Obscura

Can you provide a little synopsis of "Candela Obscura" and where the idea of the story centered around a bunch of people investigating paranormal activities and the occult came from? Spenser Starke: "Candela Obscura" is an investigative horror role-playing game, kind of like what you said about searching out, containing, and what is the other word we use? Rowan Hall: Protecting humanity. Starke: Protecting humanity from — Searching out, containing, and fighting off paranormal entities from beyond The…

Paleontologists recently revisited a trove of fossils found in a South African quarry and found two previously unknown species of sabertooth cats in their mix.Inspiration Behind Immortal Longings | io9 InterviewThe 5.2-million-year-old cats are just the latest sabertooths known in Africa; the recent team of researchers also found two previously known species of cat in the fossil trove, though one had never been found in South Africa before.Langebaanweg ‘E’ Quarry is an open-cast mine on the west coast of South Africa that…

A few weeks ago Critical Role debuted its newest campaign: Candela Obscura. io9 had a chance to talk with Matt Mercer, Candela Obscura’s Game Master, and two players—Laura Bailey and Robbie Daymond—about the game, the production, and what’s next for the game at hand.A Guide to Giving Sustainable GiftsCandela Obscura is the first original tabletop roleplaying game from Darrington Press, Critical Role’s publishing arm. It is a Forged in the Dark-style game written by Spenser Starke and Rowan Hall using the Illuminated…

Last night was the premiere of Critical Role’s first episode of Candela Obscura–their latest Actual Play (AP) campaign. “The Cold Embrace” was led by Matt Mercer, Critical Role’s reliable (and exceptional) Game Master. The actors include Ashley Johnson as Auggie James, Anjali Bhimani as Charlotte Eaves, Laura Bailey as Arlo Black, and Robbie Daymond as Professor Howard Margrove. Taliesin Jaffe is also a cast member, but in a more mysterious role–that of the Lightkeeper. This is the first full campaign Critical Role is…

As convention season starts up again, people across the country are preparing for the major American game shows: Gen Con, all flavors of Pax, and even smaller cons like Big Bad Con and Gamehole Con are open to registration. Sure everyone is distracted by galaxies far,far away and the edge of Hyrule’s map, but board games haven’t gone out of style. It’s going to be a good year, everybody stay safe out there!Gillian Jacobs Reacting to Her D&D Character Sheet From Community | io9 InterviewFeatured Game: Citizen…

Critical Role has announced that Candela Obscura, a horror tabletop roleplaying game actual play series, will premiere May 25. A group of actors will be improvising stories and characters in the new monthly drama, which follows an esoteric order of investigators in the fictional town of Newfaire in a near-universe 1907. They will play using Darrington Press’s Illuminated Worlds System, which has not yet been released to the public. Candela Obscura | Official TrailerThe game will follow a group of detectives ina kind of…