The Esoteric Order of Roleplayers

With a rump Order meeting this week, we decided to take the "pre-alpha" 5th edition Vampire rules for a spin. What did we think? You'll just have to give it a listen to find out... Featuring Des Renae And...Edie the Dog

Charlotte gets her hands on the strange little book at long last, only to find the mystery deepening. Everyone wants a piece of the book...or her...or both...and she is left wondering who she can trust, and whether she does indeed know best. The chronicle's wiki can be found here.

The crew (well, three of us) formally convert to Chronicles of Darkness before getting down to the nitty-gritty of a team of frozen Manly Mantas (this does not end well), researching the commissary, and attending an impromptu Homecoming that we'll not soon forget... (The session proper starts at 1:18:00.) Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. The chronicle's wiki can be found here. You can also follow our characters on "Chitter" as follows: Barb: @barb_Droid Basil: @skoracleradio Kate: @Kate_cant_wait Ritch: @UncleDickPicles Ginger: @SupremeRedPhD This episode is brought to you in part by the generous support of our Patreon backers. If you're not a backer yourself, please consider heading over to our Patreon page to take a look at the various reward tiers on offer. Featuring: David L. Sage Renae And...Edie the Dog

A night on the town turns at first eerie and then downright dangerous for Charlotte and her friends. Will the Angels' Flight spirit them straight to heaven? The chronicle's wiki can be found here.

The Homecoming Game kicks off and it's rah-rah-rah for the fightin' Rooks. But while San Kaissa State dominates the field, the staff of the Oracle sneaks around the nearly-abandoned campus, putting more and more pieces together...and bringing back pieces from the other side of the Hedge... Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. The chronicle's wiki can be found here. You can also follow our characters on "Chitter" as follows: Barb: @barb_Droid Basil: @skoracleradio Kate: @Kate_cant_wait Ritch: @UncleDickPicles Ginger: @SupremeRedPhD This episode is brought to you in part by the generous support of our Patreon backers. If you're not a backer yourself, please consider heading over to our Patreon page to take a look at the various reward tiers on offer. Featuring: David L. Sage Des Renae And...Edie the Dog

Charlotte's first week in her new town quickly takes a rocky turn as she learns to look after herself and runs into a few new "kindred spirits." The chronicle's wiki can be found here.

The staff of the Oracle push themselves to the breaking point, as internal strife threatens to tear them apart and two of their number fall through the snowy bracken and into a strange new land... Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. The chronicle's wiki can be found here. You can also follow our characters on "Chitter" as follows: Barb: @barb_Droid Basil: @skoracleradio Kate: @Kate_cant_wait Ritch: @UncleDickPicles Ginger: @SupremeRedPhD This episode is brought to you in part by the generous support of our Patreon backers. If you're not a backer yourself, please consider heading over to our Patreon page to take a look at the various reward tiers on offer. Featuring: David L. Sage Des Renae And...Edie the Dog

After many years in her New Hampshire idyll, Charlotte is thrust quite suddenly into the harsh world of vampire politics. A cross-country train journey ensues and Charlotte finds a new haven.

The pieces start to come together for the staff of the Oracle, revealing some truly haunting possibilities. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. You can also follow our characters on "Chitter" as follows: Barb: @barb_Droid Basil: @skoracleradio Kate: @Kate_cant_wait Ritch: @UncleDickPicles Ginger: @SupremeRedPhD This episode is brought to you in part by the generous support of our Patreon backers. If you're not a backer yourself, please consider heading over to our Patreon page to take a look at the various reward tiers on offer. Featuring: David L. Sage Des Renae And...Edie the Dog

The Oracle staff is starting to catch heat for their persistent investigations into the strange past, present, and future of San Kaissa, but the weather isn't the only thing that's been acting ice cold (Barb, we're looking at you...). Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. You can also follow our characters on "Chitter" as follows: Barb: @barb_Droid Basil: @skoracleradio Kate: @Kate_cant_wait Ritch: @UncleDickPicles This episode is brought to you in part by the generous support of our Patreon backers. If you're not a backer yourself, please consider heading over to our Patreon page to take a look at the various reward tiers on offer. Featuring: David L. Jade Des Renae And...Edie the Dog

Part Two of our "extended prelude" covers Charlotte's vampiric education in the hills of New Hampshire, culminating with a shocking revelation from her sire that sets the chronicle in motion.

The Oracle staff digs deeper into the mysteries haunting the campus of Cal State San Kaissa, only to turn up more and more leads and inscrutable motivations. Plus, one of the staff rekindles an old flame while another ends up on the wrong side of the law... Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. This episode is brought to you in part by the generous support of our Patreon backers. If you're not a backer yourself, please consider heading over to our Patreon page to take a look at the various reward tiers on offer. Featuring: David L. Jade Sage Des Renae And...Edie the Dog

All the reclusive Kindred author Walter Bukowski wanted was a quiet cabin far away from everyone else, a place to work on his next vampire-themed novel. Then a bunch of actual vampires started showing up at his door, chief among them a certain Aaron Evans. A special "interlude" in our Duet Chronicles, with guest-player Jon joining us at the table for an evening of high weirdness. The campaign wiki can be found here. Featuring Des Jon

After a four-year break, we return to San Kaissa to check in on the staff of the Oracle, where we find faces old and new...and a brand new mystery to unravel. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. This episode is brought to you in part by the generous support of our Patreon backers. If you're not a backer yourself, please consider heading over to our Patreon page to take a look at the various reward tiers on offer. Featuring: David L. Sage Des And...Edie the Dog

The group indulges in a character funnel with a whopping 24 0-level peons answering the call of the Lady in Blue. What will they find on the other side of the eponymous hole in the sky? (Aside from death and dismemberment, of course.) Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. This episode is brought to you in part by the generous support of our Patreon backers. If you're not a backer yourself, please head over to our Patreon page and take a look at the various reward tiers on offer. Joining us this week is Honorary Member Jon, from the California chapter of the Order. For those of you who would prefer to skip the character creation portion of the session, gameplay proper starts at 1:00.30. Featuring: Dave S. Sage Jade Renae Des Jon And...Edie the Dog

The final episode of the campaign finds the remaining investigators playing a game of cat-and-mouse aboard the Express as events take on increasingly surreal dimensions. The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. This episode is brought to you in part by the generous support of our Patreon backers. If you're not a backer yourself, please head over to our Patreon page and take a look at the various reward tiers on offer. Featuring: Dave S. Jade Renae Des And...Edie the Dog

In this, the penultimate session of the campaign, the investigators board the Orient Express one last time in pursuit of Mehmet Makryat and the Simulacrum. But whom among the other passengers is their sworn enemy, and who is an ally? The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Carolina Game Tables. Featuring: Jen Jade Renae Des And...Edie the Dog

The investigators enter the "danger zone," the skin gloves come off as they go up against the Brotherhood in all its bloody strength and glory. Terrible secrets are revealed and not everyone makes it out alive... The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter This episode is brought to you by Carolina Game Tables. Featuring: Jen Dave S. Jade Renae Des And...Edie the Dog

Constantinople at last! The heart of the conspiracy that has worked against the investigators is revealed as things go from bad to worse. The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Carolina Game Tables. Featuring: Jen Dave S. Jade Renae Des And...Edie the Dog

Meet young Charlotte Winchester (of the Providence Danforths) as she wends her way from the chill New England coast to destinations unknown within the World of Darkness...

The group takes a deep breath before the final plunge, boarding the Express for the last leg of the 2,000-mile journey to Constantinople. But will they all survive the night? The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Carolina Game Tables. Featuring: Jen Jade Renae Des And...Edie the Dog

Schroedinger's Grenade goes off in an unexpected way, and it's a roller coaster from that point out as the investigators bounce from one high-action, deadly encounter to the next. Will Sofia be the undoing of the group?? The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Carolina Game Tables. Featuring: Jen Jade Renae Dave S. Des And...Edie the Dog

We're back on the Orient Express, and come back in grand style with more than a few mutilations! The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Carolina Game Tables. Featuring: Jen Jade Renae Dave S. Des And...Edie the Dog

We wrap up the first part of the Giovanni Chronicles with this super-sized session! The campaign wiki may be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Carolina Game Tables. Featuring: Jen Renae David L. Jade Dave S. And...Edie the Dog

Our next installment of the Giovanni Chronicles sees the fledgling vampires under the threat of extreme violence at the hands of a strange coterie of vampiric plotters. How will our undead heroes get out of this bloody predicament? We may have overdone it on the dice... Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Carolina Game Tables. Featuring: Jen Renae David L. Jade Dave S. And...Edie the Dog

Return once more (and for the final time) to the Dreamlands Express! What "baggage" do the investigators have to hurl into the pitch-black Gulf of Nodens? And will they survive the journey there? The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Carolina Game Tables. Featuring: Jen Jade Renae Des And...Edie the Dog

The Orient Express rolls into Belgrade, looking for a certain Dr. Milan Todorovic on the advice of Professor Smith. The wine flows, and the good doctor sets the investigators on a path out to the country and a quaint little cabin in a forest clearing... The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Carolina Game Tables. Featuring: Jen Dave S. Des And...Edie the Dog

Karen has risen from the grave and a do-or-die confrontation rushes towards Amy like a hurricane of blood and fangs. The campaign wiki can be found here.

An extra-meaty session sees the group tackling the last flashback scenario of the campaign in grand style, with members of the Falcon Force (squaaaaaah!) descending on a plague-ridden valley and finding that not all monsters are obvious. The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Carolina Game Tables. Featuring: Jen Dave S. Jade Des And...Edie the Dog

Amy has a date to keep with Mr. Fredrick, who has found out some very interesting information indeed about Health Solutions, LLC. Too bad she doesn’t know that her mother is desperately trying to get in touch with her... Karen's house The campaign wiki can be found here.

A monster stalks Vinkovci as violence and bloodshed erupt on quiet side streets and in the wooded hills. And in a quiet cement factory, an apocalyptic ending looms. The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Carolina Game Tables. Featuring: Jen Dave S. Renae Des And...Edie the Dog

An empty bed and an open window. Black cars wend their way through the Pasdena night, lights off. Strands of fate intertwine. Emotions get intense. The Patterson house The campaign wiki can be found here.

The Vinkovci investigation continues, as Max, Bobo, and Lady Cynthia attempt to help Jazmina find her missing father. Cabbage rolls are consumed, chthonian chapels are plumbed, strange science compounds are visited, and rubbish wagons hold shocking revelations. The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jen Renae Des And...Edie the Dog

Jerry Belvedere returns to beg a favor. Ken's erratic behavior worries Amy. Strange encounters ensue after multiple stakeouts. The campaign wiki can be found here.

The investigators awaken as the train pulls to an unexpected stop outside Vinkovci, Yugoslavia. Somnambulists, ancient tomes, anarchists, and blood-soaked shootouts ensue. The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Carolina Game Tables, providers of our brand-new gaming table! Featuring: Jen Renae Des Jade Dave S. And...Edie the Dog

Amy's initiation into the world of Hunters and their prey reaches terrifying new levels. This one is rated a "hard R" for mature themes. The campaign wiki can be found here.

Amy zeroes in on Mistress Black as the next link in her investigation of Dawn's death. But who is behind the wheel of that mysterious car that keeps dogging her every step? (This recording had some issues with background buzz and suffered a loss of fidelity during the cleanup process.) The campaign wiki can be found here.

The group nods off and meets again in the Dreamlands. A tragic murder unites them in a critical investigation. The campaign wiki can be found here. We're all a bit too giddy in our first session of the new year. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jen Renae Des Jade Dave S. And...Edie the Dog

What has become of Aaron Evans, the man Dawn was seeing at the time of her death? The Crypt’s Sons, a street gang made up of vampires and their minions, guard his house in Silverlake and allow no visitors. Reverend Cutler has asked Amy to look into the matter. The campaign wiki can be found here.

Amy contacts Reverend Leon Cutler and his gang of vampire hunters...and feels the bite of a bloodsucker's fangs for the first time. The campaign wiki can be found here.

We sit down to update from Classic World of Darkness to Chronicles of Darkness and take the chronicle from Hunter's Hunted to Hunter: the Vigil. The campaign wiki can be found here.

A terrifying haunting sets the tone as the investigators uncover not one but two cults operating in Trieste--and try to get a leg up before they meet their abyssal doom... The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jen Renae Jade Des Dave S. And...Edie the Dog

The train rolls into Trieste, where the wind-blown investigators "look up" a certain Johann von Winckelmann. The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jen Renae Jade Des Dave S. And...Edie the Dog

Padma's reading of The Devil's Simulare unlocks a terrifying flashback to Constantinople's darkest days and the foul machinations the made it so, both mortal and supernatural. The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jen Jade Des And...Edie the Dog

With help from her spirit guide, Amy engages in her first proper investigation into the dark world of the shen, as her Grandmother would have called it. The campaign wiki can be found here.

Our 200th episode! The Venice chapter concludes amidst stinking miasmas, rumors of plague, and...comical slapstick? The campaign wiki can be found here. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jen Jade Des Dave S. And...Edie the Dog

Amy delves into the death of her friend, Dawn Barber, and experiences her "instigating incident." The campaign wiki can be found here.

The train rolls on to Venice, where the investigators welcome a new member to their ranks and get involved in mysteries outside of their immediate remit—it's hard to say no to a pretty face! 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

A new World of Darkness chronicle gets underway with the Prelude for Amy Patterson, the young heir to an ancient line of vampire hunters... The campaign wiki can be found here.

Our annual Halloween mega-session this year takes the form of a revolting, sadistic, blood-drenched banquet for the ages, courtesy of Lord Claudius Giovanni. Follow us on Facebook, Google Plus, and/or Twitter. Featuring: Jen Renae David L. Jade Dave S. And...Edie the Dog