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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Dillin Apelyan

Episodes

51. One Last Job 07.07.2014 55:40

This week James D'Amato, Patrick Winegar (Brandon Lightening aka Myserique), Kat Murphy (Trixie LaRoux), John Patrick Coan (Leon Kameilski aka The Chameleon), and Alex Nichols (Larry "Lefty" LaRoux) get together for ONE LAST JOB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

50. Police Cops- Brooklyn Alaska Part 2 30.06.2014 1:14:29

The Villainous machinations of Tom Frankle get even worse as we discover the President is visiting. Can Brookln's (Alaska) finest defeat Rick Moranis and his band of Newfie thugs in time!? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

49. Police Cops- Brooklyn Alaska 23.06.2014 1:12:43

James asked friend of the show Dan Stauffer, newcomer Brian Moody, and special guest General Ironicus to play Police Cops! is a pulpy action based police procedural game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

48. Time Watch Part 3 16.06.2014 1:13:48

It's save the universe time as the brave agents of Time Watch discover the dark meaning behind the Seven Wonders of the world. The fate of the current timeline is with them. Can our heroes save the earth? Can Carmen San Diego be trusted? Is Mace Hunter/Skegg going to be a thing!? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

47. Time Watch Part 2 09.06.2014 1:12:28

The plot thickens as the team heads to the great wall of china to investigate the remaining wonders of the world before they are lost to history forever! There they come face to face with the dastardly villain behind this plot, but is she friend or foe? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

46. Time Watch Part 1 06.06.2014 1:05:53

This week James and the board of the Chicago Loot Drop charity play the beta edition of Time Watch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

45. Princesses and Palaces Part 2 26.05.2014 54:00

The royal hijinks continue as the princesses discover the gates to the lost castle in the kingdom of adventure. What sort of horrors await them inside? Skeltons? Litches? BOYS!? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

44. Princesses and Palaces Part 1 19.05.2014 48:49

This week James, Kat Murphy, Courtney Crary, and Justine Kruger embrace their inner ten year old girl to play Princesses and Palaces. Created by two parents to introduce role playing to their daughter P&P combines high adventure with girlish fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

43. Gangland 12.05.2014 1:08:33

This week James invited Alex Manich, Maggie Dempsey, and special guest cartoonist Kevin Budnik over to play Gangland. This game is special to James because he designed it. As you can imagine, being a James D'Amato system, it is gloriously dumb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

42. Lasers and Feelings Part 2 05.05.2014 1:09:07

The Otherworld Theater Company is back! Captain Sheniqua Andromeda, sexy Space Doctor James Ambros III, and Bio-droid companion B.E.N.N.U. 4208 must investigate a quantum tunnel in order to save the galaxy from space zombies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

41. Lasers and Feelings Part 1 28.04.2014 1:20:55

This week James is Joined by members of Chicago's Otherworld Theater company for some high melodrama space adventure run in the truly delightful, Lasers and Feelings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

40. Call Of Cthulhu Pulp Heroes Part 2 25.04.2014 2:15:49

Batman, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Tom Riddle, and The Doctor chase down the mysterious doctor Faust to recover the necromonicon. Their chase leads them to a conspiracy that could end up threatening the world, space time, and most importantly, AMERICA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

39. Pulp Cthulhu Part 1 21.04.2014 1:59:59

In order to support our boys fighting over seas Wayne Industries has organized a charity auction to raise money for war bonds. The auction will rent antiquities from the Wayne private collection, as well as a few on loan from the nearby Miskatonic University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

38. Flight of the Robins Part 2 17.04.2014 2:07:31

After finding the Flamingo and Black Mask dead at the hands of Deathstroke our heroes still have no idea what happened to Batman. Meanwhile the Joker and Mad Hatter are missing from Arkham, and army of hypnotized teens in red hoods is doing dirty work all over the city, and as if that wasn't bad enough, someone has actually broken IN to Black Gate. When it rains it pours, and in Gotham it is monso...

37. Flight of the Robins Part 1 14.04.2014 1:51:57

Dedicated heroes might recognize Flight of the Robins from one of ONE SHOT first posts on P&HS. Flight of the Robins is one of James' gencon traditions, it is also a Shadowrun 4th edition module that is available for download right here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

36. Everyone is Joker 07.04.2014 1:57:40

This week as part of our month long C2E2 celebration, James invites John Patrick Coen, Chuck Pettitt, and Luke Null to climb in tide the head of the Clown Prince of Crime to bring some mayhem to Gotham City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

34. Even More Dungeon World Part 3 01.04.2014 1:22:42

This week Alex changes the plot of the entire game with an off handed remark, Collin learns not to make people endure their greatest fears, Maggie has to soothe the heart of a frightened beast with a song, and Jessa gets closer to her god. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

35. X-People 01.04.2014 1:11:13

Today, we invite Brandon Shockney, Rich Alfonzo, and special guest Matt D Wilson to play Fiasco. We are using a playset written by Sam Kaye and James D’Amato that is available for download right here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

33. Even More Dungeon World 2 26.03.2014 1:19:29

This week our party makes a deal with Lucifer the trustworthy after recovering the fabled “Audio Codex.” The gang learns about the customary drinks of the region they wandered into. And Collin has fun turning into various animals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

32. Even More Dungeon World 24.03.2014 1:23:24

In a spiritual sequel to The Crazy Partiers, James leads Alex Manich, Maggie Dempsey, Collin Cunningham, and Jessa Eden-Quinn on another madcap fantasy romp. Apart from Jessa, everyone is new to RPGs and ready to learn! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31. Dungeon World Part 3 17.03.2014 1:25:37

We wrap up this week’s Dungeon World series with climactic battle that the party was absolutely not expecting, or even remotely prepared for. Can Kat, Alex, Maggie, and Tricia think their way out of this one? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30. Dungeon World Part 2 10.03.2014 1:05:59

This week our heroes lean the joys of of the random encounter! Trinket plays with poisons,, Bangarang shoots fireballs no matter who gets hurt, Baby Blues lays down some sweet jams and Red Fox gets caught in the cross fire, and the whole group makes goat puns. Because of course they do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29. Dungeon World Part 1 03.03.2014 1:01:52

This week James is back in the DM’s chair playing Dungeon World with Kat Murphy, new comer Maggie Dempsey, Alex Manich of The Overshare, and Tricia Bobeda of WBEZ’s Nerdette Podcast. Join our heroes on a quest for “The Song book of mighty Comebacks!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28. Star Wars Edge of the Empire Part 3 24.02.2014 1:46:16

In the bowels of the Death Star Leenik Geelo, Trystan Valentine, R2-D20, and Bacta have found Tamlin Jorun. However, their rescue mission may be more difficult than they anticipated as the obedience tattoos on the boy’s face have been completed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27. Star Wars Edge of the Empire Part 2 18.02.2014 1:30:56

The crew has been tasked with rescuing Grizel’s son from the clutches of Ava Arrak. Now or band of heroes must steel themselves to match wits with the Hand of the Emperor… or dress up as storm troopers and tool around for half an hour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices