The Story of Lantern Cove

Welcome to Lantern Cove, a small New England town that hides terrible secrets. Who better to defeat the evils in the Cove than a group of misfit teenagers? And who better to enjoy their angst-filled struggles than you and I?

I first got the idea for Lantern Cove when I was listening to Champions of the Earth, a sadly now-defunct podcast about a group of teens given powers to defend the earth, and at the same time listening to The Infinite Bad, a happily now-complete podcast about a group of people struggling to unearth and defeat a terrifying Lovecraftian menace. ‘What if,’ I thought, ‘I combined these two ideas into one? A group of high schoolers given power and put into a position where they can protect the world—only it’s not an adventure story, it’s a thriller where terrible things can happen?’

Another heavy influence on the deeper worldbuilding behind Lantern Cove was the amazing Lychford series of novellas by Paul Cornell, which gave me several ideas that I’d love to tell you all about, but I’m afraid it would be too much of a spoiler for later on in the story.

All of this sort of swirled around in my mind for a while. I knew I wanted to do it as an RPG, I knew I wanted to share the story as a podcast because it was the kind of story that excited and interested me, but I wasn’t sure how to go about it.

A lot of research, some experimenting with different RPG systems, and the finding of talented and dedicated players later, I realized I was ready. And it’s been a wild ride ever since.

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