Ross Payton

Gumshoe – RPPR Actual Play

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Ross Payton

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Apr 9, 2026

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Episodes

Ashen Stars: Abundance – Episode 7 19.11.2018

A villain has plotted to use an ancient artifact to gain control over a swarm of dangerous aliens. In order to do this, the villain has endangered the life of everyone on Abundance 5 and the crew of the Holiday will try to stop him, at any cost.

Ashen Stars: Abundance – Episode 6 06.11.2018

Team Silverhawk races to a distant planet to pursue a lead in their investigation. In order to proceed, they must infiltrate a popular game show that pits contestants in a deadly arena, fighting for supremacy. Can they survive and get the intel they need?

Ashen Stars: Abundance – Episode 5 28.10.2018

The crew of the Holiday needs to research a strange alien artifact they have discovered. A scholar on a remote and dangerous jungle planet can help them, so they travel there in hopes of learning the machine’s secrets. Unfortunately, a gang of mercenaries is hot on their trail.

Ashen Stars: Abundance – Episode 4 16.10.2018

Team Silverhawk tracks down a group of miscreants on Abundance 5 by tracking cyber cows and investigating an abandoned resort, complete with malfunctioning robots. As they get closer to the truth, the dangers increase…

Ashen Stars: Abundance – Episode 3 04.10.2018

Team Holiday is off to the moon of Abundance 5 to investigate a missing expedition. A group of colonists found something on the moon and dug it up, but failed to check in. What could be lurking inside the moon? More importantly, what happened to the colonists?

Ashen Stars: Abundance – Episode 2 23.09.2018

Between squatters, odd critters, and a darker mystery, the lasers assigned to protecting Abundance 5 have their work cut out for them! Can they keep the peace while discovering the cause of all the trouble since the squatters showed up? News: Be sure to back the RPPR Patreon to get

Ashen Stars: Abundance – Episode 1 11.09.2018

Abundance 5 is a remote planet, ill-equipped to deal with dangers. Its population of former resort employees who re-enact the Wild West, the rebels who hate the Wild West, and a commune of cultists who worship a galactic hero, can’t deal with the numerous threats they face. Two teams of

Trail of Cthulhu: Midnight Sub Rosa 30.09.2017

The diary of Ezekiel de la Poer, a colonial-era French necromancer hanged for child-murder in 1736 was stolen at the home of an emeritus professor in the small town of Rosa, Alabama. His house lives in the eaves of a forest of white ash. Can the Investigators find the book

Trail of Cthulhu: Uku Pacha 05.05.2017

After the discovery of Machu Picchu, other explorers and archeologists searched for other Inca ruins. A confession of a Spanish occultist who died during the Inquisition is discovered in a library’s archives in the 1930s. It mentions a hidden tomb high up in the Peruvian mountains. Soon, an expedition is

Night’s Black Agents: The Thieves Code – Part 3 25.08.2016

The thieves have their prize but can they escape with it? The guardian of the museum has trapped them in a small town and has sent her remaining cultists and followers to catch them. Either the thieves must wait until the mystic barrier weakens or they must defeat the dread

Night’s Black Agents: The Thieves Code – Part 2 07.08.2016

The thieves now face their greatest challenge, stealing a priceless artifact from a well-guarded and remote museum. It has unusually strong security, including an armed response team and high tech alarm systems. Plus the thieves encountered the supernatural earlier, so they reasonably expect more occult interference. Planning and executing a

Night’s Black Agents: The Thieves Code – Part 1 23.07.2016

A group of talented criminals are brought together by a mysterious and well-financed patron. The patron wants them to steal certain objects from certain places. The first is an ancient and valuable artifact from the safe of an art gallery. It is guarded by alarms and other conventional security, but

Trail of Cthulhu: General Order 11 29.03.2016

News: Why were we gone for so long? Read this for more info. We are now on a new web host, so hopefully, everything will be smooth sailing from here on out. Amidst the chaotic guerrilla warfare of Civil War Missouri, a small force of Union militia troops is tasked

Fear Itself: Burner – A Delta Green Shotgun Scenario 27.01.2016

A woman, blood seeping through her suit, staggers to the door of Red-Talk Phones. A gun is in her hand. She is strong enough to yell out not to bother calling the police. She just needs a clean phone, a burner. It is coming and it would be better if

Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Shanghai – episode 20 16.01.2016

Nyarlathotep… the crawling chaos… I am the last… I will tell the audient void…I do not recall distinctly when it began, but it was months ago. The general tension was horrible. To a season of political and social upheaval was added a strange and brooding apprehension of hideous physical danger;

Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Shanghai – episode 19 30.12.2015

Shanghai is heating up! Riots, disasters at the harbor, and kidnapped friends are only the start of the team’s problems. Investigating the order of the Bloated Woman and its nefarious leader, Ho Fung, will be no easy task. Even occult investigation methods such as the Dreamlands may prove more dangerous

Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Shanghai – episode 18 14.12.2015

The campaign goes full circle! Only a few of the original team survived from their initial investigation of a murdered priest, but after a long and harrowing journey, they have returned to the Pearl of the Orient. Now they know what the cult to the Crawling Chaos plans, at least

Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Australia – episode 17 28.11.2015

Aided by their new Yithian ally, the investigators have cornered the cultists of the Crawling Chaos! Now they must defeat them and possibly rescue the captured prisoners held by the cult. Even if they get past the fanatical cultists, the leader, a brilliant scientist and sorcerer, awaits in the depths

Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Australia – episode 16 12.11.2015

The ruins of the Great City of Pnaktous await! The investigators have learned that the cult of the Crawling Chaos is excavating the ancient city for reasons unknowable, but to thwart the cult, the heroes will chase them to the ends of the earth. Exploring the depths of this inhuman

Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Australia – episode 15 10.10.2015

Sponsor: The Delta Green Kickstarter is on!. The Iconoclasts scenario stretch goal has been unlocked! Check out the FREE Quickstart guide with a demo adventure. The investigators leave civilization to travel into the interior of the Australian outback, a dangerous journey even with the latest 20th century technology aiding them.

Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Australia – episode 14 18.09.2015

The investigators have finally arrived in Australia. They have learned of a mysterious expedition to the interior of the country, but to what end, they do not know. They do know that the Lamplighter cult and their esoteric masters want them to follow the expedition, into the Outback. But before

Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Interlude – episode 13 02.09.2015

After the near-apocalyptic finale of Kenya, some time passes, and the survivors awaken to find themselves on a cruise ship heading to Australia. The Lamp Lighters have brought new allies so the survivors can build a new investigative team. However, this ship’s passage through the Pacific has attracted the attention

Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Kenya – episode 12 17.08.2015

The finale of the Kenya chapter begins! The investigators reach the peak of the Mountain of the Black Wind. The Cult of the Bloody Tongue shall soon perform a ritual that will increase the Crawling Chaos’ power on Earth, so our heroes must stop them, even though they are outnumbered

Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Kenya – episode 11 30.07.2015

The investigators are closer than ever to the heart of the conspiracy. After recruiting a local mercenary, Nails Nelson, to help them travel to the Mountain of the Black Wind. The answers they seek lie there, but an army of cultists and other dangers stands between them and their goal.

Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Kenya – episode 10 13.07.2015

The investigators are in Nairobi, looking into the cult of the Bloody Tongue and the missing Carlyle Expedition. Before they can enlist the aid of locals, including a powerful mystic, they must prove themselves by stopping a potential agent of the Crawling Chaos, Mr. Corbitt and any other cultists in

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