And so, another Penguin Fringed Abyss campaign comes to an end. Running a campaign with only a single player offers unique challenges, as does running a continuation of a previous campaign. Here, Jason and Chris discuss what worked and what didn’t as well as answering some hanging questions from the game.

Battered, beaten, and full of holes, Robert Durin has been left for dead (again). But things are not at all what he expected when he wakes up. Travelling through the maze that has been his life for the past few months, he eventually arrives at an all-to-familiar destination. Some might say that this was a forgone conclusion from the start, but we know better. Will Mr. Durin survive where others have failed? Or will his mind be obliterated by the encounter with The Devil Himself.

Battered, beaten and left for dead, Robert Durin has had quite an evening. Fortunately, an old friend is coming by to help out! It appears that Mr. Durin has been out for longer than he realizes and the game has…changed somewhat. Will he be able to recover the dossier and set things right? Or will his actions begin to look startlingly familiar from the first campaign?

Going along with Osprey’s deal, Mr. Durin is tasked with infiltrating the H.M.S. Proserpine to rescue none other than Lucy Westera. (Apparently she isn’t as dead as the Dossier would lead you to believe.) A plan is concocted, equipment is acquired, transportation is arranged and the entire thing goes off without a single hitch…until someone rolls a 1.

After infiltrating Ring and expecting the fight of his life, Mr. Durin comes face to face with the Lord of Ring: codenamed Osprey. Though he expects a fight and punishment for his bad moves, Osprey seems amenable to giving information and being extremely helpful in these matters. However, as Mr. Durin will soon discover; in the spy game, NOTHING comes without its price.

With his anti-vampire training with the Vatican in full swing, Robert Durin is becoming more and more troubled by the events happening in the outside world. As the newly dubbed “St. Colette’s Virus” sweeps through England, it is looking more and more likely that Edom may be behind it. The only way to find out seems to be to infiltrate an Edom stronghold and find the connection. But what Mr. Durin actually finds at Ring might be more than he bargained for.

With the notes of the old team finally translated in his hands, Robert Durin has some important decisions to make. He knows that items within these notes lead the previous team towards the road to destruction and needs to ensure the same does not befall him. They had a team and he is all alone. Perhaps he should look for allies? But who can he trust?

As Robert Durin begins to chase the killers of his old handler and begins to investigate the strange documents he has been presented with, a picture starts to form. A team of highly trained and knowledgeable agents, trained and careful, seem to have made a mistake that it caused them to be framed for murder and worse. It is time to unbury the old and dive headlong into a new chapter in a tome already soaked in blood. But where will it lead?

About 2 years ago, when fleshing out the idea for the podcast that would eventually become Penguin Fringed Abyss, I realized that I was going to need content. The Dracula Dossier was a natural choice for the first campaign. Unfortunately, like most things we do, it did not go according to plan. Don’t get me wrong, it was one hell of a ride. But I always felt that there was more to the story. So now, 2 years later, we return you to the world of The Dracula Dossier. This new campaign explores the world of the original campaign, 5 years later.