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The Apocalypse Players

By: The Apocalypse Players (D Allen D McAleer M Chance D Wheeler)
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  • A Call of Cthulhu actual play podcast. Dice-driven cosmic horrors supplied by Dominic Allen, Joseph Chance, Danann McAleer and Dan Wheeler.
    Copyright 2021 All rights reserved.
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  • The Moonchild 01: 'Reunion'

    The Moonchild 01: 'Reunion'
    Apr 22 2024
    In which a group of old companions and former members of the Occult Society of the University of East Anglia (graduating year-group 2001) find themselves returning to the city of Norwich, over twenty years later, at the request of a friend in need... A modern era Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Paul Fricker, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly. Visit our Patreon to help us continue making the podcast, and receive exclusive horrors in return. For more information and to get in touch, visit www.apocalypseplayers.com We're just back from CHAOSIUM CON! A trip made possible thanks to the support of Quest Portal. For information about the platform and the Chaosium Core subscription, visit: https://www.questportal.com/chaosium-core Also, check out our friends, THE GOOD FRIENDS OF JACKSON ELIAS at https://blasphemoustomes.com and for the Keepers among you, why not treat yourself to the brand new edition of NAMELESS HORRORS? The Apocalypse Players are: Dominic Allen @DomJAllen as Alicia Juico Joseph Chance @JosephChance2 as The Keeper of The Arcane Law Danann McAleer @DanannMcAleer as Ray West Dan Wheeler @DanWheelerUK as Erik Wilson and with Special Guest Star Jeany Spark @jeanysparkleface as Melinda Moody CW: This podcast contains mature themes and strong language. Human discretion is advised. Music used in this episode includes: Not My Will - Ambre Jaune https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/3FwgoMBBOT/ Birgersson Lundberg feat. Frigga - Entertainer | Epidemic Sound At The Coalface - Damon Greene https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/G0TLLT6Yp3/ I’ll Take You There - Kick Castle https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/GzdmGnyc3y/ Black Bullet - Deskant https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/DX5FZmHvor/ Something Going On - Farrell Wooten https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/5USpev8sI6/ We Did Nothing Wrong - Particle House feat. Sousa Perth https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/Xh6sOxkSuo/ Sad Clowns - Alexandra Woodward https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/vdQ7mdy3Qy/ Two Tunes & Ayre, The Chamber Brass Players https://archive.org/details/lp_music-for-brass-ensemble-trumpet-or-corn_the-chamber-brass-players/disc1/01.02.+Two+Tunes+%26+Ayre%3A+a-1st+Tune+.mp3 Beyond Remorse - Kikoru https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/amHRJxne5i/ Oddball - John Bjork https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/h9joxxjPPw/ On My Way to LA - Henrik Neesgaard https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/tVbnV4E8Hc/ In The Books - Raymond Grouse https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xFifNXrlIX/ Borderline Disorder - Kikoru https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/5FtZA03xwF/ This Is Bait- Ambre Jaune https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/bvHeOdwIpL/ Omni - Ambre Jaune https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/Sq6RaNkJ16/ Mantra - Ethan Sloan https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/WfjgNfkX5i/ Endings - Ethan Sloan https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/Xc0XxTHhu6/ Hydrographs - Ethan Sloan https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/YUSZ712647/ Undisclosed Agenda - Kikoru https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/W5TGPsFIPu/ The Sum of All Things - Gavin Luke https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xMSpFLw6ry/ Running in the Dark - William Benckert https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/eKtgUAodvP/ Pearce Roswell - Drop World | Epidemic Sound Farrell Wooten - Dark Outside https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/0LIG37vIiI/ Pearce Roswell - These Days | Epidemic Sound Pearce Roswell - Craniums | Epidemic Sound The Eastern Plain - Monster | Epidemic Sound "Piece for Disaffected Piano One" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Edgar Hopp - Ragnarok https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/M6YcnFcGtL/ He’s Still Out There - Wendel Scherer https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/gC5QvYYmTe/ Eye for Detail - Jay Varton https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/voYZQ7jaBS/ Growing Tall - Etienne Roussel https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/7QAxCTJoxw/ Allure - Power Druid https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/LTYGDYMAzt/ Goofing Around - Stationary Sign https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/9OKbq7k9gu/ Further sound effects by Epidemic Sound and Zapsplat https://www.zapsplat.com/
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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Bleak Prospect 12 FINALE: 'Citizen Freyn'

    Bleak Prospect 12 FINALE: 'Citizen Freyn'
    Apr 15 2024

    In which our investigators try to start a car in the 1920s, and settle some scores in the process.

    A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Scott Dorward, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly.

    Visit our Patreon to help us continue making the podcast, and receive exclusive horrors in return.

    For more information and to get in touch, visit www.apocalypseplayers.com

    We're going to CHAOSIUM CON! For details and to buy tickets, visit:

    https://tabletop.events/conventions/chaosium-con-2024

    This trip has been made possible thanks to the support of Quest Portal. For information about the platform and the Chaosium Core subscription, visit:

    https://www.questportal.com/chaosium-core

    Also, check out our friends, THE GOOD FRIENDS OF JACKSON ELIAS at https://blasphemoustomes.com and for the Keepers among you, why not treat yourself to the brand new edition of NAMELESS HORRORS?

    The Apocalypse Players are:

    Dominic Allen @DomJAllen

    Joseph Chance @JosephChance2

    Danann McAleer @DanannMcAleer

    Dan Wheeler @DanWheelerUK

    CW: This podcast contains mature themes and strong language.

    Music from Epidemic Sound:

    Dungeon Secrets - Sage Oursler Nature's Way - Jon Algar Heavy Rain - Ethan Sloan Who's in the Basement - Farrell Wooten Read It Again - Bonn Fields Hydrographs - Ethan Sloan Alluvion - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Overflow - Ethan Sloan You're Not Hiding Very Well - Trevor Kowalski Born Sinister - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Metal Panner - Edward Karl Hanson It Creeps In - Farrell Wooten Death by Stress - Alec Slayne Walk Ahead (Instrumental Version) - Blood Red Sun Behind That Door - Farrell Wooten Stalking Shadows - Edward Karl Hanson Make No Mistakes - Bonnie Grace The Storage - Lennon Hutton Enter the Facility - Eden Avery Slow Discovery - Cobby Costa Standstill - Farrell Wooten Covered Bridge - American Legion

    From Wikimedia Commons:

    The Japanese Sandman (1920) by Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Bleak Prospect 11: 'Quantum Parasite'

    Bleak Prospect 11: 'Quantum Parasite'
    Apr 8 2024

    In which our investigators attend the hospital for an entirely routine operation.

    A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Scott Dorward, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly.

    Visit our Patreon to help us continue making the podcast, and receive exclusive horrors in return.

    For more information and to get in touch, visit www.apocalypseplayers.com

    We're going to CHAOSIUM CON! For details and to buy tickets, visit:

    https://tabletop.events/conventions/chaosium-con-2024

    This trip has been made possible thanks to the support of Quest Portal. For information about the platform and the Chaosium Core subscription, visit:

    https://www.questportal.com/chaosium-core

    Also, check out our friends, THE GOOD FRIENDS OF JACKSON ELIAS at https://blasphemoustomes.com and for the Keepers among you, why not treat yourself to the brand new edition of NAMELESS HORRORS?

    The Apocalypse Players are:

    Dominic Allen @DomJAllen

    Joseph Chance @JosephChance2

    Danann McAleer @DanannMcAleer

    Dan Wheeler @DanWheelerUK

    CW: This podcast contains mature themes and strong language.

    Music from Epidemic Sound:

    Suspect Identified - Farrell Wooten Nature's Way - Jon Algar Hydrographs - Ethan Sloan You're Not Hiding Very Well - Trevor Kowalski Behind That Door - Farrell Wooten Death by Stress - Alec Slayne Heavy Rain - Ethan Sloan It Creeps In - Farrell Wooten Read It Again - Bonn Fields Hanging by a Thread - Jon Bjork Abandoned Village - Lennon Hutton Barren Land - Farrell Wooten Slow Discovery - Cobby Costa Born Sinister - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Walk Ahead (Instrumental Version) - Blood Red Sun

    From Incompetech.com:

    Lost Frontier Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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    51 mins
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Brilliant stuff

Funny, scary and enthralling.

Lovely to hear people having so much fun, while making something so good.

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Fantastic for gamers and non-gamers alike

An absolute must for anyone who enjoys horror, comedy and wants to listen to four grown men having fun going stark raving mad on the regular. Hilarious and genuinely frightening, the acting and banter are wonderful across the scenarios. My personal favourites are:

If you know nothing about Call of Cthulhu:
● 'The Lightless Beacon’ – kicks off quickly and features a guest who has never played before, so all the rules are explained as they play.
● For a more detailed and visual introduction, you can watch Dom GM a brilliant Agatha Christie-style scenario he wrote over on YouTube, called ‘NRB Plays Call Of Cthulhu (Ep 1 of 3)’. It introduced me to Call of Cthulhu, made me laugh like a loon, and sent me hunting for this podcast.


If you know the game or are happy to figure it out as you go:
● 'Bleak Prospects' - only just started, but it's a phenomenonal opening episode. Strong characters and immediate horrorifying tension contrasted with some of the funniest player conversations in their whole catalogue. Incredible work everyone, especially Dom as keeper and whoever's on editing. The character sheet reveal had me in stitches!
● ‘A Christmas Inheritance’ and ‘A Residence at the Bay’ – written by Danann in the style of M R James. A must for anyone who loves slow-build, atmospheric horror like ‘Dark Matter’ by Michelle Paver. Wonderful Jamesian horror with humour and domestics giving way to increasingly uncanny and terrifying occurrences. Inspired me to go and listen to all the free M R James stories on Audible. I am now impatiently waiting for Part 3 and for Danann to write a novel!
● ‘Machine Tractor Station Kharkov-37’ – one of the tensest scenarios in an endlessly bleak setting and the normal mythos horror augmented with the chilling dynamics of Stalinism.
● ‘Saturnine Chalice’ – an oldy but a goody! Dom is a hilariously evil keeper clearly having the time of his life. The other 3 are playing prison escapees who just broke down outside the wrong haunted house. No one is prepared, least of all the NPCs!
● ‘Crimson Letters’ – starts slow but builds towards an amazing episode 6 and just keeps getting better from there. A side-splittingly chaotic and creepy witch-hunt.
● ‘The Afflicted’ – the most disturbing of the scenarios so far, although the humour is still thankfully present. The stunning music soundscape by Dan & co. and the players responding to some genuinely upsetting scenario moments make this one really stand apart. Increasingly devastating police cases and city-wide dreams in a New York heatwave. I now have an actual fear of saxophone music as I listened to this while experiencing a 60+ hour bout of insomnia!
● ‘Il Portico di San Luca’ – wonderful trip to Italy! Felt like going on summer holidays.

If you enjoy the scenarios here, their Patreon is absolutely worth the price of admission, especially for the wonderfully creepy, claustrophobic 1 player vs Keeper Dom games and for the post-scenario discussions.

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Calling Cthulu...

What a star-studded team of Investigators! from the core crew of Dom, Dan, Dannan and Joseph to guests like Jeany Spark, each tale of terror is beautifully enacted, with horrors galore, as the Keepers of Arcane lore guide the hopeless, and oft times luckless, teams to their doom!! fans of Lovecraft, M.R. James, and other masters of the macabre will enjoy these feasts of fear!

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