Host Your Own Old Time Radio Drama
Drama for the dinner table
Chapter 3 – Creating a character This chapter takes you step by step through the process of creating a character that you can then use to represent you in the game. It helps you devise a character concept, derive some basic numbers to describe your character, invent your character’s skills and abilities, define your background […]
Below we present the complete text of The Warren, episode 3 (and final) of Scarlet. ACT 3 SCENE 10: INT. — THE GHOUL WARREN — DAYBREAK (YOUNG HOLMES, MARTHA) MUSIC: OPENING THEME – LET IT FINISH. NARRATOR: Sherlock Holmes’ investigation into the disappearance of Damien Nugent and his fiancee Scarlet Hope has resulted in the […]
Chapter 2 – Preparation for play In order to play this game you’ll require some special gear; a pencil, a 6 sided dice (referred to throughout the rules as 1d6 for short), and two 10 sided dice (referred to as 2d10) . Head down to the bottom of this page if you woudl like to […]
Below we present the complete text of On the Run, episode 2 of Scarlet. SCENE 5: EXT. — A LONDON BACKSTREET AT NIGHT — LATER (ELDER HOLMES, YOUNG HOLMES, THUG #1, TINY, BYSTANDER) MUSIC: OPENING THEME – LET IT FINISH. NARRATOR: Holmes is on the run. His investigation into the dual disappearances of Mr Damien […]
Welcome to a world of adventure. Whether you are new to role playing games or are an old hand this manual will give you everything you need to get started as a player in our long-windedly titled “Host Your Own Old Time Radio Drama (HYOOTRD) Role Playing Game. Chapter 1 – What is role playing? […]
Below we present the complete text of The Recently Missing, episode 1 of Scarlet. ACT 1 INTRODUCTION (ELDER HOLMES) MUSIC: [1] OPENING THEME — LET IT FINISH. ELDER HOLMES: It was 1884, almost a year after the affair involving Miss Helen Stoner and the despicable shape-shifter, Dr Roylott. I was now well established at 221B […]
Below we present the complete text of ‘A Girl, A Ghost, and a Guide’; episode 2 of The Ritual. THE RITUAL EPISODE #3 – Beneath Musgrave Hall by Philip Craig Robotham Cover Illustration by Miyukiko Edited by Margaret Wilkins Copyright 2013 Philip Craig Robotham Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Edition. This […]
Below we present the complete text of ‘A Girl, A Ghost, and a Guide’; episode 2 of The Ritual. THE RITUAL EPISODE #2 – A Girl, a Ghost, and a Guide by Philip Craig Robotham Cover Illustration by Miyukiko Edited by Margaret Wilkins Copyright 2013 Philip Craig Robotham Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC […]
Below we present the complete text of ‘Mystery at Musgrave Hall’; episode 1 of The Ritual. THE RITUAL EPISODE #1 – MYSTERY AT MUSGRAVE HALL by Philip Craig Robotham Cover Illustration by Miyukiko Edited by Margaret Wilkins Copyright 2013 Philip Craig Robotham Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Edition. This play is […]
