Introduction to Candela Obscura
Enter a gilded world of terrifying magick. You are part of Candela Obscura, a paranormal secret society charged with protecting the Fairelands, and its sprawling turn of the century capital known as Newfaire from supernatural incursions. Occult mysteries emerge in this metropolis, built atop the ruins of an ancient , fallen civilization still teeming with the remnants of powerful magick.
Pre-gen characters provided.
Storyteller: Louis Garcia
Content Warning: Fantasy horror & violence
Introduction to Vampire the Requiem
You’re dead, kid. But don’t worry, you get to keep moving. In fact, you get to live forever. Beautiful, fearsome, and commanding. Welcome to the All-Night Society. Two rules: You have to drink blood in order to continue, and you need to find SOMETHING to do with all this eternity.
You don’t want to see what happens to Vampires who get truly bored.
This one-shot adventure is an introduction to Vampire the Requiem, and is suited for new players, experienced Elders, and those who have gamed before but haven’t yet been formally introduced to the All-Night Society.
Pre-gen characters provided.
Storyteller: Patrick Regan
Content Warning: Action violence, religious horror,
What Dreams May Con
The Dead Gamers Society’s Winter mini-con is upon us!
Join us for a curated selection of spooky one-shots at Geeky Teas. Learn new games, make new friends, and build relationships with the Dead Gamers Society.
Door charge is 10$. 50% goes to Geeky Teas, 50% goes to cover our server costs. The DGS is a strictly non-profit organization.
Current Game List:
Return of the Krampus: A Christmas Ghost Story - Orange County Edition
It is Christmas Eve and you have returned to your childhood home. The last time you and your friends were here was when your childhood friend ran away from home. Or, that's what the adult said. Like a memory or a dream, you remember a creature visiting that night your friend went away. The creature was what the old stories called the Krampus.
On this night, the Krampus will return and you must confront it.
GM: Louis Garcia
Content Warning: Children in peril. All graphic violence will not be described and will take place "off-screen"
Pre-gen characters will be provided.
Please note that there are two listings. Be sure you’re signing up for the correct one!
Introduction to Werewolf the Apocalypse 5th Edition
You are a werewolf, a Garou, part spirit, part monster. The world around you is in peril and the Garou must answer the call. This game of horror and violence is the 5th edition of the famed Werewolf the Apocalypse that asks the question, when will you rage?
This session is an introductory game for the latest edition of Werewolf the Apocalypse and is intended for players of all skill levels, from experienced WoD veterans to those new to the full moon. Pre-generated characters sheets to be provided.
GM: Louis Garcia
Content Warning: Horror violence
Return of the Krampus: A Christmas Ghost Story - Los Angeles Edition
It is Christmas Eve and you have returned to your childhood home. The last time you and your friends were here was when your childhood friend ran away from home. Or, that's what the adult said. Like a memory or a dream, you remember a creature visiting that night your friend went away. The creature was what the old stories called the Krampus.
On this night, the Krampus will return and you must confront it.
GM: Louis Garcia
Content Warning: Children in peril. All graphic violence will not be described and will take place "off-screen"
Pre-gen characters will be provided.
Please note that there are two listings. Be sure you’re signing up for the correct one!
Something Wicked This Way Con
The Dead Gamers Society’s Annual Autumn mini-con is upon us!
Join us for a curated selection of spooky one-shots at Geeky Teas. Learn new games, make new friends, and build relationships with the Dead Gamers Society.
Current game list includes:
Call of Cthulhu
Numenera
Belonging Outside Belonging
Door charge is 10$. 50% goes to Geeky Teas, 50% goes to cover our server costs. The DGS is a strictly non-profit organization.
Interested in running a one-shot with us? Fill out the one-shot form here:
https://forms.gle/yB8GrdDAu6Nhn5gH7
Introduction to Sleepaway
Being a camp counselor was supposed to mean watching the kids while swimming. Keeping them from fighting. They didn’t say anything about monsters in the woods.
But someone has to protect them against the night.
Sleepaway is a dmless, rules-lite game in which we all play as camp counselors striving to protect our campers from a monster lurking in the woods. We create the story together, along with a deck of cards. All skill levels welcome, from total newbies to experience camp counselors.
Game Master: Alana Lidawer
Rating: PG-13
We will be using Lines and Veils and X Card safety mechanics. Rules will be taught day-of. We will do character creation together day of. No dice are needed. Just bring a pencil and some paper.
Introduction to Apocalypse Keys
You are monsters working for the secret organization DIVISION in an attempt to stop other monsters from bringing about the apocalypse. A parasitic library has attached itself to DIVISION and is siphoning classified information. Who brought it here and why? Can you stop them?
This is an introduction to Apocalypse Keys, a Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) game of world-saving action and monstrous heart. This game is intended for players of all skill-levels and will cover all important aspects of the Powered by the Apocalypse system, from dice pools to playbooks.
Game Master: Alana Lidawer
Rating: PG-13
Changeling the Lost: A Year in the Life
You were once a mortal - you had a job and a family and a “normal” life.
Then, they came and took you - you were tempted, tricked, or forced to enter Arcadia, the realm of the Fae, powerful alien beings that have fueled humanity’s dreams and nightmares for millennia. You have escaped and returned to the world of humanity, but your time in Arcadia transformed you into something different, more beautiful, more terrifying, more crafty - less human. You try to build a new life for yourself and continue to live between the two worlds, seeking the peace of mundane existence while preparing for the day your fairy “keeper” returns to try to take you back.
You made it back. You accepted that you were free. You found yourself friends and a home. Now, it's time to see if you'll survive. They say the first year is the hardest. If you can make it through that, you can make it through anything.
The terror and mysticism of Autumn. The intrigue and sorrow of Winter. The revelry and desire of Spring. The warfare and wrath of Summer.
Just make it through the first year.
This Changeling the Lost (2nd Edition) Chronicle will once a month for one year.
No experience is needed to join this chronicle. During session 0, we will establish safety rules as well as create your Motley and Motley pledge. The Motley will need at least one character from every seasonal court.
Content Warning: Abuse, trauma, questions of identity, persecution, body horror
GM: Patrick Regan
Geist the Sin-Eaters: The Tolls of the Seleucids
You died but live still. You are a Sin-Eater - your pact with a Geist at the moment of your death allowed you to live on to resolve unfinished business for you - and for them.
For decades, your people have suffered through the Wars of the Diadochi, the “successors” to Alexander the Great who continue to fight over the lands of his empire. You and your fellow Sin-Eaters lead a cult of ghosts and mortals in the aspiring kingdom of Cappodocia. You help the living and dead to navigate the tolls of war and subjugation. But now a new threat arises, a dark necromancy that threatens your lands. How can you protect the people from this threat and find peace?
This story deals with themes of war, oppression, death, and the hope for a better future.
This Geist the Sin-Eaters (2nd edition) chronicle will run on the third Saturday of the month 12:00-4:00 pm Pacific time on Discord for a full season (September-May).
No experience is needed to join this chronicle. During the first session in September (session 0), we will establish safety rules as well as the mission of your cult (krewe) and develop the setting in which the story will take place based on your characters.
GM: Andrew Henkes
Content warning: body horror, violence/gore
Introduction to Heart: the City Beneath
Join us for an introduction to the award-winning game of horror and dark fantasy exploration. Learn how to explore Heart, the mysterious city beneath the impossible tower-city of Spire. Fight monsters, chart courses through reality-shifting planes, and face what you TRULY want in a place where time and reality have broken.
We'll teach you all aspects of gameplay, from character creation to exploration to combat.
Introduction to Demon the Descent
Join us for an introduction to the game of techgnostic espionage. Learn how to inhabit the Chronicles of Darkness and how to play one of the Unchained - an angel that defected from Heaven to join the human race.
We'll teach you everything. From the basics of gameplay to the secrets of your Embeds and Exploits - the secret back doors to reality you can use to hide from God and help free humanity.
Introduction to Werewolf the Forsaken
You are a werewolf - a predator of both flesh and spirit that carries on the Sacred Hunt in the name of Father Wolf. You and your packmates hunt and dominate the spirits and abominations that threaten to disturb the natural balance of things.
This one-shot adventure is an introduction to Werewolf the Forsaken, and is suited for new players, experienced predators, and those who have gamed before but haven't yet experienced the Sacred Hunt.
Pre-gen characters will be provided. This one shot will take place online on the DGS Discord
Storyteller: Andrew Henkes
Content Warning: Action violence, body horror
Introduction to Geist: The Sin Eaters - Online Game
Geist the Sin-Eaters is a ghost story. You are dead. You shuffled off this mortal coil and passed away. Yet, you had so much left undone, so much left to do. Now, you are back from the dead, but you are changed. How and why have you returned? You don't quite know. But now you live in the world of the living but with eyes that see the dead. You are alive, with so much left to do.
The one shot adventure is an introduction to Geist: the Sin-Eaters. If you are new to the game or an experienced player, all are welcome to this game. The safety of our players is important. All graphic violence and overly intense situations will take place "off camera".
Pre-gen character sheet to be provided. Join the DGS Discord at the source link below.
Storyteller: Louis Garcia
Content Warning: Action Violence. Occult storyline
Introduction to Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition - Los Angeles Edition
A storytelling game of personal and political horror. You are a vampire, struggling for survival, supremacy and your own fading humanity - afraid of what you are capable of and fearful of the inhuman conspiracies that surround you.
The one shot adventure is an introduction to Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition. If you are new to the game or an experienced player, all are welcome to this game. The safety of our players is important. All graphic violence and overly intense situations will take place "off camera".
Pre-gen character sheet to be provided.
Please be certain to RSVP to the June 24th game, not the 22nd.
Storyteller: Louis Garcia
Content Warning: Action Violence. Occult storyline.
Introduction to Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition - Orange County Edition
A storytelling game of personal and political horror. You are a vampire, struggling for survival, supremacy and your own fading humanity - afraid of what you are capable of and fearful of the inhuman conspiracies that surround you.
The one shot adventure is an introduction to Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition. If you are new to the game or an experienced player, all are welcome to this game. The safety of our players is important. All graphic violence and overly intense situations will take place "off camera".
Pre-gen character sheet to be provided.
Storyteller: Louis Garcia
Content Warning: Action Violence. Occult storyline.
ShadowDark RPG
Classic gaming with elegant execution. Shadowdark RPG is what old-school fantasy gaming would look like after being redesigned with 50 years of innovation. Shadowdark RPG is a fantasy adventure game where you and your companions delve into buried ruins, lost cities, spider-infested forests, and even fearsome dragon lairs in search of gold and glory.
The game is fast, familiar, intuitive, and deadly. It’s built for sword-and-sorcery adventures where fell monsters slither in darkness and frosty gems glint upon forgotten thrones, waiting to be discovered.
In Shadowdark RPG, real time comes into play. A torch only holds back the looming darkness for one hour of actual game time! There isn't a moment to spare when your only light source is guttering low...
Get ready for old-school gaming in a whole new light!
Storyteller: Michael Campion
Dates and Location: Sunday, June 4th 2023, 5:00pm at Geeky Teas (2220 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91506)
Changeling the Lost: Santa Fae - the Good, the Bad, and the Gentry
Santa Fae - The Good, the Bad, and the Gentry
A Changeling the Lost Short Chronicle
In the heart of Santa Fe’s Freehold of the Four Directions (known to the locals as “Santa Fae”), Doña Cuna slumbers. For centuries, a darkness has infested the part of the hedge near the Plaza, causing those who sleep there to dream of her, the lady who devours peace and claims the vulnerable. If she can ever reawaken, she will envelop the freehold in her nightmares.
It is the summer of 2013 and strange things are afoot. Her Huntsman, El Caballero, has been spotted for the first time in years prowling the Dreaming Roads. Privateers nearly captured a member of the Freehold. A painting has gone missing from the Court of the East. A child was rescued from the Hedge after a ghost tempted her in. Could these unrelated events portend some master scheme by Doña Cuna to rise again?
This three-session chronicle is open to players of any level of experience and will be played online on the DGS Discord. Character-making guidelines will be provided to players after they sign up.
Storyteller: Andrew Henkes
Dates and Location: Saturdays May 20, June 24, & July 15, 1:00-5:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time on the DGS discord
Content Warnings: mind control, distorted reality, action violence, occult storyline
Register here
Introduction to They Came From Beyond the Grave! The Haunting of Abbeyham Priory
Abbeyham Priory is a gothic abbey of crumbling walls and dreadful history. Its inhabitants are terrible, its purpose is malign, and those intrepid adventurers who poke around in its ruined masonry may well unleash something utterly horrid on the world beyond. You are the intrepid adventurers, and you are the only people who can contain the
Haunting of Abbeyham Priory! This game is an introduction to They Came From Beyond the Grave! This tongue in cheek horror game is perfect for newcomers, but experience players are most welcome.
Pre-gen character sheets to be provided.
GM: Louis Garcia
Date and Location: Sunday, March 5, 12:00 PM - 3:30 PM. Geeky Teas and Games
Content Warning: Action violence, Occult storyline
Changeling the Lost: Santa Fae - the Good, the Bad, and the Gentry
Santa Fae - The Good, the Bad, and the Gentry
A Changeling the Lost Short Chronicle
In the heart of Santa Fe’s Freehold of the Four Directions (known to the locals as “Santa Fae”), Doña Cuna slumbers. For centuries, a darkness has infested the part of the hedge near the Plaza, causing those who sleep there to dream of her, the lady who devours peace and claims the vulnerable. If she can ever reawaken, she will envelop the freehold in her nightmares.
It is the summer of 2013 and strange things are afoot. Her Huntsman, El Caballero, has been spotted for the first time in years prowling the Dreaming Roads. Privateers nearly captured a member of the Freehold. A painting has gone missing from the Court of the East. A child was rescued from the Hedge after a ghost tempted her in. Could these unrelated events portend some master scheme by Doña Cuna to rise again?
This four-session chronicle is open to players of any level of experience and will be played online on the DGS Discord. Character-making guidelines will be provided to players after they sign up.
Storyteller: Andrew Henkes
Dates and Location: Saturdays April 15, May 20, June 24, & July 15, 1:00-5:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time on the DGS discord
Content Warnings: mind control, distorted reality, action violence, occult storyline
We will discuss lines & veils at the first session.
Register here
Introduction to Hunter the Vigil: Slasher Season
Join the DGS on April 1st for an Introductory one-shot of Hunter the Vigil! It’s Slasher Season in Santa Ruiz. Will you stand up against the monsters you know are out there?
Introduction to Changeling the Lost
You were once a mortal - you had a job and a family and a “normal” life.
Then, they came and took you - you were tempted, tricked, or forced to enter Arcadia, the realm of the Fae, powerful alien beings that have fueled humanity’s dreams and nightmares for millennia. You have escaped and returned to the world of humanity, but your time in Arcadia transformed you into something different, more beautiful, more terrifying, more crafty - less human. You try to build a new life for yourself and continue to live between the two worlds, seeking the peace of mundane existence while preparing for the day your fairy “keeper” returns to try to take you back.
In this Changeling story, a charming stranger announces a competition to the changelings of the Freehold of the Four Directions. Whether for glory, adventure, or treasure, you join the hunt … but what really lies behind the contest?
Pre-gen character sheets to be provided.
GM: Andrew Henkes
Date and Location: Sunday, March 19, 1:00-5:00 PM PDT @DGS Discord
Join the DGS Discord: https://discord.gg/mFNdwbZGDN
Content Warning: Endangered children, snakes
Introduction to Spire: Blood & Dust
Spire is a mile-high impossible city, older than anyone can remember. Two hundred years ago, the high elves – or aelfir, strange and beautiful masked creatures from the far north – took it from the dark elves after a brutal and bloody war. Now, they graciously allow dark elves, or drow, to live in the city if they perform four years of service to an aelfir lord once they come of age.
The brutal undercity of Red Row is more chaotic than ever. Where before gangs would pass each other with holstered weapons and wary glances, each keeping to their respective territories, now they engage in open warfare, and spireblack gunsmoke floats through the dark city. Families come apart, leaving children without mothers, begging on the streets for sustenance.
Things are coming apart, and ordinary people are getting caught in the middle. Someone is behind this. The player characters, all of them noted professionals in Red Row, gather their resistance cell together and start investigating.
GM: Andrew Henkes
Date and Location: Sunday, February 26, 1:00-5:00 pm PST. DGS Discord
Content Warning: Content Warning: Society with slavery, poverty, dark gods with violent cults, body horror, terrorism, corrupt police
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Introduction to Blades in the Dark: The War for Crow's Foot
Doskvol. A city of eternal night. A city of ghosts. A city of scoundrels. A daring, audacious crew could make it big here. Provided they don't self-destruct in their own vices first.
Roric, Ward Boss of Crow's Foot, is dead. The truce between two vicious rival gangs, the Lamplbacks and the Red Sashes, died with him. Your crew is set to be swept up in the chaos. Or, is it poised to emerge from the war on top of the Crow's Foot Criminal Underworld?
This game is an introduction to Blades in the Dark. A dark fantasy game of daring heists, criminal scoundrels, and cunning plans. New and experienced players welcome.
GM: Patrick Regan
Date and Location: Saturday, February 25, 1:00 PM 5:00 PM. Geeky Teas and Games
Content Warning: Action violence, Occult storyline
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Introduction to Call of Cthulhu: Last Things Last
When a former agent of the Delta Green Program passes away alone at home, your team is sent in to sweep the premises and make sure no evidence exists of his connection with the group, or of the existence of the unnatural. What you discover instead will prove the truth of the old cliche - that some secrets refuse to stay buried…
Last Things Last is an introductory scenario for Call of Cthulhu - Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game, a game of government conspiracy and cosmic horror. Your characters are federal employees who belong to a clandestine organization that pursues the nameless horrors threatening our reality.
GM: Pat Hume
Date and Location: Saturday, Feb 18th, 1PM-5PM. Geeky Teas and Games
Content Warning: Violence, human remains, the occult
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Introduction to Vampire the Masquerade 5E: The OC Chronicle
You had a life. You may have had a job, a shitty 9-5 that sorta paid the bills or a late night counter service job. You may have had a family, a sister, brother, spouse that wasn’t perfect but hey, neither were you that’s for fucking sure. You may have even had things you enjoyed, hobbies you enjoyed with friends.
Keyword: had.
Now, you have a thirst for blood and something inside you urging you forward. Not to be better, not to improve. To step onward regardless of the mess you cause. A bestial thing forcing you to keep moving. It’s on you to reconcile your new situation with the life you had.
Good luck with that.
This game is an introduction to Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition. New and experienced players welcome. Pre-generated characters will be provided.
GM: Nico Paoli
Date and Location: Monday Feb 6th, 6:30 - 10:30 PST, DGS Discord
Content Warning: Action violence, supernatural/occult instances, descriptions of body horror, loss of agency
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Introduction to Vampire the Masquerade 5E: Orange County by Night
Hidden in the suburban sprawl of Orange County and in the shadow of the Magic Kingdom there is a society of the undead. They call themselves Kindred, but are known to most as vampires. Vampires who form factions and rivalries amongst themselves, but most of all, who desire to withstand the night with their humanity intact.
This game is an introduction to Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition where you play a vampire. Perfect for newcomers to the game, but experience players are most welcome.
Pre-gen character sheets to be provided.
GM: Louis Garcia
Date and Location: Saturday, February 4, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM. Requiem: Coffee, Tea & Fantasy
Content Warning: Action violence. Graphic violence to take place “off screen.”
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Revenge of the Krampus: A Dark Adventure One Shot for Hunter the Reckoning 5th edition (Los Angeles)
In the World of Darkness, dark and mysterious monsters lurk in the shadows of the world and prey on humanity. In the World of Darkness, in the forgotten neighborhoods, the overwhelmed and underfunded city governments and protectors turn a blind eye to their troubles. In the World of Darkness, there are those who take a stand to push back against the darkness, they call it the Reckoning and they are Hunters. On this night, Christmas Eve, for too long a creature of myth and folklore known as the Krampus, has stalked humanity. This night, the Krampus comes to your neighborhood and it’s time to fight back. You are a group of Hunters, and the fight is now. Lock & load, and happy holidays!
System: Hunter the Reckoning 5th edition
- Pre-gen characters sheets provided
- 4 player seats available
- Content warning: Children in peril. Action violence. Graphic violence to take place “off screen” -
GM: Louis Garcia, Klear12@aol.com
Revenge of the Krampus: A Dark Adventure One Shot for Hunter the Reckoning 5th edition
In the World of Darkness, dark and mysterious monsters lurk in the shadows of the world and prey on humanity. In the World of Darkness, in the forgotten neighborhoods, the overwhelmed and underfunded city governments and protectors turn a blind eye to their troubles. In the World of Darkness, there are those who take a stand to push back against the darkness, they call it the Reckoning and they are Hunters. On this night, Christmas Eve, for too long a creature of myth and folklore known as the Krampus, has stalked humanity. This night, the Krampus comes to your neighborhood and it’s time to fight back. You are a group of Hunters, and the fight is now. Lock & load, and happy holidays!
System: Hunter the Reckoning 5th edition
- Pre-gen characters sheets provided
- 4 player seats available
- Content warning: Children in peril. Action violence. Graphic violence to take place “off screen” -
GM: Louis Garcia, Klear12@aol.com