Group of seven friends gathered around a table, smiling and leaning on each other, in a cozy, decorated room with posters and memorabilia.

City of Sorrow

a documentary style actual play in the Dark Age of Theer

A man wearing a maroon beanie and a black t-shirt with a graphic design stands with his eyebrows furrowed, in a room filled with collectibles and posters. Another man with glasses and a gray hoodie sits at a table with a notebook, a smartphone, and a bottle of water, surrounded by various items and artwork.

City of Sorrow: A documentary Actual PlaY

One of the flagship projects from our 2024 multimedia Kickstarter, ProgCore Fantasy: Dark Age of Theer, City of Sorrow is a documentary-style actual play set in the Dark Age of Theer. Featuring Todd Stashwick, David Nett, Felicia Day, Yuri Lowenthal, Anjali Bhimani, Drea Letamendi, & Marc Bernardin, this 16ish hour story is told in the place where ProgCore Fantasy was born, The Lost Caverns of Didif (Todd’s Nerd Lair). With seven cameras, fourteen microphones, and mighty production & post production teams (headed by director Brian Ward & technical director Zach Wilson), this enormous endeavor aims to capture the feeling of gaming with friends in a familiar space, free from the necessary limitations or theatrical elements that separate most actual play series from at home play.

City of Sorrow is in post production now. We’re wrangling 22tb of footage and 300gb of audio, so it’s a journey. We will present the pilot to our Kickstarter backers summer 2026, with distribution to follow.

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