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The Horror of Holt County: A Monster of the Week Mystery Pt. 1

October 21, 2025

Monster of the Week tabletop RPG horror actual play, part 1 of 2.
Greg leads the Thunderleaf Games team through an all new scenario.
This episode contains mature themes and content. Viewer discretion is strongly advised.
An isolated farmhouse in rural Missouri burned to the ground 40 years ago, with a mother and her twins trapped inside. Those were not the first deaths on the property. Three years ago, someone stopped paying the property taxes and the plot went up for auction. Two months ago, Axle Syntax, overnight crypto millionaire, closed on the property. His fiance, Valerie XO, is dead set on restoring the property to its former glory, because that’s just, like, the vibe she gets here. Last week, construction stopped because the crew was dealing with things they couldn’t explain and refused to continue working. Voices when they were alone, children’s laughter coming from the basement, unexplained temperature drops, the smell of burning. This morning, a team from the Missouri State University – St. Louis Paranormal Research Division got on the road to investigate.

We’re playing Monster of the Week, written by Michael Sands, published by Evil Hat Productions, using the Powered by the Apocalypse system
https://evilhat.com/
https://evilhat.com/product/monster-of-the-week/
http://apocalypse-world.com/

Music provided by Kevin MacLeod and Incompetech
https://incompetech.com/wordpress/
“Shadowlands 2 – Bridge” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Soundscapes provided by Syrinscape
https://syrinscape.com/

VTT provided by Roll20
https://roll20.net/

And don’t forget to visit us!
https://thunderleafgames.com/

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