Episode 268
Time to go straight to the horses mouth. The Ghosts has some questions to answer, but first the Samurai are going to have to persuade the local Shrine Woman to talk to them. What is th spymaster up to while all this is going on? Will they be able to get to the bottom of the mystery?
Dark Conversations with a strange man in the dead of night.
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Episode 267
So on Twitter someone made a joke. Them Mawdrigen’s brain did a thing. Then we played the thing that Mawdrigens Brain Did.
Join us now as we head to the River Bank and the Wild Wood, where heroic animals are standing up to the Ferret, Stoat, and Weasel crime families, in Dungeons and Badgers, Demolition Stoat.
Please note that Cult Central Moved Directly after this so there will be a bit of a gap before we get back to this.
Dungeons and Badgers is Copyright Mawdrigen 2019.
Episode 266
Faced with the mystery of who the Ghost was and why she was so angry with the Diamyo, the Samurai decide to see if there are any other members of the Akirito family still.. alive.
Whether there will be any members of the family left AFTER they find them however is an entirely different question!
Episode 265
What happens when the wonderful people over at Fandible releases a game about being Goblins in a Trenchcoat.
The Answer is: We play the shit out of it, and probably reduce its creator (@Katsushiro on twitter) to a puddle of anguished tears of frustration!
So join us now for… a very Sexy Adventure!
Episode 264
Returning from the Heiwana shrine the Officers of the Diamyo report back and hen have to discuss what to do next. With the Nakatomi certainly likely to take offence at the killing of their Executioner, the theft of their Teppo and the capture of Jinsoku the Swift perhaps it would be best to prepare for war. However there is a niggling feeling that the Ghost on the Bridge was trying to warn them of something far more dangerous.
What will they do? and more importantly, are they actually going to be able to work together in the face of their varying agendas.
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Episode 263
Having run out of Cthulhu rather sooner than we expected, we decided to do some one off games. The first of which is the My Little Pny RPG again!
Follow out hapless heroes as we find out if they have what it takes to survive Saddlesaws games!
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Episode 262
Creeping into a haunted forest at night seemed like such a good plan at first. Then of course it became obvious that there was a lot more in the forest than just them. In fact there is a pretty good chance that the forest is not only haunted but hiding a whole lot of threats.
Can the Samurai enact their plan to steal the Teppo and even the odds? Or will they all die?
Who Knows!
Episode 261
In this Spoiler filled episode we look back on the entire campaign! Remembering the highs and lows, the losses and the triumphs, and every bloody time the players decided to do tourism rather than the plot!
Join us as we go through the entire thing!
Episode 260
The plan was to have a nice little talk, sort out the confusion about the Migunakitsune presence at the shrine and prevent any bloodshed. However having the Nakatomi samurai shot by an unseen assailant was not part of the plan, especially leaving the much less talkative Nakatomi clan executioner in charge of the surrounding forces.
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Episode 259
Finally back in London the investigators have to find the scroll of the left hand and perform the ritual so that they do not melt into barely sentient cannibalistic ooze. Pretty much your normal Monday for a Cthulhu Investigator really. Can they do it? After so many months and so much death, can they finally be rid of the dread curse of the Sedefkar Simulacrum?
Episode 258
Finally setting off towards the Heiwana shrine the officers first have to contend with the haunted Yurei forest. Will their preparations be enough, or will ghosts and spirits defeat them. Can they reach the shrine before the Nakatomi forces reach it and them. If they do reach the shrine can they hope to stand against their enemies forces?
The game’s nearly finished, but not before the budget was…
Episode 257
Having killed Makryat you’d think the Investigators would have time to relax… but no! The Duke De Essentes has come looking for his due. Will they hand over the Sedefkar to the madman who hospitalised Sadie, or will Selena’s barely controlled rage erupt and damn them all?
They cannot afford to waste time with the corruption continuing, but can they beat the Jigsaw Prince?
Episode 256
In this episode we try out a new system in Blood and Honour, and we join the Officers of the Migunakitsune clan as they try and keep the clan from falling into disarray. It is spring and someone has come to their stronghold bringing news of terrible danger to their clan if they do not act quickly. Can they save themselves?
A 14 MINUTE CUTSCENE???!!! Who let Hideo Kojima into the dev studio?!
The 90s were a problematic time…
Episode 255
The Jigsaw Prince is offering them his help to get rid of Mehmet Makryat, but the Investigators just can’t help but think he’s just going to be as bad once they have done what he asks. Given their dire situation though do they really have a choice?
Will Errol manage to Impress the aim of his Man-crush Ramahotet? Will they find out who is Makryat? Join us now to find out!
Episode 254
Being two people down, the Investigators feel like they might be on the edge of failure. Could these two new people that have suddenly turned up be a life line? Or a trap.
Add to this the fact that the Train seems to have grown an extra… Cathedral… things might be about to get a bit more complex.
Bloodied plays once more, and this time he’s brought a friend…
Episode 253
Unsure as to whether subterranean complexes are standard under sleepy town alchemists houses the Bargain Basement Harpers swing into tentative action, determined to work out if Breff Goldarrow is a bad guy, or just the latest in the run of good guys they have pissed off.
With their Fire obsessed gnome, an ex evil army captain, a morally ambiguous thief a reformed pirate and the most exasperated Kenku on Faerun what could possibly go wrong.
Oh yes.
Everything!
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Episode 252
So the chief cultist being dead didn’t seem to work as now there are five cultists performing some kind of ritual with the train which is making it faster. Faster and possibly more evil. The Investigators have made their way to the front of the train without being spotted and even managed to persuade some Train Minions to go along with them!
Will their Ambush work? Given they are all so low on health and sanity will they even survive.
So to try and make the podcast proof against Apple removing us from iTunes for the crime of having episode numbers we had a little technical hiccup. It SHOULD now be fixed but if you find any broken links to episodes or episodes you cannot download please let us know!
Episode 251
With Margrave dead surely the investigators can rest easier now? No no of course they can’t. First there is the problem of the evidence, then there is getting Elena Constanza back up the train safely.
On top of all of that they finally realise that there are also the 5 cultists who came on board with Margrave. They have been quiet so far but what trouble could they be up to?
Episode 250
Ladies and Gentlemen we made it to episode 250!! As is our won’t this resulted in us playing a very silly game really quite drunk, in this case the game was The Veggie Patch. Join us a an intrepid Bean, an Anime Karrot, a Garlic bulb with multiple personalities, and a Tomato (not a vegetable) embark on an epic quest of truly amazing proportions that most of the players can only just about remember!
This one gets messy folks, but messy in a hilarious manner!
Episode 249
Having found a cauldron (that Gerome has convinced them is magical) the worlds least socially adept band of Harpers have at least taken the main cause of the problems for Sweetwater. They now have to begin searching for whoever has the initials BG… Could it be Bariss the priest of the Temple? Or maybe Breff the Alchemist.
Will they even be able to manage to investigate without alienating everyone in town?
Episode 248
With Lord Margrave heading down the train presumably to deal with Elena Constanza in a permanent manner, the Investigators swing into action to attempt to save her. However with the train in the station there are a lot of people getting on there is a high chance that some of them are not what they seem.
Can the Investigators manage to save their ally without dying themselves? Can they even get down the train?
Episode 247
Something is bothering Ludovic and the investigators worry that it might be something to do with them, so they decide to find out exactly what it is. The only problem is that it may cause them more problems than they expected.
However they also have to try and keep track of Margrave, Harrow-Bart and the others who might be Makryat. Is it a lost cause, or can Elena Constansa give them the clues that they need?
Episode 246
Tired of being passive (and with GM prodding) the Investigators realise that sitting and waiting to be stabbed is not a great plan and instead start to work out who is actually Makryat now. First step is to try and work out where the Sedefkar Simulacrum is with a trip to the Fourgon.
Will they find it? Will they discover Makryat’s identity? What is wrong with Errol’s Crate? Find out now.
Episode 245
Going into the temple seemed like such a good idea, and then the inmates started to attack the Harpers and everything got a little…complicated.
With Jerome asking if it’s time for a fireball YET, Damrod slowly melting due to acid, and “sound of arrow whistling through the air” punching several shades of slime out of the oozy inmate it is left to Mirry, Gurai, and Elta to rush in and save them.
Then proper investigation can be made. Or as close as these people ever get!
Episode 244
Our Harpers continue to try and work out where the Fish-Dogs came from however they aren’t the most… personable of types. What with Gerome’s big town Mob undertones, and Damrod’s, well, problem with people this could be an investigation that takes a bit of time.
However salvation might be nearby as they find yet another Harper on the road.
Episode 243 –
What do you do when there is problems in a tiny village somewhere in Faerun? Send in the Harpers. However, maybe not the good Harpers, maybe just the Harpers you have lying around, or that you found down the back of the sofa.
Follow us know as we follow one such team of Harpers, complete with an Orphan Pirate, a Fire Obsessed Gnome, a Once Evil Druid, a bird monk, and a demon cleric, as they try to work out, What is wrong in Softwater?
It’s Christmas Eve and at Holiday park while they aren’t ready to open for christmas, they are going to run a full test of the park and make sure everything is working as intended. Which it might be, but just as likely it might not be…
Join us for a Feast Of Festive Fun and Horror in it’s beginning to look a lot like Krampus.
Also Happy Christmas, Yule, or whatever you prefer, and a happy new Year from us over here at the Cult!
Episode 242
The adolescent Heroes are back and they are trying to get the Gangsters out of the Bank. However it seems like it is a little more difficult than they expected and intra-team conflict causes hijinks and rash actions to occur.
Join us now as we continue with Masks.
After the game we even do a brief “talky” about the system, because we definitely seem to ba having some issues with it!
Episode 241
NB We again had a few sound issues here, with Sheba being very quiet on the recording. I’ve tidied it up, and soon we go to our new Mic setup!
Here in Champion City we have always had Heroes, from the days of the Iron Age when Mr Furious was stomping around angrily, to the Golden Age when the first Glory appeared. Over the years however the heroes have changed, but one thing has stayed the same. There is always a new supervillian for them to face, and now Hoskull the Insane Ice Giant is collecting the motes of possibility, and if he gets them all we will be doomed. All the heroes are needed!
Which is great for these teenage superheroes… because it means despite blowing up the park, they might actually get to fight some crime!
Episode 240
The Investigation into the Death of the Yokozuna continues as they investigation team complete their interviews with the eyewitnesses and realise that they need to go and check out the Aokigohara Heya where he used to train.
Will the rumours of the cursed forest come true, or will they get to the bottom of the mystery.
Episode 239
Finding themselves under attack from tiny flesh starfish that are trying to choke them to death the Investigators must try and fight them off without doing themselves any more damage, as they are already very badly damaged. Chester is now very close to losing his mind, one more shock could push him over the edge into full insanity.
Will anyone still be left alive in the morning or will Makryat be ascendant?
Episode 238
The Investigators are still on their trip back to London, but somewhere on the train Mehmet Makryat is still trying to have them killed. They seem to be no closer to working out who he is currently disguised as, and the corruption is still continuing. Worse, as they pass through Europe they are passing close to enemies they previously escaped.
Can they survive.
Episode 237
With the only witness a blackened charred corpse the Strike team decide to go to the Elagabalium and see the rites to Elgabol first hand. They hope that it will provide them with the clues they need to bring the Emperor down or at least reverse their decision to ban the worship of the Gods of Rome.
Will they be able to get in without being seen, and worse, if they do can they resist the call of the strange Syrian God themselves!
So join us now as we head to Rome 221 AD to find out if the Rites to Elagabol were finally ended.
Episode 236
Once again down a player for Horror on the Orient Express Mawdrigen had a few hours to come up with a game, and with the excellent History of Rome Podcast by Mike Duncan playing and remembering an interview Oscar Rios gave the excellent Good Friends Of Jackson Elias podcast an idea leaped into his head.
So join us now as we head to Rome 221 AD in the rule of the unconventional Emperor Elagabalus and the dangerous times that surrounded them.
Episode 235
Stepping off the train to send a telegram shouldn’t be a high stakes action but then most people aren’t under attack by a murderous band of Cultists.
The telegram sent however, getting back onto the train proves to be rather more problematic than expected!
Episode 234
As we were down an Archive we decided to run a little Cthulhu Dark this time, although we did have a slightly creaky chair issue as you will hear.
Follow us as we step into the 1890’s where Japan is on the cusp of becoming a great power as the Meiji restoration continues and the Army moves into Manchuria. However this is a particularly risky time for diplomacy so the last thing the Imperial Palace wants is for a demonstration of Sumo for the various ambassadors to result in an unusual incident.
Our unfortunate characters are tipped to “fix” the problem, or if not that, at least find someone to pin it on.
Wherein Mawdrigen tells you about a lovely kickstarter you might want to support if you have contrary players like his!
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It’s season 1 finale time, and Devitt’s found yet another spooky house to investigate. Now if he’d just stop playing around with drugs…
Episode 233
Sykeara might have distracted most of the zombies with her Robin Reliant and Shakespeare but the gamers still need to escape from Reading. Is a trip to the Police station something they should be contemplating or is it likely to result in yet more death!
Wiill they escape reading, or will the Beefy Beef Beefburgers ( the beefburgers with beef) zombies devour them all?
Finally Mawdrigen reveals his Zombie escape plan! (or does he? he edits these after all…)
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Episode 232
The Gamers are still trying to escape the Zombie apocalypse which has been caused by infected beef from zombie cows. They have decided on escaping via car (not barge!) but the question is where will the car come from? Given they have just about managed to sneak down a single street this might prove a bit more difficult than they were bargaining for.
It may still be necessary to go down by the canal however, but if they do… what will they find!
Devitt’s a witness, but all this fog has Bloodied witless…
Episode 231
Having survived (barely) the stabbing the investigators sit down for a hearty meal to replenish their blood supplies and to discuss what is happening. What could go wrong with a nice relaxing meal.
Oh yes, that’s what got them in trouble before!
Add to this the sight of something falling from the train and it is very much a case of business as usual.
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Think going back to school couldn’t get any worse? Now imagine there’s nuns there!
Bloodied returns with another Let’s Play. What mysteries lie on the other side of a very pixelly Last Door?