Role Playing Journals

[Max_Writer]

Three adventurers arrive in the village of Oakhurst, each for their own reasons. But danger lurks in the seeds of the locally-grown magical apples. Will they figure it out in time to save themselves?

I'm playing another game, this one Pathfinder. We just started The Sunless Citadel.

The role-playing journals for the first session of The Sunless Citadel can be found here:

www.penandpapergames.com/forums/entry.php/1982-Pathfinder-The-Sunless-Citadel-1-The-Many-Mysteries-of-Oakhurst

Players were:

Jacob Marcus (DM)

Myself as Iago (human mage)
Justin Moser as Brook (human mage)
Katelyn Hogan as Argie (wyvaran cleric)

[Max_Writer]

When one of the investigators asks another to come to New York City to visit, neither expect it will lead them to the mob and the supernatural.

On October 1, I ran the new 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu group with an old, 6th Edition scenario: Dead Man Stomp.

The role playing journals of the game session are here:

www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3243-dead-man-stomp-part-1-the-unusual-trumpet/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3242-dead-man-stomp-part-2-the-dead-will-rise/

Additionally, a playlist of six videos of the game session is here:

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDrtTqck5aCpfXVkJ63b09d0

Players were:

Austin Davie as Deryl Wallin (mechanic)
John Leppard as James Cloverfield (dilettante)

[Max_Writer]

Having scouted out the crevice and learned all they can in the village of Oakhurst, the adventurers meet a new traveler in the village and eventually she joins their group. Then they enter the great ravine that holds The Sunless Citadel.

On October 9, the Pathfinder game continued as our adventurers finally head for the dungeon.

The role playing journal for the second session of The Sunless Citadel is here:

www.penandpapergames.com/forums/entry.php/1983-Pathfinder-The-Sunless-Citadel-2-Entering-the-Crevice

Players were:

Jacob Marcus (DM)

Myself as Iago (human mage)
Justin Moser as Brook (human ranger)
Katelyn Hogan as Argie (wyvaran cleric)
Victoria Larson as Caterina (human brawler)

[Max_Writer]

Dealing with kobolds and goblins, each in their own way, is tricky. Of course, talking to the kobolds while murdering the goblins SEEMS to be working.

On October 23, the Pathfinder game continued as the adventurers negotiated with some and battled others.

The role playing journal for the third session of The Sunless Citadel is here:

www.penandpapergames.com/forums/entry.php/1984-Pathfinder-The-Sunless-Citadel-3-Kobold-Politics

Players were:

Myself as Iago (human mage)
Justin Moser as Brook (human ranger)
Katelyn Hogan as Argie (wyvaran cleric)

[Max_Writer]

When the small film company Tenebris Studio decides to send some actors, the director, and a producer to do location shots in Houston, Texas, they're able to book a Learjet fairly cheaply. Unfortunately, there's a much higher cost for those who get trapped within.

On October 28, I ran the original Call of Cthulhu scenario Fear Jet 1972 at the Appalachian State University Gaming Club Gamefest.

The roleplaying journals of the session are here:

www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3252-fear-jet-1972-part-1-terror-flight/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3251-fear-jet-1972-part-2-lost-in-carcosa/

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

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDpY6D-fySR1ZruU0Qk_46zA

Players were:

Ryan Jones as Dennis Wrinkle (director)
Kyle Lewis as Sandra Denning (actress)
Abbie Waite as Janice Wyse (actress)
Xavier De Leon as Sandy Trix (actress)
Jonathon Griffith as Vic Johnson (actor)
Kurt Klesser as Carl Smalley (producer)

[Max_Writer]

Great Grandpa Silas has the best Halloween parties and the Lovecraft Country Cousins all enjoy them more than anything. But something goes terribly wrong during the party in 1928 and it's up to the children to save their parents and grandparents before the night is through.

On October 29, I ran the call of Cthulhu scenario "Halloween in Dunwich" by Oscar Rios from the Halloween Horror Monograph as a Halloween one-shot.

The role playing journals of the game session are here:

www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3258-halloween-in-dunwich-part-1-great-grandpa-silass-farm/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3257-halloween-in-dunwich-part-2-research-and-preparations/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3256-halloween-in-dunwich-part-3-dangerous-journey/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3255-halloween-in-dunwich-part-4-the-witch-of-altar-rock/

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

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDoErgf0HZ-Zfa-ujX6WUMzW

Players were:

Collin Townsend as Gordon Brewster
Ashton LeBlanc as Gertrude "Girdie" Pope
Ben Abbott as Edward Derby
Ambralyn Tucker as Alice Sanders
Katelyn Hogan as Donald Sutton

[Max_Writer]

With a return to the Sunless Citadel, the party heads off to rescue the lost dragon, deal with the goblins, and find an ancient and yet-alive dragon priest.

On October 30, the Pathfinder game continued as the adventurers negotiated with some and battled others.

The role playing journal for the third session of The Sunless Citadel is here:

www.penandpapergames.com/forums/entry.php/1985-Pathfinder-The-Sunless-Citadel-4-Goblin-Talks-and-Dragon-Priest

Players were:

Jacob Marcus (DM)

Myself as Iago (human mage)
Justin Moser as Brook (human ranger)
Katelyn Hogan as Argie (wyvaran cleric)
Victoria Larson as Catarina (human brawler)

[Max_Writer]

On the Anime Earth in the capitol of the planet, Tyrandar, the king of the world is hosting a tournament to select his next chief butler or maid. We're all contestants, trying to win the coveted position.

On November 10, Kyle ran a BRP game one-shot in a unique setting, an anime-type world filled with people of all kinds.

The role playing journal for the game is here:

www.penandpapergames.com/forums/entry.php/1986-Basic-Roleplaying-System-Maid-Tournament

Players were:

Kyle Matheson - GM

Hannah Gambino as Danny Devito (troll)
Ashton LeBlanc as Megumi Hevita (half waifu/half snake)
Collin Townsend as JoJoHo (chimpanzee)
Ambralyn Tucker as Anna May (purple woman)
Katelyn Hogan as Nyancy (cat woman)
Ben Abbott as Tonio Trussardi (alien from the planet Italy)
James Brown as Reginald Thistleton (slenderman)
Katie Gallant as Stanley Stanwick (human)
Yorie Latimer as Ivana Goodtime (Russian)
Myself as Igor Hastur (human)

[Max_Writer]

Having investigated Nyarlathotep, one of the investigators thinks he has a lead: a man in the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, something happens on the way there.

On November 12, I ran the new 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu group with an original scenario to end out the semester and the short campaign: "The Lurker in Tunnel 13."

The role playing journals of the game session are here:

www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3263-the-lurker-in-tunnel-13-part-1-lost-in-pennsylvania/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3262-the-lurker-in-tunnel-13-part-2-unanswered-questions/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3261-the-lurker-in-tunnel-13-part-3-the-trap-is-sprung/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3260-the-lurker-in-tunnel-13-part-4-escape-or-destruction/

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

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDrhD2tiI_vwb7tH9ahc2PEj

Players were:

John Leppard as James Cloverfield (dilettante)
Jacob Marcus as Marco Pavil (soldier)
Austin Davie as Deryl Wallin (mechanic)
Katelyn Hogan as Edna Petrov (nurse)

[Max_Writer]

After a little more exploring in the Sunless Citadel, the adventurers return to Oakhurst to find another party of adventurers there. What could this mean for our heroes? Then it's back to experiment with evil apple seeds.

On November 13, the Pathfinder game continued as the adventurers met new folks and dealt with old.

The role playing journal for the fifth session of The Sunless Citadel is here:

www.penandpapergames.com/forums/entry.php/1987-Pathfinder-The-Sunless-Citadel-5-A-Giant-Rat-and-New-Arrivals

Players were:

Jacob Marcus (DM)

Myself as Iago (human mage)
Katelyn Hogan as Argie (wyvaran cleric)
Victoria Larson as Caterina (human brawler)

[Max_Writer]

It's time to figure out exactly what's going on and end the evil of the Sunless Citadel. Here we go!

On November 20, the Pathfinder game concluded as the adventurers made a final push to end the evil of the place.

The role playing journal for the sixth and last session of The Sunless Citadel is here:

www.penandpapergames.com/forums/entry.php/1989-Pathfinder-The-Sunless-Citadel-6-An-End-to-It

Players were:

Jacob Marcus (DM)

Myself as Iago (human mage)
Katelyn Hogan as Argie (wyvaran cleric)
Victoria Larson as Caterina (human brawler)
Justin Moser as Brook (human ranger)

[Max_Writer]

For anyone interested in reading some of my older rpg journals, I've started a patreon page. I'll be uploading a couple of pdfs of old journals a week (three for those willing to spend $3 a month). If you have an interest, please check it out.

www.patreon.com/user?u=3893556&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=creatorshare

[Max_Writer]

When a sick young boy goes missing from the tiny northern Alabama town of Sanguis, the other children in town set out to find him. What they find, instead, is death and horror. Something has come to the town and is preying upon its citizens.

On January 21, 2018, I ran an original Call of Cthulhu one-shot called "What Rough Beast ..." for my regular Call of Cthulhu group.

The role-playing journals for the session can be found here:

www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3271-what-rough-beast-session-one-part-1-the-sick-child/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3270-what-rough-beast-session-one-part-2-the-disappearance-of-tommy-hill/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3269-what-rough-beast-session-one-part-3-the-haunted-plantation/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3268-what-rough-beast-session-one-part-4-funeral-for-a-friend/

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

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDoPXkoaM3awONoXWRb4dV5z

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]

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:

www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3275-what-rough-beast-session-two-part-1-in-search-of-vampires/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3274-what-rough-beast-session-two-part-2-billy-holds-a-grudge/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3273-what-rough-beast-session-two-part-3-exhuming-tommy-hill/
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:

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:

www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3281-what-rough-beast-session-three-part-1-tommy-hill-returns/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3280-what-rough-beast-session-three-part-2-billys-the-best/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3279-what-rough-beast-session-three-part-3-bennett-farm-murder/
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:

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:

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:

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:

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

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

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

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:

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:

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

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

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:

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:

www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3298-terror-on-the-sequoyah-star-part-1-all-aboard/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3297-terror-on-the-sequoyah-star-part-2-the-lightning-box/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3296-terror-on-the-sequoyah-star-part-3-suspicious-cargo/
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:

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:

www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3301-dark-tongs-of-chinatown-part-1-a-demon-in-san-francisco/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3300-dark-tongs-of-chinatown-part-2-the-fortune-teller/
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:

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:

www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3305-valentines-in-innsmouth-part-1-alice-sanders-plan/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3304-valentines-in-innsmouth-part-2-secret-entry-into-innsmouth/
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:

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:

www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3311-worms-part-1-spring-in-san-francisco/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3310-worms-part-2-a-demon-in-chinatown/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3309-worms-part-3-hilton-springs-and-the-missing-homesteaders/
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:

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:

www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3316-the-last-valley-part-1-east-of-santaquin/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3315-the-last-valley-part-2-the-fog/
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:

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:

www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3321-the-house-on-the-hill-part-1-the-serpent-person-awakens/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3320-the-house-on-the-hill-part-2-a-sudden-storm/
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:

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:

www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3327-the-doom-that-came-to-devils-gulch-part-1-arrival-in-devils-gulch/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3326-the-doom-that-came-to-devils-gulch-part-2-ophelia-unimpressed/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3325-the-doom-that-came-to-devils-gulch-part-3-in-pursuit-of-vandals/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3324-the-doom-that-came-to-devils-gulch-part-4-horror-at-whiskey-mine/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3323-the-doom-that-came-to-devils-gulch-part-5-death-at-the-empire-hotel/
www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-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:

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=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)

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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:

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:

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)

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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:

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

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)

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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:

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

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDpOb3DSHRA3rud6Ciowj4dR

Players were:

John Leppard as Bossard (sergeant)
Nick Novacek as John (woodsman)

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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:

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

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])

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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:

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

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