A sleepy town in upstate New York holds a terrifying secret. (Witchcraft may be involved)

A sleepy town in upstate New York holds a terrifying secret. (Witchcraft may be involved)

Our investigators alienate their host and learn something... about poetry

A sleepy town in upstate New York holds a terrifying secret. (Witchcraft may be involved)

Journey into the rotblack sludge.

Seriously, its a very important one

Matt, Andrew, Steven, and Chris navigate the dreadful auspices of Mater Tenebrarum as we play Call of Cthulhu - Our Ladies of Sorrow.

Spencer proves his worth and Jack feels the heat.

Thank you! I would love a potato.

What’s the deal with Actual Play RPG Podcasts? Matt, Andrew, Chris, and Gino play a homebrewed RPG that vaguely resembles a famous sitcom, although things do get somewhat more scatological.

Actually that title is fairly descriptive.

Jack and Layla are close to finding a cure. Emilyn is another matter.

Not every problem has a solution.

The party takes a nice boat, argues about metaphysics, and lands on the island of the Fisher King

Marius meets a fortune teller and a wizard. Emilyn makes a new friend. Jacquin is thirsty.

How many keys do you have secreted about your person?

The party confront their most dire enemy yet – the wit of a 16 year old girl.

The party rescues Layla and examines just some of the moral dilemmas of dungeoneering.

Aw man… aw jeez!

The journey into the Circle of the Snake to find the missing Layla Stepford continues.

Three adventurers meet in a tavern and search the nearby woods for a missing girl.

“Finally! We get to do something other than sit around and learn about math! I can’t wait to crush My First Supervillain. I hope they’re tough.”

I’m no puppet. You’re the puppet.

The skies are dim always since the Maker died. (Happy Halloween!)

I’ve run long campaigns before but I’ve never really returned to characters in the way we did for this game. Everyone, myself and the players included, loved the characters and the setting of the Headmaster Ritual. First, the Game Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 And previously, The Headmaster Ritual and \[…\]

A bowl is broken and Char, Elena, and Chandler discover just how hard communication is.

A slug goes missing and Chandler, Elena, and Char are on the case.

Our team of intrepid occult investigators solve all the problems before them with the absolute minimum of casualties and complications.

There’s a big f’ing spider, the players default to the perpetual plan A, and Ithaca. Always. Lies.

Events. Repeat. Events repeat. Emilyn talks to Barrymore, Rudy talks to Tom Finn, and Martin meets the love of his life.

Jenny, Rudy, and Martin (and Ithaca) attend a music festival on Summerisle, meet some old friends, and shoot a bear.

Jenny, Rudy, and Martin (and another old friend) meet up again in a tavern on Summerisle, on the evening of a very strange music festival.

Chris, Gino, and I got together last night to have a brief, awkward discussion of our FATE Accelerated game.

Like one of them Guernica horses.

Vorewhistle

Horsewhistle versus Dopethrone

We meet Mr. Bones for the first time.

The  fairground operator smiles knowingly at us.  “Stare down your clowns!”

this is the last night of the fairand the grease in the hairof a speedway operatoris all a tremulous heart requires (we’re making anime, I guess)

Our intrepid students meet their new roommates and the Headmaster gives his grand speech.

A new series begins. The clowns are sent in.

The eternal question - can a squirrel wield a sword?

It’s about time we got our fortunes told.

The most private room in the nicest club in town.

“Before I tell you anymore, I need to know how far you’re willing to go.”

How does salmon feel in your mouth?

There’s no substitute for investigation.

Stopping for Tikka Masala

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald

A final showdown at Nokturnal, in the Jewelry District. Jake puts on his crown and we finally meet the true Prince of Providence.

The Prince of Providence was our game of organized crime and vampirism set in Providence, RI in 1979. These are some of my notes and ideas that inspired and informed the writing of this game (from the GM side). You’d get more out of this article if you listened to this game first.

Like an egg

Cheating at solitaire in Flavortown

Jake - First Blood

Think real hard about the last chowder you’ll ever have.

This episode ended up being a real hammer to the balls.

Well I can’t breathe, I can’t swallow Take me down to the hospital

CUI BONO? \[Latin\] What good would that do me? – Ambrose Bierce, THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY

Sagged witch picnic. The Romance Concludes.

Truly a long shot.

Our Halloween Dance of the Damned episode emerges, finally, wriggling like an angry graveworm from the depths of my computer.

The Winds of Change vs. The Arrow That Pierces Your Heart

Squirrels, goblins, and getting railed by a truck.

Diddly dun dun diddly dun dun diddly dun dun diddly dun dun

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

What’s in the box?

I’ll take you through each episode of the Headmaster Ritual and explain a little about the process of running and playing this game.

Barrymore sings.

Rudy and Jenny look for cat Martin in the lion’s den.

A search for a missing girl in a New York apartment building turns very strange. Happy Halloween!

In this series, we will list the material that inspired a particular game adventure. This Appendix N is all about The Headmaster Ritual, our game of FATE which is ALL ABOUT music, magic, and 1980’s England.

When Accounts Are to be Settled, A Tuna Fish Shall Be Owed

As promised, everyone is cats.

One Legged Pete – our occult detectives investigate author Thomas Lavinius, meet some family, look into getting library cards, find out the true nature of watercumbers, and end the day slightly changed.

The Backseat is for Being Quiet – our occult detectives investigate Liliana Bunt, designer and occult advisor for Barrymore and the Misfortunes, and get more than they bargained for at the train station.

Our occult detectives are interviewed by police about their compatriots.

This series is meant to be a companion to the podcasts we release. They will likely not all be as long as this post and will probably normally come out shortly after the last episode. However, I have a lot to say about The Headmaster Ritual and have decided to do a preemptive strike on our \[…\]

A cast of four occult detectives drunkenly and ineffectively investigate a rock band that may or may not be committing magical/occult crimes, and who may or may not be missing a lead singer. Played using the FATE rules (loosely).