Twin Cities by Night

The hard-won crossing of the Mississippi leaves the wagon train on the far bank—but not yet in the clear. As Bjorn, Gregory, and Sister Margaret each take point in getting cattle, wagons, and precious supplies over the river, the settlers finally touch the edges of civilization again in the booming town of La Crosse. Gregory steals a rare moment of normal life with Samantha—music, a saloon, and a...

With the Mississippi blocking their way west, the settlers of Missouri Crossing are forced into their first real negotiation with the unknown. Johan’s panicked shot has put everyone on edge, but when Bjorn rides out to meet the figures on the far bank, he discovers not a raiding party—but two Dakota men who seem more amused than angered by the frightened wagon train. What follows is an uneasy, wor...

In the pale hours before dawn, Marco Giovanni finds himself on the brink—his control fraying, his hunger awakening. The events of the previous night have left him shaken, vulnerable, and desperate for stability. With Rita’s expectations looming and his ritual work spiraling out of hand, Marco turns to his ghoul, Jamie, to help clean up the mess and guide him through the long, cold hours that remai...

In Where the Flies Gather, Marco Giovanni delves deeper into the work that binds his soul to both the living and the dead. The night after a disastrous encounter, he turns to ritual—to necromancy—as both penance and pursuit. But the spirits he calls to answer do not forgive, and what begins as an act of duty becomes a haunting revelation about betrayal, faith, and the cost of seeking truth. As Mar...

As night settles over Bismarck, Michael finally faces a conversation he’s been dreading with his mother, forcing him to confront a kind of helplessness no case can fix. Back at the office, Derek’s unease with the group’s escalating tactics collides with Wayne and Alex’s decision to cross a line and break into the academy’s barn, even as Alex’s quiet dinner with Tina becomes both a rare moment of w...

Wayne and Alex head to the Adventist Academy, where a quiet lunch with a withdrawn student and a walk down too-clean halls hint at just how wrong the place feels. A hostile head of security shuts their visit down, forcing them to leave with more questions than answers. Back at Dakota Investigative Services, a shaken but determined team compares notes, follows a troubling hunch about an old barn on...

Michael and Derek follow a fragile lead to the Open Door Baptist Church, hoping a former headmaster with ties to Toby’s past can finally crack the case. What begins as a polite visit turnsintsot a tense confrontation, as evasive answers, Welkstetter money, and old loyalties hint at just how deep the corruption around them really runs. About the Chronicle Michael and Derek follow a fragile lead to...

Becca and Quin flex creative muscles to put together stories, modules, adventures paths and inspiration for different games in our Brianstorming segment This week, we'll be going over Scion 2nd ed with this rounds prompt; A local organization is accused of instigating arguments among people, seemingly natural disasters and even wars. Join us as we discover the story Quin has in mind for Scion. If...

In What the Dead Remember, the facade finally cracks. A single word, a single moment, is all it takes to expose what Marco Giovanni truly is beneath the measured civility and ritual grace. When the evening spirals into violence and revelation, Marco is forced to confront both the power he wields—and the ghosts it awakens. Shaken by what he’s done, he finds himself drawn deeper into the shadow of h...

In By the Fire’s Edge, Marco Giovanni steps beyond ritual and obligation into something far more personal: confrontation. Summoned to meet Roman Dunsirn, a ghoul of immense age and complicated loyalty, Marco finds himself walking a razor’s edge between diplomacy and dominance. What begins as a polite conversation soon becomes a silent test of control. In a city ruled by careful manners and hidden...

After weeks of grueling travel, the wagon train reaches its first true barrier: the wide, relentless sweep of the Mississippi. With no obvious ford in sight, the settlers are forced to halt, reorganize supplies, and decide how to risk everything on a crossing they can’t yet see. Gregory steps into a leadership role at camp, using his head for numbers and logistics to keep people busy, rations secu...

The wagons finally roll out of Chicago, and the settlers of Missouri Crossing get their first true taste of frontier travel. In this episode, the group assembles on the south side of the city—families packing their final belongings, Jesuits securing their mission wagon, and Samuel Baker’s mostly–Black crew preparing the massive herd for the journey north. Amidst the bustle, friendships begin to fo...

The journey west begins under open sky and fading firelight. In the first episode of Missouri Crossing, the settlers—Gregory Smith and his family, Sister Margaret Miller, and Bjorn Haggman with his young son—make camp alongside the Jesuit mission and a herd of cattle bound for the Dakota Territories. As prairie music drifts through the darkness and families settle in for the night, an uneasy tensi...

With leads running out and the winter night closing in, the agents push deeper into the Echo housing project—into vacant units, locked doors, and the apartment of a grieving mother who knows far more than she should. What begins as a final sweep for a missing cop turns into a confrontation with something impossible that lives behind the walls and under the floors, forcing the team to choose betwee...

As the night grinds on, the team splits their focus between steel and shadows. Paul and Douggee push deeper into the building’s underbelly, walking a tightrope of intimidation and desperation in a dealer’s apartment where one wrong move could turn the whole floor into a killing ground. Meanwhile, Kendra and Mick follow the fragile thread of memory to Marceline, a grieving mother whose worn-down ho...

As comms with Paul and Douggee cut out, Kendra and Mick are left circling the Echo housing project, watching the streets empty and the tension rise. Inside, Paul and Douggee push deeper into the building and uncover a hidden space that was never meant to be on the blueprints—part occult shrine, part listening post, saturated with the reek of death. A broken tenant and a volatile dealer might hold...

Becca and Tilmann kick off our brand new segment Brianstorming, where we flex our creative muscles to put together stories, modules, adventures paths and inspiration for different games. This week, we'll be going over Eclipse Phase with this rounds prompt; A local organization is accused of instigating arguments among people, seemingly natural disasters and even wars. Join us as we discover the st...

As Sir Hugo’s makeshift band pushes deeper into Lord Frederick’s domain, the mission shifts from simple infiltration to surviving the estate itself. Ornate halls and opulent rooms hide lethal secrets, and what should be a noble’s home feels more like a carefully laid snare. In this episode, the group navigates treacherous defenses, faces fanatical opposition, and is forced to make hard choices abo...

Eight years after the fall of Forstor Nagar, the Empire stands on a knife’s edge. Demonic forces press against the walls of Axis, and the capital’s defenses are stretched thin. When Sir Hugo—disgraced, aging, but still unbreakably loyal—uncovers whispers of a conspiracy that could open the city to its enemies, he gathers a small, volatile band of allies to act before it’s too late. In this opening...

Guided by a goblin’s secret and pressed by the Elf Queen’s expectations, the party crawls through a hidden passage and emerges before a sealed door that only elven magic can undo. Beyond lies a vast throne room at the dungeon’s core, where the prize they’ve chased—the fabled Heart—rests within arm’s reach… and under the watchful eyes of an undead elven ranger and her terrifying draconic guardian....

With the dungeon’s jaws closed behind them, the party steps into a ruin that feels more like a devoured castle than a cave. Strange shifting lights pull shadows across stone, and an echoing corridor leads them to a chasm-spanning bridge where ghouls and goblins are locked in a desperate, chaotic battle. Forced to choose between wading into the fray or sneaking past it, the heroes confront the unco...

As war rages between the Empire, the Diabloist, and the Lich King, a band of elves and “elf-adjacent” misfits gathers in the treetop village of Featherglade with a single purpose: find the legendary Heart hidden within a newly surfaced living dungeon. Azorella the Vain, the larger-than-life warrior known only as the King, the unsettlingly chitinous Gurgon Vizerious, and the shadow-shrouded thief S...

In the frozen heart of 1989, the Sabbat pack known as The Nothing faces the end of their journey — and the truth of what they’ve become. Broken, hunted, and scattered through the dark veins of the Twin Cities, each member stands at a crossroads between revelation and ruin. What began as a mission to uncover a silent pack’s disappearance now spirals into something far deeper — a confrontation with...

Inside a house that feels more like a confession than a shelter, the surviving members of the Nothing are pushed beyond reason. Each step forward exposes what they fear most — the illusions they’ve built around love, loyalty, and freedom — and the lies they’ve told themselves to survive. In this chapter, unseen hands twist the familiar into the unbearable. Promises of liberation turn into cages, a...

Drawn deeper into the city’s frozen outskirts, the Nothing follows a new ally into the dark veins beneath Minneapolis—tunnels older than the Sabbat, carved by generations who never left their mark on any map. What begins as a simple task becomes an unraveling of faith, loyalty, and purpose as one pack member descends into the depths while another is pulled toward something calling from the storm a...