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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 Stitches!). If you haven't already, we'd also love it if you checked out our publications, where you can bring some of the scenarios you've heard played on the show to your own gaming table. Farewell, and may the omens be every in your favour...     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 Braydon as Alastair Arthur   Audio Editors for this episode: Howl & Jayson   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.

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   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.

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 Helene Krauss   Audio Editors for this episode: Lydia & Jayson   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.

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 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.    

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 newly-helpful doorman later, Walt and Highball ascend to the roof, where a long-awaited reunion takes place. So, does love forgive? And can it ever forget?      Here's a link to buy the Does Love Forgive? book published by Chaosium.   Cast: Tyler as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Walt Minghella   Audio Editors for this episode: Lydia & Jayson   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.

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 childhood friend is caught up in the occult; the latest social trend among mob wives. The loyal Highball in tow, he sets off across Chicago to hunt for the missing woman.   Here's a link to buy the Does Love Forgive? book published by Chaosium.   Cast: Tyler as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Walt Minghella   Audio Editors for this episode: Lydia & Jayson   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.

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 Walt Minghella has a new case. A childhood friend and widow of one of Al Capone's victims tearfully begs him to bring home her dog, who has been seized by police investigating the previous day's massacre.   Here's a link to buy the Does Love Forgive? book published by Chaosium.   Cast: Tyler as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Walt Minghella   Audio Editors for this episode: Lydia & Jayson   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.

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 at the conclusion of Dances of Vice, Horror, and Ecstasy.    There was a slight delay in editing episode 22, so our Berlin campaign will resume next week - apologies! In the meantime, please enjoy a little side adventure coming your way this week.   We're very sad we won't be able to round off our campaign with the third scenario from Berlin: The Wicked City as we originally intended, but an awful lot has changed in many of our lives over the last few months. Some of it has been great, some not so great, and we've definitely reached the end of our ability to make the show as we have been.   Once the podcast wraps up, it will remain online for the foreseeable future - on all the platforms you're currently using to listen for as long as we can afford it, and hopefully on Patreon longer than that.   To assist with that, all the bonus Patreon content and Beyond the Madness episodes will, from September, be made available at a single, low-cost tier intended to pay for ongoing podcast and website hosting costs. All proceeds beyond those running costs will be donated to the charity Hope Not Hate. If you were intending to buy merch at some point then you might want to act quickly - we're not sure how long it'll continue to be available, when it's gone it's gone! You can find links at starsareright.com and in the episode notes.   We're infinitely grateful for all of your support up to this point. You've helped turn what started as a wild pandemic lock-down dream into a project that's spanned years of games, multiple bestselling publications, and a truly amazing community. We're honestly amazed at how far we've come, so pleased with what we've made, and delighted it's been enjoyed by so many lovely people!   Speaking of community, once things wrap up our discord server will be run by Jayson and Lydia as admins, and we hope will continue to be a lovely, friendly place to chat with fellow listeners and horror RPG fans, and even run your own games. If you're not already on there, do drop by and say hi!   Stars Are Right may be ending, but in order to keep on bringing you the Call of Cthulhu content that we all love, Jayson and Lydia are developing a new podcast together. This will feature some familiar Stars Are Right voices, brand new scenario actual-plays, talk-show panels and much more - including a playthrough of Jayson's upcoming Miskatonic Repository scenario, The Bride of Pendle. The new podcast's team will share more details and links as soon as they are able.   We hope you've enjoyed the ride, and continue to enjoy the remainder of our adventures. Thanks again from all of us, and may the omens be ever in your favour.   Love from the Stars Are Right Founders, Phaedra, Braydon and Howl   Website | Patreon | Merch | Discord  

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 | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit For the duration of our Berlin: The Wicked City campaign, 10% of our Patreon profits go to Hope Not Hate.

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 | 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.

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 Editors for this episode: Tyler, Lydia & Jayson   Excerpt of Totentanz by Franz Liszt is a derivative of Liszt's Totentanz performed by Neil O'Doan available under CC license. Title: "Neil O Doan - Totentanz" Author: Neil O'Doan Music Source: https://musopen.org/music/32872-totentanz-s-1262/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike (BY-SA) 4.0 Unported Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en   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.

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   Audio Editors for this episode: Seb, Howl & Jayson   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.

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 episode: Braydon & Jayson   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.  

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: Lydia & Jayson   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.

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 painter. Jayson as Leo the musician. Knoxicles as Bernie the jewellery-maker.   Audio Editors: Tyler & Jayson   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.

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-maker.   Audio Editors: Howl & Jayson   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.

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. Knoxicles as Bernie the jewellery-maker.   Audio Editors: Seb & Jayson   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.

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 the jewellery-maker.   Audio Editors: Braydon & Jayson   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.

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 extensively for work this year! She's consequently not able to join us on the regular for the next part of our Berlin campaign, but we're sure you'll join us in wishing her well on her adventures and hoping she can come back soon to play with us! Thus, we have had to make some changes in how we are doing things on our end, at least for the time being. Here's the breakdown: We'll be reducing our release frequency to every two weeks, rather than every week, in order to rebuild a buffer, and rush less with recording and editing. We'll be tweaking our patreon offerings to make our bonus content more accessible.  Beyond The Madness, our post-recording chit-chat show, will soon also be available at the Cult Initiate tier! The Cult Elder and Avatar tiers will continue to have exclusive access to our bonus game-play. This will soon include a second play-through of Alone Against the Static (for any completionists) and The Necropolis (run by Gilly, to help you not miss her too much!). The next adventure released will be The Exhibition of Dread, a spectral one-shot written by Jared Tallis and published by Stars Are Right. Berlin the Wicked City part 2 is currently being recorded and will be released after that, everything progressing smoothly, so get hyped! The idea behind this slowing down is for us to serve you the finest Deep One Steaks instead of mere soggy fishburgers, and to ensure that we can keep putting out the podcasts that you've all been loving. None of this would have been possible without you, and we appreciate the ongoing support that we have had over the years. Onwards and upwards, with many hopeful things on the horizon. Until the Stars are Right again…

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.

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.

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 Not Hate.

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.

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 Moritz Baum Braydon as Gerda Androsov   Audio Editors: Lydia & Jayson   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.

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 Saydiina Androsov   Audio Editors: Tyler & Jayson   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.

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   Audio Editors: Seb & Jayson   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.  

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 & Jayson   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.

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 Editors: Howl & Jayson   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.

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 Saydiina Androsov   Audio Editors: Braydon & Jayson   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.

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 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.

Despite his being dead, it seems the murderous cannibal Carl Grossman is stalking Berlin once more. Intent on protecting Saydii from Grossman's vengeful spirit, the friends close ranks as night falls. But they cannot protect themselves from their dreams, or who enters them…   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 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.

A drifting newspaper reveals the young lady they seek has one more alias. Her rescuer, Baron von Kleist, claims she is of famous aristocratic stock and is recovering from memory loss at his apartment. Fearing the abrupt end of their royal contract, the investigators go to see for themselves.   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 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.

In spite of Grossman's death, gruesome murders continue occurring around Berlin and cursed dreams keep haunting our investigators. While trying to uncover clues regarding the whereabouts of their quarry, the party receives a hint that leads them towards an asylum..   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 & Lydia   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.

A trip to the cabaret turns up a new lead and the group meet a famous face.   Buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook here.   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 & Howl   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.    

The investigators receive a summons from a Russian prince and a well-paid job offer to find the truth about a missing woman. Was she one of cannibalistic serial killer Carl Grossman's victims?    Buy the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook here.   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 & Howl   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.

Dr Wilkes: poised to set a deadly Rube Goldberg trap. Jack/Jaaaasper: protecting his now insane "bride" Jane. Buck: taking point, slowed somewhat by his disguise as a painting. Herr Flauschige, aka Mr Fluffy the three-headed dog, bringing up the rear. Time to find out who's really behind all this.   This is a Pulp Cthulhu scenario conceived by Leopoldo Rueda, brought to life by the Stars Are Right publishing team. It has been our pleasure to playtest, edit, format and illustrate this action-packed sequel to H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale, Herbert West - Reanimator! It's now available to buy and run at your own gaming table - grab your copy now!   We're playing this one-shot adventure on alternate weeks, so tune in next week for the continuation of our long-form campaign, Berlin: The Wicked City!   Cast: Braydon as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Phaedra as Dr Christine Wilkes Lydia as Jane Castle Mr Howl as Jack Stone and making her SAR debut: Gilly as Buck Jones!   Audio Editors: Braydon, Jayson, Phaedra & Howl   Website | Review us | Buy merch! Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit      

The third installment of our journey through the roaring 20s in Weimar Berlin! We're going to be playing all the scenarios in the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook as a long-form campaign. But for now, another gory dream haunts Max and Saydiina, but it seems Carl Grossman's murderous saga must surely be ended as newspapers report on his death. Of course, that doesn't mean all is peace and safety - in 1920s Berlin, even a casual lunch at the prestigious Romanisches Café is not always without incident…   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 & Howl   Website | Review us | 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.

Buck follows through on his plan to climb inside the body of this new Frankenstinian abomination and pilot it like a skin suit. Remarkably, that isn't the worst plan attempted as our investigators get to grip with the insanity of their situation.   This is a Pulp Cthulhu scenario conceived by Leopoldo Rueda, brought to life by the Stars Are Right publishing team. It has been our pleasure to playtest, edit, format and illustrate this action-packed sequel to H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale, Herbert West - Reanimator! It's now available to buy and run at your own gaming table - grab your copy now!   We're playing this one-shot adventure on alternate weeks, so tune in next week for the continuation of our long-form campaign, Berlin: The Wicked City!   Cast: Braydon as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Phaedra as Dr Christine Wilkes Lydia as Jane Castle Mr Howl as Jack Stone and making her SAR debut: Gilly as Buck Jones!   Audio Editors: Braydon, Jayson, Phaedra & Howl   Website | Review us | Buy merch! Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit

The second chapter in our return to the classic era of the roaring 20s in Weimar Berlin! We're going to be playing all the scenarios in the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook as a long-form campaign. But first, let us introduce two more of our investigators - to you and to each other - in this prelude set before the events of the main campaign. The investigators come across a man from their troubled history, prompting them to pursue him with the aim of thwarting his malevolent schemes.     Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Howl as Moritz Baum Braydon as Saydiina Androsov   Audio Editors: Braydon, Jayson & Howl   Website | Review us | 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.

While Jane and Jack are unknowingly watching the shopkeeper try to prepare them a pickle-spam breakfast, a pitchfork-carrying mob starts surrounding the general store. It's up to their companions back in the car, Buck and Dr Wilkes, to save the day!   This is a Pulp Cthulhu scenario conceived by Leopoldo Rueda, brought to life by the Stars Are Right publishing team. It has been our pleasure to playtest, edit, format and illustrate this action-packed sequel to H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale, Herbert West - Reanimator! It's now available to buy and run at your own gaming table - grab your copy now!   We're playing this one-shot adventure on alternate weeks, so tune in next week for the continuation of our long-form campaign, Berlin: The Wicked City!   Cast:   Braydon as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Phaedra as Dr Christine Wilkes Lydia as Jane Castle Mr Howl as Jack Stone and making her SAR debut: Gilly as Buck Jones!   Audio Editors: Braydon, Jayson, Phaedra & Howl   Website | Review us | Buy merch! Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit

Join us as we return to the classic era of the roaring 20s, this time in Weimar Berlin! This is the adventure our patrons voted for, and we can't wait to get stuck in! We're going to be playing all the scenarios in the Berlin: The Wicked City sourcebook as a long-form campaign. But first, let us introduce two of our investigators - to you and to each other - in this prelude set before the events of the main campaign. An unkempt man collapses in the middle of a busy park, pulling a wealthy nightclub owner and a drug-peddling pharmacist into an unexpected mystery.     Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Lydia as Andreas Vogel Gilly as Max Oswald     Audio Editors: Braydon, Jayson & Howl   Website | Review us | Buy merch! Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit

The results are out! Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the Stars Are Right one-page scenario-writing contest! The response has been overwhelming and the decision so very hard, but our judges made it. With big thanks again to our patron and sponsor, Drue! We were astounded by the creativity of this great community, and everyone should be super proud of their submissions!   Without further ado, here are the winners:   First place: For King and Country by Michał Pietrzak Second place: Ballad of the Lost Danava by Kevin Kreiner Third place: A Long Day's Night by Sabrina Haenze   Finally, an honourable mention for an outline that didn't quite make the cut but had such a great, creative idea behind it: Extragalactic Tea Time by Michael Fryda.   Thank you all again so much! We hope you all had as much fun writing the scenario outlines as we did reading them! We've contacted the winners to pass on their prizes, and if you want to be kept in the loop when we next do fun things like this, don't forget to follow us on social media or sign up to our email newsletter.     Website | Review us | Buy merch! Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit

Four members of Department 29, a secret division within the FBI created by President Hoover to investigate paranormal occurrences, receive their first official assignment.  A reporter, Norman Cassidy, has gone missing in a remote area of Vermont while investigating disappearances.  The team have to find him. This is a Pulp Cthulhu scenario conceived by Leopoldo Rueda, brought to life by the Stars Are Right publishing team. It has been our pleasure to playtest, edit, format and illustrate this action-packed sequel to H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale, Herbert West - Reanimator! It's now available to buy and run at your own gaming table - grab your copy now!   We'll be playing this one-shot adventure on alternate weeks, so tune in next week for the start of our next long-form campaign, Berlin: The Wicked City!   Cast: Braydon as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Phaedra as Dr Christine Wilkes Lydia as Jane Castle Mr Howl as Jack Stone and making her SAR debut: Gilly as Buck Jones!   Audio Editors: Braydon, Jayson & Howl   Website | Review us | Buy merch! Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit

Please enjoy the final part of this super-sized Beyond the Madness episode, where the cast come together to reminisce and answer listener questions about our play-through.   Thank you again to all the listeners who submitted questions, and don't forget you can get behind-the-scenes chat after every episode by supporting us on Patreon.   Then it'll be time to put the Cults of Cthulhu behind us and say goodbye to these beloved characters (those who survived, anyway!). We've got a new original scenario and a whole campaign ready to start in the next couple of weeks!   Website | Review us | Buy merch! Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit For the duration of our Cults of Cthulhu campaign, 10% of our Patreon profits go to the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund.

Part 2 of our extended Beyond The Madness session looking back on Cults of Cthulhu! We keep the questions coming and Chris Lackey and Mike Mason are kind enough have the answers covered. Here's where you can hear more from them:   Hear more from Chris Lackey on Strange Studies of Strange Stories and Rachel Watches Star Trek. Hear more from Mike Mason on Mason and Fricker's Eldritch Stories. Get the latest Call of Cthulhu news from its creators at chaosium.com (and don't forget you can use code STARS10 for 10% off your first purchase).   Join us back here in just a couple of days for the final part, where the questions will be directed to the Stars Are Right cast and we'll delve into our favourite moments from our playthrough. Thank you again to all the listeners who submitted questions, and don't forget you can get behind-the-scenes chat after every episode by supporting us on Patreon.   Website | Review us | Buy merch! Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit   For the duration of our Cults of Cthulhu campaign, 10% of our Patreon profits go to the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund.

Join us for a 3-part, extended Beyond The Madness session looking back on Cults of Cthulhu! We're joined by Chris Lackey and Mike Mason, who give us some insight into the creation of the source book and scenarios. Thank you to all the listeners who submitted questions, and don't forget you can get behind-the-scenes chat after every episode by supporting us on Patreon. Join us in just a couple of days for part 2!   Website | Review us | Buy merch!   Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit   For the duration of our Cults of Cthulhu campaign, 10% of our Patreon profits go to the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund.

While you wait for our exciting new campaign to start, please enjoy of one of H. P. Lovecraft's short stories, read by our own Knoxicles. He won't, alas, be joining us in Berlin: The Wicked City, but here's a heaping helping of his dulcet tones as he unfolds this chilling tale.   There will be more of these short stories going up on our Patreon, so if you enjoyed it please consider supporting us!   Website | Review us | Buy merch! | Patreon Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit

We're celebrating so many milestones this month! ​The Stars Are Right podcast's 2 year anniversary! The climactic Cults of Cthulhu finale! Our 100th episode! In celebration, our friend and Avatar patron Drue has generously offered to fund a contest! Write your own 1-page Call of Cthulhu scenario outline for a chance to win our lovely prizes: ​ 3rd place: $10 DrivethruRPG gift card 2nd place: $20 DrivethruRPG gift card 1st place: $25 DrivethruRPG gift card Sponsored publication of the winning scenario!   Find the full rules, prize details and story prompts on our website! https://www.starsareright.com/contest

Ready to put an explosive stop to whatever the Church of Perfect Science is machinating in their mansion, our investigators pull up at the security gate. Will they find Aaron's missing brother? An explanation for the strange dreams and visions? Finally, the answer to what became of Carl Day?     Get 10% off the same dice we roll on the podcast! Check out FanRollDice and use code STARS10 to get a discount and also support the show!   Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore (rolling Cat's Eye Frosted Blue gemstone dice) Lydia as Prof. Emily Strauss (rolling Gold with Purple Enamel metal dice) Knoxicles as Prof. Josh simmons (rolling Torched Rainbow metal dice) Braydon as Vee Carter (rolling Penguin and Watermelon resin dice) Mr Howl as Officer Aaron Macks (rolling Opalite gemstone dice)   Audio Editors: Braydon, Jayson, Phaedra & Howl   Website | Review us | Buy merch! Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit For the duration of our Cults of Cthulhu campaign, 10% of our Patreon profits go to the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund.

On the outskirts of the city, checking into a motel proves to be slow going. Aaron holds Josh tightly to assuage his fear that he'll be sent to ancient Persepolis again, while Vee improvises a crib and puts the statue down for a nap. Over dinner at the nearby Burger Castle, the friends are in for another surprise… Get 10% off the same dice we roll on the podcast! Check out FanRollDice and use code STARS10 to get a discount and also support the show!   Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore (rolling Cat's Eye Frosted Blue gemstone dice) Lydia as Prof. Emily Strauss (rolling Gold with Purple Enamel metal dice) Knoxicles as Prof. Josh simmons (rolling Torched Rainbow metal dice) Braydon as Vee Carter (rolling Penguin and Watermelon resin dice) Mr Howl as Officer Aaron Macks (rolling Opalite gemstone dice)   Audio Editors: Braydon, Jayson, Phaedra & Howl   Website | Review us here! Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit For the duration of our Cults of Cthulhu campaign, 10% of our Patreon profits go to the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund.

Following the directions of Ethel, the second artist to approach them in the street, the investigators arrive at the storage unit she opened for them in a dream. At the instigation of Darius his cockatoo, who's speaking to him in Persian, Josh bribes the overseer so they can get at its mysterious contents.   Get 10% off the same dice we roll on the podcast! Check out FanRollDice and use code STARS10 to get a discount and also support the show!     Cast:   Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore (rolling Cat's Eye Frosted Blue gemstone dice) Lydia as Prof. Emily Strauss (rolling Gold with Purple Enamel metal dice) Knoxicles as Prof. Josh simmons (rolling Torched Rainbow metal dice) Braydon as Vee Carter (rolling Penguin and Watermelon resin dice) Mr Howl as Officer Aaron Macks (rolling Opalite gemstone dice)     Audio Editors:   Braydon, Jayson, Phaedra & Howl   Website | Review us here! Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit For the duration of our Cults of Cthulhu campaign, 10% of our Patreon profits go to the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund.