Call of Cthulhu RPG Journal

[Max_Writer]

A friend of the investigators has made an amazing discovery in the basement of his recently inherited home on Power Street in Providence.  He wants them to come with him to document it as it could be a great historical find.  When he goes missing, it's up to them to find him.

On Aug. 27, the regular 1920s Call of Cthulhu campaign game set in Providence, R.I. continued with "The Darkness Beneath the Hill" from Doors to Darkness. 

The role playing journals of the game are here:

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3228-the-darkness-beneath-the-hill-part-1-secret-tunnel/
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3227-the-darkness-beneath-the-hill-part-2-a-missing-man/
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3226-the-darkness-beneath-the-hill-part-3-terror-below/

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

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDqq-nv0en71VP1fCdOyqsGG

Players were:

Ben Abbott as Angelo "Zippy" Giovanni (uniformed police officer)
Yorie Latimer as Spencer DeLuve (photographer)
James Brown as Frank Fontaine (occultist)
Katelyn Hogan as Samantha Whitaker (uniformed police officer)
Ambralyn Tucker as Milo James (alienist)

 

[Max_Writer]

Strange things are happening in Louisiana so the Providence investigators head down to see what is causing Cajuns to disappear.  They board non-stop train from Boston to New Orleans ... but something is wrong on the train ...

On September 10, the regular 1920s Call of Cthulhu campaign set in Providence continued with "Blood on the Tracks" from The Resurrected III: Out of the Vault.

The role playing journals of the game are here:

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3234-blood-on-the-tracks-part-1-non-stop-to-new-orleans/
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3233-blood-on-the-tracks-part-2-meeting-the-passengers/
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3232-blood-on-the-tracks-part-3-murder-and-suicide/
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3231-blood-on-the-tracks-part-4-the-investigation-continues/
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3230-blood-on-the-tracks-part-5-attacks/

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

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDpnS5p0ni1zZeVyyiGlpbmS

Players were:

Hannah Gambino as Agent Ramsey Sanderson (federal agent)
Yorie Latimer as Spencer DeLuve (photographer)
James Brown as Griffin McCree (big game hunter)
Ben Abbott as Joell Johnson (union activist)

[Max_Writer]

When a lawyer in Bristol, Connecticut, asks a small group of people to investigate a house in Sandisfield, Massashusetts, assessing the valuables there, it seems like an easy way to make some money.  But there is something more to this case of declaring a man legally dead.  Something is terribly wrong at this house.

On September 17, I ran a small group of mixed regular players and new players in my first 7th Edition game of Call of Cthulhu.  The 1920s game (and possible short campaign) started with the scenario "The Inheritance" from the monograph Horror Stories from the Red Room.

The role playing journals of the game are here:

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3237-the-inheritance-part-1-presumed-dead/
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3236-the-inheritance-part-2-the-strange-clarke-house/
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3235-the-inheritance-part-3-an-end-to-it/

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

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDqlScpHBjFe1DUFUFgzBRcs

Players were:

John Leppard as James Cloverfield (dilettante)
Jacob Marcus as Marco Pavil (soldier)
Austin Davie as Deryl Wallin (mechanic)
Ambralyn Tucker as Elaine Chatwick (shopkeeper/milliner)
Katelyn Hogan as Edna Petrov (nurse)

[Max_Writer]

The investigators have arrived in Louisiana, more or less safe, and head off to Terrebonne Parish to investigate the strange disappearances there and the possible wildcatting going on.  What terrors will they find?

On September 24, 2017, the regular 1920s Providence campaign continued with "Dog Will Hunt" from The Unspeakable Oath #18.

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

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3241-dog-will-hunt-part-1-murder-in-montegut/
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3240-dog-will-hunt-part-2-suspicions-and-swamp-search/
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3239-dog-will-hunt-part-3-night-of-terror/

Additionally, a playlist of 11 videos and a highlights video is here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDrex67LsGLVzT54gyjb60vx

Players were:

Yorie Latimer as Spencer DeLuve (photographer)
James Brown as Griffin McCree (big game hunter)
Ben Abbott as Joell Johnson (union activist)

[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:

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3243-dead-man-stomp-part-1-the-unusual-trumpet/
http://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:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDrtTqck5aCpfXVkJ63b09d0

Players were:

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

[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:

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3252-fear-jet-1972-part-1-terror-flight/
http://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:

https://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:

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3258-halloween-in-dunwich-part-1-great-grandpa-silass-farm/
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3257-halloween-in-dunwich-part-2-research-and-preparations/
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3256-halloween-in-dunwich-part-3-dangerous-journey/
http://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:

https://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]

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:

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

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDrhD2tiI_vwb7tH9ahc2PEj

Players were:

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

[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:

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3271-what-rough-beast-session-one-part-1-the-sick-child/
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3270-what-rough-beast-session-one-part-2-the-disappearance-of-tommy-hill/
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/entry-3269-what-rough-beast-session-one-part-3-the-haunted-plantation/
http://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:

https://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:

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)