Role Playing Journals

[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/...f-of-wroxeter/
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blog/172/...-2-the-dragon/


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


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...A3rud6Ciowj4dR


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/en...ht-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?lis...MBgE9JuddfVNT6

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]

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/en...orched-secret/

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

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...ye7Wwc1C4XKMRk

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/en...gravity-falls/


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


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...vF98CIw0pXm4mH


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/en...ugh-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?lis...tQozhjDDDLLZ35


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/en...-spiral-crypt/


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


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...dYdcMfv0qcUJ4g


Players were:


John Leppard as Lambert Otto (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 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/en...f-jack-parker/


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)

[Max_Writer]

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


Jack West has not been seen for a while. It's time to catch up with what has been happening with him.


On January 8, I ran a one-on-one game with James Brown, who has not been available to game for a few months. This interlude catches his character, Jack West, up with the others.


The role playing journal of the game session is here:


https://www.yog-sothoth.com/blogs/en...est-interlude/


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


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...6cYjtTlvFwouQL


Players were:


James Brown as Jack West (gunslinger)

[Max_Writer]

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


Taking a break from the terrors they've seen, the investigators are invited by Dr. Eva Weisswald to Wheeling, West Virginia, for Christmas. However, there is an ulterior motive, as her nephew, Albert, has been hanging out with a bad crowd and she's been asked to come set him straight.


On January 20, the campaign continued with the original scenario "A Very Weisswald Christmas."


The role playing journal of the game session is here:


https://www.yog-sothoth.com/blogs/en...s-session-one/


Additionally, a playlist of 10 videos of the short game session and a highlights video is here:


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...nrWUEe-XYRJK6h


Players were:


John Leppard as Deputy Lambert Otto (gunslinger & federal marshal)
Yorie Latimer as Professor Brandon Stalloid (scholar)
James Brown as Jack West (gunslinger)
Samantha Underwood as Jane Bloomberg (bandit)
Ashton LeBlanc as Eva Weisswald (doctor)
Ben Abbott as Jacali (Native American scout)