This is a podcast about tabletop roleplaying game modules and setting books.
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The Darkened Threshold is a tabletop roleplaying game podcast about the mystery and horror genres, with a specific focus on the games Brindlewood Bay and The Between
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An actual play podcast for Trophy, a tabletop roleplaying game of dark fantasy and psychological horror..
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This is an actual play podcast of the tabletop roleplaying game Dungeon World.
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A podcast about the roleplaying game Dungeon World, inspired by hobby magazines like Dragon and Gygax. Each episode contains play tips, reviews, original material for your game, and our 'comic strip' AP.
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Pocket-Sized Play is an RPG podcast about short, compelling actual play.
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Roll To Meddle is an actual play podcast. And a little bit more. Based on the Powered By The Apocalypse inspired tabletop roleplaying game Brindlewood Bay by Jason Cordova, Roll To Meddle is a full murder mystery campaign. Influenced by Murder, She Wrote, the works of Agatha Christie, the H.P. Lovecraft mythos, with a dash of adventure of the week TV shows, our retiree characters solve mysteries while slowly piecing out the larger, dark conspiracy below the surface. Set on the fictional isla ...
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Comic Strip AP is a roleplaying game actual play podcast. The games involve two participants. They are recorded and released in sessions that last approximately fifteen minutes. This unique format is meant to be an analogue to old serialized comics, such as Prince Valiant or those found at the back of Dragon Magazine.
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A discussion podcast about story games and independent tabletop roleplaying games. Each week, Diana & Zack take a look at a new game. They review the game based off their play experience, discuss a topic inspired by the game, and talk about inspirational media.
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This is a podcast about tabletop roleplaying games. We cover the indie scene, story games, and the OSR.
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+1 Forward is a show about games using the Apocalypse Engine. We cover these games in play, and talk about the many flavors of games Powered by the Apocalypse. Each episode will have a discussion about mechanics, as well as an example of play.
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The UK's Premier RPG Podcast
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Rough Sketch is a Podcast that is designed to explore creativity. We talk to creative people about their processes and set up an improvised drawing challenge. Scheduled to release one episode a month.
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We were delighted to have returning guest Jason Cordova on to talk about all things Brindlewood Bay, The Gauntlet and more! The Gauntlet Feat of a Black Dragon The Darkened Threshold Burn After Running Unconventional GMs
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A playtest of a new Shakespeare roleplaying game. Act 2, Scene 5. Mary is playing Perdita from The Winter’s Tail Willow is playing Isabella from Measure For Measure And Holland is playing Helena from A Midsummer Night’s DreamBy Actual Story Podcasting
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Act 2, Scene 4: Shakespeare the RPG
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A playtest of a new Shakespeare roleplaying game. Act 2, Scene 4. A plot is uncovered! Perhaps. And then a long conversation about developing the rules. Mary is playing Perdita from The Winter’s Tail Willow is playing Isabella from Measure For Measure And Holland is playing Helena from A Midsummer Night’s Dream…
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A playtest of a new Shakespeare roleplaying game. Act 2, Scene 3. Wherein Spidey sence doth tingle. Mary is playing Perdita from The Winter’s Tail Willow is playing Isabella from Measure For Measure And Holland is playing Helena from A Midsummer Night’s DreamBy Actual Story Podcasting
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A playtest of a new Shakespeare roleplaying game. Act 2, Scene 2. Isabella discovers that buying a bombard is difficult. Mary is playing Perdita from The Winter’s Tail Willow is playing Isabella from Measure For Measure And Holland is playing Helena from A Midsummer Night’s DreamBy Actual Story Podcasting
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A playtest of a new Shakespeare roleplaying game. Act 2, Scene 1. New dresses and veils. Mary is playing Perdita from The Winter’s Tail Willow is playing Isabella from Measure For Measure And Holland is playing Helena from A Midsummer Night’s DreamBy Actual Story Podcasting
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Join us on The Gauntlet Discord server! Discussion 01:35 - The Undeniable playbook Media Recommendations 34:04 - The portrayal of Dorian Gray in Penny Dreadful 35:15 - Hellraiser and The Hellbound Heart 36:22 - Memoirs of a Geisha 37:00 - Castlevania Netflix series 38:43 - Bad Times at the El Royale 39:10 - Monkey Man…
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A playtest of a new Shakespeare roleplaying game. Act 1, Scene 3. The lying forest women are born. Mary is playing Perdita from The Winter’s Tail Willow is playing Isabella from Measure For Measure And Holland is playing Helena from A Midsummer Night’s DreamBy Actual Story Podcasting
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00:00:21 - Intro The Basic Crawl 00:01:03 - Overview 00:04:05 - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:45 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:15:33 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:19:42 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:22:57 - Taverns Companion Adventures 00:36:18 - Barkeep on the Borderlands Check out the Barkeep Jam…
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A playtest of a new Shakespeare roleplaying game. Act 1, Scene 1. Mary is playing Perdita from The Winter’s Tail Willow is playing Isabella from Measure For Measure And Holland is playing Helena from A Midsummer Night’s Dream In this scene, they arrive at the bridge and Isabella makes a complication.…
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A playtest of a new Shakespeare roleplaying game. Act 1, Scene 1. Mary is playing Perdita from The Winter’s Tail Willow is playing Isabella from Measure For Measure And Holland is playing Helena from A Midsummer Night’s DreamBy Actual Story Podcasting
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A playtest of a new Shakespeare roleplaying game. Act 1, Scene 0. Mary is playing Perdita from The Winter’s Tail Willow is playing Isabella from Measure For Measure And Holland is playing Helena from A Midsummer Night’s DreamBy Actual Story Podcasting
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Design Diary: Pizza Time! (Threat Level: White)
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Games We’ve Been Playing 01:30 - The Between game with a homebrew Mastermind 08:00 - The Between actual play campaigns Discussion 12:40 - Design Diary: Reflecting on our 4-day Pizza Time! writing binge Media Recommendations 41:50 - Dark Harvest and Maggie’s Grave 43:50 - Ted’s Caving Journal Join us on Discord!…
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The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:03:11 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:37 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:13:37 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:15:57 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:18:50 - They won’t want to miss this. Companion Adventures 00:36:20 - Music 00:38:05 - Books 00:39:15 - Archaeology J…
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How much should players contribute to the ttrpg experience? How much are they allowed too? The lads discuss getting more out of your gaming sessions.
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A Snake in the Bluegrass (of murder) pt 5
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An unexpected heartfelt moment (of murder). A Snake in the Bluegrass was written by Gabrial McCormack and can be found in the Unofficial Brindlewood Bay Mysteries. Find the Anthology here, on DrivethruRPG.By Actual Story Podcasting
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Live From the Spring Kraken 2024 in Germany, Gaz joined forces with game designer Robin D Laws and fellow Unconventional GM Guy Milner to give a seminar on running adventures games for ttrpgs. If you dig actual plays played with vim and vigour, check out the new Unconventional GMs YouTube channel.…
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A Snake in the Bluegrass (of murder) pt 4
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Y'all remember that this is a horror game, right? A Snake in the Bluegrass was written by Gabrial McCormack and can be found in the Unofficial Brindlewood Bay Mysteries. Find the Anthology here, on DrivethruRPG.By Actual Story Podcasting
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Design Diary: Pizza Time! (Threat Level: Dreaming)
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Games We’ve Been Playing 01:45 - Near Enough to Hell 08:05 - A God Must Feed Discussion 15:43 - Design Diary: Pizza Time Media Recommendations 51:25 - The Resolution and The Endless 53:42 - Fallout TV show 58:01 - Disco Deathtrap 01:01:03 - Delicious in Dungeon Join us on Discord!
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A Snake in the Bluegrass (of murder) pt 3
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Who will have the best time sneaking onto a tour bus? There's no way to know. A Snake in the Bluegrass was written by Gabrial McCormack and can be found in the Unofficial Brindlewood Bay Mysteries. Find the Anthology here, on DrivethruRPG.By Actual Story Podcasting
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A Snake in the Bluegrass (of murder) pt 2
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Wait! A Murder? Who could have predicted this? Probably everone will just go home. A Snake in the Bluegrass was written by Gabrial McCormack and can be found in the Unofficial Brindlewood Bay Mysteries. Find the Anthology here, on DrivethruRPG.By Actual Story Podcasting
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The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:04:17 - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:32 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:23:02 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:32:25 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:35:42 - The Hardboiled Hexcrawl Companion Adventures 00:48:46 - Films 00:50:29 - RPGs 00:52:00 - Books Join our Disco…
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How do you put more character in your #ttrpg character? You don't have to go full method actor, here are some simple and actionable ideas to get you started. If you dig actual plays played with vim and vigour, check out the new Unconventional GMs YouTube channel.
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A Snake in the Bluegrass (of murder) pt 1
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It's birthday time again! And what better way to spend your birthday than with your squad at a totally low key concert with certainly no murder. A Sake in the Bluegrass was written by Gabrial McCormack and can be found in the Unofficial Brindlewood Bay Mysteries. Find the Anthology here, on DrivethruRPG.…
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Discussion 01:60 - The American playbook Media Recommendations 37:00 - Deadwood & Justified 38:37- The Light Sublime trilogy
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Another rare afternoon with no murder. Instead of reading books at book club, our mavens consider this pile of Void Clues. And then travel through time. We recently published an anthology of new Brindlewood Bay mysteries! Find the Anthology here, on DrivethruRPG.By Actual Story Podcasting
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Games We’ve Been Playing 02:33 - Shadow Society 05:07 - Dr. Murdoch Discussion 09:04 - The Mother and the Orphan Media Recommendations 44:59 - The Autopsy of Jane Doe 45:40 - Scully autopsies in The X-Files
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Another rare afternoon with no murder. Instead of reading books at book club, our mavens consider this pile of Void Clues. We recently published an anthology of new Brindlewood Bay mysteries! Find the Anthology here, on DrivethruRPG.By Actual Story Podcasting
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Join us on Discord! Games We've Been Playing 01:45 - Alex's game of The Between: Empire of Shadows Discussion 07:01 - The Vessel Media Recommendations 41:10 - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell 42:32 - Our Share of Night
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Episode 186 – What Games Workshop Can Teach Us There's a lot of crossover between geeky hobbies, and with the lads both working for the big Games Workshop back in the day, what can skirmish games teach us about RPGs? If you dig actual plays played with vim and vigour, check out the new Unconventional GMs YouTube channel.…
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Sarah Bolling wrote the Brindlewood Bay mystery A Garden Variety Murder. And now we're going to talk about it, the way she thinks about writing, and some of her other work. Speaking of her other work: Itch.io account: https://bloody-gorgeous.itch.io/ The Between Season Three: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/392046/the-between-season-3 P…
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Sleeping Place of the Feathered Swine
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The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:02:56 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:06 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:15:11 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:16:20 - Gnarly Content Warning 00:22:57 - End of Gnarly Content 00:23:11 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:26:10 - Horror Noises and sound effects Companion …
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Let's try this again. With a timer! A Garden Variety Murder is written by Sarah Bolling and can be found in the anthology The Unofficial Brindlewood Bay Mysteries. Find the Anthology here, on DrivethruRPG. Special Guest: Guinnevere Stevens!By Actual Story Podcasting
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Episode 185 – Cities (aka Fantasy Tripadvisor) After wandering the wilderness and diving down dungeons, plucky adventurers wish to go to an enthralling city. Maybe your entire campaign is based around one location. The lads explore various cities from ttrgps and the merits and flaws thereof! If you dig actual plays played with vim and vigour, check…
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Episode 184 – Hot War, Cold City (with Jon Hodgson and Malcolm Craig) Joining the ‘cast this time, Jon Hodgson of Handiwork Games and RPG author and academic Malcolm Craig. The Cold War period and monster hunting in Berlin come to the fore as the lads dive into Hot War and Cold City among other great games from the Handiwork studio! You can find ou…
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Episode 183 – Unacceptable! (a.k.a. It’s Not You It’s Us) There are a plethora of gaming events to go to these days and you meet all kinds of people and playstyles. Often this is a cause for celebration, a way to pick up new ideas and techniques. Sometimes though, it’s suboptimal. There are still some people who haven’t got the memo about gaming wi…
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Episode 182 – How To GM with Justin Alexander The lads are delighted to have returning Good Friend of the Show, RPG producer and designer at Atlas Games, Justin Alexander. He’s got a new book coming out, available in all good purveyors of such things, So You Want To Be A Game Master. Join for great insights, some not seen or heard before on the Ale…
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