Horror on the Orient Express | Legendary Call of Cthulhu Story

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Horror on the Orient Express | Legendary Call of Cthulhu Story

Legendary Call of Cthulhu Story

TYPE

Campaign

LANGUAGE

English

EXPERIENCE

Open to all

AGE

18+
1 SEAT LEFT
$12.00

/ Session

Details

Bi-weekly / Thursday - 7:00 PM UTC

Mar 26 / Session 30

Session Duration / 3–3.5 hours

4 / 5 Seats Filled

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Schedule

Thu, Mar 26 | 7:00 PM – Session 30

Thu, Apr 09 | 7:00 PM – Session 31

Meet your party members

4/5

About the adventure

Three identical men are discovered dead in a single room at the Chelsea Arms Hotel, each pierced cleanly through the heart. From this impossible crime, investigators are drawn into a mystery that carries them a thousand miles east aboard a legendary rail line to Constantinople—the Gateway of the Orient. Spanning 19 scenarios and more than 700 pages, Horror on the Orient Express stands as a modern classic. The campaign sweeps bold investigators from London to Paris, onward through Europe, and finally to the ancient streets of Constantinople. Optional scenarios set in the Dark Ages, the Gaslight Era, and the Dreamlands invite players to witness the origins of key moments in the campaign’s long, haunted history. A final scenario set in the modern day serves as an epilogue, closing a story that stretches across generations. We will use the classic mode rather than pulp, the difficulty adjustments will be done for better survivability

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Meet the Game Master
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2 years on StartPlaying

419 games hosted

Highly rated for: Knows the Rules, Creativity, Teacher

About me

Hello everyone, I’m Max, and I’ve been involved in tabletop RPGs since the days of AD&D. Over the years, I’ve experienced a wide range of systems and played with a lot of different people. Currently, I primarily run games of Call of Cthulhu and Pathfinder, though I have a broad background in other games as well. Looking forward to some great games together! I am currently experimenting with the game listings covers, trying to get at least some use from that art history course I've taken. Oh, well...

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Character creation

Creating your character

We will discuss characters during session zero, there's an in-build charactermancer in roll20 or an outside one that you can use, most of the usual CoC options are legal.

The current party

On off-week we will play occasional free one-shots Starting in January

What to expect

Preparing for the session

I have everything needed to play set up, you may pick a pregen and we just go or I will help you to create your own character.

What Max Lysenko brings to the table

An adventure set up on roll20 with handouts, maps and background music, I have a full CoC compendium in the VTT for players' reference and character creation

Equipment needed to play

Computer

Headphones

Internet

Safety

How Max Lysenko creates a safe table

We will discuss safety before the start of the campaign during session 0.

Content warnings

Safety tools used

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