Descent into Madness TTRPG

They survived the lloigor. But survival comes with questions — the kind that burn in your chest when the dice stop rolling and the Keeper closes his notebook. Welcome to AFTER THE DESCENT, an out-of-character after show where the cast steps back from the table to ask everything they couldn't ask in-game. What was the Keeper hiding behind the screen? Which dice rolls nearly ended them? What sec...

The house wants to burn. Bradley warned them. Now the investigators have to decide — do they walk away, or do they dig deeper into something that was never meant to be found? Every answer they uncover leads to a worse question. The ground itself seems to push back. And the longer they stay, the more the town closes in around them. Welcome to H*ll in T*xas — a modern-day Call of Cthulhu actual play...

Bradley said Satan wants the house to burn. Now they have to figure out if he's right. Hell in Texas continues — and the rot in Leeland goes deeper than anyone expected. ABOUT THIS CAMPAIGNHell in Texas is a modern Call of Cthulhu scenario written by Scott Dorward, featured in The Things We Leave Behind — a critically acclaimed anthology of contemporary Lovecraftian horror built for the 7th ed...

Something unholy has taken root in a small Texas town — and three strangers are about to find out just how deep the rot goes. Welcome to Hell in Texas, a modern-day call of cthulhu actual play experience where faith, desperation, and cosmic horror collide. This is Episode 1. The investigation begins. The darkness hasn't shown its face yet — but you can already feel it watching.🩸 ABOUT THIS CA...

They made it to the other side. After everything — the paranoia, the fractured reality, the moments that shattered their sanity piece by piece — Katy, Danny, and Mandy stand on the threshold of something no living person was ever meant to reach. The wish is within reach. The nightmare might finally end. But in Call of Cthulhu, nothing comes without a cost. This is the finale of Too Close to Home —...

Episode 2 of Too Close to Home is here—and things are getting personal. What began as a strange, unsettling situation is now spiraling into something far more invasive. The investigators are no longer just observers—they’re part of the horror. As paranoia sets in and reality begins to fracture, the line between safety and danger disappears entirely. If you love slow-burn psychological horror, cree...

When the horror isn’t in ancient tomes or distant ruins, but sitting quietly in your living room… 🕯️🏚️Our investigators find themselves drawn into “Too Close to Home”, a modern Call of Cthulhu scenario written by Benjamin Schäfer and published via  @ChaosiumInc  Miskatonic Repository. What begins as a seemingly mundane situation slowly unravels into something far more personal, invasive, and deepl...

The ritual must be completed. The darkness must be faced. And not everyone is walking away with their sanity intact. In this explosive finale of Edge of Darkness, our investigators confront the true horrors lurking beneath the surface in a cinematic Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition actual play. Secrets are revealed, sanity shatters, and the Keeper of Arcane Lore pulls back the curtain on cosmic terror...

The investigation moves to the farmhouse, but we are not alone. 🏚️🕯️Watch Episode 1 here: https://youtu.be/Vb9nqFntTa0In Episode 2 of our Edge of Darkness campaign, the investigators arrive at the isolated property in Ross's Corners. Armed only with a mysterious box and a dying man's journal, they must prepare the house for a ritual that could cost them their lives. But as night falls, the...

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...