RPG Stress Test

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Wreck the Halls We're wrapping up season 4 with another Christmas special! This time we're playing Wreck the Halls, a post-apocalyptic one page RPG by Thryn Henderson and Grant Howitt. We continue the saga of Nuclear Christmas and are again blessed by Elk's inspired world building and DMing abilities. See you next year for Season 5! -Cast- DM- Eld...

Jolly Road - Witness Me We're wrapping up season 3 with another Christmas special! This time we're playing Witness Me, a Mad Max inspired one page RPG. We continue the saga of Nuclear Christmas and are again blessed by Elk's inspired world building and DMing abilities. See you next year for Season 4! -Cast- DM- Eldritch Elk Players- Lentil, Legume, Winsel, Pinsel - Dallas Welk Shiny Tim, Fetachees...

Escape From Tinseltown - Goblin With a Fat Ass It's another Christmas bonus! SURPRISE!!! This time we're taking on the WIDEly requested system Goblin with a Fat Ass by @Orbitaldropkick. We save Christmas yet again, this time as blessedly thicc goblins. Happy holidays folks, we'll see you next year for Season three! -Cast- DM- Eldritch Elk Players- Little Lord Grork - Dallas Welk Saint Thiccolas -...

DSM Royale: Mordal Combat - We Hardly Knew Ye The season 2 finale happens to also be the epic return of We Hardly Knew Ye and we saved the best for last. We attempt to service every fan by having our key Stressters reprise roles from episodes past. Join us as we fight for the sake of our universe in Mordal Combat. -Cast- DM- TheWhiteShadow Players- Kat Murray Dallas Welk Zach Amory Eldritch Elk A-...

2 Guys 1 Moon - Two Guys on the Moon On this week's episode, we play yet another 2-player RPG, Two Guys on the Moon by Brendan McLeod. We figure out what it takes to appease the Digital Media Devil and fulfill a forgotten blood pact. Cast- TheWhiteShadow - TheWhiteShadow Dallas Welk - Dallas Welk Check out Two Guys on the Moon on Itch.io ! - https://sulcata.itch.io/two-guys-on-the-moon Check out B...

A Night of Mostly Murders - Be Gay Solve Crime This week Adam is Stresstin' our first one-player RPG, Be Gay Solve Crime by Oliver Darkshire. Adam's boyfriend, Chris, guest stars in this episode so we can introduce REAL sexual tension in the game! Cast- Detective William Scott- A-Mac Lieutenant Bob Johnson - Chris (Adam's Boyfriend) Sanctimony Brown - Dallas Welk Madame DeSplatt, Vivienne - Kat Mu...

The Spring Formal Part 2 - Let's Be Magical! After kicking a bunch of asses in the gym, the Magical Girls have to find the perfect dresses to wear to the Spring Formal. Will they wrap up every plot thread Kat throws at them, or are they doomed to banish the biggest evil and call it a day? Cast- DM- Kat Murray Methany- Dallas Welk B3- Zach Amory Smelly Beef- Mavaney Christianson Synnamon The Diamon...

The Spring Formal Part 1 - Let's Be Magical! This week we're magical girls exploring the hardships of high school and other hellish things. Kat DM's her first game and we ruin a perfectly innocent system by Nick Potter. It's time to be very very magical. Cast- DM- Kat Murray Methany- Dallas Welk B3- Zach Amory Smelly Beef- Mavaney Christianson Synnamon The Diamond- TheWhiteShadow Check out Let's B...

Lost Tapes Part 2 - M.E.R.C.s The Mercs are up against a bunch of gangsters and a pile of antiquated media. Will someone die? Probably. Cast- DM- Ada Ed C. Biscuit- Dallas Welk BB- Kat Murray Dr. Valka- A-Mac McTorian- Matt Check out M.E.R.C.s on DriveThruRPG! - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/427303/Ashlands-MERCs?affiliate_id=3862759 Check out Wolfhound's Twitter! - https://twitter.com/Wolf...

Lost Tapes Part 1 - M.E.R.C.s This week we travel to Newland City as a bunch of delinquent cyberpunk mercenaries on a mission to retrieve a crate of tapes. We're stresstin' out M.E.R.C.s by Wolfhound RPGs, the best system to do exactly that! Even better, we have one of the creators guest DMing our adventure. Cast- DM- Ada Ed C. Biscuit- Dallas Welk BB- Kat Murray Dr. Valka- A-Mac McTorian- Matt Ch...

Badger + Coyote Review A few minutes after playing Badger + Coyote, we talked about the system and what we thought of it. Check out Badger + Coyote by Pandion Games!  http://pandiongames.com/backerkit - Check out RPG Stress Test on social media! Twitter -  https://twitter.com/RPGStressTest   Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/RPGStressTest   Youtube -  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWptBHBc3n...

Cool Skunkles - Badger + Coyote This week we find ourselves making Stress Test history as we play our first two-player RPG. Badger + Coyote is a GM-less duet game that allows each player to take on the roles of a Badger and a Coyote, an unlikely adventuring duo with tendencies of miscommunication. We luckily become two of the coolest skunk dads in the process and get to kick the shit out of a bobc...

Unincorporated Review A few months after playing Unincorporated, we talk about the system and what we thought of it. Check out Unincorporated by Ethan Harvey ( https://ethanharvey.itch.io/unincorporated ) and be sure to support what they do! ( https://ethanharvey.itch.io/ ) Check out Ethan Harvey on Twitter! - https://twitter.com/ByEthanHarvey Check out Badger + Coyote! - https://pandiongames.com/...

Privet Glade Part 3 - Unincorporated In this episode, we tie some loose ends and figure out the murder of Johnny Lockett. Cast- Richard Cobalt- Dallas Welk Will Layne- TheWhiteShadow Kelly MacIntyre- A-Mac Wade Shimley - Eldritch Elk Beverly Williams - Kat Murray Check out Unincorporated by Ethan Harvey! - https://ethanharvey.itch.io/unincorporated https://ethanharvey.carrd.co/ Preorder the Zaku B...

Privet Glade Part 2 - Unincorporated It's time to actually play Unincorporated. That's right! Not only is it a world-building game, but it has mechanics for actually acting as and further developing your characters. It even has a rolling system for challenge checks. Watch as we try to solve a murder... while making it up on the fly. Cast- Richard Cobalt- Dallas Welk Will Layne- TheWhiteShadow Kell...

Privet Glade Part 1 - Unincorporated Today we flip the script a bit and dedicate a whole episode to character creation and world-building! We're playing Unincorporated, a system designed to help flesh out the messy relationships that evolve from small-town living. Cast- Richard Cobalt- Dallas Welk Will Layne- TheWhiteShadow Kelly MacIntyre- A-Mac Wade Shimley - Eldritch Elk Beverly Williams - Kat...

Stoneburner Review Right after finishing our Stoneburner playthrough, we talk about the system and what we thought of it. Check out Stoneburner by Fari RPGs ( https://farirpgs.com/ ) and be sure to support what they do! ( https://www.patreon.com/farirpgs ) Check out René-Pier on Twitter! - https://twitter.com/RPDeshaies Check out RPG Stress Test on social media! Twitter - https://twitter.com/RPGSt...

Fistful of Kobolds Part 2 - Stoneburner After discovering the body of Gary Longneck, the dwarven miners are sure they definitely inherited the mine. But, there's still money to be made in rescuing the Kobold mother. Cast- DM- Eldritch Elk Players- Harkar Farmor Darkbrow- Dallas Welk Oritor Deeppick- TheWhiteShadow Rock Dwarfman - A-Mac Gargalon Mineshaft - Zach Amory Gary Longneck - René-Pier - ht...

Fistful of Kobolds Part 1 - Stoneburner A mine full of wonders awaits this gang of dwarven street urchins who got to stake a claim after their employee had an unfortunate accident. -Cast- DM- Eldritch Elk Players- Harkar Farmor Darkbrow- Dallas Welk Oritor Deeppick- TheWhiteShadow Rock Dwarfman - A-Mac Gargalon Mineshaft - Zach Amory Gary Longneck - René-Pier - https://twitter.com/RPDeshaies Check...

Fisting of Fury Part 2 - Feng Shui The thrilling conclusion to Fisting of Fury is finally upon us! Find out how the Brothers of the Flaming Fist discover the truth behind their mother's sordid affairs. -Cast- DM- Zach Amory Players- Alan Smith- Dallas Welk JJ- TheWhiteShadow Kidd Dick- A-Mac Check out Feng Shui by Atlas Games! - https://www.atlas-games.com/fengshui/ Check out RPG Stress Test on so...

Everyone is Santa - Everyone is John Surprise! It's the Stress Test Christmas Special! This week we play the one-page RPG, Everyone is John, but with a twist! They're actually Santa. Happy holiday folks, we'll see you in Febru-arch-ish for Season 2! -Cast- DM- Eldritch Elk Players- Santa - Dallas Welk Santa - Zach Amory Santa - Kat Murray Santa - TheWhiteShadow Santa - A-Mac Check out Everyone is...

Kill Jester - MÖRK BORG The season 1 finale is upon us! The DSM gang plays a spooky session of MÖRK BORG, a super dark fantasy RPG with lots of hilarious and brutal tables. -Cast- DM- A-Mac Players- Urskinn- Dallas Welk Errant Attracts the Dust (Dusty)- Zach Amory Margar- Matt Vardok- TheWhiteShadow Check out MÖRK BORG! - https://morkborg.com/ Check out RPG Stress Test on social media! Twitter - h...

A Job Well Done - SCP The Tabletop RPG This week the Stressters take on the horrific world of SCP as they attempt to get their daily duties done as top-secret custodians. It's spooky-season and we have a slew of creepy episodes for you guys, so stay tuned! -Cast- DM- Kappa Mikey Players- Job Hawthorne- Dallas Welk Dr. Richard Gobbler- Zach Amory Sennifer Joolidge- Mavaney Christianson Will Dernest...

Fisting of Fury Part 1 - Feng Shui Years ago, a corrupt evil has been vanquished and a time of peace has taken Neo Palm City. A group of martial arts masters reunites to defeat the evil once more. -Cast- DM- Zach Amory Players- Alan Smith- Dallas Welk JJ- TheWhiteShadow Kidd Dick- A-Mac Check out Feng Shui by Atlas Games! - https://www.atlas-games.com/fengshui/ Check out Space Colony Studios and S...

DSM4/20 - We Hardly Knew Ye The Dead Set Gang finds out what it's like to be the faceless mooks who get slaughtered by the heroic protagonist. We Hardly Knew Ye rewards the players with backstory and punishes them with rapid-fire character creation. Thanks again to Caravansary for creating an entire one-page RPG off of a silly suggestion. This is one for the history books. -Cast- DM- TheWhiteShado...