Descent into Madness TTRPG

Descent Into Madness plays Call of Cthulhu: The Edge of DarknessFour strangers are invited to a dying man's bed side as he makes a weird request and that is to dispel an evil entity from a farmhouse before its released onto the world. In this Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition actual play, our cast navigates Lovecraftian horror, investigative roleplay, and the creeping dread that defines the edge of...

Descent Into Madness plays Call of Cthulhu: Forget Me Not – Episode 3 plunges deeper into cosmic horror as memories fracture, truths unravel, and the investigators realize the past refuses to stay buried. In this Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition actual play, our cast navigates Lovecraftian horror, investigative roleplay, and the creeping dread that defines the Forget Me Not scenario. Sanity is tested,...

Welcome to Descent into Madness LIVE at LUGCON 2025, where we descend into cosmic horror with Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition and the classic scenario “The Haunting.”Boston, Massachusetts. The 1920s. When a famous psychic takes interest in the infamous Corbitt House, he sends his trusted employees—a lighting technician, onstage assistant, manager, and an opening performing psychic secretly tied to a c...

Our Paranormal Investigators are uncovering more of their identity and with that the horrors of what caused them to lose their memories in the first place. What happened at the Cooper House? From weird articles about missing persons to sudden flashbacks of them being trapped in a basement things are getting weird in Clio.💀 Descent Into Madness presents Forget Me Not, a chilling Call of Cthulhu 7t...

Forget Me Not: Episode 1 – The Shadows of Memory Some memories are meant to fade… others refuse to die. When a group of friends sets out to uncover what happened on a long-forgotten night, they find themselves trapped between déjà vu and dread—where the truth hides behind the veil of their own fractured minds. As reality unravels, they’ll question everything… including themselves. 💀 Descent Into...

It leaps from the dark... the time is NOW! The noises our investigators have heard have a face and they are terrifying. Watch the finale episode of The Lightless Beacon. Quick heads up because of the old ones massive interference while filming this episode it is AUDIO ONLY. We apologize for this but I guess Cthulhu only wanted to hear this ending not see it. 🎭 Descent into Madness is a Defiant Le...

The Lightless Beacon: Episode 2 – Dead Bodies Don’t Lie Last time, our investigators barely survived their arrival on Beacon Island, uncovering the gruesome fate of one of the lightkeepers. Now, deep within the beacon room, they face the truth left behind: bodies torn apart by fish-like horrors, the evidence of a nightmare lurking just out of sight. Will they uncover what truly happened before it’...

The Lightless Beacon: Episode 1 – Who Made the Webbed Feet? When a storm wrecks their vessel, a group of brave investigators are sent ashore to Beacon Island to uncover why the lighthouse signal has gone dark. But inside the beacon room, they uncover horrors left behind by fish-like creatures, bodies strewn about, and the dreadful realization that they must survive the night against something beyo...

The finale is here. The prison tightens its grip, sanity frays, and the truth lurking in the dark finally steps into the light. Ricky and the band face Evangeline for the last time—will they escape, or will madness take them? 🎭 Descent into Madness is a Defiant Lens production. 🙏 Special thanks to Chaosium for allowing us to use Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition. 💀 If you’ve enjoyed the journey, help...

🕯️ SATURNINE CHALICE – EPISODE 2: "Can You Not See Her?" 🎲 A Cinematic Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Actual Play | By Descent Into Madness A simple gas line break detours a jazz band on their way to record their first New York album. But the house they stumble upon feels… wrong. Whispers fill the walls. Shadows bend too long. And someone—something—is watching. Some see her. Some pretend not to. But...

When the stars align, the madness begins. Descent Into Madness is a narrative-driven Call of Cthulhu 7e actual play that plunges you into the shadowy world of occult secrets, creeping dread, and cosmic horror. In our debut series, The Saturnine Chalice , a group of unsuspecting investigators in the 1920s are drawn into a ritual far older—and far more dangerous—than they can comprehend. As they unc...

🎙️ Descent into Madness – Episode 3: The Orchard Run Revelation The storm worsens. Tensions boil over inside the Orchard Run Gas Station and Café. As the investigators dig deeper into Jake Burns’ frantic claims and Mary Laker's suspicious behavior, the true scope of the horror begins to unfold. Is the “Dead Light” just a figment of a broken mind—or a force far older and more dangerous than any...

Dead Light – Episode 2 A Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Actual Play When we last left off, Teddy , the old man who had accompanied Sterling Winters to the outhouse, stood outside in the dark... and screamed. Sterling didn’t see what happened — only heard the man’s final cry and saw a sudden, blinding white light. Moments later, all that remained were Teddy’s shoes , filled with ash, and the lingering...

As a violent storm bears down on Arkham, Massachusetts, we begin our descent into the macabre with the first installment of *Dead Light*. Professors Warren and Hans Gruber prepare their students for an academic trip to Boston, but an urgent and unsettling letter from Dr. Godfrey Webb sends them on a detour that leads into darkness. Their journey takes them to the remote Orchard Run Gas Station and...