Under a Yellow Moon: Part 2 | Cthulhu By Gaslight Actual Play
The final part of our live actual play recorded at Cymera 2026!
Watch as a full video on our YouTube channel
Join us for the second (and final) part of the recording of our live Call of Cthulhu/Cthulhu by Gaslight scenario, recorded at Cymera Festival in June 2026.
When a visiting professor from Miskatonic University turns up dead, a motley group of investigators are put into a race against time to find her killer. Why was she murdered? And what happened to the manuscript she brought with her?
Last time, our players discovered the professor had been looking into The King in Yellow... never a good idea! And what has happened to Professor McLeod... Watch to find out!
Cast:
Benedict Anning, author of Atomic Coffin - Dr Terrence Tableau
Nicholas Binge, author of Abyss - Professor Arthur Vane
Annabel Campbell, author of The Outcast Mage - Dr. Fiona Murray
Ian Green, author of Extremophile - Flora Meiklewood
David Goodman, author of A Reluctant Spy - Roland Halliwell
with Marco Rinaldi as the Keeper of Arcane Lore
Call of Cthulhu and Cthulhu by Gaslight created by and trademarks of Chaosium Inc.
Handouts created by Jordan Acosta
Under a Yellow Moon written by Marco Rinaldi
Music from Monumental Studios
Sound FX by Syrinscape
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David Goodman is an award-winning, multi-genre Scottish author. His debut novel A RELUCTANT SPY won the 2025 McDermid Debut Award and Bloody Scotland Debut Prize and was optioned for television by Carnival Films. The sequel SOLITARY AGENTS was longlisted for the 2026 McIlvanney Prize.
His SF debut, SHARDS OF STARLIGHT, as David W. Goodman, is forthcoming in Autumn 2027 from Solaris. He also has several published short SF stories and novelettes.
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Nicholas Binge is a bestselling author and screenwriter. He writes speculative thrillers that blend big sci-fi concepts with psychological horror, as well as crime and thriller novels under the pseudonym Nick Brucker, with his crime debut White Smoke set to release in 2027.
In 2023, his breakout novel Ascension was a New York Times Editor's Choice Pick, finalist for the Goodreads' Choice Awards and Ignotus Award, and named a ‘best book of the year’ by Vulture, Goodreads, The LA Times, and The Sunday Times. His sophomore novel, Dissolution, was hailed as one of the best thrillers of 2025 by The New York Times and other leading outlets, and was followed swiftly by the critically acclaimed novellas Extremity and Abyss.
His work has been, or is being, translated into over 30 languages and several of his novels are in active development for either film or TV. Notably, Dissolution is being adapted into a major motion picture by Sony Pictures, with Oscar-nominated screenwriter Eric Heisserer (Arrival, Birdbox) penning the script, and White Smoke is being adapted into a prestige TV series by A24, with Benedict Cumberbatch starring in the lead. Ascension and Extremity are also in active development for film and TV, respectively. He is also creating and writing Understudy, a TV show for Netflix, alongside Steven Yeun, Phil Lord, and Chris Miller.
Binge has lived across Asia and Europe — from Singapore to Switzerland to Hong Kong —before settling in the UK, where he writes and co-hosts the Binge Reading Book Club podcast. Beyond fiction, he has wr… Read More
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Benedict Anning is a Surrey-born author and charity worker living just outside of Edinburgh with his wonderful cat, Penny.
After a stint in creative studies then ancient history at university, Ben spent three years as a bookseller before moving to the third sector where he now works for a local animal shelter. His debut novel, ATOMIC COFFIN, was published to critical acclaim in June 2026, featured in The Guardian, The Financial Times, The Times, The Scotsman, and other outlets.
An artist at heart and fan of all things eerie, Ben has a special love for twisty horror fiction where the setting is a principal character and things just aren't quite right.
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Annabel writes fantasy with fierce female characters and disaster wizards, and believes everything is improved by dragons.
She lives in a tiny village in Scotland, where most of her neighbours are sheep. She has a PhD in cardiovascular science, and when not making things up for a living, she works as a Medical Writer.
Her other joys are red wine, playing games, or showing you too many pictures of her dog.
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Ian Green is a science-fiction and fantasy writer from Scotland. He is the author of The Sunday Times bestselling epic fantasy series THE ROTSTORM published by the Ad Astra imprint of Head Of Zeus.
His recent novel EXTREMOPHILE is a breakneck biohacking thriller set in climate-collapse London, and it was shortlisted for the ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2025, THE DRAGON AWARDS, and chosen as one of FINANCIAL TIMES' BEST SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS OF 2024.
His latest book, The Deep and The Drowned, is out now.