Candela Obscura

Candela Obscura is a monthly horror series played in the Candela Obscura tabletop roleplaying game, built on the Illuminated Worlds system. The first chapter of the series will run for three stand-alone episodes beginning May 25, 2023.

Premise
An esoteric order of investigators fight against "a mysterious source of corruption and bleed" in the Fairelands, a fictional turn-of-the-century region of magick. Each episode, a circle of investigators solves a new mystery.

The game is played in the Candela Obscura tabletop roleplaying game, built on the Illuminated Worlds system.

Cast and crew

 * Taliesin Jaffe as the Lightkeeper, "serving as a steward for the audience" and narrating the episode prologues. Within the world, a Lightkeeper is "an enlightened veteran" who guides the investigators and gives the circles their mission.
 * Matthew Mercer as the Game Master
 * Robbie Daymond as Howard Margove
 * Laura Bailey as Arlo Black
 * Anjali Bhimani as Charlotte Eaves
 * Ashley Johnson as Auggie James

Candela Obscura was created by Jaffe and Chris Lockey and produced by Steve Failows and Maxwell James. Spenser Starke and Rowan Hall were the lead designers and writers on the Candela Obscura game used in the series, and the Illuminated Worlds system was designed by Stras Acimovic and Layla Adelman.

Episodes
Candela Obscura will have a first chapter composed of three stand-alone episodes. The series will premiere on May 25, 2023 with the next two episodes on the last Thursdays of subsequent months. The podcast and YouTube VOD for each episode will be released two weeks after the initial broadcast.