Tentacular Spectacular
Creating original and bespoke dark adventures
Inspired by the masters of eldritch horror
Tentacular Spectacular comprises the infernal union of Weta Workshop Creative Writer Darren Ormandy,
superstar Game Master and celebrated voice actor Mark Meer, and me.
Predominantly writing for the Call of Cthulhu game system, we create and run original RPG adventures,
on commission and by request.
Bookshops of Arkham
Co-created with Darren Ormandy for Chaosium Inc.
Four strangers are drawn into an investigation that leads them into a race to defeat the monstrous entities which have been released by a series of dark tomes, and to discover the terrible truths that lie hidden amongst the stacks of the bookshops of Arkham. A sanity shattering journey into cosmic horror.
Watch the actual play here!
Produced by Chaosium Inc., Roll 20 and Elder Eye Entertainment
Graveyards of Arkham
Co-created with Darren Ormandy for Chaosium Inc.
An old policeman calls four friends together to help him solve one final case - that of a young woman who has gone missing from the docks. But the investigation takes a path that plunges deep into the city's infernal history, unearthing the diabolical secrets that have long lain buried within the graveyards of Arkham.
Watch the 6 Episode Actual Play here!
Produced by Chaosium Inc., Roll20 and Good Time Society
No Man's Land
A four session Call of Cthulhu Campaign Adventure
Co-written with Darren Ormandy
Herefordshire, England
April, 1917
As The Great War rages, you and your companions are invited to a charming gathering at the English country home of an ancient noble family…but what abominations crouch behind those venerable walls? What dark secrets lurk within this idyllic village and its joyful spring festival?
This adventure will take you on a twisted journey through the baleful halls of the aristocracy, into the malign rites of old English folklore, and, pursued by terrible eldritch knowledge, out into the visceral horrors of No Man’s Land…
The Tides of Egilsay
A Call of Cthulhu One Shot Adventure
Co-written with Darren Ormandy
January 25, 1914
Burns Night.
A great celebration, filled with drinking, feasting and song, which rampages joyfully across Scotland.
A mid-winter ceilidh that brightens the chill first days of the new year.
But upon the desolate, sea swept isles of Orkney, in a village once decimated by plague and drought, it is whispered that this night has a deeper, older, meaning…
Where offerings must be observed amidst celebration.
Where the feasting and fire hold off more than the dark.
Sail the tides to Egilsay. Make your offering.
The House of Gifts
A Call of Cthulhu One Shot Adventure
Co-written with Darren Ormandy
Norfolk, England
December, 1913
The reading of a will can be a sombre affair, so you may find it strange that the late Alexander Montague has insisted his be read on Christmas Eve. But the reclusive millionaire collected many a fine artefact in his lifetime, so when you receive an invitation to this rare event, how could you refuse?
And after all, Yuletide is a time for giving...
The House of Gifts is a tale for Christmas, leading you from the joyful comforts of the festive season into the grim sepulchres of eldritch horror.