Horror on the Orient Express Actual Play Call of Cthulhu campaign from the creator of the AP genre. Recorded in 2007 in binaural surround sound.
Novelisation ("The Express Diaries") *free* on THE ATTIC Patreon.
A Fourgon Conclusion
The players choose jelly baby homunculi in preparation for the final, dramatic episode of Horror on the Orient Express.
Mrs. Sunderland and Mary visit a certain Mr. Shakti who helps them out with their... problems, whilst the Colonel and Amelia say goodbye to old friends. Max goes shopping.
The party board a plane piloted by the dashing Max Von Richthofen, and renew an old (and unpleasant) acquaintance. Mrs. Sunderland makes good use of the on-board drinks cabinet. Surprised by a fowl attack at several thousand feet, the plane is forced to make an unusual manoeuvre, and the group soon find themselves once more upon the Orient Express.
Peculiar goings-on and a surprise appearance lead to an audience with the Jigsaw Prince. Mrs. Sunderland dabbles in arcane mysteries and our heroes have a final confrontation with two powerful enemies.
As the train and the drama hurtle towards their final, desperate conclusion, will the party be in time to save themselves and the world from the darkness and corruption of the terrible Sedefkar Simulacrum?
Recorded: Thursday, 17th July 2008
This concludes our Horror on the Orient Express adventure. A favourite campaign to play.
Don't want to say goodbye just yet? Read the excellent (and free) novelisation of this Actual Play – The Express Diaries (https://www.patreon.com/posts/express-diaries-152604572/), written by Nick Marsh.
26 May 2026
Horror on the Orient Express 33: Constantinople – Part 4
Darkest before the Dawn
Our protagonists, minus one member, accompany Aktar on a stealthy trip into the Shunned Mosque. Aktar has time to regret his choice of companions on a short trip in a rowing boat.
Within the bowels of the Mosque, Mary further hones her skills with a sub-machine gun, whilst the Colonel displays the somewhat surprising ninja prowess of a one-eyed geriatric with a gammy leg. After a brief perusal of mysterious potions, the group are soon cunningly disguised amongst many cultists, and are once more betrayed and captured.
Our heroes witness the return of Makryat and the loss of the Simulacrum before they are re-united with a more-or-less complete old friend, and a much-less-complete even older one.
Despite Max's best efforts, our heroes are subjected to a long monologue as Makryat gloats at them in their cell, and they learn something of the dreadful fate that awaits them.
Events prove that it is always darkest before the dawn, however, and soon the party is once more contemplating a journey across Europe...
We also learn something of the Professor's taste in women (blue veined, mature, with a waxy coating).
Recorded: Thursday, 19th June 2008
26 May 2026
Horror on the Orient Express 32: Constantinople – Part 3
Head Games
The episode starts in a familiar fashion – the party are graverobbing. They encounter the insane Companion of the Dead, who soon learns to regret sneaking up on the Colonel.
Within the grave of Garaznet our heroes discover a shocking sight, and soon find themselves betrayed, and held captive in a most unpleasant fashion by the Brothers of the Skin. In a fit of panic, Mrs. Sunderland reveals all. Help comes from an unexpected quarter, and the party flee to the Bosphorus, where they suffer a delayed reaction to the horrors they have just experienced.
Mrs. Sunderland shows her true feelings towards an old friend, whom no one else can see, whilst Mary Dawson becomes extremely tongue-tied. The now-rather-unstable group encounter Aktar, who has seen first-hand the terrible truth of the Brothers of the Skin, and agrees to help them enter the Shunned Mosque.
Recorded: Thursday, 5th June 2008
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