Used to converting Lovecraftian items from one medium to another, here the DART team tackles reworking a Chaosium role-playing scenario into one of their classic audio productions. Done with their usual élan, the tale is more pulp horror action than cerebral cosmic horror, which makes it an easier fit to a 1920s-30s style radio show than some of Lovecraft’s own stories, including having a larger, more diverse, set of characters. If the plot is sometimes a trifle thin, that’s generally concealed by the pacing and action. I did feel it might have worked better if framed as three separate DART episodes, in 1920s-30s radio serial fashion (to fit the CD version and its cover note). It’s somewhat disjointed without such linking, especially the multiple-endings option. That latter’s a nice, game-related, touch, certainly, if maybe needing a little more variety in what happens to the characters in each. Sadly, I missed the version with the extensive set of physical props, unavailable since about 2019, and the current props, while useful, might benefit from an extra map or two at least, for those without access to the original Chaosium scenario. These are quite minor points, however, easily distracted from by the excellence (as expected) of this quality ensemble dramatization.
