December in modern-day Chicago. Four friends and colleagues from the university play a friendly game of poker: Emily Strauss and Josh Simmons - Professors of Anthropology and Linguistics respectively, Vee Carter - IT Tech and hacker extraordinaire, and Aaron Macks - campus police officer. Absent is their mutual friend Carl Day, a private investigator who’s busy working a case. They haven’t heard from him in a little while, until a strange phone call the next day…   Get 10% off on the same dice we roll on the show! Check out FanRollDice and use code STARS10. Beautiful dice and gaming accessories, shipped worldwide.   Cast: Phaedra as the Keeper of Arcane Lore (rolling Cat’s Eye Frosted Blue gemstone dice) Lydia as Prof. Emily Strauss (rolling Gold with Purple Enamel metal dice) Knoxicles as Prof. Josh simmons (rolling Torched Rainbow metal dice) Braydon as Vee Carter (rolling Penguin and Watermelon resin dice) Mr Howl as Officer Aaron Macks (rolling Opalite gemstone dice)   Audio Editors: Braydon, Jayson, Phaedra & Howl   www.starsareright.com | patreon.com/StarsAreRight | Twitter: @Stars_r_Right | Facebook: StarsAreRightProductions | Mastodon: dice.camp/@starsareright | Instagram: @stars_are_right | Reddit: u/stars_are_right   For the duration of our Cults of Cthulhu campaign, 10% of our Patreon profits go to the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund.