It's Still Recording...
Call of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep
This series presents a unique perspective on role-playing sessions—told not from within the game, but from those observing it after the fact. Each episode explores a recorded session analysed by two independent observers who were not present during play. With no influence over the outcome, they dissect player decisions, challenge assumptions, and explore how seemingly small choices may have shaped the narrative in unexpected ways. What begins as a structured analysis quickly becomes something more. Patterns emerge. Motives are questioned. Outcomes feel… less random.
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Jul 7, 2026
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Episodes
Ep15 The Misr House Stakeout 07.07.2026 31:05
In the quiet, unassuming setting of a rural Essex pub, our traumatized investigators are hiding in plain sight. As locals casually play darts and enjoy the comforts of mundane English life, the team secretly pores over a book bound in human flesh. Hiding behind an elaborate "bird watching" cover story and desperately obsessing over trivial expenses, the group is using the banality of eve...
Ep14 The Ivory Wind and Leaving London 30.06.2026 42:38
In 1920s London, our investigators face a terrifying reality: the sheer bureaucratic blindness of the state. While the local police are perfectly equipped to handle mundane firearm smuggling, they are fundamentally incapable of acknowledging the cosmic horror and ritualistic violence tightening its grip on the city. Left entirely to their own devices, the group must confront a sprawling global cul...
Ep13 Limehouse Docks and the Diamond Bait 23.06.2026 32:52
In the grim shadows of 1925 London, our investigators are pushed to the very brink of psychological collapse. Desperately attempting to maintain their academic detachment while translating horrific cosmic spell scrolls and cataloguing tools of human sacrifice, the team realizes a chilling truth: the British state is entirely paralyzed by bureaucratic blindness. Forced to cross the harrowing line b...
Epsiode 12 - London is Burned 16.06.2026 28:01
This transcript features two documentarians reviewing archival audio and logs from a 1920s investigative mission, focusing on the catastrophic aftermath of a raid on a cultist stronghold in London. The text highlights a profound epistemological failure , where the Metropolitan Police are unable to perceive cosmic horrors because such entities fall outside their rigid framework of reality and...
Episode 11 - The Bloody Aftermath 09.06.2026 26:54
The safety of an Edwardian parlor offers little comfort when surrounded by stolen, blasphemous artifacts. In the chilling aftermath of a violent raid, our investigators desperately cling to mundane routines to stave off total psychological fracture. But the true horror they now face isn't just cosmic—it's legal. The group must grapple with the crushing reality that their "heroic"...
Episode 10 - The Midnight Raid on Empire Spices 02.06.2026 41:35
In a dramatic turning point for our investigators, the refined luxury of the 1920s Bloomsbury Hotel violently collides with the industrial-scale depravity of a Soho basement. Trading stealthy espionage for overt violence, the team raids a seemingly mundane London spice shop, only to uncover a cosmic death cult operating with terrifying, modern efficiency. As ancient, blood-stained mysticism blurs...
Episode 9 - The Global Supply Chain of Evil 26.05.2026 40:16
What happens when an ancient doomsday cult trades mystical rites for a sophisticated global corporate infrastructure? In this chilling episode, our investigators dig beneath a prestigious London foundation to uncover a shadow supply chain seamlessly woven into the maritime trade routes of the British Empire. Discover the terrifying banality of evil as the impending apocalypse unfolds not through o...
Episode 8 - Midnight at the Penhew Foundation 19.05.2026 41:43
Following a traumatic, reality-shattering encounter in a London basement, our weary investigators must somehow readjust to the polite, mundane social etiquette of 1925 England. But the nightmare is far from over. This episode marks a chilling shift in the story, pulling the focus away from the visceral terror of fangs and claws and plunging it into the systemic horror of deep-rooted institutional...
Episode 7 - The Basement Horror 12.05.2026 45:05
Plunge into the dark depths of a 1925 London basement, where a chilling investigation leads a group of desperate researchers to a discovery that defies all earthly biology. Transitioning from the adrenaline of a violent confrontation to a scene of visceral, sensory horror, the team is forced to confront a sinister force that uses terrestrial chemistry to enslave its victims. As the nightmare unfol...
Episode 6 - The Reptile of Shipley House 05.05.2026 40:12
In the freezing, fog-choked streets of 1925 London, a group of profoundly traumatized investigators plots a ruthless paramilitary raid from the quiet corner of a Chelsea pub. Stripped of their civilized morality and armed with gas masks and shotguns, they must confront the agonizing reality that conventional police are utterly useless against the cosmic horror lurking just down the street. As the...
Episode 5 - Gas Masks and Apple Pie 28.04.2026 32:54
London, 1925 . A shredded hat. A pristine pink shoe. A freshly baked fruit pie at 1:00 AM... and a creeping, cold-blooded stench. When our investigators face the physical and mental toll of their mission, they are forced into agonizing choices, abandoning a shattered friend to a forced quarantine in order to preserve their own survival. What begins as a frantic escape through the dense, foggy stre...
Episode 4 - Mimi's compact and the Blue Pyramid Club 21.04.2026 35:37
London, 1925 . A cold, biting fog. A misdirected watch... and the chilling discovery of a life being erased in a suburban trash bin. As our fractured investigators split their forces to hunt for the Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh, they find that the "geometry of paranoia" has infected the very machinery of the city. From the smoke-filled shadows of a Soho death cult to the terrifyingly...
Episode 3 - Arriving in London 03.04.2026 52:31
London, 1925. The fog conceals more than just the cobblestone streets—it hides a terror that thrives in plain sight. Our weary investigators arrive in a city where high society turns a blind eye, and the daily papers dismiss the impossible as mere sensationalism. But beneath the veneer of upper-class denial, a ruthless, mechanical conspiracy is at work, turning the public's own apathy and prej...
Episode 2 - Murder in New York 03.04.2026 35:37
New York City, 1925. A frantic telegram. A desperate plea for help. A locked door... and a scene of unimaginable horror. When our investigators arrive in the city expecting to reunite with an old friend, they instead find themselves inheriting his final, fatal case. What begins as a desperate search for answers quickly spirals into a frantic chase through a metropolis hiding terrible secrets. Step...
Episode 1 - The Larkin Expedition 03.04.2026 28:48
The year is 1921. High in the unforgiving, freezing peaks of the Peruvian Andes, the Larkin Expedition is on the hunt for a myth: a hidden, ancient pyramid lost to time. But as our team of investigators ascends into the thinning air, they quickly realize that the biting cold is the least of their worries. Bundle up and keep your lanterns lit. It’s time to dig into the dark... https://buymeacoffee....
Prologue 02.04.2026 34:26
A simple newspaper advertisement. That’s all it takes to alter the course of six lives forever. But the individuals answering the call aren't your typical intrepid explorers. They are survivors, burdened by the heavy ghosts of the Great War and scarred by pasts they dare not speak of. Lured by the promise of an expedition to Peru, this fragile group of strangers is about to walk straight into...
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