The year is 1923, the place, Great Britain. King George V sits on the throne of Great Britain and the Conservative Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin leads the British government from Westminster. The Great War is over although its ramifications rumble throughout the British Empire and Europe; the old establishments of class, politics and religion have been shaken to the core but these are grand scale. For most people life, and death, still continues as it always has.
Contacted out of the blue by a firm of respected London solicitors in regard to the estate of their late client, one Captain Robert Joyce, the beneficiaries - all strangers to each other - must travel to the late Captain’s home in a quiet corner of the county of Essex to hear their benefactor’s Last Will and Testament and claim their legacies.
Nothing unusual in such a request; true, attending a reading at the deceased‘s residence in person is rather old-fashioned, and none of the guests would claim a particularly close relationship with the Captain. Still, a weekend away with travel expenses paid on an island in the picturesque River Blackwater estuary at the end of summer does sound rather pleasant, even if it is under sad circumstances.
The Reading of a Will is a scenario for Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition set in 1920s Britain. Designed for 3-4 mature players over 2-3 sessions, the scenario draws on the investigative and interpersonal skills of players and their Investigators.
- from the publisher's blurb