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Formerly ACTUAL PLAY: Beginning in 2006, I (DJ) decided to record a game of Vampire the Requiem I ran for Aaron and Robert, my two co-hosts for the now defunct podcast The Podcast of Darkness<\/a><\/em>. Though most of the links there are dead, and the shows from then are somewhere (I think), we broadcast our gameplay to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe that to be the first actual play podcast, period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was Legacy: Shadows of Blood<\/strong>, which becomes EmeraldSpecter.com’s first Actual Play podcast. You can find all the episodes by subscribing to the podcast or you’ll find the links a little lower on this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roughly five years later, a completely different group was formed to play Vampire the Requiem, but this time that game was recorded and called Dark Green: The Blackwood Chronicles<\/strong>. Though there were only 21 episodes released for consumption, as the main four cast members essentially left after that, there were more sessions recorded that ended up being unedited (and since lost), as those players and characters never got fully developed. The links to those episodes are also a little lower on this page, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, we enter the modern days of the Emerald Specter Actual Play era with Emerald Nights: A Vampire the Masquerade Chronicle<\/strong>, as well as others to come. You will find their links below as their seasons complete, but the Actual Play podcast feed is the place to find them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEGACY: SHADOWS OF BLOOD (Complete Series)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

01 – He Liked Fish<\/a>
02 – He’s Got A Drinking Problem<\/a>
03 – I’m Not A Vampire, I Don’t Believe In Them Yet<\/a>
04 – I Pop Up Like A Daisy<\/a>
05 – In Prison, They Send Notes That Way<\/a>
06 – A Pile of Naked Girls<\/a>
07 – Down Yonder<\/a>
08 – Pop Rocks and a Coke<\/a>
09 – Feel My Wrath, Seth Green!<\/a>
10 – Sue Susanson<\/a>
11 – It’s Called Celery, Not Celerity<\/a>
12 – Mr. Roger’s Dangerous Neighborhood<\/a>
13 – The Jolly Blue Giant<\/a>
14 – The Most Difficult Simple Conversation<\/a>
15 – Kent Brunnell, Ass Kicker<\/a>
16 – If I Can Justify It<\/a>
17 – The Lamb Chop Song<\/a>
18 – Nice Try, Spanky<\/a>
19 – He’s Next On My List<\/a>
20 – I’m A Knight of the Round Table<\/a>
21 – History is Written by the Victors<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DARK GREEN: THE BLACKWOOD CHRONICLES (Complete Series)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

01 – Turn On the High Juice<\/a>
02 – He’s Wearing Rainbow Boxers<\/a>
03 – Or Seduce Them<\/a>
04 – My Arm Is In A Dude<\/a>
05 – You’re A Hard Man to Forget<\/a>
06 – Meet Me at Shiny Things in Frames<\/a>
07 – Is Stevie Going to Roofie Himself?<\/a>
08 – That Can Be Arranged<\/a>
09 – He’s Extra Medium<\/a>
10 – I’m Going to Want to Eat Him<\/a>
11 – This is Adorable<\/a>
12 – Can I Dominate Over the Phone?<\/a>
13 – The Choir Invisible<\/a>
14 – I’m Not Sure Which One of Us Has the Problem<\/a>
15 – Crystal Tower is on Fire<\/a>
16 – Terrible Decisions Made<\/a>
17 – Pedophile Van<\/a>
18 – Stuck in a Hole<\/a>
19 – Strange Things Are Afoot<\/a>
20 – Bob’s Burgers<\/a>
21 – Mr. Polite Cleans Up<\/a>
22 – The End?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EMERALD NIGHTS: A VAMPIRE THE MASQUERADE CHRONICLE (Complete Series)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emerald Nights: A Vampire the Masquerade Chronicle is a Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition chronicle set in the city of Portland, OR. The Storyteller, DJ Allen, is running his cast of characters through the modern nights of personal horrors, Kindred politics, and supernatural happenings as each member of the story seeks to survive to see another night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-Season One<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cast was Mike M., Mike T., and Aaron going through the initial nights of subversion, being the pawns of those far more powerful than themselves. Though attempts to record these sessions were made, none of these recordings survived intact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A summary of the events include the Baron Flavia Decker (Nox’s handler), Prince Abigail Cain (Cameron Locke’s handler), and Director Malachi Ross (John’s handler) were sent to investigate and apprehend Thin Blood alchemists, then to investigate a construction site that unveiled the location of a long lost sarcophagus that turned out to be Draegus, and were eventually led to meet up with some others along the way (including a Nosferatu named Vi, among the other regular cast members to appear in Season One).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Season One<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

01 – Trouble at the Clubhouse<\/a>
02 – A Call to Action<\/a>
03 – Raid on the Greenhouse<\/a>
04 – Showdown<\/a>
05 – Blacklight<\/a>
06 – The Gravestones<\/a>
07 – Harbingers<\/a>
08 – The Magic Touch<\/a>
09 – Inquisition Showdown<\/a>
10 – My Friend is My Enemy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Season Two<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

01 – Administrative Matters<\/a>
02 – Underground Kontrol<\/a>
03 – Puzzle Box<\/a>
04 – Black Liquid<\/a>
05 – Locked Doors<\/a>
06 – Cube Key<\/a>
07 – Tempers Flared<\/a>
08 – Split Party<\/a>
09 – Blake Interrupted<\/a>
10 – Stage Left<\/a>
11 – Two Artifacts<\/a>
12 – Gravestones Revisited<\/a>
13 – Proximity Alert<\/a>
14 – Final Battle<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Season Three<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming soon…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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