Cthulhu on Parade!
39 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAn RPG Podcast made using Skype!
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Cthulhu on Parade! A Check, Please! Event – Cthulhu, Please Pick Up The Check/Cheque – The Rise Part 1
January 28, 2018 23:03 - 2 hours - 108 MBYes, the rumours were true! Two weeks ago, the Wretched Beast, Stephen, and their friends (of the show) Will M, JJ Hawkins (@JJHawkins on Twitter) and Aaron Fever (@AaronFever) joined together with a dark purpose: to play the roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu. In this session, we attend an auction, and board a train! Featuring: The Wretched Beast as Games Master Stephen as Beauford Loren-Smith, hot-blooded dilettante. Aaron Fever as Arthur Francis Allen, grumpy scholar of the occult. JJ Ha...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 54: Trail of Cthulhu - Dr. Grave Dust 1
October 26, 2016 22:57 - 2 hours - 100 MBJoin us in fright this Hallowe'en season as we take our first foray into the terrifying depths of an unfamiliar RPG system - Trail of Cthulhu! Specifically, with the scenario "Dr. Grave Dust" from the book Shadows Over Filmland. I was a little tired when running this one. Are the results too on-rails, or simply off the rails? You decide! Also, Al (@PrimitiveManPrd) from The Film Room Podcast (@FilmRoomCast) was on this episode! We literally immediately spoil last Halloween's Wrong Turn/Guestp...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 53: Fiasco - Last Frontier
September 26, 2016 22:38 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBIt's grim up north as we brave the fierce colds, biting winds and salty sea air to fetch you another exciting episode of Cthulhu on Parade! This time, we played the Fiasco playset known as "Last Frontier" (available here: http://fiascoplaysets.com/home/last-frontier). It was a good time! For reference, "Trent Reznor" is a musician from the band "Nine Inch Nails". Thanks. Featuring: Will M as Daryl Stogely, a mysterious yet ornery hermit and man of the sea. Will B as Jack Bowwer, member of t...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 52: Fiasco - Gangster London
August 25, 2016 19:34 - 2 hours - 110 MBA scant ten months (or so) since our last adventure, we're back with an all-new Fiasco episode! It's trouble by the Thames as we play "Gangster London" (available here: http://bullypulpitgames.com/fiasco-companion-gangster-london-writers-edition/). In this episode, we push timeline stability to the limit, and do a bunch of accents of varying quality, including several celebrity voices! Can -you- tell who we're trying to be, or what we're trying to say? Good luck, and enjoy! Featuring: Will ...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 50: Wrong Turn Part 2 - Dog Eat Dog
October 31, 2015 20:51 - 3 hours - 50.2 MBWe return to playing "Wrong Turn" from Cthulhu Britannica in this all-new episode! Questions are answered, secrets are revealed! Introductions are made sooner and the game starts practically immediately! By all measures, a true Cthulhu on Parade Classic Episode. Enjoy, and Happy Hallowe'en! Or, other holidays, depending on when you listen to this. INFO UPDATE: Al (@PrimitiveManPrd) from The Film Room Podcast (@FilmRoomCast on Twitter, and check it out here) JJ Hawkins (@JJHawkins) of Mars Ne...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 50: Wrong Turn Part 1 - Guestpuppycalypse Now
October 28, 2015 00:02 - 2 hours - 45.2 MBYes, in this exciting Hallowe'en Spooktacular/Guestpocalypse edition of the podcast, we return to regale you with much talk of the X-Men (and general Marvel characters), a bold re-imagining of Waiting for Godot as Will M fails to show up, and another guest's bad internet connection results in their banishment to the wasteland (but which one? listen to find out!). We also make a bunch of inside references and talk much of how the sausage is made, podcast-wise. And also, in a manner of spookin...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 48: WTF The Game - Time Crises
August 04, 2015 23:02 - 1 hour - 99.5 MBInto every generation, an episode of Cthulhu on Parade! is born. Will you pass on the legacy to your own children someday? Perhaps, in the meantime, we may discuss such things as the endless nature of time. Were one to become unstuck in it, what actions would one take? In this frightening grounded episode, we explore the effects of temporal traversal on three brave souls, each hoping that the next leap will be the one that takes them home at last. Also, Will M guest-edited this episode. Oh, w...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 46: Fiasco - Lucky Strike
June 08, 2015 13:28 - 2 hours - 31.1 MBWhat does the Cthulhu on Parade crew think World War II was like? What do they think venereal diseases are? What accent is anyone doing? None of these questions are answered in today's Fiasco playset: Lucky Strike (available here: http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/wiki/index.php?title=Lucky_Strike). Of note: the term “repple depple” is introduced and found tragically unfunny, Sam gets to add “does rat voices” to her resume and Will rises from the grave. This episode guest-edited by Will M. Als...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 43: The Madman - Mi-going Mad Part 2: Mi-Going Madder
February 11, 2015 23:46 - 2 hours - 29.1 MBDance once more upon the stars of madness with our heroic paragons of sleuthery! With strange visitors approaching, are our disastrous duo up to the task of detaining old man Harney Rooger? Will they even make it off the mountain alive? Also, what's a sanity roll? This episode, like the last, was guest-edited by Stephen, so I can only apologise for the extended pre-game chat that has been left in for your listening pleasure. However, it's pretty good pre-game chat, you guys. Okay bye. Featur...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 42: The Madman - Mi-Going Mad
February 05, 2015 00:22 - 2 hours - 33.6 MBFor many years, mankind has believed itself to be the dominant form of life on the planet, but no more! Yes, on this day in the 1920s (sometime) a shocking revelation was made! In the course of a routine investigation, two cops stumble upon a mysterious happening in a rural locale, but this time, there's teens! And the police work is stellar. INTERSTELLAR? I'm saying that maybe the things involved could be to do with space. I dunno it's a real secret unless you read the name of the episode or...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 41: Fiasco - Toil & Trouble
January 28, 2015 22:12 - 2 hours - 43.4 MBGentle listeners, allow me to introduce to you another episode of the podcast you have grown to listen to perhaps these many years, perhaps just recently. Maybe this is your first time listening. Or maybe you'll skip this one, in which case, I thank you for your patience in reading this. But suppose you -don't- skip this episode. Suppose, instead, you were to download it, or stream it online? Or purchase it on CD in one of your popular record stores? What could one hope to hear in such an ep...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 39: Fiasco - Transatlantic
November 29, 2014 21:19 - 3 hours - 103 MBBook your tickets! A brand new episode of Cthulhu on Parade has risen from the depths to challenge your entire philosophy on update schedules, a bold new artform only matched by the sheer talent on display by our glorious heroes. Yes, the rumours are true and this episode features a brand new player never-before-heard on this podcast. Who will it be? Why, the only way to find out is to listen! Or, scroll down and see on the featuring list I guess. But what will they sound like? So anyway in ...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 37: The Writhing Hill - To Kill A Worm
July 30, 2014 23:15 - 4 hours - 62.4 MBJoin us this evening on a four-and-a-quarter hour journey into the soul of man. When colluding forces bring together a band of misfits (eventually, because for the first while it's kinda hard to get them into a room together due to poor planning on my part) – what fine discoveries shall they make in a bold new archaeological dig, which is definitely very interesting? Everyone's talking about this hill. This hill with weird earthworks? You – you gotta listen, man. This hill. You've never hear...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 34: Mansion of Madness - Craters and Confrontations
July 09, 2014 22:26 - 3 hours - 45.3 MBAt last! At long last, we come to the end of our journey in this, the final episode of Mansion of Madness, and the closing of the current cycle of the WADS Detective Saga. With our investigators buried deep into the mystery of Ezekiel Crater's coastal mansion, and their brave officers lost, what shall become of them? And perhaps more importantly, what shall become of the dark stone? As our fearless heroes tread further into the dark night, stuff gets pretty gross this episode, I am not gonna...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 33: Mansion of Madness - The Housefly
July 06, 2014 19:42 - 3 hours - 53.9 MBOur rugged adventurers deal with the fall-out of recent events at the prison, and after tense negotiations, head off in search of mob boss Crater, delving deep into the lion's den of Boston. With the town in chaos, will our heroes be able to restore order? Then, also, some Matrix goofs. Featuring: Will B as Keeper of Arcane Lore. Adam as Deputy Eli Jackson, hard-working family man who keeps things simple, and as as Officer Mark "Butterfly Mark" Mackenzie. Stephen as Joseph Channel, war-wear...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 32: Mansion of Madness - Jail To The Chief
June 18, 2014 23:35 - 2 hours - 41.3 MBWell hello again, dear listeners! Yes, we have returned once more from the void to grant you an audience with your eternal band of heroes, this time their spirits darkened by terrible loss. In this time of displaced hearts and new environs, what make of ally shall our so-called protagonists find in these times of hardship? Their desperation forces them to forge bold new relationships with enterprising members of society, but for good or ill? And whatever happened to the cops last session? F...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 31: Mansion of Madness - Houseguests
May 29, 2014 23:06 - 3 hours - 56.6 MBHark! For the cries of destiny are upon you! Once more, the depths of time have been plunged sharply into by the wilful hands of your masterful players, and a tale of dark wretched horror has been birthed unto the night of this new age. Yes, another episode of Cthulhu on Parade's ongoing WADS Detective Saga has come to pass! And yours is the lot of the listener, to traverse these gloomy depths once more as a searcher for truth in the mists. As our heroes explore Pennsylvania, what strange mi...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 30: Mansion of Madness - The Ghoul That Came To Supper
May 15, 2014 23:37 - 3 hours - 45.4 MBFear not, dear listeners! All your favourite digressions are left intact in this very special episode of Cthulhu on Parade! We come to terms over the recent events and establish that Things Are Weird for the WADS Detective Agency. Resources are gathered and stones are unturned. Meetings are held! Breakfast is eaten! Supernatural times! Plus, witness an electrician's powerful struggle to finish the job he was hired to do! Stay tuned after the episode for a little more on how the sausage gets ...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 29: Mansion of Madness - Clubbed To Death
May 07, 2014 23:38 - 2 hours - 41.1 MBIn this episode of Cthulhu on Parade, our desperate trio forges boldly onwards towards an encounter with the mythical ganglord, Zeke Crater! Will he be willing to divulge his terrible secrets? Or... Not? Time will tell! Your humble host apologizes for the delay in this episode's release. So let's roll onwards and make this thing happen. Also, after the game, a little discussion on some other stuff we've done in other episodes. Featuring: Will B as Keeper of Arcane Lore. Adam as A(a)ron Abr...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 28: Mansion of Madness - Midnight Encounters
April 24, 2014 01:15 - 2 hours - 34 MBWhen young Andrew Keetling disappears into the Boston landscape, who will step up to the plate and stick out their neck for the little man? Or just kinda go after him in the hopes that he'll be able to point them in the direction of a rock so they can get a wizard off their back? Well, the WADS Detective Agency are such a group! Witness their daring and decisive actions as they traipse across a world gone mad, finding friend and foe in their further investigations. When danger calls, they an...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 27: Mansion of Madness - The Journey of a Thousand Miles
April 16, 2014 23:42 - 2 hours - 29.9 MBIn this episode, trouble comes to town... In the form of our plucky investigators! Driven by a sense of true honour and duty, the team widens their search to Boston in pursuit of the mysterious stone and the missing Andrew Keetling, who may have information on its whereabouts. Meanwhile, the eternal vigour of an old warhorse strikes its rusted heart upon the group in the form of yet another blast from the past! But will their combined efforts be enough to make any real sense of what's going o...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 26: Dark Dreams/Mansion Tie-In
April 10, 2014 00:51 - 2 hours - 29.8 MBGreetings, listeners! This episode wraps up our heroes' grand adventures in the Dark Dreams of Innsmouth, and provides a link to a new nightmare... What does their mysterious benefactor have in store for them? Find out! (This episode is mostly improvised though provides some links to the scenario Mansion of Madness, found in the scenario book Mansions of Madness). Featuring: Will B as Keeper of Arcane Lore. Adam as A(a)ron Abra(ha)ms, old-fashioned detective with a nose for clues. Stephen a...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 25: Dark Dreams Of Innsmouth - Daylight
April 03, 2014 02:12 - 4 hours - 58.8 MBIn this episode, our glorious heroes talk a lot about lighthouses before striking a deal with the possible devil. The so-inclined have never been stronger. Will they overcome adversity and find respite from their dark dreams, pertaining to that certain city? Or shall they mess the whole thing up and all die? Or, alternatively, will they all get arrested for their various crimes? Can an island be a peninsula instead? How long even is that zipline? And will we get off on a million tangents? On...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 24: Clock Blockers - Wait A Minute, Doc...
March 27, 2014 00:57 - 2 hours - 49.4 MBHo ho ho, what's this? What's this coming down the road? Sure looks like a new episode of Cthulhu on Parade! to me! And you're telling me that it's a Fiasco actual play of the playset Clock Blockers by Rob Wieland, available here? http://mazecontroller.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/fiasco-clock-blockers.html And you're telling me that it's two hours of hilarious goofs and gags built on a foundation of ripping off pop culture and your old pal Richard Jokes? Well, why don't we all take a listen toget...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 23: Dark Dreams of Innsmouth - Darkness Before The Dawn
March 19, 2014 19:02 - 3 hours - 50.2 MBThe WADS Detective Agency falls deeper into slumber as the mystery surrounding the crown continues to unfold, but will morning shine new light, or simply move them further into their waking nightmare? Only time, and listening to this episode, will tell. And also there's more elaboration on stuff from the last episode that I guess we forgot about. The scenario, Dark Dreams Of Innsmouth, is from the Unbound Book issue #2, available for free at http://www.yog-sothoth.com Featuring: Will B as ...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 20: Dark Dreams Of Innsmouth - The American Dream
October 15, 2013 20:46 - 2 hours - 37.8 MBIn order to escape their fate, an unlikely pair forges a bond in times of strife and heads out to America, meeting up with new friends and settling into something of a paranormal detective agency, when part-time business associate professor Swanson Ames goes off the radar. Re-appearing later in a mental asylum, rambling about reefs and sunken cities, the remaining members are left with only a golden crown and a few oddities surrounding Ames' rescue from the ocean to uncover the truth, before ...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 19: Head Over Heels - Car Troubles
July 23, 2013 20:26 - 3 hours - 54.8 MBWelcome once more to the deep, dark reaches of the Cthulhu on Parade! podcast's vast collection of (mostly unreleased) audio episodes! This time, we played the scenario Head over Heels from Cubicle7's excellent book "Cthulhu Britannica: Folklore". Joining us was a new player from the dark past, as such this is kind of an introductory type deal. Oh wait, the episode description hasn't started yet! Okay, so imagine you're way back in London, England, in the early 1920s. You love skulls, right?...
Cthulhu on Parade! AP Episode 18: The Crack'd and Crook'd Manse - Mack's Revenge
May 15, 2013 12:31 - 3 hours - 44.9 MBLock your doors! Fortify your ice cream shops! Cthulhu on Parade is back with an all new exciting one-shot adventure, this time it's an all-star extravaganza! (again? did I use that last time?) Anyway we ran the Crack'd and Crook'd Manse from the scenario book "Mansions of Madness". When brilliant millionaire recluse Arthur Cornthwaite goes missing, a quartet of brave heroes is called to arms. Burning into the midnight air, their fiery resolve knows no bounds! Together, they must discover th...
Cthulhu on Parade! The Red Tower S2: Mountain of Trouble
March 04, 2013 16:41 - 1 hour - 19.1 MBOur heroes dive further into the darkness, with deadly and maddening results. Topically, something is not quite right with this beef. Will M as Keeper of Arcane Lore Stephen as Barry Zbigniew, police officer with a strong interest in self-preservation. Will B as Agent Harper Winslow, dedicated to following leads and solving crimes. The Red Tower continues to be free and continues to be available here: http://hebanongames.com/no-security-the-red-tower/
Cthulhu on Parade! The Red Tower S1: Undercover Uncoverings
March 04, 2013 16:34 - 58 minutes - 13.6 MBWhen they pull a knife, you just pull out your iPod and tell 'em to listen to this.* Cthulhu on Parade! is back with two whole new episodes! This time, we're playing Hebanon Games' The Red Tower scenario, and although the first session is tragically lost to time, the collected sequels (thus far) are presented here in their entirety (except where edited by guest editor Goggleman64 aka "Will M") and filmed in glorious technicolor. It's 1930s Chicago, shortly after the fall of Al Capone. Pluck...
Cthulhu Off Duty - Brookmarket Zoo (Fiasco)
January 08, 2013 02:31 - 3 hours - 37.1 MBWhat madness hath man wrought? We wrought a zoo. Brookmarket Zoo has been dealing with some financial troubles lately, and our intrepid heroes have a few plans to save it! Or destroy it. At least there shall be change. The definition of marriage is challenged, an R. Kelly track is first correctly, then incorrectly identified, and a Comedy Bang Bang bit is ripped off wholesale yet again by master joke-thief Will B. But will any of this help the zoo? About an hour goes by with GUEST STAR JON...
Cthulhu Off Duty - Cray Canyon Cold Snap 03
October 31, 2012 22:52 - 3 hours - 41 MBThe thrilling conclusion! A bleak frost creeps into the hearts of our heroes, compelling them to perform strange deeds, such as letting new character Ichabod into the party and then putting up with his dumb quotations and singing forever plus at one point forgetting his name. The Snowsford brothers find themselves wrenched into the dominant mindset of another once more, questioning their abilities and unable to recall their past, and Mary is just so incredibly tired, you guys. Maybe not at fi...
Cthulhu Off Duty - Cray Canyon Cold Snap 02
October 16, 2012 20:32 - 1 hour - 19.5 MBSince the dawn of time, mankind has sought to answer one single question, in many forms: How do I stop the cold? Like moths, we have long been drawn to the flame as a solution. But when those last burning embers die in the eternal march of time, and entropy suggests that they will, what dark forces shall mankind turn to for sustenance? Milkshakes, I guess, because that is pretty much all of everyone's motivation for this episode. Oh, and there's a missing kid, too, and some freaky stuff goin...
Cthulhu Off Duty - Cray Canyon Cold Snap 01
June 10, 2012 21:47 - 2 hours - 33.2 MBIn the Wild West, one law prevails above all others: Survival. Meet our band of brothers, boarding a train to who-knows-where one crisp, cold night on the plains. See their struggle, as passengers in peril get picked off by unknown parties. Fight their fight alongside them, taking the battle to the roof... And beyond. One man will not be swayed, and shall instead spend most of the trip trying to have sex with various men and women, alternately, and being pretty ineffective all around and wind...
Cthulhu Off Duty - Up On The Housetop (Ia! Ia! Ia!) PROMOTIONAL TRACK: VISIT HTTP://CASTTHEWORLD.WORDPRESS.COM
December 12, 2011 23:39 - 2 minutes - 5.51 MBIt's Christmas! And we're a podcast. So, it seems only fitting that we put up a little audio treat on the feed for the festive season. This song, to the tune of Up On The Housetop, was written by Sam, and vocals were performed by Amy, Will M, Will B (that's me) and Sam. Music performed by Sam (oboe) and Will B (everything else). Edited and produced by Will B. This track is part of a larger Charity album, Cast Aid (in aid of The Hunger Project), and is available for free or donation here: h...
Cthulhu Off Duty - AP Episode 09: Objective Zebra (Fiasco)
November 28, 2011 01:50 - 1 hour - 24 MBSpooky goings-on aboard a submarine many leagues below the sea! Could the cause be... Supernatural? Who cares! We've got to flood the ship and make endless Solid Snake impersonations! Your only chance for survival is to take a listen AS SOON AS POSSIBLE (NOW). This one's a real beauty of an episode as we branch out and play the Objective Zebra scenario for the Fiasco RPG, available here: http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/. Melt down your metal Pope, it's time for Episode 09: Objec...
Cthulhu Off Duty - Audio Pie: Honourable Chunks of Forgotten Calls to Cthulhu
November 28, 2011 00:28 - 15 minutes - 4.53 MBAssorted "Best Bits" from episodes that shall never be uploaded in their entirety. Unless YOU, the listener, DEMAND IT?! Or unless I know you personally and then I can just slide you the original file under the table. There's no need to make this a big thing, guys. Theme music is Backed Vibes by Kevin Macleod (http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/index.html?keywords=backed+vibes&Search=Search)
Cthulhu Off Duty - AP Episode 08: The Curse of Cultist Church!
November 28, 2011 00:06 - 2 hours - 30.6 MBSo we're late. Terribly, terribly late. But we make up for it with one of the most spellbinding two hours of audio gaming ever recorded in the history of mankind! Fears are faced, judgment is made, pudding is a major plot point, and Will M pretty much makes everything up as he goes. Join us for Episode 08, as we discover... The Curse of Cultist Church! Oh yes, and did I mention that we're all cultists in this episode? Terrible, terrible cultists? Yeah, you're going to need to listen to this ...
Cthulhu Off Duty - AP Episode 07: The Monkey's Paw
October 11, 2011 00:34 - 2 hours - 30.6 MBCthulhu Parades No More! For a while. We couldn't get everybody together to finish a scenario, so for a while we did some bonus episodes, which I'll be uploading until we get the next episode of Cthulhu on Parade! finished. This one's an improvised game of Call of Cthulhu based around the short story "The Monkey's Paw", but... Well, you'll see how faithful we were to the original. Hope you enjoy it! Oh, and there's also a trailer for fantastic internet radio play series "Simon Colt" by the K...