S2:E6 – Impossible Landscapes - Dissection, Pt 5. End of the World of the End

2026-05-26

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Episode Notes In this episode, we continue our dissection review and reanimation advice for the campaign Impossible Landscapes written by Dennis Detwiller for Delta Green by diving into the fourth chapter End of the World of the End, which covers the finale of this epic campaign. We briefly summarize the chapter, discuss it's strengths and weaknesses as written, and then, since we aren't really fans of how this final chapter is laid out, we then cover an overview of the chapter followed by explanations of how each of us...

Episode Notes

In this episode, we continue our dissection review and reanimation advice for the campaign Impossible Landscapes written by Dennis Detwiller for Delta Green by diving into the fourth chapter End of the World of the End, which covers the finale of this epic campaign.

We briefly summarize the chapter, discuss it's strengths and weaknesses as written, and then, since we aren't really fans of how this final chapter is laid out, we then cover an overview of the chapter followed by explanations of how each of us would run this final section based on our own styles and internal philosophies regarding Carcosa and the nature of the King in Yellow. We've listed timestamps with as few spoilers as possible below in case GMs are interested in jumping to specific parts they may be looking for advice on:

2:32 - Beating Heart (key themes)
5:51 - Strengths & Limitations as Written
13:38 - Beginning Deep Dive; Guiding Principles
28:42 - Introducing How We Would Run the Ending
29:06 - How Nathan Would Run It
37:09 - How Alex Would Run it
43:31 - How Holly Would Run it
56:08 - How Lex Would Run it
1:09:45 - The Party
1:17:28 - Closing Thoughts
You can find the campaign at: Arc Dream's Store and DrivethruRPG
Bud's RPG Review IL Campaign episode for the chapter for a more thorough by-the-book summaries
Campaign handouts and resources we can share on our lab's Google Drive .
Our YouTube channel for Actual Play videos
An invite link to our Discord Server where we have a dedicated channel to discuss IL campaign questions & advice
And an invite link to the IL Handler's Discord Server for great advice, discussion, and fan-made handouts

Intro & outtro music: "In the Mouth of Madness" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio. All other music and sound effects are sourced under attribution free creative commons licensing from FreeSound.org.

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