TRF’s Twelve Days of Christmas: Day 5, Trail of Cthulhu

On the Fifth Day of Christmas
My GM gave to me,
Five TPKS!
Four ships still flying,
Three Green Boxes,
Two Draculas,
and a Final Girl fleeing to safety.

 

Man standing in the gloom looking at a corpse

There’s actually only ever been one total party kill on TRF: the scenario Castle Bravo for Trail of Cthulhu. As to be expected from Brian, Phil and Aser though, it’s not achieved by half measures.

Using the core clue mechanic central to the Gumshoe system to guarantee narrative progress, Trail of Cthulhu ensures that your intrepid band of investigators will make it to that payoff at the end of the adventure where the true horror of the situation can finally be revealed. Whether the PCs found all of the other clues along the way determines how well that last scene plays out for them: in Castle Bravo, we found most of them.

Listen to our Trail of Cthulhu episodes
TRF’s Twelve Days of Christmas

Trail of Cthulhu: Flying Coffins

A Byakhee in the sky watching a biplane

A squadron of the RFC during The Great War encounter more then Germans in the sky.

Featuring Aser, Brian, Megan, and Phil. Music by Kevin MacLeod, “Classic Horror 1.”

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Trail of Cthulhu: Castle Bravo

Detonation of Castle Bravo
Detonation of Castle Bravo

As the crew of the USS Bairoko watches the detonation of Castle Bravo, there is more fallout then the nuclear snow that is descending around them.

Featuring Aser, Brian, Megan, and  Phil.

Music by Kevin MacLeod, “Spiders Web” and “Classic Horror 1”

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Trail of Cthulhu: The Millionaire’s Special pt. 2

Despite feelings of certain doom, three passengers on the Titanic investigate a mummy who may doom them first.

Intro music by Keven MacLeod “Classic Horror”.

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Trail of Cthulhu: The Millionaire’s Special pt. 1

Invited to dine with a newspaper magnate, passengers aboard the Titanic become the targets of a powerful mummy.

Music by Kevin MacLeod, “Classic Horror”

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