Merely Roleplayers

We establish some connections between the characters, and learn more about Melody’s tattoos. Programme notes This production contains blood, gore, and references to childhood trauma. Our promo this episode is for Modified Roll , a Dungeons & Dragons actual play. Season 2 started recently with a new Dungeon Master and new players - it’s a great place to jump aboard! Dramatis personae and other...

Quarry, Act One of Four: In which a determined hunter sharpens his blade; a reluctant hunter comes to town; and the hunt marks its quarry. Programme notes This production contains blood, gore, and references to childhood trauma. While we were off the air here on the podcast feed, we put on a whole production on Youtube! The Feed is a slow-burn comic horror mystery set in a Big Brother house where...

Announcing The Feed, a new Studio production - and Merely Roleplayers’ first video series! In The Feed, seven contestants enter the house for a new series of the hit reality TV programme Big Brother. But they’ll soon discover that the reality is much, much stranger than they signed up for… Programme notes Watch The Feed on the Merely Roleplayers Youtube channel Credits THE FEED is a Studio product...

Un-broadcast interview footage from the doomed documentary ‘The Making of The Andromeda Ward’ sheds light on the programme’s cancellation. Programme notes This production contains comic body horror, including mistreatment of human remains. Credits STARRING: - Helen Stratton as Hetty Braithwaite, playing Jemima Jones - Chris MacLennan as Judd Talisker, playing Rhys Haplock, radiologist - Ellen Goul...

The Lost Andromeda Ward Christmas Special, Act 2 of 2: What will it cost our heroes to outwit the hyperintelligent slime? And will Jésus have a merry birthday? Programme notes This production contains comic body horror, including mistreatment of human remains. Our promo this episode is for The Secret of St Kilda , an audio drama by Haggis and Dragons Productions. Follow Lockie, a charismatic con m...

The documentary ‘The Making of The Andromeda Ward’ was never broadcast, but some of the interview footage can still be found in dusty corners of the internet. Programme notes This production contains comic body horror, including mistreatment of human remains. Credits STARRING: - Helen Stratton as Hetty Braithwaite, playing Jemima Jones - Chris MacLennan as Judd Talisker, playing Rhys Haplock, radi...

The Lost Andromeda Ward Christmas Special, Act 1 of 2: A slippery adversary interrupts preparations for a significant birthday at Bristol General Hospital. Programme notes This production contains comic body horror, including mistreatment of human remains. Credits STARRING: - Helen Stratton as Hetty Braithwaite, playing Jemima Jones - Chris MacLennan as Judd Talisker, playing Rhys Haplock, radiolo...

Only six episodes of The Andromeda Ward were ever broadcast. These newly resurfaced backstage recordings may reveal what went wrong with the infamous lost Christmas special. Programme notes This production contains comic body horror, including mistreatment of human remains. Credits STARRING: - Helen Stratton as Hetty Braithwaite, playing Jemima Jones - Chris MacLennan as Judd Talisker, playing Rhy...

Originally published by International Podcast Month and shared with permission. Every September, International Podcast Month releases an all-new podcast episode every day. Find all the September 2021 episodes at internationalpodcastmonth.com . Dust Wardens is a Powered by the Apocalypse system which uses tarot cards instead of dice to determine outcomes. It is set in a post-apocalyptic world where...

No one knows what happened to the Blackout Four - only that none of them survived that final dark night. Merely Roleplayers hope to reconstruct the events of that night, live on stage. Part seance, part crime scene reconstruction, part roleplaying game, Lights Out is a fight against fate to seize a glimmer of hope - before the dark draws in. Programme notes This production contains darkness and tr...

We look back at Vigil: Bad Dog. What did we achieve? What could have been different? And what does it all mean for the future of Sherrydown? Programme notes This production contains drug use, gross tentacles, and fantasy violence with some injury detail. Our promo this episode is for Monster Hour , a grimcamp Monster of the Week actual play set in the town of Firmament, Colorado. Dramatis personae...

Bad Dog, Act Five of Five: In which a community joins hands against unfathomable powers; and two cunning women receive unwelcome offers. Programme notes This production contains drug use, gross tentacles, and fantasy violence with some injury detail. Our next Studio production will be Andromeda Ward Xmas, a festive paranormal hospital melodrama in two acts. We’ll be playing The Andromeda Ward by C...

Not everyone in Sherrydown is an ageless, magical monster slayer. Let’s meet some of the town’s ordinary folks. Programme notes This production contains drug use, gross tentacles, and fantasy violence with some injury detail. Our promo this episode is for Upriver, Downriver, a tarot-inspired pastoral fantasy roleplaying game about sailing a ship on a magical river. Created by Ella Watts and Max Br...

Bad Dog, Act Four of Five: In which a problem is not so much solved as displaced; the village green is vandalised; and Percy leverages her reputation. Programme notes This production contains drug use, gross tentacles, and fantasy violence with some injury detail. A Spy in the Stalls calls Lights Out, our first stage show, “thrillingly unconventional” and “absolutely worth your time”. Our promo th...

Maiden, mother, crone. Past, present, future. We establish some lore about Gwynned’s mistress, the triple goddess Morrigan. Programme notes This production contains drug use, gross tentacles, and fantasy violence with some injury detail. Our promo this episode is for The Prestige , a film podcast hosted by a filmmaker and a film academic, diving deep into a single film each episode. Dramatis perso...

Bad Dog, Act Three of Five: In which the occupation of Sherrydown expands; archaeological fraud is mooted; and hounds and ravens make their voices heard. Programme notes This production contains drug use, gross tentacles, and fantasy violence with some injury detail. Tickets are now on sale for Lights Out , the first Merely Roleplayers stage show, at 8:30pm on Saturday 24 October at the Pleasance...

We come up with some background about magical organisations in Vigil’s England, some of which will be highly relevant to Bad Dog. Programme notes This production contains drug use, gross tentacles, and fantasy violence with some injury detail. Tickets are now on sale for Lights Out , the first Merely Roleplayers stage show, at 8:30pm on Sunday 24 October at the Pleasance Theatre in Islington, Lond...

Bad Dog, Act Two of Five: In which a threat is named; a girl ignores a warning from her elders; and Gwynned (among others) is made to feel unwelcome. Programme notes This production contains drug use, gross tentacles, and fantasy violence with some injury detail. Tickets are now on sale for Lights Out , the first Merely Roleplayers stage show, at 8:30pm on Sunday 24 October at the Pleasance Theatr...

We establish some connections between the characters, including Vigil’s first canon ship. Programme notes This production contains drug use, gross tentacles, and fantasy violence with some injury detail. Tickets are now on sale for Lights Out , the first Merely Roleplayers stage show, at 8:30pm on Sunday 24 October at the Pleasance Theatre in Islington, London, as part of the London Horror Festiva...

Bad Dog, Act One of Five: In which local youths are hounded from their usual haunts; their elders rush to investigate; and a romantic trip is interrupted. Programme notes This production contains drug use, gross tentacles, and fantasy violence with some injury detail. Tickets are now on sale for Lights Out , the first Merely Roleplayers stage show, at 8:30pm on Sunday 24 October at the Pleasance T...

The cast reflect on their favourite moments, what it was like to share the gamemaster responsibility, and some theories and questions about what happened after the story finished. Programme notes Tickets are now on sale for Lights Out, the first Merely Roleplayers stage show, at 8:30pm on Saturday 24 October at the Pleasance Theatre in Islington, London, as part of the London Horror Festival. It’s...

The crew of the Mustang Sally make an important discovery on the Trinary Noon. Can they use what they learn to save the galaxy, or will the Mandate prove too relentlessly interminable to overthrow? Programme notes Save the date: Lights Out, the first Merely Roleplayers stage show, is at 8:30pm on Saturday 24 October, at the Pleasance Theatre in Islington, London, as part of the London Horror Festi...

Our cast describe the people their characters have relationships with, choose the desires for each of the game’s four pillars, and finally do a little idle dreaming to set the scenario for this season’s story. Programme notes The Researcher is a playbook for galactic 2nd edition, inspired by characters like Lyntel'luroon, Eno Cordova, and Doctor Aphra. Matt wrote it and you can buy it to create an...

As Mandate troopers descend on the crew of the Mustang Sally, Revan and Val attempt to neutralise the threat while the others begin to unlock the mysteries of the ominous Trinary Noon. Programme notes The Researcher is a playbook for galactic 2nd edition, inspired by characters like Lyntel'luroon, Eno Cordova, and Doctor Aphra. Matt wrote it and you can buy it to create and play your own galactic...

Our cast introduces the space characters they’ve created, which playbooks they’ll be using, and how the characters are connected. Programme notes The Researcher is a playbook for galactic 2nd edition, inspired by characters like Lyntel'luroon, Eno Cordova, and Doctor Aphra. Matt wrote it and you can buy it to create and play your own galactic Researcher ! Our promo this episode is for The Prestige...