Ballad Hunters - Clyde's Waters

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Tristan Zimmerman returns to run us through his latest game, Ballad Hunters! Amateur folklorists are in the employ of the British crown in early 1800s. Folk ballads have magical power. Using what they know, the folklorists scour the countryside for new songs, either learning of their power, or seeking to prevent dangers or heartache that they foretell from happening.

In the far Northwest, near the Scottish Border, our folklorists use their "compasses" to seek the next ballad coming to life. In the thick autumnal fog, the come across someone waiting for another, and strangeness starts to present itself...

Ballad Hunters, published by Pelgrane Press, should be coming to Kickstarter the week of posting! If you like what you hear, please consider backing the game to help it come to life. If you want an early taste, you can try the early access edition, available on DriveThruRPG. Also available there is Shanty Hunters, available in print and PDF. Tristan was last heard here leading us through a game of Shanty Hunters. Tristan can be found at his blog, Molten Sulfur.

Tristan - GM

Ben - Tom Harris, Retired, Maimed Sailor

Ethan - Jean Ingram, Class Traitor

Sean - Frederick Hobbes, Haunted Veteran

Cthulhu Confidential - A Cable's Length From Shore - Part 2

Phyllis continues to be hounded with trouble surrounding the scroll. It will take all her skills and cunning to make it out of this strange situation in one piece...

Cthulhu Confidential by Robin Laws, Chris Spivey, and Ruth Tillman is Pelgrane Press' One to One Cthulhu RPG, using Gumshoe and borrowing from Trail of Cthulhu, to allow for one player and one GM role playing. This scenario is part of Pelgrane's 2018 Free RPG Day release, written by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan. Both are available at Pelgrane's website, with Cthulhu Confidential available in print and PDF, and the scenario in PDF.

Ben - GM

Ethan - Phyllis Oakley

Cthulhu Confidential - A Cable's Length From Shore - Part 1

Phyllis Oakley, a rare book dealer in London, has found that one of her regular contacts for occult books has passed away. However, there is no body, as he fell in the Themes. While trying to recover a scroll he had found before he died, things start to get strange...

Cthulhu Confidential by Robin Laws, Chris Spivey, and Ruth Tillman is Pelgrane Press' One to One Cthulhu RPG, using Gumshoe and borrowing from Trail of Cthulhu, to allow for one player and one GM role playing. This scenario is part of Pelgrane's 2018 Free RPG Day release, written by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan. Both are available at Pelgrane's website, with Cthulhu Confidential available in print and PDF, and the scenario in PDF.

Ben - GM

Ethan - Phyllis Oakley

Trophy Dark - Die, Grave Robber, Die

This playthrough will include body horror, desecration of corpses, (off screen) violence to animals, and mind control. Listener discretion is advised.

In a Victorian-type era, a well regarded person in town has passed away. However, their grave lies empty, robbers have taken their body! Two townsfolk, a professional mourner and a groundskeeper, lead the chase. However, the theft is not the only atrocity that has taken place this day...

Die, Grave Robber, Die! by Michael Van Vleet is an incursion for Trophy Dark, a game of grim horror. Trophy Dark can be found at Trophy's website, with links for PDF and print, and Die, Grave Robber, Die! can be found at Michael's itch.io page. The game was included in various itch bundles, like the Bundle for Ukraine and for Trans Rights Texas, so you might already own it.

Ben - GM

Dan - Dagfinn Nodens - Groundskeeper

Greg - Erzsébet - Professional Mourner

Dueling Fops of Vindamere – Cobra, Darharke, & Poppy

Another year, another trio of eccentric fencing instructors prepare for the Alle-Valley Fencinge Championeshippe, seeking glory and to undermine their rivals all along the way...

Dueling Fops of Vindamere is a GMless game by Greg Stolze, and is available at DriveThruRPG.

Dan - Cobra Darkhawk, master of the Razor Victory School

Greg - Darharke Forrest, master of the Razor Enlightenment Path

Jared - Poppy Beaumont, master of the Subtle Victory School