The Apocalypse Players

By: The Apocalypse Players (D Allen D McAleer M Chance D Wheeler)
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  • A Call of Cthulhu actual play podcast. Dice-driven cosmic horrors supplied by Dominic Allen, Joseph Chance, Danann McAleer and Dan Wheeler. --- The Apocalypse Players is an actual play (or live play) TTRPG podcast focused on horror tabletop roleplaying games. Think Dimension 20 or Critical Role, but fewer dragons, more eldritch horrors, and more British actors taking their roleplaying very seriously (most of the time). We primarily play the Chaosium RPG Call of Cthulhu, but have also been known to dabble with other systems, most of which can be found on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/apocalypseplayers We now have a free Discord server where you can come and worship at the altar of the Apocalypse, play Call of Cthulhu online, and meet like-minded cultists who will be only to eager to welcome you into the fold. New sacrifices oops we mean players are always welcome. Join here: discord.com/invite/kRQ62t6SjH
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  • A Message of Art 09: ‘Quoi Le F***’

    A Message of Art 09: ‘Quoi Le F***’
    Sep 16 2024
    In which a prince is invoked, a phrase is coined, a secret is revealed, and something terrible is discovered. All in a day's work for “Paris' finest.” SPECIFIC CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains some imagery related to birth/babies that some listeners may find upsetting (in addition to all the usual stuff). A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Matthew Sanderson, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly. Scene 1: La Douleur, Carlos Schwabe Scene 2: Where do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Paul Gauguin Scene 3: Vase with face, Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat
 Cast: Clovis Hérbert – Danann McAleer Donatien Benoit – Dominic Allen Jane Harnsworth-Wright – Joseph Chance Edwina Alexander – Jessica Temple Keeper of Arcane Lore ­– Dan Wheeler Additional Voices: Suzanne Ahmet Dominic Gerrard For more information and to get in touch, visit www.apocalypseplayers.com. Visit our Patreon to help us continue making the podcast, and receive exclusive horrors in return. Special thanks to Julie Abbé for the use of her music in this scenario. Visit www.julieabbe.com to hear more! Check out our friends, THE GOOD FRIENDS OF JACKSON ELIAS at https://blasphemoustomes.com and for the Keepers among you, why not treat yourself to the brand new edition of NAMELESS HORRORS? The Apocalypse Players are: Dominic Allen @DomJAllen Joseph Chance @JosephChance2 Danann McAleer @DanannMcAleer Dan Wheeler @DanWheelerUK Music from Incompetech "Lost Frontier" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html Music from Epidemic Sound The main intro/recap theme is: Control Bridge by Etienne Roussel A Bad Place to Be - Bonn Fields Blues Manouche - Vendla Children's Corner, L. 113_ I_ Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum - Traditional Creepy Thoughts - Phoenix Tail Desigh Ney - Ajwaa Désordonné – Magnus Ludvigsson Falling Slowly - Anna Landstrom Fluxure - Ethan Sloan For Jelena - Vendla For Motivation (Instrumental Version) - CLNGR Gymnopedie No. 1 (Version 2) - Traditional It's Just a Dream - Lars Meyer Jordskred - Anna Dager & Hanna Ekström Le Petit Danseur - Rune Dale Let Me Introduce Myself - Rune Dale Lickety Split - Moins Le Quartet Medusa – Jo Wandrini Memories of Paris – Trabant 33 Northern Road - Lars Meyer Painted Memories - Franz Gordon Paris in Spring - Trabant 33 Peer Gynt, Op. 23_ Morning Mood Version 2 - Traditional Place Des Vosges – Trabant 33 Rivers Run Red - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Slippery Leaves - Franz Gordon Suite Bergamasque, L. 75_ III_ Clair De Lune - Traditional Suite Bergamasque, L. 75_ III_ Clair De Lune (Intro) - Traditional Sunday at the Museum - Franz Gordon Suspension - Anna Dager & Hanna Ekström The Elephant (Version 1) - Traditional The Farewell - Franz Gordon The French Library - Franz Gordon The Parisian Barber - Trabant 33 The Surface - Anna Dager & Hanna Ekström Two Three on E - Franz Gordon From Pond 5 Valse Manouche Maurice Ravel: Classical piano Les Frites Montmartre Memories Valse du Clochard Reve de Paris Satie: Gnossiennes No 1 Wikicommons: THE JAPANESE SANDMAN (Words by Raymond B. Egan / Music by Richard A. Whiting, 1920) (public domain) Xeno-Canto European Robin: Fernand DEROUSSEN, XC138375. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/138375. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Nightingale Tristan Guillebot de Nerville, XC678934. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/678934. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Night ambience (crickets) Stanislas Wroza, XC827364. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/827364. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Blackbird Manuel Grosselet, XC857699. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/857699. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Additional sound from Epidemic Sound and Zapsplat.com
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  • A Message of Art 08: ‘Graphite and Oils’

    A Message of Art 08: ‘Graphite and Oils’
    Sep 9 2024
    In which the investigators split up to find some answers and to scratch that creative itch. A masterpiece is created. A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Matthew Sanderson, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly. Scene 1: La Châtelaine ou Le Tocsin, Toulouse-Lautrec Scene 2: Contemplation, Jan Toorop Scene 3: The Origin of the World, Courbet Cast: Clovis Hérbert – Danann McAleer Donatien Benoit – Dominic Allen Jane Harnsworth-Wright – Joseph Chance Edwina Alexander – Jessica Temple Keeper of Arcane Lore ­– Dan Wheeler Additional Voices: Suzanne Ahmet Dominic Gerrard CW: This podcast contains mature themes, strong language and cosmic horror. Human discretion is advised. The Apocalypse Players LIVE! Saturday 19th October 2024, 7pm, The Loco Klub, Bristol Tickets: https://hdfst.uk/e114704 For more information and to get in touch, visit www.apocalypseplayers.com. Visit our Patreon to help us continue making the podcast, and receive exclusive horrors in return. Special thanks to Julie Abbé for the use of her music in this scenario. Visit www.julieabbe.com to hear more! Check out our friends, THE GOOD FRIENDS OF JACKSON ELIAS at https://blasphemoustomes.com and for the Keepers among you, why not treat yourself to the brand new edition of NAMELESS HORRORS? The Apocalypse Players are: Dominic Allen @DomJAllen Joseph Chance @JosephChance2 Danann McAleer @DanannMcAleer Dan Wheeler @DanWheelerUK Music from Incompetech "Lost Frontier" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html Music from Epidemic Sound The main intro/recap theme is: Control Bridge by Etienne Roussel A Bad Place to Be - Bonn Fields Blues Manouche - Vendla Children's Corner, L. 113_ I_ Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum - Traditional Creepy Thoughts - Phoenix Tail Desigh Ney - Ajwaa Désordonné – Magnus Ludvigsson Falling Slowly - Anna Landstrom Fluxure - Ethan Sloan For Jelena - Vendla For Motivation (Instrumental Version) - CLNGR Gymnopedie No. 1 (Version 2) - Traditional It's Just a Dream - Lars Meyer Jordskred - Anna Dager & Hanna Ekström Le Petit Danseur - Rune Dale Let Me Introduce Myself - Rune Dale Lickety Split - Moins Le Quartet Medusa – Jo Wandrini Memories of Paris – Trabant 33 Northern Road - Lars Meyer Painted Memories - Franz Gordon Paris in Spring - Trabant 33 Peer Gynt, Op. 23_ Morning Mood Version 2 - Traditional Place Des Vosges – Trabant 33 Rivers Run Red - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Slippery Leaves - Franz Gordon Suite Bergamasque, L. 75_ III_ Clair De Lune - Traditional Suite Bergamasque, L. 75_ III_ Clair De Lune (Intro) - Traditional Sunday at the Museum - Franz Gordon Suspension - Anna Dager & Hanna Ekström The Elephant (Version 1) - Traditional The Farewell - Franz Gordon The French Library - Franz Gordon The Parisian Barber - Trabant 33 The Surface - Anna Dager & Hanna Ekström Two Three on E - Franz Gordon From Pond 5 Valse Manouche Maurice Ravel: Classical piano Les Frites Montmartre Memories Valse du Clochard Reve de Paris Satie: Gnossiennes No 1 Wikicommons: THE JAPANESE SANDMAN (Words by Raymond B. Egan / Music by Richard A. Whiting, 1920) (public domain) Xeno-Canto European Robin: Fernand DEROUSSEN, XC138375. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/138375. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Nightingale Tristan Guillebot de Nerville, XC678934. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/678934. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Night ambience (crickets) Stanislas Wroza, XC827364. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/827364. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Blackbird Manuel Grosselet, XC857699. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/857699. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Additional sound from Epidemic Sound and Zapsplat.com
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    59 mins
  • A Message of Art 07: ‘Au Revoir, pas Adieu’

    A Message of Art 07: ‘Au Revoir, pas Adieu’
    Sep 2 2024
    In which more conspiratorial words are whispered and a chief suspect is collared. The investigators end the evening back where they began; there, cards are laid on the table, and terrible decisions are made based on an impossible non-euclidean venn diagram of character motivations and player availabilities. (Stick with it guys, I promise it'll be worth it...) A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Matthew Sanderson, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly. Scene 1: The Night Cafe, Van Gogh Scene 2: Monument to Balzac, Rodin Cast: Clovis Hérbert – Danann McAleer Donatien Benoit – Dominic Allen Jane Harnsworth-Wright – Joseph Chance Edwina Alexander – Jessica Temple Keeper of Arcane Lore ­– Dan Wheeler Additional Voices: Suzanne Ahmet Dominic Gerrard CW: This podcast contains mature themes, strong language and cosmic horror. Human discretion is advised. The Apocalypse Players LIVE! Saturday 19th October 2024, 7pm, The Loco Klub, Bristol Tickets: https://hdfst.uk/e114704 For more information and to get in touch, visit www.apocalypseplayers.com. Visit our Patreon to help us continue making the podcast, and receive exclusive horrors in return. Special thanks to Julie Abbé for the use of her music in this scenario. Visit www.julieabbe.com to hear more! Check out our friends, THE GOOD FRIENDS OF JACKSON ELIAS at https://blasphemoustomes.com and for the Keepers among you, why not treat yourself to the brand new edition of NAMELESS HORRORS? The Apocalypse Players are: Dominic Allen @DomJAllen Joseph Chance @JosephChance2 Danann McAleer @DanannMcAleer Dan Wheeler @DanWheelerUK Music from Incompetech "Lost Frontier" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html Music from Epidemic Sound The main intro/recap theme is: Control Bridge by Etienne Roussel A Bad Place to Be - Bonn Fields Blues Manouche - Vendla Children's Corner, L. 113_ I_ Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum - Traditional Creepy Thoughts - Phoenix Tail Desigh Ney - Ajwaa Désordonné – Magnus Ludvigsson Falling Slowly - Anna Landstrom Fluxure - Ethan Sloan For Jelena - Vendla For Motivation (Instrumental Version) - CLNGR Gymnopedie No. 1 (Version 2) - Traditional It's Just a Dream - Lars Meyer Jordskred - Anna Dager & Hanna Ekström Le Petit Danseur - Rune Dale Let Me Introduce Myself - Rune Dale Lickety Split - Moins Le Quartet Medusa – Jo Wandrini Memories of Paris – Trabant 33 Northern Road - Lars Meyer Painted Memories - Franz Gordon Paris in Spring - Trabant 33 Peer Gynt, Op. 23_ Morning Mood Version 2 - Traditional Place Des Vosges – Trabant 33 Rivers Run Red - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Slippery Leaves - Franz Gordon Suite Bergamasque, L. 75_ III_ Clair De Lune - Traditional Suite Bergamasque, L. 75_ III_ Clair De Lune (Intro) - Traditional Sunday at the Museum - Franz Gordon Suspension - Anna Dager & Hanna Ekström The Elephant (Version 1) - Traditional The Farewell - Franz Gordon The French Library - Franz Gordon The Parisian Barber - Trabant 33 The Surface - Anna Dager & Hanna Ekström Two Three on E - Franz Gordon From Pond 5 Valse Manouche Maurice Ravel: Classical piano Les Frites Montmartre Memories Valse du Clochard Reve de Paris Satie: Gnossiennes No 1 Wikicommons: THE JAPANESE SANDMAN (Words by Raymond B. Egan / Music by Richard A. Whiting, 1920) (public domain) Xeno-Canto European Robin: Fernand DEROUSSEN, XC138375. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/138375. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Nightingale Tristan Guillebot de Nerville, XC678934. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/678934. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Night ambience (crickets) Stanislas Wroza, XC827364. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/827364. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Blackbird Manuel Grosselet, XC857699. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/857699. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Additional sound from Epidemic Sound and Zapsplat.com
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Brilliant stuff

Funny, scary and enthralling.

Lovely to hear people having so much fun, while making something so good.

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Always top tier

The best at what they do plain and simple great work guys keep it up

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Fantastic for gamers and non-gamers alike

An absolute must for anyone who enjoys horror, comedy and wants to listen to four grown men having fun going stark raving mad on the regular. Hilarious and genuinely frightening, the acting and banter are wonderful across the scenarios. My personal favourites are:

If you know nothing about Call of Cthulhu:
● 'The Lightless Beacon’ – kicks off quickly and features a guest who has never played before, so all the rules are explained as they play.
● For a more detailed and visual introduction, you can watch Dom GM a brilliant Agatha Christie-style scenario he wrote over on YouTube, called ‘NRB Plays Call Of Cthulhu (Ep 1 of 3)’. It introduced me to Call of Cthulhu, made me laugh like a loon, and sent me hunting for this podcast.


If you know the game or are happy to figure it out as you go:
● 'Bleak Prospects' - only just started, but it's a phenomenonal opening episode. Strong characters and immediate horrorifying tension contrasted with some of the funniest player conversations in their whole catalogue. Incredible work everyone, especially Dom as keeper and whoever's on editing. The character sheet reveal had me in stitches!
● ‘A Christmas Inheritance’ and ‘A Residence at the Bay’ – written by Danann in the style of M R James. A must for anyone who loves slow-build, atmospheric horror like ‘Dark Matter’ by Michelle Paver. Wonderful Jamesian horror with humour and domestics giving way to increasingly uncanny and terrifying occurrences. Inspired me to go and listen to all the free M R James stories on Audible. I am now impatiently waiting for Part 3 and for Danann to write a novel!
● ‘Machine Tractor Station Kharkov-37’ – one of the tensest scenarios in an endlessly bleak setting and the normal mythos horror augmented with the chilling dynamics of Stalinism.
● ‘Saturnine Chalice’ – an oldy but a goody! Dom is a hilariously evil keeper clearly having the time of his life. The other 3 are playing prison escapees who just broke down outside the wrong haunted house. No one is prepared, least of all the NPCs!
● ‘Crimson Letters’ – starts slow but builds towards an amazing episode 6 and just keeps getting better from there. A side-splittingly chaotic and creepy witch-hunt.
● ‘The Afflicted’ – the most disturbing of the scenarios so far, although the humour is still thankfully present. The stunning music soundscape by Dan & co. and the players responding to some genuinely upsetting scenario moments make this one really stand apart. Increasingly devastating police cases and city-wide dreams in a New York heatwave. I now have an actual fear of saxophone music as I listened to this while experiencing a 60+ hour bout of insomnia!
● ‘Il Portico di San Luca’ – wonderful trip to Italy! Felt like going on summer holidays.

If you enjoy the scenarios here, their Patreon is absolutely worth the price of admission, especially for the wonderfully creepy, claustrophobic 1 player vs Keeper Dom games and for the post-scenario discussions.

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Calling Cthulu...

What a star-studded team of Investigators! from the core crew of Dom, Dan, Dannan and Joseph to guests like Jeany Spark, each tale of terror is beautifully enacted, with horrors galore, as the Keepers of Arcane lore guide the hopeless, and oft times luckless, teams to their doom!! fans of Lovecraft, M.R. James, and other masters of the macabre will enjoy these feasts of fear!

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