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THOSE DARK PLACES: THE GRAMTECH INCIDENT - character creation stream.

Doomed Colonist returns! General Monitor HdE guides A.D. Nicol and Decayed Andy from The Fluffenhammer and Dudley of Yesterzine through character creation for a brand new, four part adventure. Will this trio of players astound you with their meticulously conceptualised characters? Will they impress you with the depth of characterisation they bring to the table?

(Here's a hint: one of the characters is called Guns McGreggor. So it's highly doubtful.)

After our well received campaign in Alien: The Roleplaying Game, we've opted to take a sideways step into Jonathan Hicks' rules-light industrial science fiction game 'Those Dark Places.' Strap in and prepare yourselves for a series that promises thrills, spills (of dubiously coloured liquid) plot twists, disgusting sound effects and plenty of laughs.

THOSE DARK PLACES - THE GRAMTECH INCIDENT. Session 1. Mmmbop.

Doomed Colonist kicks off a new campaign with its first full session! Join HdE, A.D. Nicol, Decayed Andy and Dudley of Yesterzine as they return to Those Dark Places, an industrial sci-fi roleplaying game by Jonathan Hicks.

In this episode, the players assume the role of a troubleshooting and maintenance team outbound to an automated food factory that's mysteriously shut down. As the wonderfully named Salvador Splashraag, Ted Branson and Guns McGreggor arrive at the station, it quickly becomes apparent that something very strange has occurred there. And at least one of the team has a past that seems poised to catch up with him there...

THOSE DARK PLACES - THE GRAMTECH INCIDENT. Session 2. Musical Medpods.

After a messy start to their troubleshooting mission aboard an orbital algae processing facility, the team's investigation takes another unsettling turn.

After taking the team's nominal leader, Guns McGreggor, to the station's medical facility, Ted Branson finds himself confronted with what seems to be a very simple, unknown life form. While Salvador Splashraag tends to the business of restoring power to the largely non-functional facility, the admin block is about to become the site of an extremly close encounter of the dribbly, slimy kind.

Can our hapless bunch of armed space janitors extricate themselve from this gooey predicament? And if they do, what information will they be able to glean from the station's dormant JERI 9000 AI system? Just how much worse can things get for our plucky trio?

Those Dark Places is designed by Jonathan Hicks and published by Osprey Games.

THOSE DARK PLACES - THE GRAMTECH INCIDENT. Session 3. What's In The Box.

In the aftermath of last episode's EXPLOSIVE cliffhanger, the already beaten down, bashed and bruised troubleshooter team find themselves embroiled in greater intrigue. With one of the team in need of urgent medical attention, and a pair of strange creatures loose in the Gramtech facility, the last thing they need are further complications. And yet, Salvador Splashraag has just unearthed a big one, in the form of a carry-box full of the most highly prized material in known space... xenithite! Why is it here? Who left it there? And does it have any bearing on Splashraag's shady past dealings with the New Wolverhampton mob?

Maybe the facility's resident JERI 9000 AI core can shed some light on the matter. If they can get it working.

Special thanks to friend of the channel Michael McCarroll, who loaned us his voice to mess about with in this episode.