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Arriving in Antarctica is the easy part!
What awaits you on the other side of the mountains is more than you bargained for.
$30.00
/ Session
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Bi-weekly / Saturday - 6:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 3–3.5 hours
Campaign Length / 40+ Sessions
2 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
You’re in New York, during the summer of 1933, where you meet your fellow expedition members over cocktails and optimism. Antarctica will change that! What waits for you over the mountains is ancient, vast, and entirely indifferent to your survival. If you're lucky, it will only sap your sanity. This epic slow-burning frostbitten campaign is for players who love roleplay, atmosphere, and horror that gets under your skin. The questions you and the party ask in New York, may get answers, but those answers will leave you wanting to ask more questions. Set in the shadow of Lovecraft's ‘At the Mountains of Madness’, this story doesn't require you to know how that ended, in fact, knowing may make it worse. The tendrils that find you on the ice won't let go, not even if you get to sail home. Join us to find out what is really going over the mountains. [Game Sessions will be on even weeks, ie 30th May & 13th June]
Game style
Puzzle / Mystery Focused
Roleplay Heavy
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(32)
3 years on StartPlaying
234 games hosted
Highly rated for: Teacher, Creativity, Knows the Rules
Average response time: 2 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hey, I'm Japes (jay-ps), your Game Master and the person responsible for bringing the game together. I've been running games for long enough to know that the best moments are never the ones you plan. They're the critical fumble at the worst possible time, the ridiculous idea that somehow works, the NPC everyone decides to adopt. I'm here for all of it. My games are built around the choices you make. The world reacts to those and you’ll see the story evolve. This means that no two sessions ever go quite the same way. I love roleplay, both as a player and GM, along with us all having a laugh during the game. At the heart of it, I feel it's the escapism of these fantasy adventures that we're all here for and I enjoy being it all together and make your adventure the centre of it. Something else that is I find very rewarding is guiding a new player until they find their feet and surprise themselves as what they can do. I endeavour to make every table a safe, creative space and part of that is for us all to be courteous to everyone at the table. Whether you're playing a 1920s FBI agent hunting Cthulhu Mythos monsters, a piece of Sapient Pearwood in Discworld, or a Fairy Barbarian growling at enemies as you fly over the wizard's head in D&D. Its great to see you, play them like you mean them. I can't wait to see what you come up with.
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Creating your character
🙋 Advice on useful skills for your character to have and what they may already know. 👷♀️ Occupations that would be a good fit are Explorers, Scientists. Doctor, Aircraft Pilot. 🦸 We’ll be pulping it up with double HP, wounds won’t be as critical and an additional 60 points on either Polar Explorer or Mountaineering and 40 points for a couple of additional languages. 🌐 Dhole's House (https://www.dholeshouse.org) 1920’s points buy wizard which can then be imported. 📜 Please write your own backstory, that includes your family and a friend. 🖼️ Original character art, in the style of the 1930s era.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
📚 No experience of Call of Cthulhu needed. I enjoy guiding new players especially when it clicks. 😱 An enjoyment of Horror, be that by books, films, or other TTRPGs. 💁♂️ Desire to be a cooperative player and roleplay your investigator. Equipment 💻 Reliable PC, with a Chromium browser. 🎙️ Working gaming headset or mic and headphones. 🎥 Webcam is required. 🆓 Free accounts for systems in use, links provided after joining.
What Japes brings to the table
🧾 Weaving your characters backstory into the adventure. 😄 A dry sense of humour. 🗺️ Maps, handcrafted by Damien known as Lovemaps. 🎵 Background music and many great features of Foundry. 🛟 A safe place for the party to roleplay. ✨ The game will be flexible, as your choices can adapt the games direction.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Internet
Headphones
Microphone
Webcam
Platforms used
Safety
How Japes creates a safe table
📜 In Discord there will be a link to a google form to give your Lines or Veils. in Session0 we’ll discuss the complied list. 🍩 We’ll have a 5 to 10 mins break midway in the session. 🕔 Should you join after the initial Session 0, we'll have a 1-to-1 session 0 before you embark on the adventure.
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