Normally I really can't be bothered with recursive in-jokes in campaigns, but this is actually entirely justifiable & effective for a Cthulhu campaign context. I love the idea of a '20s film reel of a mythos tome becoming a mythos artifact itself.
I think Lewis quite often have the best characters, and he always goes in full rp mode. Already in the old sessions John Steel/Nick Griswald was just great or Ameebo in star wars
@@iain-duncan Nah, on mobile UA-cam automatically shows one comment under the video. This was also mine. It sucks and I wish you could just turn off comments but alas
This was honestly one of the best call of Cthulhu playthroughs. Everything from Lewis insane roles and his heroic sacrifice, everyone using their characters and their skills to the best of their ability, from Lewis’ traps, Ravs mechanical work, Toms filmmaking, Barrys celebrity status. The actual role playing, the dice roles and the inside jokes of the major taking care of EVERYONE when they were a baby were brilliant.
I feel like the British Empire's entire modus oparandi in the late 19th century was just hurling the major at various small inoffensive countries in Africa and Asia and then waiting for the dust to settle. He's firing an elephant gun at anything that makes a noise in heaven now.
With Lewis’ constant references to the Siege of Khartoum, I feel like the Major is basically just Charles George Gordon. And yeah, that was basically his modus operandi.
10:20 Tom always looks a bit like a wizard, but here specifically is the single most wizardly he's ever looked, this is "I have seriously underestimated the lengths at which mortals will go to defeat me" wizard face
The whole elephant gun usage, from having just the exact amount of luck to make the second shot land to then have that shot only deal the minimum possible damage, was absolutely insane!
Also let's be real, they should all be deaf right now. Shooting a .577 Nitro Express, a gun with a casing/powder charge thicker and longer than most thumbs, INSIDE is crazy. It's like a bloody cannon round, 15mm!!
@@Dicka899 I thought this too, until the truth hit me...this is a RP game based on Lovecraftian horror fiction and it doesn't really matter. It's way more fun to suspend disbelief.😂
These Call of Cthulhu campaigns just keep getting better and better, not only in narrative, but also production value. The sound effects and subtle noises that were edited in were so so good. You've got me as a member now Tom 💛
It's a shame they didn't realize that extreme success means max die value plus the roll for the elephant gun; that's 36 more damage it should have taken. I'm curious if it could have just died from damage or not.
Honestly, the elephant gun probably could kill the monster if they shot it while it was visible, as that also renders it vulnerable to normal damage. When I ran this for my friends they actually managed to kill the thing. As it turns out, 1 round of not being able to ignore damage is enough for a full mag from a Tommygun at point blank to kill just about anything. The book does not tell you what happens if the investigators kill the monster.
Absolutely loved the utter chaos between the Major’s elephant gun and the cursed film. Always love me some CoC, it’s such an enrapturing story every time. The noises the djin genuinely scared me sometimes, amazing work by the editor.
Edge of Madness is such a classic! Probably my favourite of the early Cthulhu beginner adventures, I must've run it five or six times over the decades, and it's fascinating how the Mystery Quest crew is handling it!
I must say I'm a fan of Critical Roll, but this group is more entertaining to me. The way Lewis staying in character 90% of the time is so enjoyable to watch. Maybe it's the game system that promotes more engaging storytelling, I dunno.
omg. it's like the dice just lost their own insanity rolls. that shit was nuts... well, except for when the major tried to kick the unmentionable horror in ITS nuts... it would have been even crazier had that been a crit lol... that whole part reminded me of "wolfmans got nards...!"
This was such a perfect little series, I love these characters and I'm excited to see what Lewis comes up with next! I hope he brings back the leather midlife crisis jacket and plays some sort of greaser or something, I can see that being fun. I love the sort of shared mythos all of these sessions are building, and tbh I'd like to see even more of that- it would be so cool to see a full multi-adventure campaign- one end goal, but formatted in such a way that every 3 to 4 video adventure is still it's own standalone series
Once again so good! Lucky that major ended in the woods and not in some personal hell so good endings all around! I wish we see more Call of Cthulhu soon!
Well done! Fantastic action-packed conclusion. Never seen an action conclusion done so well - keeping the threat hidden but ever-present and active while providing action stakes and minions to fight... very well done and so cinematic. R.I.P. the Major, he was a true hero. And like any hero in the Mythos, destined not to live long. It was also great to have Sonny back, easily one of my favourite call of cthulhu recurring PCs.
Edge Of Darkness, had me on the Edge of my seat. Just edging all around. Seriously though, these are all a lot of beloved characters, I was holding my breath worried that something fatal would happen to one of them. What a painful wild ride this one was
These Mystery Quest campaigns are the first D&D style things I've ever really watched and I'm so here for it. Actually on the edge of my seat during the ritual! Tom is a great storyteller/DM, Harry is so good at actually being competent and remembering details, Ravs is so good at doing all the helpful stuff that they need, Lewis is absolutely hilarious and insane and TomB comes up with the most chaotic ideas like the evil tape. I'm enjoying these so much. :D
I really hope that couple stories down the line we'll get an investigation, maybe with new set of characters, that turns out to be centred around the two cursed movies created on this day.
the second best part of MQ is that somehow Zero Degrees had completely slipped under my radar and I only found out about it thanks to the shout outs at the end
10:23 - I think this is genuinely the expression on anyone's face near Lewis lol. Great series, as always MQ does not disappoint. Oh boy I'd love to have some questions about this one. Namely, how much hair did you lose while DMing it Tom, and how is Oscar doing after editing this one.
Another great episode! The ending was spectacular! It was great watching all 1.5hrs of this and commenting right after!! I didn't go straight to the comments as it just uploaded! Who'd do that!
He looked surprised or disappointed when his character died. You play like that, and you’re not playing Pulp, and your character is gonna die. It’s that simple 😂
This was amazing. Truly a wonderful treat of tabletop gaming that we so rarely get to find on the internet, all of the mystery quest series are fav's of mine, thank you for playing and putting these together for us they really are *chefs kiss*
Absolutely brilliant finale, so well run and each player played such crucial and large characters and roles. This was perhaps the best campaigns yet. Can't wait for the next series!
A great episode and a great game! Everybody was so clever and on the same page tone-wise, it was just deeply enjoyable. Looking forward to hearing about the future perils with the accursed tapes and Mrs. Miggins literary adventures.
This channel has become a staple within my weekly watchlist. I really do look forward to it and it's lined up at a moment I really needed it, thank y'all
mr and mrs miggins has to be connection for all the future cthulu games! I love them so much! (PS tom! i think with that ordeal and mrs miggins blacking out, I think its time for a random spell for her next adventure? no? ^^)
I know this is a bit on the nose but genuinely this whole campaign could be a movie and I'd happily take on a curse to watch it. I've watched every video since Mystery Quest started and they've all had charm in their own way but I was completely absorbed in this one. 11/10 crit success.
Incredible campaign. Every time I think it can't best the last, I'm surprised in the best possible ways. Wonderful audio editing this campaign expecially, audio drama reminiscent 😊
I think this wasn't my favorite CoC I've seen Tom run, however, hot dog baby that finale! I'll be so happy to see another return from this amazing cast.
"I'm glad this demon is on our team." Perfectly describes the Major. Lewis was so fun to watch this series, but in particular this episode.
And yet no one wanted to pull him inside lol
As a Triforce listener since day 1 I can attest that this was just Lewis doing a posh accent
@@imdadirtydan I like to think Archie was so movie obsessed that he tried to do a cool Hollywood move instead of the boring sensible thing.
It was very heart of darkness/apocalypse now
I really feel like the demon should have been making fear checks against the Major
I can't wait for when Tom is running another Call of Cthulhu with an entirely different group and the film comes up
The film AND Ivan have to make return in CoC
Normally I really can't be bothered with recursive in-jokes in campaigns, but this is actually entirely justifiable & effective for a Cthulhu campaign context. I love the idea of a '20s film reel of a mythos tome becoming a mythos artifact itself.
It’s a rare but awesome event when you accidentally make a now cursed eternal mythos artifact.
Perry and Maggie go to the movies.
Just imagining his character falling on hard times and releasing the film widely as a cult classic movie, causing thousands of people to go insane
holy shit , the major was the best character so far ! Lewis needs to be in more Call of Cthulhu campaigns
I think Lewis quite often have the best characters, and he always goes in full rp mode. Already in the old sessions John Steel/Nick Griswald was just great or Ameebo in star wars
Lewis always gives 110% into the character and it kills every time
o7
Between this and the Saturnine Chalice Mrs. Miggans is becoming quite an accomplished Wizard
Or she's going to start avoiding farmhouses...
Using up all of your luck points to immediately roll three ones on the best weapon in the game is beautiful
Instantly spoiled, noice 😂
RNGesus: "In game mechanics to change you fate? No worries, I'll get you back in some other way~"
@@Thetruepianomanyour fault for reading comments first lmao
@@iain-duncan Nah, on mobile UA-cam automatically shows one comment under the video. This was also mine. It sucks and I wish you could just turn off comments but alas
@@stefanowohsdioghasdhisdg4806This is why I use revanced 👌
This was honestly one of the best call of Cthulhu playthroughs. Everything from Lewis insane roles and his heroic sacrifice, everyone using their characters and their skills to the best of their ability, from Lewis’ traps, Ravs mechanical work, Toms filmmaking, Barrys celebrity status. The actual role playing, the dice roles and the inside jokes of the major taking care of EVERYONE when they were a baby were brilliant.
I feel like the British Empire's entire modus oparandi in the late 19th century was just hurling the major at various small inoffensive countries in Africa and Asia and then waiting for the dust to settle.
He's firing an elephant gun at anything that makes a noise in heaven now.
When the diseases stop working, guns and steel will suffice for a time.
With Lewis’ constant references to the Siege of Khartoum, I feel like the Major is basically just Charles George Gordon. And yeah, that was basically his modus operandi.
“The natives here are right uppity. Send in the major to sort em out.”
This is canon now, I decided.
51:57 "I'm so glad we have this demon on our team. He's so much better than their demon". Best line of the whole thing.
10:20 Tom always looks a bit like a wizard, but here specifically is the single most wizardly he's ever looked, this is "I have seriously underestimated the lengths at which mortals will go to defeat me" wizard face
The whole elephant gun usage, from having just the exact amount of luck to make the second shot land to then have that shot only deal the minimum possible damage, was absolutely insane!
Also let's be real, they should all be deaf right now. Shooting a .577 Nitro Express, a gun with a casing/powder charge thicker and longer than most thumbs, INSIDE is crazy. It's like a bloody cannon round, 15mm!!
@@Dicka899 I thought this too, until the truth hit me...this is a RP game based on Lovecraftian horror fiction and it doesn't really matter. It's way more fun to suspend disbelief.😂
@@Dicka899true, but I’ve never seen a game, or movie, that represents the incredible volume of a gunshot well.
Boy shorts, lard, elephant gun... yep, its demon-hunting time
I think this is the best final confrontation since the Haunting of Ypsilon 14.
I like how Lewis's Cthulu characters keep getting badass deaths.
Lewis keeps playing great characters that don't last and go out in the craziest ways. The brightest flames go out the quickest
The Major really brings me back the John Steele days
And Amebo, Imperial Police!
These Call of Cthulhu campaigns just keep getting better and better, not only in narrative, but also production value. The sound effects and subtle noises that were edited in were so so good. You've got me as a member now Tom 💛
It's a shame they didn't realize that extreme success means max die value plus the roll for the elephant gun; that's 36 more damage it should have taken. I'm curious if it could have just died from damage or not.
Honestly, the elephant gun probably could kill the monster if they shot it while it was visible, as that also renders it vulnerable to normal damage. When I ran this for my friends they actually managed to kill the thing. As it turns out, 1 round of not being able to ignore damage is enough for a full mag from a Tommygun at point blank to kill just about anything.
The book does not tell you what happens if the investigators kill the monster.
I hope Archie and his myriad of mythos artifacts continue to show up in future campaigns.
How cool would it be if eventually there was a homebrew campaign where a lot of the old loose ends come back through, like the haunted film.
"This is like Dad's Army Banishes A Spirit!" Incredible. Absolutely would watch that spin-off.
Absolutely loved the utter chaos between the Major’s elephant gun and the cursed film. Always love me some CoC, it’s such an enrapturing story every time. The noises the djin genuinely scared me sometimes, amazing work by the editor.
Edge of Madness is such a classic! Probably my favourite of the early Cthulhu beginner adventures, I must've run it five or six times over the decades, and it's fascinating how the Mystery Quest crew is handling it!
I love Lewis. We had Mister Popcorn and Farmer Old MacDonald, and now we have The Major. His characters and voices have been the best for years.
Tom, i say this for nearly every vid, but these intros genuinely are so fun and help set the tone so well, they make me happy
This little campaign easily ranks in my top 5 on this channel. Fantastic work, Tom and party!! I always look forward to these!
A GLORIOUS END!
COVERED IN GREASE ON A DOORMAT!
Mystery Quest has been such a treat. From the killer DMing to the players' ingenuity and humor... I can't wait to see what comes next!
Love all the characters, but the major was especially iconic this series. Looking forward to what you guys get up to next!
41:00 "Judy here, on college street, with a raccoon..."
Good fortune that in his travels the Major had learnt the patented Crevello Kick.
Can't wait to get off work and see how the crew fecks up this ritual! Good or bad, I hope its entertaining!
*This is a comment, for the Angorythm.*
Ravss perfectly timed table thump, Tom's kaboom and the editing.. Chefs kiss
Cale here to comment this but you beat me
I always love Lewis's weird characters. They are so fun and quirky. And Louis himself is just an amazing role player.
I love the Miggins. Great show Tom. Poor Archie and rest in peace major. Bring back Jingly John!
I must say I'm a fan of Critical Roll, but this group is more entertaining to me. The way Lewis staying in character 90% of the time is so enjoyable to watch. Maybe it's the game system that promotes more engaging storytelling, I dunno.
omg. it's like the dice just lost their own insanity rolls. that shit was nuts... well, except for when the major tried to kick the unmentionable horror in ITS nuts... it would have been even crazier had that been a crit lol... that whole part reminded me of "wolfmans got nards...!"
Lewis was absolutely amazing in this. How does he always come up with the best characters? The major is on par with Ameebo
I love the "Where the fuck is this story going?" moments followed by "I use jungle survival". lmao
This was such a perfect little series, I love these characters and I'm excited to see what Lewis comes up with next! I hope he brings back the leather midlife crisis jacket and plays some sort of greaser or something, I can see that being fun. I love the sort of shared mythos all of these sessions are building, and tbh I'd like to see even more of that- it would be so cool to see a full multi-adventure campaign- one end goal, but formatted in such a way that every 3 to 4 video adventure is still it's own standalone series
Not taking away from anyone else as everyone was brilliant but Lewis as the major was a real badass
Once again so good! Lucky that major ended in the woods and not in some personal hell so good endings all around! I wish we see more Call of Cthulhu soon!
The Major/LewLew was an absolute stud
The M in Major stands for MVP
Next episode of Games Night: Dad's army fights cthulhu monsters!
We're dooooomed!
Well done! Fantastic action-packed conclusion. Never seen an action conclusion done so well - keeping the threat hidden but ever-present and active while providing action stakes and minions to fight... very well done and so cinematic. R.I.P. the Major, he was a true hero. And like any hero in the Mythos, destined not to live long. It was also great to have Sonny back, easily one of my favourite call of cthulhu recurring PCs.
Edge Of Darkness, had me on the Edge of my seat. Just edging all around. Seriously though, these are all a lot of beloved characters, I was holding my breath worried that something fatal would happen to one of them. What a painful wild ride this one was
These Mystery Quest campaigns are the first D&D style things I've ever really watched and I'm so here for it. Actually on the edge of my seat during the ritual! Tom is a great storyteller/DM, Harry is so good at actually being competent and remembering details, Ravs is so good at doing all the helpful stuff that they need, Lewis is absolutely hilarious and insane and TomB comes up with the most chaotic ideas like the evil tape. I'm enjoying these so much. :D
I really hope that couple stories down the line we'll get an investigation, maybe with new set of characters, that turns out to be centred around the two cursed movies created on this day.
In the end ,The Major literally bought the farm!
Beautiful series, so glad the Major went out as a hero. A true John/Nick Steel/Grizwald end.
the second best part of MQ is that somehow Zero Degrees had completely slipped under my radar and I only found out about it thanks to the shout outs at the end
RIP the Major, a true hero in the entire history of Call of Cthulhu
10:23 - I think this is genuinely the expression on anyone's face near Lewis lol. Great series, as always MQ does not disappoint. Oh boy I'd love to have some questions about this one. Namely, how much hair did you lose while DMing it Tom, and how is Oscar doing after editing this one.
Amazingly thrilling conclusion. The ritual was such a wild ride
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Bertrand will feel guilt for the rest of his life for getting the man who bounced him on his knee killed
Another great episode! The ending was spectacular! It was great watching all 1.5hrs of this and commenting right after!! I didn't go straight to the comments as it just uploaded! Who'd do that!
Lewis really likes to play by his own rules...not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing, but at least it's funny to see
He looked surprised or disappointed when his character died. You play like that, and you’re not playing Pulp, and your character is gonna die. It’s that simple 😂
every time i hear the screaming from the yogs as foley is perfection
This might just be my favourite campaign so far, everyone was great but the Major was definitely my favourite!
The audio work is both simultaneously terrifying and amazing
This was amazing. Truly a wonderful treat of tabletop gaming that we so rarely get to find on the internet, all of the mystery quest series are fav's of mine, thank you for playing and putting these together for us they really are *chefs kiss*
call of cthulhu adventures are always my favourite and this one was fantastic everyone played their roles so well
The Major was the best part of this adventure. Amazing!
I'm running the Disintegrator tonight, I'm only hoping my group gets a better ending than The Mystery Quest crew did
They did so much worse...
@@CharlieCookeActor What happened?
They used the Disintegrator on Mr Sleep, his true form burst out and massacred them all
@@CharlieCookeActorWhoops
I thought they got a pretty good ending. Are there better ones?
Absolutely brilliant finale, so well run and each player played such crucial and large characters and roles. This was perhaps the best campaigns yet. Can't wait for the next series!
Amazing! Loved it! RIP Major
Tom’s Call of Cthulhu games are always just so much fun to watch
A great episode and a great game! Everybody was so clever and on the same page tone-wise, it was just deeply enjoyable. Looking forward to hearing about the future perils with the accursed tapes and Mrs. Miggins literary adventures.
Mystery quest never disappoints, the major was an incredible character
Yet again amazing series oh man!! The cast is absolutely amazing
The Major will never be forgotten
This channel has become a staple within my weekly watchlist. I really do look forward to it and it's lined up at a moment I really needed it, thank y'all
Found you lot tonight and absoloutly in love with the characters you created and there interactions
The Major was scarier than the demon! Another great video!
I’ve been waiting all week for this I need my weekly fix of ravs and Harry talking about feet
This was an absolute blast to watch! Thank you, tom (clark) & friends!
mr and mrs miggins has to be connection for all the future cthulu games! I love them so much! (PS tom! i think with that ordeal and mrs miggins blacking out, I think its time for a random spell for her next adventure? no? ^^)
Yay! Friday evening and time for a Mystery Quest ❤
I love Lewis' call of cthulu redshirts.
I know this is a bit on the nose but genuinely this whole campaign could be a movie and I'd happily take on a curse to watch it. I've watched every video since Mystery Quest started and they've all had charm in their own way but I was completely absorbed in this one. 11/10 crit success.
I'm sure this will go perfectly.
Going from having enough luck to have any item at will all the way down to zero is truly poetic.
This has been my favorite series yet, keep up the awesome work
The openers to these episodes are just extraordinary
Simply commenting because this channel needs more attention
The major is the best character I've seen in any tabletop RPG setting. This is Lewis's magnum opus
I SALAZAR LOMBARDO AM ACTUALLY THE GREATEST TRAP DISARMER IN THE 8 KINGDOMS I WILL HAVE YOU KNOW!!
Incredible campaign. Every time I think it can't best the last, I'm surprised in the best possible ways. Wonderful audio editing this campaign expecially, audio drama reminiscent 😊
this was such a good series!! rip the major, he was def my fave character this time
The look on Tom's face when they start egging him on to spend all the luck 🙃😅
The Major is such a great character. Basic but perfect
I just love these Call of Cthulhu campaign. Please make more.
Lewis always has such great characters in these role plays
I bloody love the Major!
I think this wasn't my favorite CoC I've seen Tom run, however, hot dog baby that finale! I'll be so happy to see another return from this amazing cast.
Edge of Darkness is one of my favorite Call of Cthulhu adventures. I'd run it as a sequel to the Haunting.
This was an extremely entertaining little campaign! Everyone did their characters so well!!!
awe man the music choice - suits the bittersweet outro so well
I've known lots of majors in my life, none were ever nearly this bad ass
Best of Lewis Compilation #4
Man that was great!! The Major is my favorite character in all of the mystery quest videos
Gotta appreciate Ravs’ “King in Yellow” dice/dice bag.