Role Playing Journals

[Max_Writer]

As the youngsters of Sanguis continue their investigation, their suspicions that the town is being preyed upon by a vampire become stronger.  Unfortunately, the blight seems to be spreading quickly.

 

On January 28, I ran the second session of the original one-shot Call of Cthulhu scenario "What Rough Beast ..."

 

Role Playing Journals of the game can be found here:

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3275-what-rough-beast-session-two-part-1-in-search-of-vampires/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3274-what-rough-beast-session-two-part-2-billy-holds-a-grudge/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3273-what-rough-beast-session-two-part-3-exhuming-tommy-hill/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3272-what-rough-beast-session-two-part-4-death-in-the-darkness/

 

Additionally, a playlist of 11 videos and a highlights video can be found here:

 

“https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDoRRsMcSq_Cttq_7y0IlPMO”

 

Players were:

 

Austin Davie as Michael Slayton (future boxer/wrestler)

John Leppard as Richard Messer (future military officer)

Yorie Latimer as Billy Hicks (future gangster)

Ambralyn Tucker as Ella-Marie Slayton (future athlete)

Ben Abbott as Jebediah  Pleasant (future antique dealer)

[Max_Writer]

Tommy Hill is a vampire.  Morris Vanzant is a vampire.  Christopher St. Jordan, the outsider, is probably behind it all. Can a group of 15-year-olds stave off the plague of vampirism that is sweeping the tiny town of Sanguis, Alabama, in the summer of 1929?  Or will they be too late?

 

On February 11, I ran the third and final session of the original Call of Cthulhu one-shot “What Rough Beast …”  Role playing journals of the game can be found here:

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3281-what-rough-beast-session-three-part-1-tommy-hill-returns/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3280-what-rough-beast-session-three-part-2-billys-the-best/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3279-what-rough-beast-session-three-part-3-bennett-farm-murder/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3278-what-rough-beast-session-three-part-4-the-attic-massacre/

 

Additionally, a playlist of eight videos of the game session and a highlights video tomorrow can be found here:

 

“https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDrhGI-KOHRwHnnrvEsrnZuo”

 

Players were:

Kyle Matheson as Theodore "Teddy" Sanderson (future author)
Austin Davie as Michael Slayton (future boxer/wrestler)
John Leppard as Richard Messer (future military officer)
Yorie Latimer as Billy Hicks (future gangster)
Ambralyn Tucker as Ella-Marie Slayton (future athlete)
Ben Abbott as Jebediah Pleasant (future antique dealer)

[Max_Writer]

When John Valentine and his gang escape from a prison train taking them to San Francisco, four people meet to try to figure out who helped him.  It leads them to valley in the Nevada hills and terrible things.

 

On February 18, I ran the prologue to the upcoming Down Darker Trails campaign.  Ill Met in the West was a short scenario to start out The Catastrophe Engine campaign and sees the first strangeness in American West of 1875.

 

The role playing journal of the game session can be found here:

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3283-ill-met-in-the-west/

 

Additionally, a playlist of four videos and a highlights video of the game session can be found here:

 

“https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDqKKLGRXJiBzdRoSns5Ezo5”

 

Players were:

 

Collin Townsend as Wilder (mountain man)

Ashton LeBlanc as Eva Weisswald (physician)

Yorie Latimer as Brandon Stalloid (scholar)

Ben Abbott as Jacali (Apache scout)

[Max_Writer]

Things are happening in Yellow Flats in the Arizona Territory.  A group of prisoners has recently escaped when something strange was found in the mine they were working in.  Then, a drifter comes to town.

 

On February 25, I ran the first official session of the Down Darker Trails campaign.  "The Evil Gun" by Kevin A. Ross with Lynn Willis from Blood Brothers 2 was the first session of The Catastrophe Engine campaign and saw a large group of investigators meeting in Yellow Flats for various reasons.

 

The role playing journals of the game session can be found here:

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3287-the-evil-gun-part-1-strange-times-in-yellow-flats/

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3286-the-evil-gun-part-2-the-drifter-comes-to-town/

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3285-the-evil-gun-part-3-walking-corpses-and-the-bank-robbery/

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3284-the-evil-gun-part-4-dealing-with-the-drifter/

 

Additionally, a playlist of eight videos and a highlights video of the game session can be found here:

 

“https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDpvdiBhLXVJ3DXBKEwAKzat”

 

Players were:

 

John Leppard as Lambert Otto (gunslinger)

Collin Townsend as Wilder (mountain man)

Yorie Latimer as Brandon Stalloid (scholar)

Austin Davie as Father Peter Bishop (Catholic Priest)

Kyle Matheson as Clayton Pierce (Federal marshal)

James Brown as Jack West (gunslinger)

Ashton LeBlanc as Eva Weisswald (physician)

Ben Abbott as Jacali (Apache scout)

Ambralyn Tucker as Gemma Jones (singer)

[Max_Writer]

On their way to Los Angeles in pursuit of the Crescent, a group of investigators gets lost and ends up in the tiny southern California town of Midnight instead.  It seems a ghost has risen and is getting revenge on those who wronged him.  Can they help?

 

On March 4, I ran the second session of the Down Darker Trails campaign. "The Murders in Midnight" is an original scenario based on "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr." episode "Bad Luck Betty" and the second session of The Catastrophe Engine campaign set in 1875.

 

The role playing journals of the game session can be found here:

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3294-the-murders-in-midnight-part-1-the-strange-califonia-town/

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3293-the-murders-in-midnight-part-2-the-fate-of-the-marshal/

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3292-the-murders-in-midnight-part-3-pursuit-of-a-ghost/

 

Additionally, a playlist of nine videos of the game session and a highlights video can be found here:

 

“https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDoO6ku2ig3kI24dpzycHygS”

 

Players were:

 

Yorie Latimer as Brandon Stalloid (scholar)

James Brown as Jack West (gunslinger)

Collin Townsend as Wilder (mountain man)

Ashton LeBlanc as Eva Weisswald (physician)

[Max_Writer]

Having arrived in Los Angeles, the investigators learn the Crescent is being taken north to San Francisco on the locomotive Sequoyah Star and her train.  They get tickets and go along for the ride.  But not all of the people on the train are what they seem, and soon they find themselves defending the train and its passengers from raiders on the ground and the sky above.

 

On March 11, 2018, I ran the third session of the Down Darker Trails campaign.  "Terror on the Sequoyah Star" was adapted from the Aces & Eights scenario "Trouble on the Sequoyah Star" by Jolly Blackburn and is the third game in the Catastrophe Engine Campaign set in 1875.

 

Role playing journals of the game session can be found here:

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3298-terror-on-the-sequoyah-star-part-1-all-aboard/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3297-terror-on-the-sequoyah-star-part-2-the-lightning-box/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3296-terror-on-the-sequoyah-star-part-3-suspicious-cargo/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3295-terror-on-the-sequoyah-star-part-4-night-raid/

 

Additionally, a playlist of 12 videos and a highlights video can be found here:

 

“https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDpjmJE9pKxvLPcDcWT2UGjg”

 

Players were:

 

Katie Gallant as Rhymes with Wolf (Native American scout)

Yorie Latimer as Brandon Stalloid (scholar)

John Leppard as Lambert Otto (gunslinger)

Austin Davie as Father Peter Bishop (Catholic Priest)

Kyle Matheson as Clayton Pierce (Federal marshal)

James Brown as Jack West (gunslinger)

Collin Townsend as Wilder (mountain man)

Ashton LeBlanc as Eva Weisswald (physician)

Ben Abbott as Jacali (Apache scout)

Ambralyn Tucker as Gemma Jones (singer)

 

[Max_Writer]

In search of someone to translate the scroll Professor Stalloid found in Midnight, California, the investigators enter Chinatown and speak to a lawyer there.  Then, they see two tongs at battle until a demon disrupts the fighting.  It is thought something terrible is going on in Chinatown and they decide to find out what.

 

On March 18, 2018, I ran the fourth session of the Down Darker Trails Campaign.  "Dark Tongs of Chinatown" was based on The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. episode “And Baby Makes Three” as well as Big Trouble in Little China.  It's the fifth game of the Catastrophe Engine Campaign.

 

Role playing journals of the game session are here:

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3301-dark-tongs-of-chinatown-part-1-a-demon-in-san-francisco/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3300-dark-tongs-of-chinatown-part-2-the-fortune-teller/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3299-dark-tongs-of-chinatown-part-3-pete-sutter-and-the-stolen-child/

 

Additionally, a playlist of nine videos and a highlights video is here:

 

“https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDqEj2Lay_UDGRh7Tlmj4AE1”

 

Players were:

 

John Leppard as Lambert Otto (gunslinger)

Kyle Matheson as Li Wei (lawyer)

Yorie Latimer as Brandon Stalloid (scholar)

Ashton LeBlanc as Eva Weisswald (physician)

Collin Townsend as Wilder (mountain man)

Ben Abbott as Jacali (Apache scout)

[Max_Writer]

It's time for one last return of the Lovecraft Country Cousins.  Created by Oscar Rios for his scenarios "Christmas in Kingsport" and "Halloween in Dunwich," I put together a third scenario for the children entitled "Valentine's in Innsmouth" as the player who played Alice wanted to explore her history.  In this case, Alice Sanders gets the cousins together for a foray into her old hometown, still under martial law and government watch since the raid of February 1928 on Innsmouth.  But Alice needs to find her Aunt Margie, who she thinks is still there.

 

On March 25, I ran this last original scenario of the six cousins from across Massachusetts, all of them ready to help their cousin Alice with what might be the most important event in her young life. 

 

The role-playing journals of the game session are here:

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3305-valentines-in-innsmouth-part-1-alice-sanders-plan/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3304-valentines-in-innsmouth-part-2-secret-entry-into-innsmouth/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3303-valentines-in-innsmouth-part-3-aunt-margie/

 

Additionally, a playlist of eight videos of the game session and a highlights video can be found here:

 

“https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDpift01_nGGRazfZfphh_ox”

 

Players were:

 

Collin Townsend as Gordon Brewster

Ashton LeBlanc as Gertrude "Girdie" Pope

Ben Abbott as Edward Derby

Ambralyn Tucker as Alice Sanders

[Max_Writer]

It's Springtime in San Francisco with many loose ends to tie up and, once that's done, it's time to head back for Midnight and then east to Colorado, where a town might be in danger.

 

On April 1, 2018, I continued the Call of Cthulhu Down Darker Trails campaign "The Catastrophe Engine" with the original "Spring in San Francisco" notes and the Deadlands Dime Novel Scenario “Worms!” by John Goff. 

 

Role Playing Journals of the game session are here:

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3311-worms-part-1-spring-in-san-francisco/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3310-worms-part-2-a-demon-in-chinatown/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3309-worms-part-3-hilton-springs-and-the-missing-homesteaders/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3308-worms-part-4-wormy-and-the-underground-terror/

 

Additionally, a playlist of 12 videos of the game session and a highlights video can be found here:

 

“https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDoByRm8Bzp7mPBYvUKr3MQw”

 

Players were:

 

John Leppard as Lambert Otto (gunslinger)

Austin Davie as Ronald Clay (strong man) and Robert Dunspar (scientist)

Yorie Latimer as Brandon Stalloid (scholar)

Ambralyn Tucker as Gemma Jones (singer)

 

[Max_Writer]

When the investigators head east into the wilderness from Santaquin, Utah, they didn't expect to find a fog-shrouded valley filled with impossible, prehistoric beasts.

 

On April 8, I continued the Call of Cthulhu Down Darker Trails campaign "The Catastrophe Engine" with the original scenario "The Last Valley.

 

Role Playing Journals of the game session are here:

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3316-the-last-valley-part-1-east-of-santaquin/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3315-the-last-valley-part-2-the-fog/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3314-the-last-valley-part-3-pursuit/

 

Additionally, a playlist of 12 videos of the game session and a highlights video can be found here:

 

“https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDrhq27yEJYqUeLhlvfUWUye”

 

Players were

 

John Leppard as Lambert Otto (gunslinger)

Ashton LeBlanc as Eva Weisswald (physician)

James Brown as Jack West (gunslinger)

Yorie Latimer as Brandon Stalloid (scholar)

Ben Abbott as Jacali (native scout)

[Max_Writer]

As the investigators head east through Colorado, they must seek shelter in a decrepit house during a terrible storm.  The servant is a hunchback and the master of the house is nowhere to be found.  Is something sinister going on?

 

On April 15, the Call of Cthulhu Down Darker Trails campaign "The Catastrophe Engine" continued with the Chill scenario "The House on the Hill" from Evenings of Terror with Elvira.

 

Role Playing Journals of the game session are here:

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3321-the-house-on-the-hill-part-1-the-serpent-person-awakens/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3320-the-house-on-the-hill-part-2-a-sudden-storm/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3319-the-house-on-the-hill-part-3-master-of-the-house/

 

Additionally, a playlist of eight videos, a highlights video, and the livestream of the game session can be found here:

 

“https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDp6b-LTb0tKxktAWIB6iYir”

 

Players were:

 

Yorie Latimer as Brandon Stalloid (scholar)

John Leppard as Lambert Otto (gunslinger)

Austin Davie as Robert Dunspar (scientist)

Ashton LeBlanc as Eva Weisswald (physician)

Collin Townsend as Wilder (mountain main)

Ben Abbott as Jacali (native scout)

James Brown as Jack West (gunslinger)

Kyle Matheson as Clayton Pierce (federal marshal)

 

[Max_Writer]

The investigators have finally arrived at Devil's Gulch, Colorado, where all their trails seem to be leading.  The town is a beehive of activity with a new store coming in, a new courthouse to be built, and everyone expecting a great boom in business soon.  However, not everything is as it seems and something is very wrong in Devil's Gulch.

 

On April 22, the Call of Cthulhu Down Darker Trails Catastrophe Engine campaign continued with the original scenario The Doom That Came to Devil's Gulch which made full use of the BRP product Devil's Gulch by Troy Wilhelmson.  The game was to serve as a sort of season finale with the end of the semester and to help wrap up one investigator's backstory as her player might be leaving.

 

The role-playing journals of the 8-hour session are here

 

httpwww.yog-sothoth.comblog172entry-3327-the-doom-that-came-to-devils-gulch-part-1-arrival-in-devils-gulch

httpwww.yog-sothoth.comblog172entry-3326-the-doom-that-came-to-devils-gulch-part-2-ophelia-unimpressed

httpwww.yog-sothoth.comblog172entry-3325-the-doom-that-came-to-devils-gulch-part-3-in-pursuit-of-vandals

httpwww.yog-sothoth.comblog172entry-3324-the-doom-that-came-to-devils-gulch-part-4-horror-at-whiskey-mine

httpwww.yog-sothoth.comblog172entry-3323-the-doom-that-came-to-devils-gulch-part-5-death-at-the-empire-hotel

httpwww.yog-sothoth.comblog172entry-3322-the-doom-that-came-to-devils-gulch-part-6-fire-at-the-gilded-lily

 

Additionally, a playlist of 13 videos and a highlights video can be found here

 

“httpswww.youtube.complaylistlist=PLonZ7fuFAFDp_z1Aj3rPmNzbCxrrSFChH”

 

Players were

 

John Leppard as Lambert Otto (gunslinger)

Austin Davie as Robert Dunspar (scientist)

Yorie Latimer as Brandon Stalloid (scholar)

Ben Abbott as Jacali (native scout)

Ashton LeBlanc as Eva Weisswald (physician)

Ambralyn Tucker as Gemma Jones (singer)

[Max_Writer]

When nine strangers find themselves trapped together in a maze of riddle rooms, they must work together to survive.

 

On April 14, 2018, Kyle ran a BRP game with a strange twist in an original scenario called "Nine Strangers."

 

The role playing journal of the game session is here:

 

http://www.penandpapergames.com/forums/entry.php/1990-Nine-Strangers-Basic-Roleplaying-System

 

Additionally, a playlist of the seven videos of the game session, a highlights video, and the livestream of the tabletop game can be found here:

 

“https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDp8-KWFfr4ai8I8QkcrmC2o”

 

Players were:

 

Collin Townsend as Lydia Amenos (therapist)

Whitney Ward as Chrstine Franklin (girlfriend)

Myself as Marcus Wilson (drug dealer)

Ashton LeBlanc as Carl Menno (bartender)

Austin Davie as Eric Roland (EMT)

Katie Gallant as Alicia Gertraud (surgeon)

Ben Abbot as John Whitmore (police detective)

Yorie Latimer as Evelynn Stevens (lawyer)

[Max_Writer]

I ran a Call of Cthulhu Game at Appalachian State University NerdCon on April 28, 2018.  "Terror Over Tokyo 4: The Demon Procedure" took place during the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in April 1942. The B-25 Bomber that is part of the raid crashes on an island off the coast of China after the bombing of Kobe and find an abandoned Unit 731 base.  Can they escape the Island of Demons?

 

The role playing journal of the game session can be found here:

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3329-terror-over-tokyo-4-the-demon-procedure-part-1-the-doolittle-raid/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3328-terror-over-tokyo-4-the-demon-procedure-part-2-island-of-demons/

 

Additionally, a playlist of seven videos of the game session and a highlights video can be found here:

 

“https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDpDGLqnwOaW4kKh4LgWBYM6”

 

Players were:

 

Gina Towey as Lt. Brad Anderson (Pilot)

Dante Valentin as Lt. Harold Duff (Co-Pilot)

Carl Cordini as 2nd Lt. Thomas Locklear (Navigator)

Tilak Lipscomb as Lt. Orrin Cook (Bombardier)

Christopher Weiler as Tech. Sgt. Aaron Shivo (Flight Engineer)

[Max_Writer]

With the summer comes various one-shots in other eras.

 

This time, a terrible black wolf is terrorizing the village of Wroxeter, England, in the Dark Ages year Anno Domini 1000 in "The Dragon and the Wolf" by John W. Thompson from The Bride of Halloween Horror monograph.  The scenario was played on May 20.

 

The role-playing journals of the game are here:

 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3336-the-dragon-and-the-wolf-part-1-the-black-wolf-of-wroxeter/

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3335-the-dragon-and-the-wolf-part-2-the-dragon/

 

Additionally, a playlist of seven videos of the game session and a highlights video are here:

 

“https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDpOb3DSHRA3rud6Ciowj4dR”

 

Players were:

 

John Leppard as Bossard (sergeant)

Nick Novacek as John (woodsman)

 

[Max_Writer]

With the summer comes various one-shots in other eras.

 

It is the Sengoku Period in ancient Japan (1520 AD) and three ronin come to the village of Kohai-Mura, where all is not well.  Something is entering the village at night and stealing away the villagers.  This time we played "The Iron-Banded Box" from Strange Aeons II.

 

The role-playing journals of the game are here:

 

https://www.yog-sothoth.com/blogs/entry/3346-the-iron-banded-box-part-1-night-of-the-oni/

https://www.yog-sothoth.com/blogs/entry/3345-the-iron-banded-box-part-2-the-blood-garden/

 

Additionally, a playlist of eight videos of the game session and a highlights video are here:

 

"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDr2EP2gmPMBgE9JuddfVNT6"

 

Players were:

 

Kyle Matheson as Wada Saburo (ronin [former conscripted farmer])

John Leppard as Abe Masao (ronin [former taisho])

Ben Abbott as Oda Ino (ronin [former fighting monk])

[Max_Writer]

I ran playtest games of Albedo and Albedo: Platinum Catalyst some 10 years ago to write reviews in Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine.  Here are links to the role-playing journals of each of them:

 

http://www.penandpapergames.com/forums/entry.php/1991-Albedo-The-Role-Playing-Game-The-Catapult

 

http://www.penandpapergames.com/forums/entry.php/1992-Albedo-Platinum-Catalyst-Return-to-the-Catapult

[Max_Writer]

A team of six was sent to the planet Volturnus to look for an early scouting party to the world which had disappeared without a trace upon entering the Zebulon System.  The new team was to map out the planet and search for the earlier party.  However, disaster strikes as soon as the starliner they are traveling on arrives.

 

On July 27, 2009, I ran a playtest of the original Star Frontiers rpg to review it for Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine.  We played the introduction to "Crash on Volturnus" which saw the player characters fleeing the ship to the planet below.  We, unfortunately, never played again.  This is their story.

 

The role-playing journal of the game session can be found here.

 

http://www.penandpapergames.com/forums/entry.php/1993-Star-Frontiers-Crash-on-Volturnus

 

Additionally, audio of most of the game session is here:

 

https://archive.org/details/RPPR-Community-AP-Archive/RPPR-CP-Star-Frontiers-Crash-on-Volturnus-Game-01.mp3

 

Players were:

 

Jeff as William (Dralasite Environmentalist)

Tim as Autobot (Dralasite Psycho-Social Specialist)

RJ as Cornelius (Yazirian Computer Specialist)

Derick as Schweppes (Vrusk Robotics Specialist)

Ryan as Sir Neville Butterfield (Human Physician)

Bethany as Damsel (Human Technician)

 

[Max_Writer]

As the new semester begins, we return, once again, to the Down Darker Trails campaign: The Catastrophe Engine.

 

Professor Marion Terwilliger has been kidnapped and it seems to have something to do with the mysterious Crescent that was found some months ago and then lost again.  Can the investigators find the inventor in central California?  Why was he kidnapped.

 

On September 2, 2018, the Down Darker Trails campaign continued the original scenario "The Scorched Secret or The Abduction of Professor Marion Terwilliger."  The role playing journal of the game session is here:

 

https://www.yog-sothoth.com/blogs/entry/3359-the-scorched-secret/

 

Additionally, a playlist of 10 videos and a highlights video can be found here:

 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDoDWRO4P8ye7Wwc1C4XKMRk

 

Players were:

 

John Leppard as Lambert Otto (gunslinger)

James Brown as Jack West (gunslinger)

Amy Rooks as Emerald Sho (outlaw)

Haylee Bryce Nicol as Johanna Lee (politician)

Kyle Matheson as Clayton Pierce (federal marshal)

[Max_Writer]

The Call of Cthulhu Down Darker Trails Catastrophe Engine Campaign continues.

 

The investigators have been told they can get answers in the town of Gravity Falls, Oregon.  After dealing with some of their own projects, they set forth for the small town, traveling first to Winnemucca, Nevada, and then overland.  But in the village of Quiet Gap in northern Nevada, they find something very disturbing.

 

On September 16, 2018, the Down Darker Trails Catastrophe Engine campaign continued with the "The Beast Under the Bed" adapted from the scenario by Michael C. LaBossiere from Challenge Magazine #77.  The role playing journal of the session is here:

 

https://www.yog-sothoth.com/blogs/entry/3363-the-beast-under-the-bed/

 

Additionally, a playlist of 12 videos and a highlights video can be found here:

 

"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDrrcN9SX2Ijm_fJwyXb8WAx"

 

Players were:

 

John Leppard as Lambert Otto (gunslinger)

James Brown as Jack West (gunslinger)

Yorie Latimer as Professor Brandon Stalloid (scholar)

Ben Abbott as Jacali (Native American scout)

[Max_Writer]

The Call of Cthulhu Down Darker Trails Catastrophe Engine Campaign continues.

 

The investigators finally reach Gravity Falls, Oregon, to meet with Dr. Mordin.  First they must resolve the mystery of the missing $7,000 from Quiet Gap, Nevada.  Then, they are in for the ride of their lives as the people Mordin is sending them to see are not quite in the same time.

 

On September 30, the Down Darker Trails Catastrophe Engine campaign continued with the original scenario "The Causal Enigma" or "Strange Times in Gravity Falls."  The role playing journals of the scenario are here:

 

https://www.yog-sothoth.com/blogs/entry/3371-the-causal-enigma-or-strange-times-in-gravity-falls/

 

Additionally, a playlist of 11 videos and a highlights video can be found here:

 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDqKhRx2sOvF98CIw0pXm4mH

 

Players were:

 

John Leppard as Lambert Otto (gunslinger)

Whitney Ward as Lydia Fitzsimmons (prospector)

Kyle Matheson as Marshal Clayton Pierce (federal marshal)

James Brown as Jack West (gunslinger)

Yorie Latimer as Professor Brandon Stalloid (scholar)

Ben Abbott as Jacali (Native American scout)

Ashton LeBlanc as Dr. Eva Weisswald (physician)

[Max_Writer]

The Call of Cthulhu Down Darker Trails Catastrophe Engine Campaign continues.

 

Having learned the whereabouts of Jack Parker, the investigators head to southwestern Colorado, where he seems to be visiting the locations of his previous crimes for some reason.  Between the towns of Canyon City and South Arkansas, they must spend a night in the apparently abandoned Inn of the Smiling Spirit.  Will they survive Through the Night?

 

On October 28, the campaign continued with an older Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition scenario "Through the Night" by Leonard Wilson from Dungeon Adventures #29 with the help of "The Big Damn Book of Monsters."

 

The role playing journal of the game session is here:

 

https://www.yog-sothoth.com/blogs/entry/3386-through-the-night/

 

Additionally, a playlist of seven videos of the game session, a highlights video, and the stream of the session are here:

 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDoDX6PhqYtQozhjDDDLLZ35

 

Players were:

 

John Leppard as Lambert Otto (gunslinger)

Yorie Latimer as Professor Brandon Stalloid (scholar)

Ben Abbott as Jacali (Native American scout)

Whitney Ward as Lydia Fitzsimmons (prospector)

Kyle Matheson as Marshal Clayton Pierce (federal marshal)

[Max_Writer]

The Call of Cthulhu Down Darker Trails Catastrophe Engine Campaign continues.

 

Setting off the next day from the terrible experience at the Inn of the Smiling Spirit, the investigators run into an old acquaintaince in need of help.  Something of his has been stolen and to find it, they must brave The Spiral Crypts.

 

On November 11, the campaign continued with Runequest scenario "The Spiral Crypts" by Clint Staples.

 

The role playing journal of the game session is here:

 

 https://www.yog-sothoth.com/blogs/entry/3387-the-spiral-crypt/

 

Additionally, a playlist of seven videos of the game session and a highlights video:

 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDpPdwmlm4dYdcMfv0qcUJ4g

 

Players were:

 

John Leppard as Lambert Otto (gunslinger)

Yorie Latimer as Professor Brandon Stalloid (scholar)

Ben Abbott as Jacali (Native American scout)

[Max_Writer]

It's just a Learjet ride from Chicago to Las Vegas, right?  Right!?!

 

On November 18, I ran a Call of Cthulhu one-shot called Fear Jet '73 at the App State University Gamer Club Gamefest.  The journal entry of the session can be found here:

 

https://www.yog-sothoth.com/blogs/entry/3390-fear-jet-73/

 

Additionally, a playlist of seven videos and a highlights video of the game session is here:

 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDrQ_KQSloYahS2dxa19Akjk

 

Players were:

 

Chandler as Jacob Brown (lawyer)

Carl Cordini as Randy White (hairdresser)

Curt as Leonard Penrose (agent)

John Leppard as Danny Trent (actor/singer)

Ashlyn as Sharon Best (singer/actor)

 

 

[Max_Writer]

The Call of Cthulhu Down Darker Trails Catastrophe Engine Campaign continues.

 

The investigators continue their search for Jack Parker, finally getting together again.  They find their quarry in the town of Granite, Colorado, but others are looking for him and the Crescent as well.

 

On December 1, 2018, the campaign continued with the semester finale, the original scenario "The Vengeance of Jack Parker."

 

The role playing journal of the game session is here:

 

 https://www.yog-sothoth.com/blogs/entry/3396-the-vengeance-of-jack-parker/ 

 

Additionally, a playlist of nine videos of the game session and a highlights video:

 

 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDogjflSjP1N8jd-h_MvmMZ0 

 

Players were:

 

John Leppard as Deputy Lambert Otto (gunslinger & federal marshal)

Ashton LeBlanc as Eva Weisswald (doctor)

Kyle Matheson as Marshal Clayton Pierce (federal marshal)

Yorie Latimer as Professor Brandon Stalloid (scholar)

Ben Abbott as Jacali (Native American scout)

Edited December 8, 2018 by Max_Writer