The Y-Files | Chaotic Neutral Plays Call of Cthulhu with Johnny Chiodini from Oxventure
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I absolutely love the range of Laurie's characters
Laurie theory: when Laurie plays a character, he thinks about how Ivan Brett from The Traitors would play that character
@@pasimysiini7665 LAURIE: How do you know my secret?
@@ChaoticNRB That's classified.
I knew Laurie’s character wasn’t trustworthy!
I love how Lucy was so in depth playing her character. Please have her back and also invite her on NRB! She’s a great addition.
Lucy was amazing!
Just looked her up. On the wiki she played in two other episodes on Blood on the Clocktower.
Lucy is great here, well done!
Dom is a damn good GM. The descriptions are so vivid I can see the scenes in my head like I was watching an X-files-y tv show. The previous one was amazing too.
His "apocalypse players" podcast is amazing also, if you havent heard it, where he is both GM and player in different campaigns.
His beats are good for this kind of play. Gives out the scene like you know all you need, but you also know that you have no idea about anything at all.
You are hanging just by a thread, but then again, is it a thread? or what it is? falling? flying? what is going on? What is the cost of this?
"you put the earpiece back in" is one of the best keepering moments ever, very well done, subtle and creepy, just perfect!
Rewinded a few times just to listen again, it was so good
"You were sharing information. Sharing is communist." 😂😂 2:48:32
Would love to (at some point) just have a spinoff / behind the scenes of Dom explaining his scenarios, showing us his writing and explaining some of the questions left unanswered. I know it takes away from the mythos a little bit, but it would be facinating from a DM perspective! Loved the video, can't wait for the next one!
Same. Him and Becca Scott are my favourite call of Cthulhu GMs and I would love to pick their brains.
@Craig_Tucker48 I'm late to the comments but I didn't know Becca GM'd! I only know her from Dropout. Where could I find that?
Glass Cannon is also doing great CoC playthroughs. Chosium’s own Aussies are fun as well. So lucky we have such good choices these days for CoC entertainment.
@@nathanschultz3112 Good time society.
I have always thought this too. It'd be fascinating!
"Another Classic Railroad Ending", bloody love the Call of Cthulhu series, Dom's got such a way with describing scenes and the cast always engages with it brilliantly!
"You... you think I'm crazy don't you!"
Lucy - "No no.. we don't!"
Laurie - *Slowly nodding in the background.*
"The Englishman has admitted to being an idiom". Not idiot, idiom. Nicely done Laurie
1:57:37 what an amazing sequence. The idea of having the voice from the earpiece talking to Laurie when the earpiece is no longer in his ear is chilling. And for a character that always has earpieces in the character might not have even noticed it aswell. I love how seamlessly dom states that the message occurs before the earpiece is put back in lol.
Yes! I didnt think that one line could be so chilling but it was!
"How do you know it was a baboon man, and not a regular baboon?"
"... Oh you're right, how sexist of me,"
That's gold right there
That was amazing 😂
Johnny at their finest😂.
I would be addicted to a channel that is just Dom running CoC Games
You've checked out my CoC podcast Apocalypse Players, right? 😉
@@dominicallen541 oooh I have not!
@@dominicallen541 Oh I'll need to do that because you're *excellent* with CoC.
"You might go temporarily insane"
Johnny: "Ah great!"
Johnny: I go temporarily insane everytime I play for the Oxventurers.
Sullivan is so good as the agent. He plays him so compassionately, and yet he has that aura of authority.
He plays her* ;) Sully is the best. Any game that stars him and Laurie is a game most definitely worth watching!
Screw what I was doing before. I see Chaotic Neutral and Johnny and I guess this is where all my attention is going for the next 3 hours
I was thinking the same thing
Dom Allen AND Johnny Chiodini, it must be Christmas.
God the two in the suit got the look narrowed down. They could easily star in a series that is legally distinct yet recognizable to the X-files fans
And the girl is a hybrid of Dana Scully and Clarice from Silence of the Lambs.
@@robertabugelis3962 You know, rewatching it, that's exactly what I thought, real Jodie Foster and Gillian Anderson vibes
Who you gonna call? DOM ALLEN
Or perhaps “To whom should you place a call?”
Dom Alien this time
🎺🎺 🗣🗣 🎺🎺
Man i am loving this oxventures x no rolls barred/chaotic neutral cross overs! Also Johnny is playing!
A nice reference at the end, “I have no mouth but I must scream.”
Johnny playing Call of Cthulhu? This is so huge for them and more importantly huge for all us Chiodini-heads!!
Chiodinians? Chiodinites?
LSP’s, Lovely Skeleton Pals 😊
"Oh Beans"
"them"? johnny, or the others-
@@failurenotsorry6600 Johnny goes by they/them pronouns
YES! I need more of this. hoping it's just a regular series on this channel.
LAURIE: We have a good few more planned
@@ChaoticNRB Glad to hear it! Keep up the great content! :)
@@ChaoticNRB Nice! :D
Good to know! Im converting friends and family to the Mythos using your content. They are succumbing to
the madness 😁@@ChaoticNRB
Laurie and Sully escaping from dino island on a mystery quest and chaotic neutral CoC in one day? I'm being spoiled 😍
Its very brittish of them to completely forget that as FBI agents they should all have atleast one firearm.
Yeah, all FBI field agents are designated Special Agent level, as far as I'm aware.
The "Special" is the designation that indicates they have firearm clearance.
@@Cory-pw6iw pushes earpeice into ear.... "they are saying I'm a dummy again, over" HAHA
@@Cory-pw6iw Straight from FBI website: Agents carry Bureau-issued or approved handguns and may be issued additional equipment as needed. Those in specialized areas like the Hostage Rescue Teams may also be issued weapons that fit their duties. Agents are allowed to carry personal weapons, provided they do not violate the policies regarding firearms. Unless otherwise instructed, agents are required to be armed at all times.
Also found with a search: Special Agents just means that they have a degree or have a specialized field.
It's kind of fitting since Laurie is acting more like a Secret Service agent.
The MuleDeer has at least 1 gun hung on the wall, (as decore of course.)
I watched many many roleplaying UA-camrs over the years, and this ist hands down the best acting of characters i have ever seen. Great play.
I'm only like an hour in and so far this could be a pilot episode for a prime time comedy about the FBI
I prefer Chaosiums Graveyards of Arkham cast - it really is like a radio play - they play it straight too which I prefer. Once you accept this is more a Carry On style play then it can be enjoyed
Lucy Farrett was a blast! I hope she comes back, I loved her humour and her reaction to other people's humour.
I'm kinda insulted on her behalf that she wasn't listed in the episode's title (unless she's meant to become a regular, in which case, woohoo!).
She's got a great midwestern American accent. too.
Dom is complete with with facial hair. Every time he shaves a piglet cries.
Its true
so he cries? /j
And that piglet is me 😢
true :(
Thankfully for him, the tears of his piglets sustain his immortality.
YES, MY MEDICINE. Chaotic Neutral + CoC . Thank you
LAURIE: Don't drink it all at once... or do... and then drink it again... we need the views
@@ChaoticNRB "Agent Y: That's Classified". This is my favorite episode of the series. Can't wait for the next one.
Watching this after seeing Laurie and Sullivan on Dino Island really makes me appreciate the range of their characters. Another amazing Call of Cthulhu adventure as always and great fun with Johnny's paranormal investigator from across the pond.
Love Dom as a GM as usual, not only does he draw the players and the audience in with great RP and narration but he never overuses the same material. Great to see some of the extra terrestrial horrors from the mythos get Dom's treatment.
Spoiler
Mi-go, you go, we all go.
I love the aesthetics of homeless people on the left and agents in blue on the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with Poe.
Man, the dating joke at 1:01:13 is incredible. I can't believe it was improvised!
Lucy was a delight! I hope she‘ll be back soon.
Johnny needs to put "Old Nate" in more role-playing games like this. Watch Oxventure if you don't know what im talking about. "Oh Beans" 😂😂
Who you gonna call? C' thulhu!
*ominous chanting
Speaking as a lifelong West Coaster, Dom Allen's American accent is spot on!
It just reminds me so much of Tom Ellis playing Michael on the show Lucifer.
He's an....dramatic pause.... ACTOR 😂😂😂😂
Where is Agent Ivan Brett from The Traitors?
LAURIE: He is too loud for covert ops
I thought the guy with the earpeace was Ivan Brett from the Traitors?
@@ChaoticNRB *Ivan on an undercover mission* - "HELLO DARLINGS, IT'S ME!"
I'm only to the first scene so far but just had to stop for a moment to comment on how good Dom's American accent is! There's a subtlety to it that you don't often hear when non-Americans try to sound American, putting Dom in that rare echelon of Brits whose American accent doesn't sound like an old-timey cowboy or a 1940s New York gangster. Nice job, D!
I both love and loathe that you never get full closure on these
I noticed that the curtains had green lights early on (kept drawing my eye) but I only realized at the end of the video that it was shot specifically to highlight the guests. Nice touch to the choreographer! (And, y'know, another awesome game by CN! lol)
I've come to this video several times now, just to watch at 24:10 when Sully says "6 years old... for now..." With a completely straight face. Deadpan comedy gold right there.
LOVE the connection to the earlier CoC sessions, make everything so immersive!!
What, more Call of Cthulhu?!?! 🐙 This makes me so happy! 😍 I adore Dom as the Keeper of Arcane Lore. This will be entertaining for sure! I love love love Call of Cthulhu. ❤️
Hilarious listening to Dom's nasally American accent I love it. It's well done and portrays the character its just bizarre when he switches so drastically.
This was brilliant, everyone played their characters so well but Laurie as Agent Ypsilon was especially outstanding. That finale was jaw-droppingly good.
For those who care.
Im pretty sure this story drew on the HP Lovecraft lore of the ancient galactic war between the great race of yith (the colonel) and the flying polyps (the insect things).
Actually, I think that the "crab-people" (colonel, Ypsilon's bosses) are the Mi-Go. Their descriptions (crab-like, but with long faces) and their practices (wearing human skins, removing human brains and placing them in jars) fit perfectly. The insects are probably the Shan.
@@virusd900 It's definitely The Shan, they're all about pyramids and phasing through people's skin.
Appreciate the comment
Having the mystery that starts at Poe's grave end at a lighthouse is a top notch easter egg. These are always a treat.
I pressed play to watch this and then immediately had to stop because that Johnny fella is wearing an Amigo the Devil shirt, and I saw him live 2 nights ago and bought the exact same shirt and that’s exciting to me!
Sorry I don’t have anything substantial to contribute to the comment section yet. I’m sure I’ll be back lol
I absolutely love all of these Call of Cthulhu games! Here's hoping for many more.
Kevin and Dicky meeting by the lake was the most real thing I've ever seen ❤😂😅
Shout out to whoever decided on the (slightly) new camera angles! I was so confused in previous episodes. If there is not any new angles I guess you managed to reprogram my brain.. so well done either way😅
LAURIE: Hate to break it to you, but these are the exact same camera angles we have had in every single video on this channel. You've unfortunately been infested by our mind parasites so now you accept them
I love this series. Dom’s amazing DMing, the regulars Sully and Laurie’s diverse characters, the guests’ fresh takes in CoC, the building lore in each session (callbacks are great)… fabulous work! 👏👏👏👏👏
Losing my sleep over this… but I’m so invested! Laurie is such a good actor, literary every game I see him in, he excels at character development! Thanks you for many laughs and cheers to all the crew! Hope to see more ❤
As a big fan of X Files and the Cthulhu Mythos (and Johnnys P&P style), i'd like to thank you for making this!
I'll be feasting on this :D
Took me several sessions to get through this because linear time sucks. However, this was lovely. One of my favourite things in Call of Cthulhu is how it's always "Everything's fine, fine fine... we're all dead and the world is ending." and that pivot happens in just seconds. 🤣 Thanks all.
WHAT AN ENDING! 😮 Absolutely loved this scenario and the playthrough, with a climax that's both chilling and frenetic. Keep 'em coming :)
If Johnny's involved, I'll watch whatever it is they do, and especially when it's a Chaotic Neutral video with Johnny in it!
This episode was absolutely amazing!
It feels like Dom’s getting more comfortable pacing all the beats into the time constraints of a Chaotic Neutral shoot.
Not sure if it’s just me or a coincidence of theming but this scenario felt somewhat inspired by Disco Elysium.
'Fox and Mule Deer' went right over my head
Had to come back to share!!! This channel (particularly the Call of Cthulu sessions) has finally inspired me to DM, or Keep... as per Cthulu...
I am in the works of hosting my first Call this weekend, with my own crafted story - per my creative experience!
Thank you No Rolls, and Dom - for - doing what you do to inspire the creative,, connective will of others!
Omw the suits look so good on them really added something esp made me look at Laurie differently.
I love this collab!!! Two of my favorite creating spaces! Thank you!
angory tom and then mr chiodini!! what a hell of a treat, glad i subbed
yeah this is the best one by far! the cast had instant chemistry and the characters fit so well together. i'm kinda sad they all died. i would've loved a multi-episode arc. a perfect blend of comedy and creepiness!
That was incredible, excellent puns, hunts, and story fun from you all, you made it worth it!
So I get Chaotic Neutral AND Johnny?!?!? I need this forever
Hearing Dom do an American accent was wild!! It’s so damn good!!
When the Corporal walks up to Ipsilon and goes " This is private property" I could HEAR " Nice to meet you Pvt Property, my name is Special Agent Ipsilon " or something to that degree.
Johnny and Dom in the same room! It’s two of my favourite DM’s together. We’re just missing Daddy Ben!!!!
honestly. very glad that bit at the hour 30 minute mark wasn't what it implied, comforting that they wouldn't go that dark. cant wait to see how this concludes.
What do you mean?
REALLY loved this one! Hope we get to see Johnny and Lucy back again for other things too!
Every single one of these is better than the previous one, the stories get more fleshed out and more interesting every time!
Omg this is so great , I can't get enough of Dom's dm'ing he so good at putting atmosphere and figuring out outcomes. And the players, just perfect balance between goofyness and serious Call of Cthulhu roleplay! Love you guys !
Johnny!!! Love them, they are the BEST.
I keep coming back to the chaotic neutral CoC games. They are just so relaxing to listen to
They came to the show? Johnny is one of the reasons I keep watching Oxventure.
1) So glad Jonny got the nicest ending of the bunch
2) an ending just like normal X-files. Where some things make senses but lots of things are still totally confusing.
Johnny's character handing out pamphlets has strong Egbert energy
I have no idea who these two guests are but this is great! Love the X-Files/Delta Green type of games, they are also my favourites to run with my group!
"Fox and Mule-deer Guesthouse" oh hecking heck 😆
I don’t get it 😭
@@victoriandino A reference to agent Fox Mulder, from the X-Files!
@@hrani thanks so much! I ended up looking up the x-files and figuring it out right after leaving my comment 😭
I'd never watch a Call of Cthulhu game before CN/RRB and I love every minute of it. My god, please keep going!
Dom is a goddamn craftsman. Where is the piglet application form?
You just need to find a large horse fly, and let it sit on your forehead to apply.
Please keep doing Call of Cthulhu content! Just amazing!!
As a native Baltimorean this is fantastic.
"In the city of Baltimore, at the University hospital morgue"... if you look on the map that is directly next to the parking garage for the Baltimore Orioles baseball team which I note every time I walk by it. So thanks for making this scenario more real than I wanted it to be
I loved it, the acting, the DMing, the twists, everything was amazing, I was so engaged the whole time, this is better than movies!
Is there a script for this for this campaign? I'd love to try to run this with my friends, but we would need a script and character sheets.
uh oh, that ending is going to make me crack out a lore document to start plotting out hints to connect the scenarios. as far as this episode goes, i really don’t know what to make of the connection since it was mi-go and not deep ones like in the first episode. and in the yellow sign episode nyarlathotep was heavily involved so i had a sneaking suspicion that the russian man was nyarlathotep as well but the way upsilon took him out so easily makes me question that. idk, much to think about, many hours to rewatch
Spoilers!
Edgar said
"You stole something from us"
And that
"We are working for the same people"
WHO ARE THEY
also, he said that they should run to the lighthouse...
I donno
Well so far we have also had a connection between the NRB COC, and the Yellow Sign of the Four, with the Peeps. So I expect we might see these seemingly unconnected groups come together, maybe with family ties
I'm also left with so many unanswered questions. Why was the corpse that started the whole thing "mummified" (I forget his name)? Why was one of the pyramids buried in a baboon's grave? If the Colonel and the Russian were both Mi-Go, why did they kill each other? I assume the Mi-Go stole technology from the Shan, but why all the clones? Hopefully we'll find out!
@@FrostedCreations It's implied the Russian spy was being mind controlled by a Shan, that's why he attacked the Mi-Go colonel. The mummification could just be the Mi-Go doing experiments on people or better yet it could be a discarded "skin suit" like the colonel, in The Whisperer in Darkness the Mi-Go are able to disguise themselves as humans using their corpses and remember that the mummy's body was empty on the inside. As for the clones, the Mi-Go have taken over the government (or at least the FBI) and the clones are their MIBs (Epsilon included).
The Edgar Allan Poe baboon holding the pyramid is the weird one. The pyramids are obviously used by the Shan to somehow allow them to escape Earth, but I think it was just a red herring if I had to guess, or maybe it'll make a comeback in a future video. There's also the possibility that since Laurie interrupted what Dom was building up to by killing the Russian spy, Dom had to abandon that plot point last minute and adapt around, so maybe we'll never know. 🤷
@@IAmCaligvla On a rewatch I think you're right that's all likely what was intended, it's just strange that the Shan came out of the open Mi-Go base. I guess he could have been a Shan inhabiting a Mi-Go inhabiting a human. Probably just an oversight though, or the players unknowingly forced things to change.
I just love that we get so much Call of Cthulhu games with you all and Dom as a Keeper! I can't ask for more, I am over the moon! Monthly!
The whole presentation of this episode is amazing, the players,DM and the music 🎶 ❤ the team ❤
Lucy’s character work here is really good.
Loooved the newcomers Lucy and Johnny! So great 🎉
This is very, very, very good even if i hate not getting all the information to understand what was happening
I, too, hear voices in my head. They counsel me, they understand. They talk to me
The rule books behind are so intriguing. And I love the mi-go, as always. (Check out the Apocalypse Players if you want more of them, but I can’t spoil which seasons ahaha)
Absolutely the best episode in the Call of Cthulhu series so far! Such a creepy and well thought out mystery, every member plays their role so thoroughly and succinctly it genuinely feels like a TV thriller, but with absolutely hysterical banter on top
Please never stop doing this series we need so many of these!
Huge fan of apocalypse players, fantastic work as always, such a great cast - looking forward to more of these!
I might as well ask in case anybody else figured it out, or had theories:
[SPOILERS]
- Who killed Carl Fisher? Was it actually murder? A sign of respect? Why do that to his body?
- What was up with Mrs Fisher's 'dream'? Was the kid important?
- Why were the people at the base (presumedly) doing that stuff with animals and humans?
- What was the importance of the stone Carl's dad wore as a necklace?
- I think we know the significance of the pyramids, but why was the first one found where it was?
- Do we think that Agent Sully's prior circus undercover gig was related to any of the above?
Next episode is just about the circus escapades of Agent Sully
I really hope this is picked up in a future episode, felt like they set up an interesting mystery and then ran out of time to solve it
Shout out to Johnny for no one picking up on the 'smoking man' comment
Lucy Farrett was such a treat. What a fun setting for this installment.
I cannot express how much I love Dom DM'ing Call of Cuthulhu!!