Party of One Podcast

It's Christmas Eve and you know that means--time for some holiday magic with my dear friend Brandon Leon-Gambetta. This year, we're fighting off evil holiday spirits in Blood Yule , a winter-themed expansion for Bar the Windows, Bolt the Doors. Can we survive murderous elves, robot toys, and The Toymaker? Listen and find out! BLOOD YULE: https://stoneshore.itch.io/blood-yule NATIONAL BAIL...

Another holiday treat for you, Party People--a second feed drop of a show I truly love! Sidequesting is an award-winning scripted fiction podcast about avoiding the main plot and doing sidequests instead. If you love stories of helping people out, and finding the real adventure along the way, you'll love it. Check out Sidequesting at https://sidequestingpod.com/ Episode description: which Rion...

Party People, something extra special for you while you wait for our 2025 Season to kick off: A special Feed Drop of the season 2 premiere of I Seduce the Dragon ! You heard GM Jess on our recent Mothership episode, playing a crew directly based on the IStD players--now check out the whole show. Tohri is covered in blood, not clothing. Gentry has some new followers to protect. And Erastus has a fu...

Depthe is an actual play performer and designer, who you can hear on Total Party Kiss , as well as a myriad other places across the Internet. We sat down for a truly lovely game of Last Tea Shop , a solo journaling RPG about a witch managing a tea shop on the border of the living and the dead. This one gets real emotional, y'all. LAST TEA SHOP: https://springvillager.itch.io/last-tea-shop-comp...

Ryan is a writer, playwright, director, and one of the hosts of Nation of Animation , a cartoon book club podcast for all ages! We sat down to play The Moon Fucking Hates You , a game about the Moon, and You, and how the Moon fucking hates you. THE MOON FUCKING HATES YOU: https://hollycrown.itch.io/tmfhy NATION OF ANIMATION: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nation-of-animation/id1547101103 RY...

Jess is a Hollywood sound professional and DM of I Seduce the Dragon , a D&D AP podcast in which rocket scientist, a cowgirl, a pornstar, and a mom walk into a dungeon ... and those are just the players. We blast off to the horrifying reaches of the unknown in Mothership, the award-winning sci-fi horror RPG! I SEDUCE THE DRAGON: https://www.istdpod.com/ MOTHERSHIP: https://www.tuesdayknightgam...

Sean is a professional Game Master, video creator, and INCREDIBLE advocate for the world of TTRPGs. We sat down to play a faction-filled game of Worlds Without Harmony , a game of ideological conflicts, unanswerable questions, and the people caught up in them. You'll dig this episode if you like: Superheroes (specifically, the NBC masterpiece Heroes ), inventive worldbuilding, folk heroes, and...

Michael is the host of the Fine Dining podcast , where he deep dives into the histories of your favorite chain restaurants to fine the ultimate 5-out-of-10 "fine" dining experience. He's also a huge wrestling fan, so it only felt natural that we lean into that with a game of El Inmortal Unmasked in the Main Event, telling the stories of the greatest rivalry in wrestling history. FINE D...

Adam Vass is one of my favorite game designers in the world, full stop. And I don't say that lightly--look how many game designers have been on the pod. We sat down to play Ever Dream This Man?, a game about confronting the mysterious figure that haunts your dreams. Part Two of the World Champ Late Night Double Feature Podcast Spectacular -- check out part 1, Press Play with Eric Prister, also...

Eric Prister is the producer and GM for Nature of My Game, a horror-themed story-focused Actual Play podcast. We sat down for (what else?) a spook-tacular session of Press Play, a found footage horror game about people recording their encounter with the supernatural, paired with the people doomed to watch the footage. Part One of the World Champ Late Night Double Feature Podcast Spectacular -- che...

J is one of the Dungeon Masters for Planet Arcana , and the co-designer of A Fool's Errand , a tarot-fueled science fantasy game set in a vibrant post-calamity world of Androids, Humans, and those in between. We sit down to build out characters and explore the world of the game, discovering a calamitous, world-shaking Big Oops along the way--and asking the question "what is life like for t...

Eleanor is a member of Audacious Machine Creative , and executive producer of Unwell , an award-winning audio drama about conspiracies, ghosts, and unusual families of blood and choice. Her new podcast, World Gone Wrong , is a fictional chat show about friendship at the end of the world, focused on two longtime friends on opposites sides of a country beset by werewolves, vampires, aliens, and ever...

AJ is an Actual Play performer, video editor, cosplayer, and (like me) a wearer of many hats; you can most recently hear them on the latest arc of One Shot, playing Machine Impossible , and as a player on The Lurking Legends (a rotating GM, One Piece-inspired Actual Play series). We sat down for a game of Friendly Neighborhood Superhero, a game about superheroic action and protecting your communit...

Chris is a voice actor, actual play producer, and founder of Taíno Tales , an award-nominated, queer latine-led TTRPG actual play channel. We sit down to play Ironsworn Starforged, and encounter a horrifying discovery and a dangerous showdown on a snow-blighted wasteland planet! IRONSWORN STARFORGED: https://tomkinpress.com/pages/ironsworn-starforged TAINO TALES: https://www.youtube.com/@TainoTale...

Evan is the designer of Giant of Light, a love letter to tokusatsu media and Giant Hero shows like Ultraman! We chat about superheroes, MMA, aliens, the city of Philadelphia (Go Birds), and Street Fighter as we play through a session of the game. GIANT OF LIGHT: https://rudojudo.itch.io/giant-of-light EVAN McDEVITT: https://bsky.app/profile/rudojudo.bsky.social BLACK LIVES MATTER:  https://blackli...

Patrick is a Philadelphia-based performer and producer of THAWING, a solo show happening at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival this month. We sit down to play Pale Dot by Devin Nelson, and explore a strange alien cosmos with our... deeply odd crew of nonhuman cosmonauts! For more Pale Dot, check out the newest episode of Party of One (Plus One) on the Patreon feed for a special session with the game...

Jason is the designer of Desperation: The Isabel, a haunting historical horror game of a doomed cod-fishing vessel on the Gulf of Alaska in 1888 (as well as Fiasco, Grey Ranks , and a tremendous number of other hugely influential games). We set sail on the Gulf to explore what happens to this doomed crew as a storm overwhelms them... and then Hell comes with it. DESPERATION:  https://bullypulpitga...

Sam is the host of Dice Exploder, an ENnie-nominated podcast where game designers break down the specific mechanics of their favorite TTRPGs (as well as an incredible game designer in his own right). We sat down to play Desperation (Dead House), a historical horror RPG, based on real history, about a small community in Kansas facing an oppressive, deadly winter. Who will survive being pushed to th...

Thom is an actor, improviser, TTRPG enthusiast, and cast member on Green Mountain Mysteries , a Dresden Files Actual Play on the Pocket Podcast Network . We stared down the shadows in a game of Fear the Taste of Blood , a TTRPG about a group of survivors fending off a classic movie monster! Get ready... FOR THE WRATH OF THE CROCODILE MAN! FEAR THE TASTE OF BLOOD: https://ratwavegamehouse.itch.io/f...

Akemi is a profilic designer of tabletop games, including Frills of Justice and Friendship and Searching for my Solemate , as well as a massive fan of Tokusatsu shows such as Kamen Rider . And that's exactly why we sat down to play a game of LUMEN RYDER CORE , a game of superpowered masked heroes battling an evil organization! LUMEN RYDER CORE: https://babblegumsam.itch.io/lumen-ryder-core AKE...

Austin is the host of Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries , a podcast breaking down the untold stories behind questions such as "Why does Charles Entertainment Cheese love birthdays so much?" and "Why are Saturday Morning Cartoons such Toy Commercials?", as well as one of the designers of Kids in Capes . We sit down to play The Weaver's Observatory , an adventure about a despera...

Adam Macias is a comedian, and host of That Was Wild , a podcast where comedians and strangers on the Internet share their craziest stories. We talk Florida Men, horror, and shitty AirBnBs as we play Bar the Windows, Bolt the Doors , an RPG about defending your home from horrifying monstrosities. BAR THE WINDOWS, BOLT THE DOORS: https://stoneshore.itch.io/bar-the-windows-bolt-the-doors ADAM MACIAS...

Two outlaws are stuck in a boarded up saloon together. Something is outside, trying to get in. Things are going to get worse before the night is over. "The best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep." THE LAST HAND: https://airborneham.itch.io/the-last-hand ERIC FABER: https://www.airborneham.games/ BLACK LIVES MATTER:  https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: ...

When backed against the wall, will you stay human? Or will you embrace the rage and summon the power of your bestial form, to bring a wave of vengeance down on your enemies? THE BEAST WITHIN: https://valiantdorian.itch.io/the-beast-within VALIANT DORIAN: https://valiantdorian.carrd.co/ BLACK LIVES MATTER:  https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildre...

Summer camp. It's an experience you'll never forget. CAMPFIRE SCOUTS: https://plusoneexp.itch.io/campfirescouts KEGANEXE: https://keganexe.com/ FOLLOW KEGAN ON BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/blister.city BLACK LIVES MATTER:  https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/ YAZEBA’S BED & BREAKFAST:  https://redcircle.com/shows/yazeba...