An excellent attempt to mix Call of Cthulhu with Jane Austen. The product includes a detailed Meryton like town, Tarryford, and other close by places of interest. There is a nice Reputation mechanic, to simulate (amongst other things) the characters' chances of making a good match. This review will concentrate on the adventures.

The introductory adventure, the Long Corridor, starts appropriately at a ball, and quickly involves the investigators in the mystery. That something is amiss is immediately apparent, and there are multiple ways to uncover the truth, as well as some flexibility in how to handle clues: player deduction or Intelligence checks. If you use the pregenerated characters, you get all the access you need without difficulty. The Keeper can vary the level of danger, and there is a welcome alternative to a tragic ending. A top class introductory scenario.

The Emptiness Within is a larger adventure, with more exploration and research required. Different approaches are possible, and the dream sequences in the Blasted Forest are a nice touch. There is a good mixture of important character decisions, and making vital rolls. Things may go very badly indeed for Tarryford. A more challenging scenario, a superior effort.

For Austen style matchmaking to take place, having a campaign structure works well. Males seeking wives have a number of choices: Clara and Susan Potterton (who are very similar to the pregenerated Wentworth sisters), possibly Eleanor and Julia Asher. Females seeking husbands are not so well served: George Potterton is a potential partner, but there is a dearth of others. In play I added Lieutenant George Melville, a dashing young officer, one of the admirers of Emma Wentworth (teaching her the use of firearms). The picture pack is an excellent referee aid to run social encounters.

In play, Tarryford (and Diana Williams) were saved, and marriages aplenty: pregenerated characters Captain Stone and Jane Radcliffe, Reverend Jennings and Julia Asher, James Bennett and Clara Potterton, and Emma Wentworth and George Melville.

Highly recommended.