Hunt for Evil Artifacts Among Death, Madness and Luxury!
You travel across Europe in the luxurious Orient Express, searching for an evil artifact with cultists and ancient dark forces in hot pursuit.
$12.00
/ Session
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5 players following this game
Play by Post (Asynchronous)
Billed Weekly / Friday - 6:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 1–168 hours
2 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Three murders of the same man, on the same night, in the same room. It only gets more insane from there. You were only planning to attend a lecture on paranormal phenomena from your friend, professor Julius Smith. You certainly didn't know that he will ask you to find a powerful artifact of great evil before a devious cult that almost killed him can do so and unleash its magic on the world. Your journey from light to the heart of darkness is about to begin. 🚂The Longest Route - This story takes you from London to Constantinople, and features sinister cults, desperate chases, monsters, long nights in libraries, tense negotiations, and plenty of opportunities to explore the Horrible Truths of the world. 🛤️Side Tracks - There are a lot of optional side stories to flesh out the campaign: from ancient Byzantium and the Crusades to Revolutionary France, the depths of Dreamlands and more! 📸Living History - The abundant handouts, including letters, photos, character art and timetables will help bring our writing to life. My version of this campaign supercharges the story, with new characters, plot threads and ways for your Investigator to shine! This is an AI-free game. I do not use AI in my writing in any capacity, and encourage you to do the same! None of the handouts/visual aids are AI-generated, and the character portraits I will share with you are all human-drawn. ==== The game will be done as a fully asynchronous Play-by-Post. That is, it's text-based rather than voice-based and you post in scenes when you have the time to do so. I aim to set the rate of my responses at around 1/day, depending on the pacing the players are comfortable with.
Game style
Play By Post
Puzzle / Mystery Focused
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(3)
2 years on StartPlaying
108 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Knows the Rules, Beginner Friendly
About me
Hi there, you can call me Woland. I've been playing tabletop RPGs for almost two decades now, and for a large chunk of that time I have also enjoyed Play-by-Post, asynchronous campaigns. I will be offering those here on SPG. From World of Darkness and Chronicles of Darkness to classic D&D and beyond, I have ran (or helped to run) such games for groups of varying sizes: from small intimate experiences of just 2 or 3 people to communities numbering in the dozens. I love the thoughtful, cerebral side of text gaming that frees us from the constrains of schedule and allows us to develop great writing skills and weave fantastic, shared narratives. At the same time, I work to make the experience as dynamic as possible, without sacrificing availability. I would love to pull you along on this journey, whether you are a veteran or just someone who is curious to try a new style of gaming!
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Creating your character
We will create the characters together, discussing in the Discord server. The players don't need the rulebook - its digital version will be available to them on Proton Drive
What to expect
Preparing for the session
The players only need Discord to play - the game will be held on my server. If you can, come with a rough idea of what character you'd like to play, but please be flexible!
What Woland brings to the table
The rulebook as well as a short introduction into the rules will be made available through Proton Drive. Additionally, I will have human-drawn character art if you'd like it for your Investigator, and will be providing digital props as the game progresses. Lastly, we will be using a Discord bot called Tupperbox to represent the player characters.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer or Mobile Device
Platforms used
Safety
How Woland creates a safe table
We will discuss campaign expectations before playing. Players are welcome to let me know if anything bothers them, either in-fiction or in the behaviour of anyone else in the game, before and during the game.
Content warnings
Safety tools used