What happens when you combine the sense of creeping dread in H.P. Lovecraft’s cosmic horror with the sensibilities of Jane Austen’s comedy of manners? You get Sagas of Sundry: Darkling Gate, the brand-new cinematic horror podcast from Geek & Sundry that uses immersive, improvisational storytelling to create a terrifying world full of yearning, romance, and eldritch horrors.
Launching today on Geek & Sundry’s YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts (and wherever you get your podcasts), Sagas of Sundry: Darkling Gate is an original eight-episode TTRPG actual play podcast perfect for fans of Critical Role, Dimension 20, and things that go bump in the night. The series uses Chaosium’s Regency Cthulhu sourcebook for Call of Cthulhu to tell an ever-evolving tale that shows what happens when Regency social drama collides headlong with Lovecraftian horror.
Watch Sagas of Sundry: Darkling Gate episode one
Sagas of Sundry: Darkling Gate stars Paula Deming (Grey’s Anatomy, Things Get Dicey), Noura Ibrahim (Vampire: The Masquerade – LA By Night, Faster Purple Worm Kill! Kill!), Nicole Maines (Yellowjackets, Supergirl), and Oscar Montoya (Minx, Dimension 20). Propelling us forward into the all-encompassing darkness is Ross Bryant (Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Improvised Shakespeare Co.), whose exploration of British folk horror is guaranteed to send a shiver up your spine.
Sagas of Sundry: Darkling Gate unfolds in the gloomy English countryside in 1816, a period of real-world history known as the Year Without a Summer. An unexpected death in the family leads three siblings–Arabella, Aurelia, and Augustus Montgomery–and their family friend Kitty Larke to journey to Longford House and its sprawling estate. Once there, they discover the imaginary world of their youth might not be so imaginary after all…
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Catch new episodes of Sagas of Sundry: Darkling Gate each Monday on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts . Then get ready to go deeper on Wednesdays with Quests N Answers, a roundtable interview with the cast about each story episode. For more, stay tuned to Nerdist, prepare to step through the Darkling Gate…