Sherrydown Enquirer 1: Playtime

A bloody incident in a primary school classroom ends with one teacher missing and another seriously injured. A class of six-year-olds are the only witnesses, and nothing about their story makes rational sense. Can the hunters figure out what really happened - before the violence spreads?

This issue of the Sherrydown Enquirer contains everything you need to run the mystery Playtime, as played on the Merely Roleplayers podcast, for your Monster of the Week roleplaying group. What will your players do differently from the Merely Roleplayers cast?

The Enquirer is also an in-world artifact from Sherrydown, the setting of Merely Roleplayers' Main House production, Vigil. Your diligent Enquirer is a concerned citizen who's noticed strange things happening in Sherrydown. But how to wake up their oblivious neighbours to this unsettling truth? Only an unofficial community newsletter has that power!

Monster hunting in the UK

Sherrydown is an original setting for Monster of the Week games, originally created for Merely Roleplayers. This Middle England market town boasts cobbled streets, family-run pubs, medieval ruins, and pristine ancient woodland. But the sins of England are just as ancient. Built atop the bones of the past, and undermined by the austerity politics of the present, only your hunters stand between Sherrydown and total collapse.

The PDF contains:

• Playtime, a mystery for use with the roleplaying game Monster of the Week by Michael Sands
• Snippets of lore to help you set your roleplaying games in Sherrydown, Brackshire, the setting of Merely Roleplayers' Main House production, Vigil

To run Playtime for your gaming group, you will also need a copy of the roleplaying game Monster of the Week by Michael Sands. Monster of the Week is copyrighted by Evil Hat Productions, LLC and Generic Games.

To preview Playtime in play, check out Vigil: Playtime Acts 1-5 on the Merely Roleplayers podcast.