About the series
Episode Count: 2 episodes
Project Meridian is an upcoming investigative horror actual play set in 2018. When a routine federal audit of a youth ministry in Joplin, Missouri, uncovers anomalies that defy logic, a small team of Agents is dispatched to dig through the ledgers and in the Ozarks, some secrets are buried in the books, but others are buried in the soil.
This series is intended for a mature audience. Content warnings for this scenario include substance abuse, child and youth endangerment, violence, human trafficking and exploitation, psychological/light body horror, and religious themes.
Cast
- Maia Wilson (Gamemaster / Editor)
- Tay Marie as Agent Terry Wall
- Greg V as Agent Avery Worthe
About the system: Cthulhu Deep Green
Project Meridian uses the official Delta Green setting and scenario but runs on the Cthulhu Deep Green engine by Justin Ford. The system is heavily inspired by the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game, published by Chaosium, as well as Delta Green, by Arc Dream Publishing.
Series themes & touchstones
- The Cost of Secrecy: The friction between a professional duty to the truth and a conspiratorial mandate to hide it.
- Domestic Erosion: The slow, painful breakdown of family life and "Bonds" caused by a life of trauma.
- Rural Noir: Gritty, small-town atmosphere where poverty, faith, and the Unnatural collide.
- Media Touchstones: True Detective (Season 1), The X-Files, Sicario, Mindhunter, and the cosmic horror of The Outsider (HBO).