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"The skull mask probably will kill only one person" Fifteen intrepid peasants and their livestock climb aboard a giant space jellyfish in episode one of our playthrough of Dungeon Crawl Classics' 2022 Free RPG Day funnel. http://www.goodmangames.com

"Oh boy, is it going to give you a tongue lashing!" Having escaped the perilous underground temple by the skin of their teeth, our thief and druid stumble upon a wandering immolator and barbarian, join forces, and head right back in again.  I mean, what could go wrong?  Our second how-to playthrough and review of Dungeon World. https://dungeon-world.com/

A mere nine months on from where we left off, the survivors of our hopelessly ill-equipped band of peasants - along with some new friends they make along the way - bring it to the Chaos Lord and his hordes of beastmen atop his cursed ziggurat, in the classic DCC funnel module "Sailors On The Starless Sea".  NOTE:   We had some audio issues during the first 20 minutes or so of this episod...

You discern no reality.  But reality discerns you! This week we tackle Dungeon World , where we go through character creation, a rules explanation, an introductory scenario, and a review in under 60 minutes, because we're awesome!  And Dungeon World is pretty good too! https://dungeon-world.com/

House Verditius arrives on Arrakis to a rather perilous welcome, as our how-to-play playthrough of Modiphius's "Dune - the Roleplaying Game" continues. https://www.modiphius.net/pages/discover-dune-roleplaying-game

Strap on your stillsuits and hop aboard a heighliner to Arrakis, as Rob leads us through our session zero of Modiphius' Dune - the Roleplaying Game.  We go through an overview of the rules, step by step character creation, adventure hooks and a whole host of rabbit holes.  We make understanding Dune so easy that even we could play it. https://www.modiphius.net/pages/discover-dune-rolepla...

Just in time for Valentine's Day.  Love, lust and jealousy are in the air.  Faces will be slapped, sabres rattled, honors restored & ruined, accusations levied & refuted, and erotic machinations afoot, as we pull up our tights, fix our powdered wigs & play Greg Stolze's GM'less TTRPG "Dueling Fops of Vindamere" from Crankshaft Constellation. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/produ...

"Greg Four has seen beyond the veil!" Stay proomed, clones as we attempt to clear Alpha Complex of its irritable blockage for Friend Computer, as our very first learning game of Mongoose Publishing's "PARANOIA" reaches its sticky, sweet-scented conclusion.  https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/us/rpgs/paranoia.html?___store=us&___from_store=uk Additional music "Full of Energy" by code_box u...

"Get out there, tiger!  You're gonna do fine!" This is no time to idle gluttonously at the Waffle Squarf!  Proom your clones and join us as we attempt to save Alpha Complex for Friend Computer, or die again and again and again and again and again and again and again trying, in our very first learning game of Mongoose Publishing's slightly mad "PARANOIA".  So take off your U.B.T Hype...

"A lot of people died for us to get our hands on this." "Sure, if you want to be ghastly about it." Our playthrough of John Harper's "Blades in the Dark" reaches its dramatic conclusion (for now).  https://www.evilhat.com/home/blades-in-the-dark/

"Another week of skulking and surveying?!  I need to blow something up!" Our first episode of 2022 finds us laying a carefully-planned ambush in the mist-shrouded streets of Doskval, as we continue our playthrough of John Harper's "Blades in the Dark".  With a plan this detailed and well-thought-out what can possibly go wrong? https://www.evilhat.com/home/blades-in-the-dark/

"Well...it's insane, but it's wildly theatrical, so I'm on board" Our playthrough of John Harper's "Blades in the Dark" continues into our final episode of 2021.  With a problematic old friend of Gunn's hot on their tail, the Sun Chasers struggle to come up with an exit plan from the revolting predicament in which they have found themselves. https://www.evilhat.com/home/blades-in-the-dark/

"I don't think a friend can assist on a vice?" "Have you ever been out on the town with me?" Our playthrough of John Harper's "Blades in the Dark" continues as we plunge into downtime activities.  Come learn along with us, as the Sun Chasers begin to grow into an outfit that just might be able to cut it in Duskwall after all.  Then stick around as we get back into free play, where Silver...

"You can never go wrong with a plinth." Smell that?  That's not pumpkin pie.  That's the stolid stench of death.  Happy Thanksgiving! Who dares enter the black obelisk of the Wizard Nekelshim?  Four shall brave entry but how many shall leave?  Whose mettle shall  withstand the unspeakable traps and trials within?  All this and more, as we play round two of DOOMSP...

Bring your barf bags as we travel back to mid-1980s rural Wisconsin, and the world's worst grandma, in the conclusion of our playthrough of "The Dare" for Call of Cthulhu. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/220315/The-Dare Music as always from Barry McCormack http://www.barrymccormack.com Follow us on Twitter at @players_roll or on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHzdv7pCK8ORXQLvi_UN...

"Are we thinking we're gonna have to hit people?" "Well, we've just ripped off a hobo." Scream and scream again!  Then scream a bit more, as we give you the Thankless Roll Players Halloween "Special" in which we all venture back to our preteen years.  And if that wasn't horrific enough, we sneak into the old Barnaker place at the end of Bon Morte Street for Kevin Ross's "The Dare" for Ca...

"I think we seriously misunderstood the words reconnaissance and stealth here." Brent reads the Blades In The Dark rule book and has questions... The Sun Chasers stake out a secret cult meeting in Mistshore Park, and as usual, things get a little out of hand.

Who the hell would worship this?  Only some real weirdos. Cam shows of his copy of Blades in the Dark.  The crew find themselves the subject of some unwanted attention from a very powerful enemy after their escapade from S02E08, and quickly devise a plan to strike back.  But not before a trip to a very unusual nightclub. Playing "Blades in the Dark" by John Harper, currently publish...

"I hate this ball pit.  This is easily the worst one I've ever been in." "You've never been to a McDonalds in East Dubuque." Due to some unavoidable interruptions we find ourselves unable to do part two of our playthrough of Sailors on the Starless Sea, and so we take another band of hapless rubes for a jaunt into another Dungeon Crawl Classics funnel game.  This time we explore all the...

Fifteen hopelessly ill-equipped peasants foolishly decide to have fun storming the castle in the, er, classic DCC funnel module "Sailors On The Starless Sea".  Will they survive?  Spoiler alert - it's part one.  How many will survive?  Ah, now that's another story entirely. https://goodman-games.com/store/product/dungeon-crawl-classics-67-sailors-on-the-starless-sea-2/

You Can Trance If You Want To We step back into Doskvol a mere three months (!!!) since our last game, as the Sun Chasers take on a high-stakes heist at a lavish ball celebrating 300 years of the city's most famous bridge.  But their carefully laid plan starts to unravel the moment they set foot in the festivities.  Murderous ghosts, clueless contacts, troublesome psychics, and amorous B...

This week we take a leisurely stroll through the delightful Dungeon Crawl Classics funnel game, "The Portal Under The Stars".  A splendid time is had by all, and we make some new friends along the way...then use their charred corpses as shields.  An amazingly profanity-free episode considering what happens five minutes in and then never, ever stops...

"I mean, what is there to deliberate about?  Open the goddamn door with two diamonds!" Who dares enter the black obelisk of the Wizard Nekelshim?  Four shall brave entry but how many shall leave?  Whose mettle shall withstand the unspeakable traps and trials within?  Will Cam remember all of the words to the fight song?  How many owls shall be regurgitated?  All this...

Our conclusion of Ex Libris, and some initial thoughts on The Dee Sanction

The year is 1593. Spared the hangman's rope for their heretical transgressions, four gentlemen of London - under the orders of Master John Dee - make a clandestine trip to Deptford to retrieve a prized book from one of England's greatest seafarers (no, not that one), only to find themselves embroiled with enormous vermin, mechanical men, and a bloodthirsty playwright (no, not that one).  It's...