Dillin Apelyan

One Shot

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One Shot is a podcast about role playing games. Every month, host and Game Master Dillin Apelyan leads a group of players on a self-contained adventure. Every adventure will be wrapped up in 4-5 episodes in time for a new story, in a new system, with new players the following month. One Shot will explore every RP system possible to give listeners a sampling of the possibilities in the wide, world of roleplaying.

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Author

Dillin Apelyan

Category

Leisure

Podcast website

www.oneshotpodcast.com

Latest episode

Oct 1, 2026

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Episodes

405. Shape of Shadows: Scotch and Soda Part 3 03.05.2021

Our heroes work to keep party guests entertained while pursuing their secret goal of slipping a business card into the Mayor's jacket. However, JJ doesn't seem to understand there is something very wrong with the 'slight of hand" he is performing which keeps producing real wild animals that behave erratically. The party itself has a disquieting and ominous tone that unsettles Daisy and Pennsylvani...

404. Shape of Shadows: Scotch and Soda Part 2 27.04.2021

We finish creating characters, incidentally learning about the world's smallest whales along the way. Then our intrepid gig-economy drones head off to The Writing Hour for a truly unforgettable night of low-budget immersive theater work. When they arrive though, instructions are pretty unclear. Pre-Launch for The Shape of Shadows Get the Ultimate Micro RPG Book Now! Pre-order The Ultimate RPG Game...

403. Shape of Shadows: Scotch and Soda Part 1 19.04.2021

James, Jeeyon, Alex, and Stephen make characters working for a nightmare gig economy on-demand entertainment service who get booked to work a celebration at an exclusive club for magicians. Welcome to Los Angeles, Indiana! Pre-Launch for The Shape of Shadows Get the Ultimate Micro RPG Book Now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

402. A Green Hour Part 3 12.04.2021

Valerian and Other face the full consummation of their marriage. IF they both remain on the path set before them as scions, then they will shed their mortal formats and become a god. The future of their cultures and life on their world depends on their actions in this tender moment of true vulnerability. CONTENT NOTEThere are some pretty steam moments in this particular episode. They are not expli...

401. A Green Hour Part 2 05.04.2021

We learn more about Valerian and Other as they meet in person for the first time on their wedding night. CONTENT NOTEThis series contains intimate moments, examinations of cultural taboos, and beauty standards. There will be obvious but not explicit references to sex and sexuality. Pre-Launch for The Shape of Shadows Auditions for Orimar Vale are open! Character breakdown Send applications to audi...

400. A Green Hour Part 1 29.03.2021

James and Jeeyon create Valerian and Other, scions of ancient gods in a dying world. For centuries the world had been in slow collapse with cultures and their gods disappearing making an alarming number of biomes uninhabitable. Now two unlikely cultures have come together to unite their ways of life and gods in hopes that this union might save the world. Can these young scions overcome their cultu...

399. Trial Part 3 22.03.2021

The court has heard some extremely compelling testimony about Bruce Orson and his relationship to his alleged victim Abigail Burke. However, one figure has stood out through all of that testimony: The Shadow Lady, an extra-dimensional entity with the power to control minds. Could she have something to do with this terrible crime? CONTENT NOTEAlthough this game is capable of going to some very sens...

398. Trial Part 2 15.03.2021

Emily Burke, Abigail's sister takes the stand and gives the court better insight into Abigail's personality and potential conflicts within her social group. Then Abigail's boyfriend Max Bonner testifies and we learn some extremely relevant information about an individual in the social group Abigail kept at the Yellow Jacket Lounge. Finally, Roberta Orson, the accused's mother takes the stand and w...

397. Trial Part 1 09.03.2021

Dominique Dickey guides James, Ali Barthwell, and CJ Tuor through their courtroom storytelling RPG: Trial. We show you the over-the-top case of Bruce Orson, a Black man on trial for the murder of Abigail Burke, a white woman. We start off with the testimony of Clayton Mosely, the arresting officer. To put things generously, he is not very good at his job. CONTENT NOTEAlthough this game is capable...

396. Our Travelling Home Part 5 01.03.2021

The household prepares to face the Hexarch and an empire's worth of power gaming to claim the power held in Shine's heart. They bask in the few remaining sweet quiet moments they have together and try to say the words they never could before the calamity of war. Our Traveling Home on Kickstarter! Get the Ultimate Micro RPG Book Now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

395. Our Travelling Home Part 4 22.02.2021

Shine takes everyone to The Maul. It's not as fun as it sounds. Our Traveling Home on Kickstarter! Get the Ultimate Micro RPG Book Now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

394. Our Travelling Home Part 3 16.02.2021

Shine attempts to bring everyone together after the fight with a brilliant plan: Special Family Dinner. Surely nothing can go wrong with an elaborate social activity built on expectations of perfection and an earnest belief that it will fix everything. Our Traveling Home on Kickstarter! Get the Ultimate Micro RPG Book Now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

393. Our Travelling Home Part 2 09.02.2021

We continue moving through our character creation questions fleshing out our characters, home, and world! Once everything is in order, we start playing. Of course, any house containing beings as temperamental as Lament and Azranel with someone as flippant as Shine is bound to descend into bickering. Thankfully Sorrel is ready to be the adult this house has needed. Get ready for the Our Traveling H...

392. Our Travelling Home Part 1 01.02.2021

James welcomes Ash Krider onto the show to show off their new game based on Howl's Moving Castle. They are joined by Mel, D'Amato, Bee Zelda, and Aly Grauer to make a sweet family of extremely magical queers. Get ready for the Our Traveling Home Kickstarter! Get the Ultimate Micro RPG Book Now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

391. Anyone Can Wear the Mask Part 3 26.01.2021

Science city is on the brink as Nostradamus has finally outwitted Pux using the rules of her own powers against her. Max Murray has sworn to be Pux no more! Without a hero, Councilman Lurker and  Curie City could potentially lose all of the wonderful individuality of Science City. Will Max ever find the strength to return? Maybe a chat with Uncle Bill will help clear things up. Get Anyone Can Wear...

390. Anyone Can Wear the Mask Part 2 18.01.2021

We enter Science City! A place that would be completely at the mercy of corporate greed were it not for the tireless work of one person and Ground Hog's Day-style time loops. Get Anyone Can Wear the Mask! Get the Ultimate Micro RPG Book Now!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

389. Anyone Can Wear the Mask Part 1 11.01.2021

Jeff and James create a superhero and the absolutely BUCK WILD science city. Jeff maybe let James add too much nonsense to this world but it still turned out pretty great. Also, we get to celebrate Groundhog Day-style time loops! Get Anyone Can Wear the Mask! Pre-Order Now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

388. Blades in the Dark Part 4 04.01.2021

With the perfect vessel in place, The Order of the Jubilant slide needs only get them to the dollar room to complete their work. THE ULTIMATE MICRO RPG BOOKPre-Order Now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

387. Blades in the Dark Part 3 28.12.2020

The cult of Vashraliff struggles to manipulate their unknowing minion into place through attacking his doll collection. But they must hurry, the world will only be ready to accept the gifts of The Jubilant Slide if the Whisper Worm manages to take hold of Doskvol. THE ULTIMATE MICRO RPG BOOKPre-Order Now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

386. Blades in the Dark Part 2 21.12.2020

Behind the flaking gold lettering of the window to "Lavarift's Gifts" acolytes of The Order of the Jubilant Slide- the cult of Vashraliff prepare to answer a sacred call from The Spiral. Soon they will bring reverie to Duskvol, but the spiraling coil cannot pierce the veil without a vessel for joy. THE ULTIMATE MICRO RPG BOOKPre-Order Now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

385. Blades in the Dark Part 1 14.12.2020

James sits down Alan Linic and Stephen Kropa to introduce them to Doskvol an oppressive gray city that is certain to never be the same as they introduce a new cult "The Friends of Vashralif: The Order O' The Jubilant Slide." I can almost guarantee it is unlike any Blades Cult you have ever seen before. Worldbuilders 2020 End of Year Drive! Pre-Order The Ultimate Micro RPG Book! Make Georgia Twice...

384. Hammer of the Earth Part 5 07.12.2020

The outriders make their way through the switching station to the final resting place of their prize: The Mountain. They discover that the fuel there is strange and the creeping ruin surrounding it is extremely hostile. They will have to act quickly and make some extremely difficult decisions to rescue what they can and keep the Hammer moving. Worldbuilders 2020 End of Year Drive! Pre-Order The Ul...

383. Hammer of the Earth Part 4 01.12.2020

The outriders have to navigate under a spire spouting potentially lethal spores to reach an old switching station that will guide them to their fuel source. I'm sure nothing bad will happen to them at all at the switching station and everything will be fine. Pre-Order The Ultimate Micro RPG Book! Make Georgia Twice as Nice! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

382. Hammer of the Earth Part 3 23.11.2020

It's time for the Outriders to actually venture into the territory of the creeping ruin. They are relatively safe near the tracks and the vibrations of the Hammer which repel its influence. However, they will have to travel quite far to find the source of their fuel. Pre-Order The Ultimate Micro RPG Book! Make Georgia Twice as Nice! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

381. Hammer of the Earth Part 2 16.11.2020

The outriders have their mission: venture into the creeping ruin and find fuel to keep The Hammer moving. As long as the Hammer moves the rails rattle and humanity survives. This is their last chance, as it always is. Pre-Order The Ultimate Micro RPG Book! Make Georgia Twice as Nice!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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