Beyond the Map: a World of Darkness Series

*Beyond the Map* (2020-ongoing) is a series of World of Darkness campaigns played out in Adam Carnevale's homebrew world. The series follows various human characters as they investigate, or fight, eldritch/cosmic horrors. These entities typically have been awoken by the notoriously corrupt and inept Bismarck Oil & Coal, or the Bismarck corporation.

*Tales from Handel Creek*, a lighter, kid-oriented series DMed by Jackson Baly, shares the same world and timeline.

## Playable Characters (by campaign)

### The Spirit of Lonely Places [2020-2021]

* Inspector Warren Birch (Joel Zammit)
* Officer Leonard 'Lenny' McBryde (Jackson Baly)
* Jenebelle Debeouf (Cass Paige)
* Heracles Melville (Tom Reed)

### The Circle [2022]

* Gus 'Cannonball' Johnson (Jackson Baly)
* Connor O'Brien (George Dimarelos)

### The Curse of the El Doncetto Man [2022]

* Winchell W. Edwards 'The Wondrous Winchell' (Ralph Attanasia)
* Reverend Daniel Jean Mason (Josh Perault)

### The 1952 Fletcher's Island Incident [2022]

* Dr Leopold Kitten (Tom Reed)
* Dr Dane Boxley (Damian Robb)
* Richard 'Richie' Brain (Sean Carney)
* Major George Kirkpatrick (Joel Zammit)

### The Longhouse 1963 [2023]

* Icarus Fortune (Tom Reed)
* Mikhail Vlokov (Adam Carnevale)

### Filness Family Vacation (1995) [2023]

* Wilbur Filness (Hayden Bleechmore)
* Colby Filness (Cass Paige)

## Campaigns

### The Spirit of Lonely Places [October 27, 2020 - January 30, 2021]\*

This 14 part campaign follows the overlapping stories of Officer Lenny McBryde, Inspector Warren Birch, and archeologist Jenabelle Debeouf, as they fight to survive the remote Canadian wilderness at different points in time and encounter the same immortal, hungry creature. The conclusion of this series introduces the protagonist of the next campaign, paranormal/occult investigator Heracles Melville.

### The Patchwork Man [March 27, 2021 - August 14, 2021]

This 21 part campaign takes investigator Heracles Melville to New South Wales, Australia, wherein he investigates the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a man named Jude Carroll in a small, rural town, and uncovers an ancient horror at its heart.

### Place of Last Resort [October 9, 2021 - December 4, 2021]

This 9 part campaign documents the experiences of American journalist Murray Edwards, and his cameraman Bob Nyugen, as they travel through war-torn North Vietnam on an increasingly treacherous, and unnerving, military expedition.

### The Circle [January 2, 2022 - April 10, 2022]

This 14 part campaign explores the disaster of Red Fire Friday (a fictional forest fire that burned through Salt Fork, Ohio, in the 1980s) and the disappearance of 14 year old Oliver Lancaster. 35 years later, when journalist Connor O'Brien, and local head ranger Gus 'Cannonball' Johnson, pick up the story, Salt Fork begins to experience strange, paranormal phenomenon.

### The Curse of the El Doncetto Man [April 29, 2022 - August 12, 2022]

This 15 part campaign follows the journey of the train: the CRAN (Cross All American), and the people aboard. Quack psychic Winchell W. Edwards: 'The Wondrous Winchell', and Methodist Reverend Daniel Jean Mason, have found themselves entangled with an infamous group of professional thieves and criminals, and the priceless, yet malevolent, treasure they seek.

### The 1952 Fletcher's Island Incident [September 16, 2022 - November 4, 2022]

This 9 part campaign documents the scientific exploration of the Arctic Circle by the West (Europe, the UK, America, Turkey, and Australia) through the experiences of British biologist Dr Dane Boxley, Canadian astrologist Dr Leopold Kitten, and British mechanic Richard 'Ritchie' Brain, as they stumble upon a life-threatening discovery.

### Longhouse 1963 [January 19, 2023 - March 30, 2023]

This 11 part series was DMed by Jackson Baly. It follows a duo forced together under an occult investigative institution: The Longhouse. CIA agent Icarus Fortune and Kremlin operative Mikhail Vlokov are sent to the small, rural town of Nanterre, France, to investigate the suspicious disappearances of several children that occurs every 30 years.

### Filness Family Vaction (1995) [May 5, 2023 - June 30, 2023]

This 9 part series tells the story of twin siblings: Wilbur and Colby Filness, their family, and Wilbur's Boy Scout troupe as they all enjoy a vacation to France's newly-constructed Euro Disneyland.

### Great American Novels: A Heracles Melville Mystery\*\* [August 25, 2023 - December 15, 2023]

This 17 part series catches up with paranormal investigator Heracles Melville, as his pursuit of an escaped cult leader becomes side-tracked by the mysterious appearance of a man who believes he's in the wrong time period. Intrigued, Heracles heads to Sabineville, Louisiana, to investigate.

> *\* Campaign dates depend when episodes are uploaded to the Sanspants Radio website.*
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> *\*\* These campaigns are currently available to Sanspants Radio supporters only.*
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## In-game Timeline

A comprehensive timeline of *Beyond the Map* and *Tales from Handel Creek* can be found here.