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High school's tough enough without having to grapple with identity issues, a criminal past, or living in a whole new country. Add superpowers to the mix, and things are going to get weird this year at Phoenix Academy. Unlabelled AP is an actual play podcast of Masks: A New Generation by Magpie Games focusing on gender identity, friendship, responsibility, and what it means to be a hero.
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SuperIdols! RPG is a narrative play tabletop roleplaying podcast about aspiring teen idols with superpowers. Join GM ErynCerise and a table of queer, gender-diverse players for improvised stories with elements of high school comedy, magical girl anime, showbiz drama, and superhero action! The current campaign is played using Masks: A New Generation. New episodes every 3 weeks. Logo by @Prissmbell on Twitter. For more details and subscription options, visit https://superidolsrpg.wordpress.com
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Hosts Fiona -- a forever GM -- and Stephanie -- a professor and comics critic -- explore the multiverse of superhero TTRPGs with a variety of expert guests from the world of roleplaying games and comic books. In each 2-4 episode run of the show we do an actual play of a different superhero RPG to demonstrate how the game works at the table. Each run ends with a detailed discussion of the system, where we talk about what kinds of superhero stories each game helps tell, how effective they are ...
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Today on SuperIdols! RPG, Round 1 of CING Star is over, which gives our heroes a little bit of breathing room. But not for too long, because they still have to contend with their next big obstacle — midterms!! Cast: Dana Lexa (she/her, @AuthorX) as Valerie Pearce / Violence Violet Tea (they/them) as Angie Blake / Bane Kitten Luca (he/they, @QueenBe…
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Episode 39: CING Star Round 1 - Crescendos
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Today on SuperIdols! RPG, after an extended commercial break, Melody Parsons is back to catch you up on everything you missed from RhythMixx's first round of the CING Star tournament. Did all your favourites make it through to the next round? Did anyone fail to make the cut? Cast: Dana Lexa (she/her, @AuthorX) as Valerie Pearce / Violence Violet Te…
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Marvelous (back matter) w/ Emily Buza and Jay Edidin
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Let’s do some talking about S. Donnelly and Hannah Rogers’ Marvelous! Our guests, Emily Buza and Jay Edidin, who you know from their respective podcasts Whelmed: The Young Justice Files and Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men, are with us to talk character creation, what makes this game tick, and give some comic book recommendations that fit with our c…
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Marvelous (AP 2/2) w/ Emily Buza and Jay Edidin
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It’s time for the 2nd half of our actual play of S. Donnelly and Hannah Rogers’ Marvelous! This is a Belonging Outside Belonging game of teen heroes, villains, and mundane friends. We’re fortunate to be joined by two powerhouses of comic podcasting: Emily Buza, who you know from Whelmed: The Young Justice Files, and Jay Edidin, who you know from Ja…
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Marvelous (AP 1/2) w/ Emily Buza and Jay Edidin
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We are kicking off our second year with a phenomenal run, playing S. Donnelly and Hannah Rogers’ Marvelous, a Masks-inspired Belonging Outside Belonging game. This is a game about super teens, but not necessarily a super team. Our characters are two heroes finding their powers and their voice, a villain struggling to come into his own, and Brethyn.…
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We’re celebrating a year of podcasting with an annual episode (never not using comic book metaphors)! Hosts Fiona and Stephanie answer some listener questions, talk about what we’ve learned in a year of superhero RPGs, and talk about a few things we’re excited about for the next year. Will we find the best superhero business RPG? Will Fiona be able…
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Cypher/Claim the Sky (Back Matter) w/ Armaan Babu and Ian Gregory
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Cyphers! Pools! Adjectives, nouns, and verb phrases! Armaan and Ian are with us to dig into Cypher and discuss how it handles superheroic characters and stories. Cypher System is a setting-agnostic RPG from Monte Cook Games. We’re using their Claim the Sky add-on book to inform how to adapt it to superheroic characters and settings. Find out more a…
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Cypher/Claim the Sky (AP 2/2) w/ Armaan Babu and Ian Gregory
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It’s the 2nd half of our Cypher System / Claim the Sky AP. We’re re-joined by Armaan Babu and Ian Gregory as three heroes unlock the secrets of The Zephyr’s underground puzzle dungeon in order to save their friend. Cypher System is a setting-agnostic RPG from Monte Cook Games. We’re using their Claim the Sky add-on book to inform how to adapt it to…
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Cypher/Claim the Sky (AP 1/2) w/ Armaan Babu and Ian Gregory
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Two of our Team-Up Moves All Stars are back to play Cypher System and the Claim the Sky setting book! Our heroes are delving into a supervillain’s death trap in search of a lost friend. What dangers await them there? What amazing technology will they find? And who else might be doing their own scavenging? Cypher System is a setting-agnostic RPG fro…
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Masks: A New Generation (Back Matter) w/ James Malloy and Indi Tan
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It’s time to talk about Masks: A New Generation with two of our favorite Masks GMs: James Malloy of Protean City Comics and Indi Tan of Dice Comics are with us to share their perspectives on this game, what makes it tick, and what parts they actually… kind of ignore. Listen as we talk about character creation, the labels mechanism, and share some o…
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Masks: A New Generation (AP 2/2) w/ James Malloy and Indi Tan
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We’ve got the second half of our Masks: A New Generation AP! James Malloy of Protean City Comics and Indi Tan of Dice Comics are back to finish out this delightful story. Things heat up as Artie tracks down the mysterious figure in the library and discovers she is his missing princess pal, Ness, but she’s not happy to see him. Meanwhile, Gekko unwi…
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Masks: A New Generation (AP 1/2) w/ James Malloy and Indi Tan
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It is time for the modern classic, the best superhero TTRPG there is, darling of the podcast scene, Masks: A New Generation by Brendan Conway and published by Magpie Games. We have been saving this game for some very special guests and we found them. James Malloy of Protean City and Indi Tan of Dice Comics came through for a phenomenal AP and insig…
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See Issue X (Back Matter) w/ Connor Goldsmith
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We played See Issue X and now it’s time to talk about it! We’re joined by our special guest, Connor Goldsmith of the Cerebro podcast, to learn about his history with comics and TTRPGs, and then dig in to what makes See Issue X tick and what it says about superhero stories. Find out more about See Issue X, by Chris Longhurst, at https://potatocubed.…
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We’re back to play See Issue X with our special guest, Connor Goldsmith of the Cerebro podcast. Join us for one more arc as The Sibyl and Chimera deal with an old enemy who hits very close to home. Find out more about See Issue X at https://potatocubed.itch.io/see-issue-x The Cast Connor Goldsmith (he/him, @dreamoforgonon) — Charlotte Bishop (“The …
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See Issue X (AP 1/2) w/ Connor Goldsmith
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We’ve got our decks of cards and we’re ready to deal with the hash demands of superhero continuity of See Issue X with our special guest, Connor Goldsmith of the Cerebro podcast. Find out more about See Issue X at https://potatocubed.itch.io/see-issue-x The Cast Connor Goldsmith (he/him, @dreamoforgonon) — Charlotte Bishop (“The Sibyl”) Stephanie B…
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Spectaculars (Back Matter) w/ Seanan McGuire and Shana Hausman
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We are closing out our run of Spectaculars from Rodney Thompson and Scratchpad Publishing with our back matter, when we talk about the game mechansims, how they fit in with super hero fiction, and give you some stellar comic book and novel recommendations. We also spend some time talking with Seanan McGuire about her history with RPGs and some of h…
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Spectaculars (AP 2/2) w/ Seanan McGuire and Shana Hausman
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We are back to play Spectaculars with Seanan McGuire, one of our favorite author, known for Middlegame, the Wayward Children and October Daye series of novels, and many others. Across Gliding, Emmett Low, and Lily have boarded the ragged-looking Facilitator spaceship (with cyborg-cat-person-from-the-future L reluctantly in tow) to find who triggere…
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Spectaculars (AP 1/2) w/ Seanan McGuire and Shana Hausman
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It’s one of our favorite writers! Playing an RPG with us! This run is Spectaculars by Rodney Thompson, and we’re joined by none other than Seanan McGuire, author of Middlegame, the Wayward Children and October Daye series of novels, and many others. Our characters, crew of a space ship they accidentally stole, were about to leave Earth when said sh…
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Episode 38: CING Star Round 1 - Opening Moves
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Today on SuperIdols! RPG, Cadence Idol News Network brings you highlights from the first half of RhythMixx's Round 1 tournament matches. Cast: Dana Lexa (she/her, @AuthorX) as Valerie Pearce / Violence Violet Tea (they/them) as Angie Blake / Bane Kitten Drak (he/they, @Drakoniques) as Jaiden Lott / Elementum Luca (he/they, @QueenBe15160871) as Alle…
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Episode 37.5: Flashback - A Meeting with Yasmin
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Today on SuperIdols! RPG, we flash back briefly to a few weeks before the CING Star Tournament and see how ViVi got her new outfit. Cast: Dana Lexa (she/her, @AuthorX) as Valerie Pearce / Violence Violet ErynCerise (she/her, @eryncerise) as The GM Support SuperIdols! RPG on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superidolsrpg ---------- Logo Art: Prissmb…
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A City of Shining Stars (Back Matter) w/ Jeff Stormer
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It’s time to dissect A City of Shining Stars by Aaron Lim, with our guest from this run, Jeff Stormer. For our Origin Story segment, we took the opportunity to interview Jeff about how he prepped for this game with a lifetime of watching, reading, and studying superhero stories. Back Issues Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross (1994). The influenti…
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A City of Shining Stars (AP 2/2) w/ Jeff Stormer
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We’re back with Jeff Stormer of Party of One and All My Fantasy Children — not to mention Anyone Can Wear the Mask — to play Aaron Lim’s A City of Shining Stars. We’re using this superhero city-building game to develop the history of New Olympia, a parallel-universe version of New Arcadia. Find all of Aaron Lim’s games here: https://ehronlime.itch.…
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A City of Shining Stars (AP 1/2) w/ Jeff Stormer
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This run we’re joined by Jeff Stormer of Party of One and All My Fantasy Children — not to mention Anyone Can Wear the Mask — to play Aaron Lim’s A City of Shining Stars. We’re using this superhero city-building game to develop the history of New Olympia, a parallel-universe version of New Arcadia. Find all of Aaron Lim’s games here: https://ehronl…
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Sentinel Comics (Back Matter) w/ Ian Gregory and Ceci Mancuso
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Time to talk about Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game! In this back matter episode we go over the remarkable guided character creation mechanism, the balance between narrative and simulationist play, and Fiona breaks out a spreadsheet to report on probabilities. Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game was co-developed with Critical Hits Studios an…
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Sentinel Comics (AP 3/3) w/ Ian Gregory and Ceci Mancuso
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The conclusion to our actual play of Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game from Greater Than Games. Our heroes have a note from Time Keeper’s future self telling them to go to Monomer’s company office at midnight in a few days. How will they prepare? What will happen when the clock strikes 12:00? The Cast Ian Gregory (they/them, @fissionmale) — Urs…
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Sentinel Comics (AP 2/3) w/ Ian Gregory and Ceci Mancuso
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Part two of our actual play of Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game from Greater Than Games. There’s a volcano in the middle of the Grandsmeddow that is being brought forward in time by a strange device. Our heroes need to contend with an angry fire-wielding supervillain, Flame Jane, and quite a few lava wurms as they work to get to the device and…
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Sentinel Comics (AP 1/3) w/ Ian Gregory and Ceci Mancuso
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We’ve got Ian and Ceci back to play Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game from Greater Than Games. It’s time for some good ol’ superheroing as a volcano erupts in the middle of New Arcadia. Can our heroes—a scientist/entrepreneur with a powered suit of her own making, a college dropout who stole the wrong magical artifact from the mob, and Ursula, …
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