1924 academic year by Dean A. Murdock. Miskatonic University, Arkham, Massachusetts.
“The Miskatonic University is not just one of the most prestigious universities in the country. It is not just a place of culture and research. It is a community of people cultivating true knowledge.
All of us should be proud to be a part of it. And we must earn our place in it day by day. I especially want to thank ProfessorJefferson whose studies are contributing to the luster of this institution.
I see in this audience curious and vibrant minds that are not afraid to push their intelligence where no one before has dared.
I know that you will live up to the history of this university and of those who have contributed to making it great. Ex Ignorantia Ad Sapientiam; Ex Luce Ad Tenebras.”

The setting of the game is inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Cycle novels and the universe he created, yet we completely reject his racist ideas. We claim the possibility of a modern approach to a universe that is now everyone’s heritage. As it happened in Sahara Expedition, we will critically reflect on the shadows and complexities of the time and present a critical interpretation of the Cthulhu Mythos and the XX century authoritarianism.
Characters will not face the discrimination issues typical for academia in the 1920s: there might be a female headmaster and LGBT+ or BIPOC professors.
“Madness”, will not be a stereotypical and simplified portrayal of existing mental disorders, but strictly linked with the abysmal contact with ineffable horrors.


It’s 1924. These are the years of spiritualism, of great archaeological discoveries, of prohibition. The horror of the First World War is still in the eyes and on the flesh of many.
In the underground archives of the Miskatonic University a mysterious sarcophagus was found, the existence of which no one remembered. The ancient artifact is sealed.
Miskatonic University summons the best students and professors on campus to witness the opening and study its contents.
Thus begins a journey that will take these brave scholars where they never imagined.

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