Beta Test Humans
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Creator: Beta Test Humans
Full cast Horror Longform Audio RPG
Synopsis:
Beta Test Humans is a set of various TTRPGs sessions but with a twist. Instead of raw commentary from the table, it's highly edited to keep pace and to add immersive elements such as sound effects and music to turn it into something akin to a radio play. Enjoy while on a drive or at work or doing chores, but it's best enjoyed with the least amount of other sound interference in your real environment, as some sound effects are subtle but important.
Format: Audio RPG
RPG system: Call of Cthulhu
Continuity: Longform
Voices: Cast
Genres: Horror
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Episodes:
Tue, 27 Dec 2022 06:00:00 -0800
Ben, Joe, Lisbeth, and Veronica prepare for the worst and board the tugboat captained by Terence Marns to go find Blair. Everyone tries to make their peace, but only so much solace can be found in the face of madness. The intrepid team treads on unknown grounds as they uncover the horrible truth about the mystery of Backstrom.
Credits:
Author and Dungeon Master/Keeper: Tony Dionisio
Sound Editing/Engineering: Spencer Peerson
Production Lead: Dave Larson
Some Royalty free music from https://www.FesliyanStudios.com
Additional Music by Nicolas Jeudy of Dark Fantasy Studios
Some sound effects acquired from zapsplat.com
Based on the novel "Best Intentions" and inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft
Cast/Characters:
Benjamin Harris: Spencer Peerson
Joseph Wheatley: Dave Larson
Literally Everyone Else: Tony Dionisio
Content Advisories: Language, Body Horror
BONUS CONTENT: Red Right Hand - Speakeasy Cover
Sun, 25 Dec 2022 01:00:00 -0800
We asked Amanda Holland if we could share her singing from the speakeasy (you may have noticed her in the background) as a little present for you.
Finale' in 2 days. Enjoy and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays!
BONUS CONTENT: Cry Me a River - Speakeasy Cover
Sun, 25 Dec 2022 01:00:00 -0800
We asked Amanda Holland if we could share her singing from the speakeasy (you may have noticed her in the background) as a little present for you.
Finale' in 2 days. Enjoy and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays!
Best Intentions Ep6: Revelation
Tue, 20 Dec 2022 06:00:00 -0800
Things are more out of control than ever. Joe's had enough and needs to know who Ben really is. More people are getting directly involved now, and everyone realizes someone else is very much in danger. It's a race against time to save them. Then unsettling answers are revealed, and a lead is discovered that may end in finding out just what exactly happened to Blair.
(This is the penultimate episode in the first season of Phantasmagorium)
Credits:
Author and Dungeon Master/Keeper: Tony Dionisio
Sound Editing/Engineering: Spencer Peerson
Production Lead: Dave Larson
Some Royalty free music from https://www.FesliyanStudios.com
Additional Music by Nicolas Jeudy of Dark Fantasy Studios
Based on the novel "Best Intentions" and inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft
Cast/Characters:
Benjamin Harris: Spencer Peerson
Chanting: Spencer Peerson
Joseph Wheatley: Dave Larson
Literally Everyone Else: Tony Dionisio
Content Advisories: Language, Body Horror
Best Intentions Ep5: A Rumble at Miskatonic University
Tue, 13 Dec 2022 06:00:00 -0800
Ben and Joe have fulfilled their end of the deal and must return to Mordecai to finish it and get some answers. Then it's back to the missing person case without the mob's interference. Joe remembers a contact he has in the newspaper that could advance the case, and has her meet them at the site of the next lead, Miskatonic University. Blair's old rival, professor Arnold is there and may know something about Blair's disappearance, or some of the artifacts he found. More questions, but also some answers start to clear up the picture in this episode of Best Intentions.
Credits:
Author and Dungeon Master/Keeper: Tony Dionisio
Sound Editing/Engineering: Spencer Peerson
Production Lead: Dave Larson
Some Royalty free music from https://www.FesliyanStudios.com
Additional Music by Nicolas Jeudy of Dark Fantasy Studios
Based on the novel "Best Intentions" and inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft
Cast/Characters:
Benjamin Harris: Spencer Peerson
Joseph Wheatley: Dave Larson
Literally Everyone Else: Tony Dionisio
Content Advisories: Language, Body Horror, Violence
Best Intentions Ep 4: Liars, Rats, and Aristrocrats
Tue, 06 Dec 2022 07:00:00 -0800
Having made a deal with Mordecai to clear the path of their investigation, Ben and Joe set out to hold up their end so they can get back to it but seems not everyone is so keen to let them go unobserved. They'll have to deal with that if they are to do their job. After that, they'll have to deal with the cousins. They'll need to come up with a plan, and they'll have to hurry. Whatever dark machinations the eldritch had have started in motion. Ben and Joe bear witness and have a chance to frame the incident how they choose, but how they proceed may very well hold the fate of many ignorant souls. Will they make the right choices? Can they face what's coming? And after the incident in this episode, Ben and Joe need to ask themselves, can this power even be stopped?
Credits:
Author and Dungeon Master/Keeper: Tony Dionisio
Sound Editing/Engineering: Spencer Peerson
Production Lead: Dave Larson
Some Royalty free music from https://www.FesliyanStudios.com
Additional Music by Nicolas Jeudy of Dark Fantasy Studios
Based on the novel "Best Intentions" and inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft
Cast/Characters:
Benjamin Harris: Spencer Peerson
Chanting: Spencer Peerson
Joseph Wheatley: Dave Larson
Literally Everyone Else: Tony Dionisio
Content Advisories: Language, Smoking, Drinking, Body Horror
0:00 Intro and Stat scorecard
1:14 Previously
2:15 Play Start - Car Trouble
8:10 Motel
22:18 Planning at the Diner
27:08 Correspondence with Victoza
31:15 Arriving at the Grands
41:31 First Hint Something is Wrong
Best Intentions Ep3: A Speakeasy Meeting
Sun, 27 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0800
Ben and Joe find themselves in quite a mess. They've been shot, the mob is involved in the case, and a creature of horror has stopped hiding. They'll continue the investigation while also getting their wounds treated and then they're off to visit an old friend from Ben's past to hopefully get the mob out of the way and perhaps acquire some resources to contain the legal troubles and the eldritch in the process.
Credits:
Author and Dungeon Master/Keeper: Tony Dionisio
Sound Editing/Engineering: Spencer Peerson
Production Lead: Dave Larson
Some Royalty free music from https://www.FesliyanStudios.com
Additional Music by Nicolas Jeudy of Dark Fantasy Studios
Based on the novel "Best Intentions" and inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft
Cast/Characters:
Benjamin Harris: Spencer Peerson
Joseph Wheatley: Dave Larson
Speakeasy Singer: Amanda Holland
Literally Everyone Else: Tony Dionisio
Content advisories: Language, Smoking, Drinking, Body Horror
Best Intentions Ep2: An Incident at the Backstrom Eststate
Tue, 22 Nov 2022 04:00:00 -0800
The stakes begin to rise. Ben and Joe head towards the home of Blair Backstrom. The first obstacle comes to light, the estate is guarded by thugs. Ben and Joe will need to proceed carefully if they are to get the answers they need.
Prepare for some action in this one as the plot begins to thicken, and more questions are raised, in the case of the missing Blair Backstrom.
Credits:
Author and Dungeon Master/Keeper: Tony Dionisio
Sound Editing/Engineering: Spencer Peerson
Production Lead: Dave Larson
Some Royalty free music from https://www.FesliyanStudios.com
Additional Music by Nicolas Jeudy of Dark Fantasy Studios
Based on the novel "Best Intentions" and inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft
Cast/Characters:
Benjamin Harris: Spencer Peerson
Joseph Wheatley: Dave Larson
Literally Everyone Else: Tony Dionisio
Content advisories: Language, Smoking, Violence
Best Intentions Ep1: A Mysterious Disappearance
Tue, 22 Nov 2022 03:00:00 -0800
The first episode of the first season of the "Phantasmagorium" series. What you can expect from this series is a hybrid between a fully immersive radio play and a tabletop roleplaying game. Basically what you'd expect from a TTRPG but edited down to just the story and key table moments. Sound effects and music tracks are used to build the environment for the listener and amplify moods and tensions in scenes.
Ep1:
Tony, our keeper (GM) explains some basics of the game. Spencer and Dave give the basic info on their characters, then the adventure begins. The year is 1923 and Benjamin Harris, P.I. is contacted to track down a man who's gone missing. Sensing something more to this case, he asks his pal Joseph Wheatley for assistance. Surely the strange witness testimonies about the manner of the man's disappearance are hearsay and exaggerations, right?
Credits:
Author and Dungeon Master/Keeper: Tony Dionisio
Sound Editing/Engineering: Spencer Peerson
Production Lead: Dave Larson
Some Royalty free music from https://www.FesliyanStudios.com
Additional Music by Nicolas Jeudy of Dark Fantasy Studios
Based on the novel "Best Intentions" and inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft
Cast/Characters:
Benjamin Harris: Spencer Peerson
Joseph Wheatley: Dave Larson
Literally Everyone Else: Tony Dionisio
0:00 Intro
1:12 Basics of the rules and setting of the game, and characters
7:04 The story/play begins
Mon, 21 Nov 2022 03:00:00 -0800
Learn what you can expect in the first season of Phantasmagorium. This gives the rundown of what the show is and plays some non-spoiler clips to showcase what a TTRPG game sounds like when hybridized with a radio play presentation.
Credits:
Initial Narrator: Spencer Peerson
Sound Editing/Engineering: Spencer Peerson
Video Conversions/Edits: Dave Larson
Royalty-free music from https://www.FesliyanStudios.com
Based on the novel "Best Intentions" and inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft
Voices in this Show:
Tony Dionisio, Spencer Peerson, Dave Larson
Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:00:00 -0800
Best Intentions is a new Lovecraftian horror podcast series set in the fictional city of Arkham Massachusetts. Played through the Call of Cthulhu 7th edition tabletop game, and sound edited for story immersion, Best Intentions combines the elements of the fun of a TTRPG, with the intensity of fully produced radio play.