Horror on the Orient Express

Max In the evening to Le Chat Noir for an auction for the scroll, however neither the Duc nor Mr Wellington appears, leaving the party in the tedious company of one Maximillian von Wurtheim – Grace is impressed. Worried the party head to investigate the shop, where they find the bodies of William Wellington partly flayed on the floor and Edgar dead of a drug overdose in his bed. Later during a tri...

Stuff this? Boarding the Orient Express proper for the first time, the party settle into their cabins and make their way to the saloon car for pink gin and nibbles. The Professor is introduced to Ms. Cavollaro who sings a fabulous aria for the car. Disembarking in Lausanne they check in to the Moulin Vert and seek out the Wellington Brothers, taxidermists of note, who are in possession of an ancie...

Chez Lorien The Investigators excavate the entrance to the Comte de Fenalik's ruined cellars in the garden of the Doctor's house, and find many terrible things and horrific sights. After not too thorough an investigation a piece of the fabled Sedefkar Simulacrum is recovered and transported to Paris by train. Back at the Moulin Noir, recuperation and bathing follows and the travellers determine to...

To dine, perchance to shop... Taking the train from London, the investigators cross the channel to Calais and board the Orient Express rail coaches for Paris, and a research trip to the Bibliotheque National. Staying at the Moulin Noir, the ladies embark on an epic shopping foray and visit the Eiffel Tower and other iconic places of interest. Meanwhile Mrs. Sunderland and the Colonel are ably assi...

The Beginning The start of the campaign, proper. We learn about Dr. Smith's specialties and habits. The party attends Dr. Smith's presentation at the Challenger Trust Banquet Lecture. Smith's London house burns down and he and his manservant go missing. In a London hotel a man is murdered three times. The party investigates the disappearances of Professor Smith by visiting his estate, the neighbou...

At the sign of the three balls... After breakfast and a discussion of Austria, the land of famous pizzas, the party visits The Gate Cemetery in search of evidence of "body snatchers and great hairless apes". They decide it would be more useful to investigate Herr Hunderprest's residence and gain entrance thanks to Mrs. Sunderland's skill with "unlocked" doors. Meanwhile, Professor Moretti inquires...

Shaven white zombie apes, you say...? The investigators look into the horrible murder at the House of Ausperg as the police arrive. The party discovers a collapsed wall in the vault of the auction house and find that the bronze head is missing. Recorded: Thursday, 1st March 2007

The Langorous, restrained bidding goes normally... Moretti instructs the ladies on proper auction etiquette and techniques. They practice bidding on cakes. Moretti meets with the deputy head of acquisitions at the British Museum to conduct further research. In the evening the party attends the auction at the House of Ausperg. There they meet several society types including Professor Julius Smith a...

... and so it begins, the re-release of our epic Horror on the Orient Express Actual Play from 2007. Recorded in binaural surround sound. The start of what would eventually become novelised as The Express Diaries . A favour to a friend... We meet the characters get a sense of their personalities and backgrounds. George Walker contacts Col. Neville "Never" Goodenough requesting help bidding on some...

The trailer for our classic play-through ("Actual Play") of the tabletop Call of Cthulhu roleplaying campaign, Horror on the Orient Express . This was recorded in late 2006 before the start of our campaign proper, in January 2007. The voices you hear are the players (or "cast" as some refer to them today). Trivia: We were the original 'Actual Play' people, inventing and pioneering this genre as fa...