"Stagecraft"

The world of Candela Obscura comes to life for a special one-shot assignment prepared and performed in front of a live audience at the United Theater on Broadway in Los Angeles. A session zero with VIP ticketholders preceded this special one-shot, where our game master and players worked with the live audience to complete character creation, develop relationships, and forge their circle. The session zero with VIP ticketholders is available now, exclusively on Beacon.

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Candela Obscura is an ongoing monthly horror drama that follows an esoteric order of investigators as they use centuries of knowledge to fight back against a mysterious source of corruption and bleed. Leveraging gaming as a story mechanic, the series features the Candela Obscura tabletop roleplaying game from Darrington Press, which is built on the Illuminated Worlds system.

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Spenser Starke as Game Master

Marisha Ray as Jacqueline "Jackie" Renoux

Khary Payton as Chey Tanii Mcheza

Laura Bailey as Evelyn White

Matthew Mercer as Lester Shaw

Originally Created by Taliesin Jaffe and Chris Lockey

Game Design and Writing by Spenser Starke and Rowan Hall

Produced by Maxwell James, Ashley Middlebrook, and Steve Failows

Lightkeeper portrayed by Taliesin Jaffe

Music by Colm McGuinness

Due to the improv nature of Candela Obscura and other RPG content on our channels, some themes and situations that occur in-game may be difficult for some to handle. If certain episodes or scenes become uncomfortable, we strongly suggest taking a break or skipping that particular episode.

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