This thrilling showdown marks the end of our campaign through Berlin: The Wicked City, and indeed the final episode of the Stars Are Right podcast. Thanks so much for listening! We hope our doomed investigations of the eerie and ineffable have entertained you. Don't forget to drop by the discord server to chat with us and fellow listeners. Oh, and just a final reminder in case you're interested in merch while it's still available (we particularly recommend the custom dice bags by Berverly in Sti...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 149
Berlin grows stranger: headlines report streets filled with crime, nudity, drugs and hissing cockroaches. After their unhelpful encounter with Henri, the investigators prepare for the ominous lecture given by the Fraternitas Saturni at the occult bookshop… Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium. Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Brita Lantz Howl as Luise Engel Jayson as Helene Krauss Audio Editors for this episode: Howl & Jayson We...
Sep 04, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 148
Who are Pacitius and the man with piercing eyes, who forced Belshazzar to make those strange figurines? Following the trail of the ritualists leads to an occult bookshop, where a surprising identity is uncovered. A visit to the hospital to see Anita Berber brings sad news and a new mystery. Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium. Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Brita Lantz Tyler as Dr. Ester Rosenbaum Howl as Luise Engel Jayson as He...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 147
A thorough search of the dollmaker’s premise turns up far more than the investigators bargained for. Some questions are answered, but others merely take their place. Allyship comes into question. Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium. Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Brita Lantz Tyler as Dr. Ester Rosenbaum Howl as Luise Engel Jayson as Helene Krauss Audio Editors for this episode: Howl & Jayson Website | Review us | Support us o...
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 145
There's been a slight delay in editing episode 22, so our Berlin: The Wicked City campaign will resume next week - apologies! In the meantime, please enjoy a little side adventure: Lydia and Tyler recorded a play-through of the 1-on-1 scenario Love You To Death from Chaosium’s book Does Love Forgive?. It'll be released over the course of this week in 3 parts for your listening pleasure. --- The detective and his new canine partner continue in their search for Hattie. One spot of bribery and a ne...
Aug 04, 2024•44 min•Ep. 144
There's been a slight delay in editing episode 22, so our Berlin: The Wicked City campaign will resume next week - apologies! In the meantime, please enjoy a little side adventure: Lydia and Tyler recorded a play-through of the 1-on-1 scenario Love You To Death from Chaosium’s book Does Love Forgive?. It'll be released over the course of this week in 3 parts for your listening pleasure. --- Walt examines Hattie’s apartment and uncovers a puzzling clue that only he was meant to find. It seems his...
Aug 02, 2024•43 min•Ep. 143
There's been a slight delay in editing episode 22, so our Berlin: The Wicked City campaign will resume next week - apologies! In the meantime, please enjoy a little side adventure: Lydia and Tyler recorded a play-through of the 1-on-1 scenario Love You To Death from Chaosium’s book Does Love Forgive?. It'll be released over the course of this week in 3 parts for your listening pleasure. --- Chicago, the morning after St Valentine's Day, 1929. A mob war is escalating, and private investigator Wal...
Jul 31, 2024•50 min•Ep. 142
Dear listeners, It is with hearts filled with sadness and gratitude that we must announce the end of our journey. After a pretty amazing few years, the Stars Are Right podcast (and publishing) will be winding down over the next month or two. Don’t worry, we’re still aiming to finish the scenario we’re currently playing, though there might be one or two changes to the cast. The plan is for the last few episodes to continue to broadcast on their current schedule, and to stop going up in September ...
Jul 30, 2024•3 min•Ep. 146
The investigators engage in some light debauchery at the Residenz Casino, but they can’t escape the darkness when it comes calling… Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium. Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Brita Lantz Tyler as Dr. Ester Rosenbaum Howl as Luise Engel Jayson as Helene Krauss Audio Editors for this episode: Braydon & Jayson Website | Review us | Support us on Patreon | Buy merch! Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Faceboo...
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 140
Over two years since the piano recital, our investigators are haunted by nightmares of that evening with Berber and Châtín-Hofmann. Ess alone believes they simply had a bad trip, while her friends fall apart around her. Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium. Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Brita Lantz Tyler as Dr. Ester Rosenbaum Howl as Luise Engel Jayson as Helene Krauss Audio Editors for this episode: Lydia & Jayson Website |...
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 141
An unearthly piano piece forces the investigators to confront feelings they have been veiling, and the cruel gaze of mirror magic brings even the best-hidden insecurities into the light. In a grey and dead dreamscape of an unfamiliar Berlin, a terrifying chase ensues. Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium. Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Brita Lantz Tyler as Dr. Ester Rosenbaum Howl as Luise Engel Jayson as Helene Krauss Audio Edito...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 139
Last night’s events still ring loudly in the investigators’ ears, but Grau is keen to get answers, setting up a meeting with Berber at her hotel. After concealing some mysterious pamphlets on their person, Berber’s husband cordially invites them to a piano recital that evening. Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium. Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Brita Lantz Tyler as Dr. Ester Rosenbaum Howl as Luise Engel Jayson as Helene Krauss A...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 138
Our investigators deal with the aftermath of Paulette’s disappearance and nightmarish work, only to find a new friend in Grau. He remains in their orbit and invites them to the latest Anita Berber performance, which promises to be a night of debauchery! Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium. Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Brita Lantz Tyler as Dr. Ester Rosenbaum Howl as Luise Engel Jayson as Helene Krauss Audio Editors for this epi...
May 22, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 137
Four years after The Devil Eats Flies. Our new investigators receive a letter from the Prussian library announcing a robbery of their restricted titles. The lost volumes are in French, which makes them think of a certain club patron who hasn’t been seen lately… Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium. Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Brita Lantz Tyler as Dr. Ester Rosenbaum Howl as Luise Engel Jayson as Helene Krauss Audio Editors: Lyd...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 136
In the gruesome finale of the scenario, the desperate students descend to the depths of the college, uncovering a burning truth about the former sanatorium and the ghosts who haunt it. In their bid to escape, the investigators meet some very strange gallery patrons who have an equally strange request. Yes it’s madness, but is it art? You can buy this scenario to run for your friends! Check it out here . Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Simone the potter. Tyler as Maia the pain...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 135
The students find themselves hating the rich kids who got them into this mess. Maia has torn off much of her face, Bernie has been hassled by a ghost, and no one is having a good time. Will the answers await them in the library, or should some truths be left alone? You can buy this scenario to run for your friends! Check it out here . Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Simone the potter. Tyler as Maia the painter. Jayson as Leo the musician. Knoxicles as Bernie the jewellery-mak...
Apr 10, 2024•57 min•Ep. 134
Our group of students continue exploring the so-called “haunted” college building. Choosing to let sleeping security guards lie and indulge their artistic curiosity, they sneak past and poke around in the back of the gallery. They soon come across some pieces that affect them more than art usually does… You can buy this scenario to run for your friends! Check it out here . Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Simone the potter. Tyler as Maia the painter. Jayson as Leo the musician...
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 133
Chapter one of our playthrough of a new, and super spooky, Stars Are Right scenario: The Exhibition of Dread by Jared Tallis. Join a ragtag bunch of art students as they tour the college buildings after dark in search of artistic inspiration, but get more than they bargained for. You can buy this scenario to run for your friends! Check it out here . Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Simone the potter. Tyler as Maia the painter. Jayson as Leo the musician. Knoxicles as Bernie th...
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 132
Wonderful cultists, The earliest part of 2024 has been a series of failed rolls that we’ve been continuing to try to Push, but unfortunately we’ve not always succeeded. There have been some critical successes as well as fumbles, though. First of all, the inimitable Braydon has, through fel magicks, brought his own new spawn into the universe. Join us in welcoming Reya (and admire her either on Discord or on our Patreon !) Gilly’s also had her own life changes, in the form of having to travel ext...
Feb 29, 2024•2 min•Ep. 131
The second and final part of Chaosium's newest Alone Against... adventure. Can Seb make the right choices to reunite Alex with his lost love and escape, or is it already too late? Stick around for some Beyond-the-Madness style chit chat afterwards! Website | Review us | Support us on Patreon | Buy merch! Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit For the duration of our Berlin: The Wicked City campaign, 10% of our Patreon profits go to Hope Not Hate ....
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 130
While we prepare the next chapter of our campaign through Berlin: The Wicked City, join Seb and Stars Are Right newcomer Tyler in this two-part special playing through this recently published addition to Chaosium’s solitaire adventures! Website | Review us | Support us on Patreon | Buy merch! Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit For the duration of our Berlin: The Wicked City campaign, 10% of our Patreon profits go to Hope Not Hate ....
Feb 21, 2024•53 min•Ep. 129
Welcome back for the thrilling conclusion (well all right, we know they hit rewind at one point, but this is the real conclusion). The woods still abound with mysteries! Stick around for some Beyond-the-Madness style chit chat afterwards, and come back next week for a fresh adventure! Website | Review us | Support us on Patreon | Buy merch! Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit For the duration of our Berlin: The Wicked City campaign, 10% of our Patreon profits go to Hope ...
Feb 14, 2024•54 min•Ep. 128
While we prepare the next chapter of our campaign through Berlin: The Wicked City, join Jayson and Lydia in this two-part special playing through one of Chaosium’s solitaire adventures! Website | Review us | Support us on Patreon | Buy merch! Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit For the duration of our Berlin: The Wicked City campaign, 10% of our Patreon profits go to Hope Not Hate ....
Feb 07, 2024•48 min•Ep. 127
We rejoin the investigators mid-ritual, chanting and gesticulating in a circle around Grossman’s vile journal, waiting for the dawn and hoping they’ll succeed in keeping his demonic spirit at bay - not to mention hoping that their anonymous tip was enough for the police to thwart the foreign minister’s assassination. Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium. Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Andreas Vogel Gilly as Max Oswald Howl as Mori...
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 126
Our party moves forward towards the ritual with heavy hearts and second thoughts. A mysterious shadow standing by their car unites them with an old friend and ally, but our investigators have a lot of explaining to do. Can they rally themselves one last time and stop Grossman once and for all? Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium. Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Andreas Vogel Gilly as Max Oswald Howl as Moritz Baum Braydon as Saydi...
Jan 24, 2024•52 min•Ep. 125
Desperate times call for desperate measures and the group consider an uneasy allyship to rid Germany of the Grossman demon once for all. It becomes harder to know who they can trust, both from the people they’ve just met and from relationships they’ve relied on for a long time... Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium. Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Andreas Vogel Gilly as Max Oswald Howl as Moritz Baum Braydon as Saydiina Androsov A...
Jan 17, 2024•58 min•Ep. 124
The Grand Duchess has sought refuge in the Cassowary House at Berlin Zoo, but she finds no escape from her pursuers. Madness and violence take hold of the investigators and their temporary allies alike, and Grossman’s vengeful spirit takes the upper hand. Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium. Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Andreas Vogel Gilly as Max Oswald Howl as Moritz Baum Braydon as Saydiina Androsov Audio Editors: Braydon &am...
Jan 10, 2024•45 min•Ep. 123
Hearing screams, Saydiina reaches for her bow and Moritz runs back from the bar, ready to swing a bottle of schnapps - but is there time? Max scuttles for his life away from the advancing form of the pus-dripping, spider-like monstrosity that was once a construction worker. Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium. Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Andreas Vogel Gilly as Max Oswald Howl as Moritz Baum Braydon as Saydiina Androsov Audio E...
Dec 20, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 122
The investigators manage to weasel their way into an interview with Inspector Krieg and attempt to procure Carl Grossman’s mysterious journal, but the Inspector doesn’t part with it easily. After leaving the police station, they find their lives in peril from an unexpected and monstrous threat… Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium. Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Andreas Vogel Gilly as Max Oswald Howl as Moritz Baum Braydon as Sayd...
Dec 13, 2023•54 min•Ep. 121
The group investigate Grossman’s apartment as they try to uncover more clues. Tensions rise as they uncover some horrific truths about his crimes and fight to hold onto their sanity and their friendship. Here's a link to buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook published by Chaosium. Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Andreas Vogel Gilly as Max Oswald Howl as Moritz Baum Braydon as Saydiina Androsov Audio Editors: Braydon & Jayson Website | Review us | Support us on Patreo...
Dec 06, 2023•57 min•Ep. 120
