Nights Black Agents > The Dracula Dossier 2: Knowledge and Memory As Robert Durin begins to chase the killers of his old handler and begins to investigate the strange documents he has been presented with, a picture starts to form. A team of highly trained and knowledgeable agents, trained and careful, seem to have made a mistake that it caused them to be framed for murder and worse. It is time to unbury the old and dive headlong into a new chapter in a tome already soaked in blood. But where ...
May 09, 2019•1 hr 37 min
Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition > One Shot Tonight we engage in a familiar Role Playing Game Trope. Our players have decided to play alternate versions of themselves and they hunt down a mystery at their own school. After a funeral for a friend, an old ghost comes to haunt them. As the strain and the disappearances start to rise, the players might find out more about themselves than they bargained for…
May 02, 2019•1 hr 47 min
Nights Black Agents > The Dracula Dossier 2: Knowledge and Memory About 2 years ago, when fleshing out the idea for the podcast that would eventually become Penguin Fringed Abyss, I realized that I was going to need content. The Dracula Dossier was a natural choice for the first campaign. Unfortunately, like most things we do, it did not go according to plan. Don’t get me wrong, it was one hell of a ride. But I always felt that there was more to the story. So now, 2 years later, we return you...
Apr 25, 2019•1 hr 29 min
Delta Green > One Shot After all the chaos of reality, sometimes you just need to unwind. Luckily, our agents are headed to rural North Carolina on a simple job. A PHD student and her boyfriend are missing and Delta Green would like to have a word with them. Even Agent Charlie has calmed down significantly after her nuclear-wielding escapades in the last mission. Just bring them back for a friendly chat, OK? Nice and simple…
Apr 18, 2019•2 hr 28 min
Dread > One Shot In a far off land, the local ruler, Naso Eval, is seeking adventurers. As part of the many spoils from a recent war, he has acquired a supposedly cursed castle and he needs people to check it out. Now, he cannot be expected to send his OWN people on this endeavor. No No! Someone could get hurt. As such, a party forms for the task. Let’s just hope the tower doesn’t fall and cause everyone to come down with a mysterious case of death.
Apr 11, 2019•2 hr 54 min
Delta Green > One Shot Overreaction is something that happens a lot in Delta Green. Fortunately, the agents on the ground usually don’t have the resources to simple nuke the problem form orbit and call it a day. When Agent Charlie gives her agents that exact option, the players KNOW something is up with her. Unfortunately, they don’t have much of a choice. It’s off to Whales for some good o’l fashioned black ops against an allied power. But what they find there might cost them more than their...
Apr 04, 2019•3 hr 1 min
Invisible Sun > The Melody of Things Lost and Found Sound is fun to play with and it isn’t something that is described much in Role-playing games. Today, as we explore deeper into the mystery of Verston Card, we are assailed by noise, smells, snakes, and street go. In the end it’s all to answer one question: What’s in the box/bag/satchel/valise /bindle/suitcase/package/container?
Mar 28, 2019•2 hr 26 min
Delta Green > One Shot Fresh off of the horrors witnessed off the Massachusetts coast, the team cannot rest yet. They are immediately whisked away on military transport to the Hatteras Reef in North Carolina. An extremely overworked Agent Charlie has learned of a second incident down the coast that might have something to do with the previous events. Tensions mount as Delta Green must thread the needle between the US Navy, a reef restoration group, and an ancient evil brewing just off the coa...
Mar 21, 2019•3 hr 37 min
Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition > One Shot Trigger Warning: Explicit content involving the accidental death of a child. Greif is a powerful emotion. It has the potential to bring an entire community together to comfort and heal. Unfortunately, it can also rend sanity and cause people to do terrible things. When tragedy strikes those already grieving, horrors beyond imagining can be unleashed. Tonight we see what happens when bystanders get caught up in the madness of grief made manifest....
Mar 14, 2019•2 hr 50 min
Fiasco > One Shot Sasquatch, Bigfoot, wild-man, Ts'emekwes: The name of the hairy, upright-walking, ape-like creature in the Pacific Northwest may change, but the question remains the same. Is It Real? Our camera descends upon the backwoods country of Sucker Creek, where the trinity of pot, beer, and guns collide in a cacophony of mispronounced words. Will these 5 people find the elusive beast? Or will they come face to face with a Fiasco?
Mar 07, 2019•1 hr 47 min
Delta Green > One Shot Delta Green gets understandably nervous around camera crews. The risk of an operation being caught on film is omnipresent, but throw in beer, college students and a nationally recognized TV program and an operation could be blown wide open in a hurry. Tonight, a small team is tasked with investigating claims of a sea monster off the Massachusetts coast. Too close of comfort to a certain abandoned strip of beach that saw a federal assault force in 1928…
Feb 28, 2019•2 hr 42 min
Invisible Sun > The Melody of Things Lost and Found Upon deciding that the Bureau of Lost Things might be onto something, the group decides to head to the Vancian College to do some research into Mr. Card. Unfortunately, it looks like Maximilian is coming along for the ride. After trying many times to find Mr. Card’s office, the players finally learn what might be in that satchel…A secret too powerful to ignore.
Feb 21, 2019•1 hr 55 min
Delta Green > One Shot Delta Green’s archives from 1969 – 2001 are spotty at best. The cowboys placed within the NSA government databases secret trips and notes to call forth alarms when certain conditions are detected. Unfortunately, when no one is left alive who knows what the codes mean, The Program must investigate blindly. When a death trips an alarm on certain keywords, Agent Charlie must get a group together and fast. She has little to go on, and even less knowledge about who she has o...
Feb 14, 2019•3 hr 38 min
Scion: Second Edition > The Skyrift Still reeling from the events of last session, the heroes finally get to the multi-faith cultural summit held in the center of Times Square. Such a public place is bound to attract many visitors and passers-by. Acting on warnings from Yuan Yi, the party is cautious. They know SOMETHING is supposed to happen, but what? And involving who? Find out on the next episode of The Skyrift!
Feb 07, 2019•3 hr 28 min
Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition > One Shot A 15 year old girl, distraught from a recent death, is found missing one morning. Her mother, in a fit of worry, calls every conceivable person to help look for her. Now an off-duty policewoman, a private eye, a newspaper reporter, and her own grandfather are digging through her room, looking for clues. When they find an Ouija board, blackened with soot, it leads them down a twisting trail of blood, fire, and terror.
Jan 31, 2019•2 hr 48 min
Scion: Second Edition > The Skyrift Trigger Warning: Explicit content involving the murder of a child. A lot has been happening to our heroes as of late. They have seen and experienced all sorts of horrible monsters that have tried to kill them. Tonight, they feel the wrath of one of the greatest lesions a hero can learn. “You cannot save everyone”
Jan 24, 2019•2 hr 24 min
Invisible Sun > The Melody of Things Lost and Found With the package safely recovered for Mr. Card. The gang takes a break to catch some lunch and a show. Unfortunately, Master Alexi failed to take into account if anyone ELSE might want his prize. Paranoia increases dramatically as bidders seem to come out of the woodwork, and some of them are not going to ask nicely. Luckily, the gypsies are there to help! (Hopefully…)
Jan 17, 2019•2 hr 30 min
Delta Green > One Shot Delta Green is not the only group out there fighting the “good fight”. Other governments have sister organizations to DG, and some have very different goals. As a matter of course, The Program likes to keep tabs on these organizations to ensure the survival of humanity. Tonight, we see a group of agents sent on a mission overseas to monitor one such group. What happens next could not only start an international incident, but could tear the very fabric of reality apart....
Jan 10, 2019•2 hr 51 min
Scion: Second Edition > The Skyrift When Percy calls the group to investigate some strange happenings at his workplace, the party quickly remembers WHERE he works. As the awkward investigation continues, our players quickly learn several rules they have been doing wrong all this time. But who has time to read rulebooks when there is a STRIP CLUB PARTY! As usual, beware the quiet ones in the corner. And whatever you do, DON’T use your “what are you into” power on them. You might not like the a...
Jan 03, 2019•2 hr 11 min
Maid: The Role Playing Game > One Shot Jason’s players convinced him to give Maid: The Roleplaying Game another shot. This time, 5 Maids embark on creating chaos for Master’s Birthday. First they cannot even find him. Then they wish they hadn’t. What follows is more random-table driven insanity. Enjoy!
Jan 01, 2019•1 hr 26 min
Invisible Sun > The Melody of Things Lost and Found Following the street urchin who stole the Mr. Card’s bag turns out to be WAY more exciting than first thought. Abandoning traditional methods of investigation, our heroes remember that they are WIZARDS and have MAGIC to help them. Demons are summoned, home cooked meals are made, and “T” does something to make our shoes sticky. Join us as we continue to explore The Actuality and its strange underbelly.
Dec 27, 2018•1 hr 37 min
Fiasco > One Shot McMurdo Station is a US operated research station on Ross Island, Antarctica. We are lead to believe that all sorts of science is done down at the bottom of the world. Today, we see the truth. Today we reveal the hidden agendas of the “scientists” and the lives they live. I’m sure the American taxpayers would be furious if they found out how much of a Fiasco this has become. But what else are they supposed to do stationed on the world’s biggest ice cube?
Dec 25, 2018•1 hr 23 min
Scion: Second Edition > The Skyrift As our heroes travel to the house on the trail of this mysterious book, they get a bit more than they wanted. You would think that the creepy ghost kid would have frightened them away. Alas, the PC Halo has firmly been placed upon them. The time for subtlety has passed. It’s time to bust through the wall and kill everything in sight! (Because that makes sense, right?)
Dec 20, 2018•2 hr 35 min
Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition > One Shot How many times have we thought: “If I just won the lottery, my problems would disappear”? Unfortunately, statistics show that many times, coming across a windfall doesn’t always make us happy. Tonight, 3 people find such a windfall. Like most Call of Cthulhu scenarios, it becomes MUCH more then they bargained for!
Dec 18, 2018•2 hr 47 min
Invisible Sun > The Melody of Things Lost and Found Penguin Fringed Abyss is happy to present The Melody of Things Lost and Found, a campaign run in Monte Cook’s Invisible Sun system. The real world is a lie. But thankfully we have escaped to The Actuality, a strange, surreal world of sorcery and weirdness. Our story begins at Alexi’s Investigations, as a strange looking Vislae seeks the retrieval of his stolen tome enters. Come with us as we welcome Josh Hatfield to his GM Debut!...
Dec 13, 2018•1 hr 42 min
Fiasco > One Shot In ancient times, the Chinese had a saying: “May you live in interesting times”. When a humble smith and his wife encounter a strange poppy flower on their doorstep, their life quickly devolves into the Hoban Washburne definition of “Interesting”. Their quest will take them to the heart of betrayal, 15 minute action sequences, and mysterious ghosts on the wind. It will surely end in Fiasco!
Dec 11, 2018•1 hr 4 min
Scion: Second Edition > The Skyrift After a hair-raising experience at the MET, our heroes take it down a notch. Their quest to find out who is responsible for The Skyrift have taken them to a depressing new-age “book club” straight out of the 90’s. Leads are found, Facebook is searched extensively, and everyone just feels uncomfortable. Sometime’s a hero’s life isn’t pretty, folks!
Dec 06, 2018•2 hr 27 min
Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition > One Shot Working at a retirement home can be a tough job. Usually it is pretty boring, helping the residence get to meals, washing them and making them comfortable. Sometimes, however, thing happen that turn the excitement up a notch: falls in the shower, cardiac events, and sickness. Tonight we witness one such event, one that turns the excitement up to 11.
Dec 04, 2018•1 hr 34 min
Fiasco > One Shot A group of scientists embark on a dangerous and unprecedented journey to Mercury. This voyage will hopefully answer many questions mankind has had about the sun and its nearest neighbor. Unfortunately, factions have developed and it seems some (if not all) of the scientists have agendas of their own. Perhaps we should not have called the spaceship the U.S.S. Fiasco!
Nov 27, 2018•1 hr 8 min
Scion: Second Edition > The Skyrift Returning to the MET the next day, the heroes discover that the strange happenings in New York are not over. A new investigator joins the escapades as the team takes it upon themselves to save Percy’s newest conquest. Who or what is behind the increasingly dangerous things happening at night? And how will the players overreact to the threat? Find out as The Skyrift continues! (The map we were using can be found at https://maps.metmuseum.org/)
Nov 22, 2018•3 hr 21 min
