The Esoteric Order of Roleplayers

The investigators run down the clues leading them to a missing diva, and experience the terrible wonder of everything Italian opera has to offer. The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jen Renae Des Jade Dave S. And...Edie the Dog

The investigators complete another leg aboard the Dreamlands Express, where they find out that, really, anything is possible. Upon awakening, they find themselves afoot in a subdued and grieving Milan, where they are sucked into a most unusual missing-persons case. The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jen Renae Des Jade Dave S. And...Edie the Dog

The conclusion of the Chronicle. Aaron plays puppet-master, but is he being played as well? Alliances are solidified and hidden enemies reveal themselves. The campaign wiki can be found here.

A foursome of investigators venture into the realm of the Jigsaw Prince. An old ally returns to the fold; a new enemy is made. The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jen Des Jade Dave S. And...Edie the Dog

The intensity continues to ramp up in this, the penultimate session of the Chronicle. Butcher's bills come due--can Aaron pay up? The campaign wiki can be found here.

The investigators finally board the Orient Express! Onboard, they make the acquaintance of an Italian opera diva, an exiled Russian princess, a travel writer, and other assorted passengers. Arriving in Lausanne, they look up a certain Edgar Wellington, supposedly in possession of one of the Sedefkar scrolls... The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jen Des Renae Dave S. And...Edie the Dog

As the chronicle races towards its conclusion, Aaron goes against his better instincts and pursues love. A road trip is undertaken. Many tears are shed. The campaign wiki can be found here.

A special bonus episode! As the other investigators head off for Paris, Padma journeys into realms beyond the physical world... The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jade

We return to the main narrative as the intrepid investigators board a plane for Paris with a satchel full of money and few notions of what they'll find once they arrive...on the Continent of Horrors. Part one of a two-part double-feature! The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Des Jen Renae Dave S. And...Edie the Dog

For the first time since his Embrace, Aaron finds himself with one foot solidly back in the mortal world. But how long can he keep up his own personal masquerade, and what will it cost? The "Fool for Love" scene referenced in the episode (video link). The campaign wiki can be found here.

The conclusion of the first flashback adventure finds trouble coming on board in Vienna and trouble awaiting in Constantinople. And with each passing mile, the investigators wonder more and more: who can we trust? The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Des Jen Renae

Aaron's attempts to settle back into a normal unlife in Los Angeles are thwarted at every turn as he is drawn deeper and deeper into vampiric politics...and tangled matters of the heart. Love triangles and quadrangles abound. The campaign wiki can be found here.

In this, the first "flashback" episode of the campaign, a reading of Professor Smith's 1893 diary transports the narrative back to the Gaslight era for an earlier adventure on the Orient Express... The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Des Jen Dave S. Renae Sage

Aaron and Karen have fled Los Angeles after killing a high-profile Cainite. But whither are they bound, and what may they find when they return to the City of Angels months later? The campaign wiki can be found here.

While waiting for a plane flight to the Continent, the investigators decide to follow up on another strange article from the papers in which the ever-elusive Mr. Makryat seems to figure once again. The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Des (Dotty Gale) Jen (Max Mallowan) Dave S. (Vance Victorson) Renae (Lady Cynthia Asquith) And...Edie the Dog

A desperate plan is hatched in an attempt to outmaneuver the forces arranged against Aaron and his sire. Can our intrepid actor use his special skills to outwit a 600-year-old Justicar? The campaign wiki can be found here.

The group reconvenes in January, 1923 to attend a lecture on the topic of their haunted mirror put on by one Dr. Julius Smith. Amidst the freezing rain and chill fogs, disappearances ensue, the same man dies three times in one night, and the investigators set out upon a most hazardous adventure. The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jade (Padma Daschel) Des (Dotty Gale) Jen (Max Mallowan) Dave S. (Vance Victorson) Renae (Lady Cynthia Asquith) And...Edie the Dog

Aaron is finally reunited with his infamous sire, who immediately starts exerting a bad influence. In a murder house high in the hills above Los Angeles, blood is exchanged and vows are made, and a confrontation with potentially world-shattering consequences is set up. The campaign wiki can be found here.

Our group comes together as guests of Dion Fortune, occultist and author, who has recently bought a house full of mirrors. What reflections will our investigators see when they gaze into the rippling, glassy depths? Audio Alert! We're in the process of upgrading our recording equipment yet again, which means--you guessed it!--some growing pains for us amateur A/V enthusiasts. Levels and stereo mix balance are not quite what we're looking for, but all should be resolved by next session. (In particular, our main recorder failed with 40 minutes to go in the session, but thankfully the backup came through...) Your patience and forbearance is much appreciated. The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jade (Padma Daschel) Des (Dotty Gale) Jen (Max Mallowan) Dave S. (Vance Victorson) Renae (Lady Cynthia Asquith) And...Edie the Dog

The full Order convenes to create characters for our long-awaited run of Horror on the Orient Express! Owing to the adventure's deadly nature, everyone makes a primary and secondary character. Among the 10 player-characters created are some familiar faces from campaigns past, as well as characters from the pages of history books and fiction alike... The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jade Des Jen Dave S. Renae

Aaron sets out to find his sire, knowing that when he does he'll be faced with an impossible decision. Along the way, he runs afoul of more than one of L.A.'s more...eccentric Kindred. The campaign wiki can be found here.

The Order takes the new Delta Green RPG rules for a spin using the "Need to Know" quick start rules and the included scenario, "Last Thing's Last". A couple agents are called in for a routine clean-up of a dead agent's possessions--what could possibly go wrong? Featuring: David L. Des And...Edie the Dog

In a high-rise building in Century City, conspiracies are hatched and bullets and blood fly... (We had some audio issues this outing, unfortunately, so your intrepid Storyteller is a bit muddy in the mix. Apologies.) Goth afThe campaign wiki can be found here.

We wrap up the "Shadows of Atlantis" arc with ancient artifacts, time paradoxes, death by flamethrower, and mile-long worm gods... The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Des Jade Jen Dave S. Renae And...Edie the Dog

We pick up the action on a ghost-lit island in the middle of the North Atlantic and wrap up in a sinkhole on an island in a Greenland fjord. In between comes black goo, frantic chases, seal-leather short pants, hot cups of caribou blood, and chaotic firefights. The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Des Jade Jen Dave S. Renae

As the eventful year of 1939 comes to a close, Nachtwülfe and Section M set a collision course for Greenland. En route, some of our intrepid heroes take an unexpected detour into the cold Atlantic waters north of Britain, led on by a host of strange lights... The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jen Dave S. Renae

The auction is on! But how long can it last with a group of determined troublemakers and an uninvited weirdo doing their level best to disrupt proceedings? And then there's the matter of the giant moth-creature outside in the mist... The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jade Jen Des Renae

A telegram from America takes our intrepid Section M operatives on an intriguing side-quest to Kingsport and a nearby hotel, where a mysterious piece of weird science stands at the ready for a most peculiar demonstration. The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jade Jen Des Dave S.

Cross-cutting abounds in this session as the group confronts enemies in the waking world and in the dream-realm of the dead. We also convert fully to 7th edition Call of Cthulhu and the new Pulp Cthulhu rules. The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jade Jen Des Dave S.

The "Phoney War" dominates the headlines, but the Secret War rages on as four plucky Section M operatives take ship for Egypt in pursuit of the next piece of the so-called Palladion, the Atlantean super-weapon revealed in the pages of Botho Erlichmann's journal. But who else is in Egypt? What dangers stalk the crowded streets of Cairo? The campaign wiki can be found here. The Esoteric Order is now on social media! Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jade Jen Dave S. Renae

Aaron continues to wrestle with his inner Beast as the time of the monthly Rant fast approaches. Will he go through with his plan to break the Masquerade? The campaign wiki can be found here.

The clues have come together. The authorities are closing in. War is beginning. It's time to don plague masks, fire up electric torches, rig demolition packs, and strap on vintage flamethrowers for a jaunt into the tunnels and caves beneath the streets of Rome. The campaign wiki can be found here. The Esoteric Order is now on social media! Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jade Jen Des Renae

Call this one the Great Rome Caper. Morgues are raided, shots are fired, grenades are thrown, lamas are spotted, a strange archaeological dig in the middle of Rome piques the group's interest. An adventure many would give their right hand for... Featuring: Jade Jen Des Renae Dave S.

Section M wraps up its business in Vienna, but not before losing track of one of their own, thoroughly traumatizing a delivery boy, and earning a personal vendetta from a member of the Nazi party. And then it's on to the Eternal City, where things get very bloody indeed... The campaign wiki can be found here. The Esoteric Order is now on social media! Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jade Des Renae Dave S.

Under the guidance of Alexander, Viscount Towton, MI6 launches a new secretive division, Section M. And with the threat of war looming ever closer on a daily basis, two new recruits are dispatched to Vienna to retrieve a couple of assets, veterans of Operation THREE KINGS... The campaign wiki can be found here. The Esoteric Order is now on social media! Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jade Jen Renae Dave S.

Picking right up where we left off last session, our intrepid heroes make disastrous contact with the Czech underground and hatch plans to infiltrate Castle Karlstein. What secrets does that great old fortress, or the priest known as Codename ANGEL, conceal? Photo by Lukáš Kalista The campaign wiki can be found here. The Esoteric Order is now on social media! Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Des Jen Renae And...Edie the Dog

The Order convenes for a new campaign, set in the world of Modiphius Games' Achtung! Cthulhu. Character creation precedes the start of the scenario proper... It is July, 1939, and a covert mission to occupied Bohemia brings together a startling variety of characters to investigate the mystery of Karlstein Castle and make contact with the resistance group known as the "Three Kings". The campaign wiki can be found here. Featuring: Des Jen Renae Dave S. And...Edie the Dog

The launch of the Paris-Constantinople "Oriental Express" airship route brings three Dramatic Characters together to convey a vital document - and foil a Dastardly Plot. The conclusion of this Adventure Entertainment. We also spend the first 20 minutes or so discussing what we're going to do next. Featuring: Jen Des Renae And...Edie the Dog.

The notable attendees of Count de Navarre's wedding receive a mysterious invitation to meet at a Bayernese coaching inn on the Winter Solstice. Who sent the invitation, and for what purpose? And what other guests await at the inn? Featuring: Des Jen Renae Dave S. And...Edie the Dog

In this mostly-improvisatory Story, the Dramatic Characters convene at the island of Barataria for a most unusual wedding. Can the Characters safely find their way through the Mist and Fog before the Explosive Conclusion? Featuring: Des Jen Renae Dave S. And...Edie the Dog

In this, our inaugural Story, the Dramatic Characters first meet in the coffee houses of Vienna, attend a Grand Ball, and ponder the nature of Love and Free Will. Featuring: Des Jen Renae Jade

The Esoteric Order begins a short but hopefully fruitful assignation with the classic steampunk/fantasy RPG, Castle Falkenstein. And yes, this is three solid hours of character creation, but it's mostly story spinning and character development, so hopefully it will be worth a listen. Giles Featuring: Dave S. Des Jen Renae Jade

For some time now, David S. has been teasing us with the prospect of a one-shot "for the fans" that required all of us to be present. Having a full quorum this week (even though Jen is getting over a cold), we pulled the trigger on this long-promised session. Most unexpected results ensued. Maps that may prove useful to the listener: Featuring: David L. Des Jen Renae Jade

Aaron finds a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing as he begins to formulate a plan to save his sire and possibly revolutionize Kindred society in the process, all while trying his worst to save his fledgling acting career. The campaign wiki can be found here.

The Esoteric Order celebrates its three-year anniversary with a full crew and lots of Japanese sour candies, wasabi-coated edamame beans, tea, and a heart-warming session of Ryuutama, the "natural fantasy RPG." Tonight's episode is brought to you by Nobel Super Sour Candy and Kasugai Gummy Candies. Intro music: "Boogiewoah" by Ozzed. Featuring: Jen Renae Jade Des David L.

The meat grinder of the Russo-German war wears on, claiming many more victims--some natural-born Soviet airwomen among them. Our natural-born Soviet airwomen this session include: Jen Des Dave S.

Picking up right where we left off - with Aaron naked in a hot tub filled with horse blood - we explore more of the world of the Kindred in Los Angeles as Aaron begins to understand just how many sharks he is swimming with. The Anarch Manifesto The campaign wiki can be found here.

Today is David S.'s birthday, and, to help celebrate, friends of the Order Randy and Susan Steward are in town and Susan is taking the Keeper's chair to run "The Fall Without End" from Hebanon Games' No Security scenario pack.Join us as three teams of intrepid mountain climbers attempt to be the first to definitively summit Alaska's Mount McKinley, and see what awaits them at the top... Featuring:David S.RandyDavid L.DesJenScott

Inspired by the recent releases of The Book of Uther and The Marriage of Count Roderick, we return to the world of Pendragon for an "alternate universe" look at Sir Blains and his efforts to win the hand of young Lady Ellen. Pendragon Achievements, as mentioned during the session. Featuring: Des Jade Dave S.

The L.A. Writers' Club is back! It's been two years since the events of the Big Hoodoo, and Bob Heinlein has gone missing. What strange and depraved events await our intrepid investigators amidst the jaded glitterati of 1950's Hollywood? Featuring: Des (Virginia "Ginny" Heinlein) David L. (Phillip K. Dick) Renae (Tony Boucher)