Checkpoint Midnight: Spies in the City of Dreams

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Weaponized fables dream and scheme in the shadows of Cold War Vienna. Play as supernatural agents—elemental assassin, lycanthrope investigator, golem bruiser—on high-stakes missions in this divided post-war city. Will you get your heart’s desire? And how entangled with the Great Powers of the East and West will you have to become in order to get it?

We’ll be playing four sessions of my in-development Powered by the Apocalypse game Checkpoint Midnight, on Monday afternoons (EST) in April.

Sessions will run three and a half hours. They will be recorded and posted on YouTube (if all players agree). Being able to attend each session is ideal, but not required. You must RSVP to each session you wish to attend. One slot is reserved for Sabine V.

Aiming for a story of intrigue and espionage with a supernatural flair, rated PG-13. The X-Card, Open Door Policy, and Lines and Veils will be in use. This event abides by the Gauntlet Inclusivity Policy.

2020-04-06T19:00:00Z → 2020-04-06T22:30:00Z Session One
2020-04-13T19:00:00Z → 2020-04-13T22:30:00Z Session Two
2020-04-20T19:00:00Z → 2020-04-20T22:30:00Z Session Three
2020-04-27T19:00:00Z → 2020-04-27T22:30:00Z Session Four

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Checkpoint Midnight: Spies in the City of Dreams (1/4)
Featuring: @Puckett, @SabineV5, Josh H
We meet a trio of supernatural operatives and send them on a mission to steal a mysterious cigar from a fancy party. Jack the unburied, rebuilt soldier confronts someone with a great deal of blood on their hands. Viola the favored dodger and conwoman works her charms and keeps her eye on the prize. And Ophidar the wayward gorgon forges a friendship with a cigar sommelier by sharing tales of the smoke of the netherworld.

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Checkpoint Midnight: Spies in the City of Dreams (2/4)
Starring: @Puckett, @SabineV5
Jack the undead soldier gets poisoned by an old enemy and makes a new four-footed friend. Ophidar the wayward gorgon dreams of his mother’s throne and finally petrifies a foe. The operatives start to unravel the conspiracy of the Dreamstealers, but get ambushed along the way.

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Checkpoint Midnight: Spies in the City of Dreams (3/4)
Starring: @Puckett, @Sousrature, Josh H
A new jumping-on point for our game of spy fantasy in Cold War Vienna. Anders, a slippery collector, enters the scene with a lead on the fabled Voynich Codex. Jack the undead soldier ends up taking a mission from a handler he despises. And Viola the lucky con-artist leads the infiltration of an arcane library associated with the Dreamstealers.

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Checkpoint Midnight: Spies in the City of Dreams (4/4)
Starring: @Puckett, @Sousrature, @SabineV5, Josh H
The explosive finale of our game of spy fantasy in Cold War Vienna. Jack bargains with Death to choose new targets. Ophidar navigates the labyrinthine byways and walks into a trap. Anders finds himself inside the Voynich Codex. And Viola accepts a new mission that takes her from the depths to the heights of the city.