Stars Are Right | Call of Cthulhu TTRPG actual-play podcast

Berlin grows stranger: headlines report streets filled with crime, nudity, drugs and hissing cockroaches. After their unhelpful encounter with Henri, the investigators prepare for the ominous lecture given by the Fraternitas Saturni at the occult bookshop…

 

Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium.

 

Cast:

Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore

Lydia as Brita Lantz

Howl as Luise Engel

Jayson ...

Who are Pacitius and the man with piercing eyes, who forced Belshazzar to make those strange figurines? Following the trail of the ritualists leads to an occult bookshop, where a surprising identity is uncovered.  A visit to the hospital to see Anita Berber brings sad news and a new mystery.

 

Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium.

 

Cast:

Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore

Lydia as Bri...

A thorough search of the dollmaker’s premise turns up far more than the investigators bargained for. Some questions are answered, but others merely take their place. Allyship comes into question.

 

Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium.

 

Cast:

Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore

Lydia as Brita Lantz

Tyler as Dr. Ester Rosenbaum

Howl as Luise Engel

Jayson as Helene Krauss

 

Audio Editors...

There's been a slight delay in editing episode 22, so our Berlin: The Wicked City campaign will resume next week - apologies! In the meantime, please enjoy a little side adventure: Lydia and Tyler recorded a play-through of the 1-on-1 scenario Love You To Death from Chaosium’s book Does Love Forgive?. It'll be released over the course of this week in 3 parts for your listening pleasure.

 

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The detective and his new canine part...

There's been a slight delay in editing episode 22, so our Berlin: The Wicked City campaign will resume next week - apologies! In the meantime, please enjoy a little side adventure: Lydia and Tyler recorded a play-through of the 1-on-1 scenario Love You To Death from Chaosium’s book Does Love Forgive?. It'll be released over the course of this week in 3 parts for your listening pleasure.

 

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Walt examines Hattie’s apartment and ...

There's been a slight delay in editing episode 22, so our Berlin: The Wicked City campaign will resume next week - apologies! In the meantime, please enjoy a little side adventure: Lydia and Tyler recorded a play-through of the 1-on-1 scenario Love You To Death from Chaosium’s book Does Love Forgive?. It'll be released over the course of this week in 3 parts for your listening pleasure.

 

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Chicago, the morning after St Valenti...

Dear listeners, 

 

It is with hearts filled with sadness and gratitude that we must announce the end of our journey. After a pretty amazing few years, the Stars Are Right podcast (and publishing) will be winding down over the next month or two.

 

Don’t worry, we’re still aiming to finish the scenario we’re currently playing, though there might be one or two changes to the cast. The plan is for the last few episodes to continue to b...

The investigators engage in some light debauchery at the Residenz Casino, but they can’t escape the darkness when it comes calling…

 

Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium.

 

Cast:

Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore

Lydia as Brita Lantz

Tyler as Dr. Ester Rosenbaum

Howl as Luise Engel

Jayson as Helene Krauss

 

Audio Editors for this episode:

Braydon & Jayson

 

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Over two years since the piano recital, our investigators are haunted by nightmares of that evening with Berber and Châtín-Hofmann. Ess alone believes they simply had a bad trip, while her friends fall apart around her.

 

Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium.

 

Cast:

Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore

Lydia as Brita Lantz

Tyler as Dr. Ester Rosenbaum

Howl as Luise Engel

Jayson as Helen...

An unearthly piano piece forces the investigators to confront feelings they have been veiling, and the cruel gaze of mirror magic brings even the best-hidden insecurities into the light. In a grey and dead dreamscape of an unfamiliar Berlin, a terrifying chase ensues.

 

Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium.

 

Cast:

Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore

Lydia as Brita Lantz

Tyler as Dr. Es...

Last night’s events still ring loudly in the investigators’ ears, but Grau is keen to get answers, setting up a meeting with Berber at her hotel. After concealing some mysterious pamphlets on their person, Berber’s husband cordially invites them to a piano recital that evening.

 

Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium.

 

Cast:

Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore

Lydia as Brita Lantz

Ty...

Our investigators deal with the aftermath of Paulette’s disappearance and nightmarish work, only to find a new friend in Grau. He remains in their orbit and invites them to the latest Anita Berber performance, which promises to be a night of debauchery!

 

Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium.

 

Cast:

Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore

Lydia as Brita Lantz

Tyler as Dr. Ester Rosenbaum

H...

Four years after The Devil Eats Flies. Our new investigators receive a letter from the Prussian library announcing  a robbery of their restricted titles. The lost volumes are in French, which makes them think of a certain club patron who hasn’t been seen lately…

 

Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium.

 

Cast:

Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore

Lydia as Brita Lantz

Tyler as Dr. Ester Ro...

In the gruesome finale of the scenario, the desperate students descend to the depths of the college, uncovering a burning truth about the former sanatorium and the ghosts who haunt it. In their bid to escape, the investigators meet some very strange gallery patrons who have an equally strange request. Yes it’s madness, but is it art?

 

You can buy this scenario to run for your friends! Check it out here.

 

Cast:

Phaedra as the Keep...

The students find themselves hating the rich kids who got them into this mess. Maia has torn off much of her face, Bernie has been hassled by a ghost, and no one is having a good time. Will the answers await them in the library, or should some truths be left alone?

 

You can buy this scenario to run for your friends! Check it out here.

 

Cast:

Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore

Lydia as Simone the potter.

Tyler as Maia the painte...

Our group of students continue exploring the so-called “haunted” college building. Choosing to let sleeping security guards lie and indulge their artistic curiosity, they sneak past and poke around in the back of the gallery. They soon come across some pieces that affect them more than art usually does…   You can buy this scenario to run for your friends! Check it out here.   Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore ...

Chapter one of our playthrough of a new, and super spooky, Stars Are Right scenario: The Exhibition of Dread by Jared Tallis. Join a ragtag bunch of art students as they tour the college buildings after dark in search of artistic inspiration, but get more than they bargained for.   You can buy this scenario to run for your friends! Check it out here.   Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Simone the potte...

Wonderful cultists,

The earliest part of 2024 has been a series of failed rolls that we’ve been continuing to try to Push, but unfortunately we’ve not always succeeded.

There have been some critical successes as well as fumbles, though. First of all, the inimitable Braydon has, through fel magicks, brought his own new  spawn into the universe. Join us in welcoming Reya (and admire her either on Discord or on our Patreon!)

Gilly’s a...

The second and final part of Chaosium's newest Alone Against... adventure. Can Seb make the right choices to reunite Alex with his lost love and escape, or is it already too late? Stick around for some Beyond-the-Madness style chit chat afterwards!

 

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For the duration of our Berlin: The Wicked City campaign, 10...