Howdy, partner!
There’s one empty saddle at our campfire, and we’re lookin’ for a brave soul to ride into the strange and haunted frontier with us. If you’ve got the grit to stare into the unknown without immediately skedaddlin’, then hitch your horse and keep on readin’.
System: Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition
Setting: Down Darker Trails (Wild West)
Platform: Owlbear Rodeo + Discord Voice
Time: Sundays at 6:00 PM CDT
Age Requirement: 18+
What to Expect:
This is an Old West meets Cosmic Horror campaign using Down Darker Trails. Expect dusty frontier towns, lonely trails, forgotten mines, strange disappearances, and eldritch mysteries.
Roleplay, investigation, mystery-solving, and character interaction take center stage, while combat is dangerous enough that sometimes the smartest thing you can do is beat feet.
The first session will be a dedicated Session 0. We’ll spend the evening:
- Creating investigators together.
- Introducing ourselves as players.
- Introducing our investigators.
- Going over the Down Darker Trails setting and campaign expectations.
- Making connections between characters before the adventure begins.
- No prior knowledge of the setting is required.
We’re a friendly, LGBTQ+ inclusive table that enjoys telling a compelling story together. Our current group consists of two trans women, one bisexual man, one non-binary player, and one straight cis man. While everyone is welcome to apply,
we’d especially love to hear from cis women to help round out the group’s current makeup.
Our sessions are recorded and uploaded to YouTube as part of our playcast, High Tides and Tall Tales. We’re still getting off the ground, so this is very much a passion project rather than a commercial one. Nobody is expected to be a professional entertainer. We’re simply a group of friends who enjoy telling stories together and sharing them with others.
A face cam is not required. We intentionally keep the focus on the investigators and the story rather than the players behind them. The only requirement is that you’re comfortable having your voice recorded for YouTube. We also commission artwork throughout the campaign, so you’ll get to see your investigator brought to life as the story unfolds.
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Reliable and able to attend regularly.
- Respectful and welcoming to everyone at the table.
- Interested in collaborative storytelling.
- Comfortable sharing the spotlight and helping others shine.
Whether you’re a seasoned investigator or completely new to Call of Cthulhu, you’re welcome to throw your hat in the ring.
If this sounds like your kind of trail, send me a DM, don’t reply to this post. Any applications left in the comments will be ignored. Consider it your first clue that paying attention to the details matters around these parts.
Please include:
- Your age.
- Your experience with Call of Cthulhu or other TTRPGs.
- What you enjoy most in tabletop RPGs.
- Confirmation that you’re comfortable with your voice being recorded for YouTube.
- Anything else you’d like me to know.
So dust off your boots, check your revolver, and don’t linger after sundown.
Some things out on the prairie ain’t natural.
Hope to hear from you soon, partner.
(I'm posting this from Reddit so, if it resembles lfg format you know why lol.)