The Gothic Podcast

Our Rifts have somehow escaped the closing net of (presumably) Junichiro Hayashi's helicopters and made their way back to Baz' sanctuary: the North Tower of the cathedral that somehow exists inside of the City Library. Now, they must decide what their next step will be. Will it be a heist? Oh yeah, it'll almost certainly be a heist! This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master...

Magnus Simeon has meddled with powers he doesn't understand...but very badly wants to understand. Will it be our heroic Rifts who pay the price for his hubris? Find out in Episode 15 of the Gothic Podcast: "The Answers We Need". Join us as we continue telling our ongoing story using the City of Mist RPG ruleset here in Season Four. This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master;...

Our Rifts begin to face the fact that they are more than just 'normal' Rifts as the Contemporary Now characters that inhabit their bodies come to the forefront, triggered by the words of Desiccated One that Baz has just subdued. Be wary, Sojourners, if you've only been listening to Season Four of The Gothic Podcast, things are about to get even weirder. Join us as we continue telling our ongoing s...

Having faced down the Dessicated Ones in the secret Ivy Corp warehouse, the Rifts must now confront an even greater foe: the man who created the Dessicated Ones. Join us as we continue telling our ongoing story using the City of Mist RPG ruleset here in Season Four. This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master; Sharon Gollery-LaFournese as Cadence Faye Jaxon, Jesse Baldwin as...

Where were we? Ah, yes, our Rifts had just broken into a secret Ivy Corp warehouse in the Industrial District. What were they expecting? That their foes' motorcycles would just be sitting there for the taking? That all they'd need to do was find the keys or tie some wires together and off they'd go to raid Junichiro Hayashi's home in the hills? Well, it certainly didn't work out that way, did it?...

The Rifts have a moment to breathe--despite there still being a chalk outline in front of The Metal Shop--and to confer about what their next step is going to be. But forces antithetical to their goals begin to array against them. This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master; Sharon Gollery-LaFournese as Cadence Faye Jaxon, Jesse Baldwin as Echo, and Erik Halbert as Barry "Baz...

Confronted by Phoebe the Librarian, the Rifts finally begin to learn who and what it is that they are. Join us for Episode 10 of our City of Mist RPG season! This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master; Sharon Gollery-LaFournese as Cadence Faye Jaxon, Jesse Baldwin as Echo, and Erik Halbert as Barry "Baz" Sunday. Season Four of the Gothic Podcast uses rules from the City of M...

Confused and disoriented, the Rifts go to Baz' new redoubt to try and decide where to go next. Instead, they'll learn things about themselves that they aren't sure they wanted to know...and all will come to fear...Phoebe the Librarian. This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master; Sharon Gollery-LaFournese as Cadence Faye Jaxon, Jesse Baldwin as Echo, Erik Halbert as Barry "Ba...

Welcome to the City of Mist, and welcome to the big car chase scene, as Cadence revs up the Bronco and careens after the Desiccated One who has whisked Echo away! Bring an umbrella and join us in the rain and the dark. This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master; Sharon Gollery-LaFournese as Cadence Faye Jaxon, Jesse Baldwin as Echo, and Erik Halbert as Barry "Baz" Sunday. Ba...

Things start going badly--very badly--for our Rifts in this episode. Baz goes further than he wanted; Echo unleashes even more previously unseen powers; Cadence is often horrified ... and what's up with Shirley Knot? Join us as we continue to play the City of Mist RPG to tell our ongoing story. This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master; Sharon Gollery-LaFournese as Cadence...

In Episode 6 of Season Four of our City of Mist RPG story arc, in addition to our players' very special shout out and request to local Portland soon-to-be brewery and gaming venue, TPK Brewing, the Rifts find out why there are so many cops outside the Metal Shop. Hint: it's nothing good. This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master; Sharon Gollery-LaFournese as Cadence Faye Ja...

It's a damp, messy city out there, and it's about to get messier as the Rifts find themselves stalked by the dreadful motorcycle riders that, until recently, had paid them little mind. Even worse, the riders have familiar faces. This is Season Four, Episode 5 of The Gothic Podcast. This is the City of Mist RPG. This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master; Sharon Gollery-LaFou...

Reeling from the events that took place in the Warehouse District, two of our Rifts, Cadence and Baz, settle themselves by digging deeper into the mysteries that surround them--Cadence tries to learn more about Ivy Corporation, and Baz heads to the library (after hours) to investigate the Desiccated Ones. This is the City of Mist RPG. This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game mast...

It's raining in the City in Episode 3. It's always raining. Hidden by the mists, things can happen here, things dark and dangerous. And that's where we pick up this time, with our Rifts still at the warehouse they staked out; but now things are coming apart...and the City is about to get a lot stranger, and a lot more complicated. This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master;...

In Episode 2 of our City of Mist season, our Rifts find themselves staking out an Ivy Co. warehouse in the hopes of finding some answers about the Rain of Bodies, but what they discover instead is ... danger! This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master; Sharon Gollery-LaFournese as Cadence Faye Jaxon; Jesse Baldwin as E.C. Hoh; Erik Halbert as Barry "Baz" Sunday; and Kirstin...

At long last: it's Season Four of The Gothic Podcast! Woo hoo! In our first episode of this season, our Rifts--average people in the City who have begun to awaken to extraordinary powers--begin to find some leads on the strange events that they are investigating, events that began with...the Rain of Bodies. The Season Four kickoff stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master; Sharon Goller...

Season Three be done and in the books! Now we get to talk about it. So if you haven't listened to all of Season Three yet, for heaven's sake, go do that before you listen to this because there will definitely be spoilers! This season starred C. Patrick Neagle, Sharon Gollery-Lafournese, Jesse Baldwin, Richard Southard, and (intermittently) Kirstin Valerie. Join us on Twitch for our upcoming Holida...

Welcome to the second of the two-part finale for Season Three of The Gothic Podcast, where we have been playing the Alien RPG. Do you dare find out where it's all been leading? Join us in the dark, won't you?  The Season Three finale stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master; Sharon Gollery-LaFournese as Ray, Maisie, Patience, and Doctor Grace; Jesse Baldwin as Dr Laura, Axel, Lars, and...

Welcome to the first of the two-part finale for Season Three of The Gothic Podcast, where we have been playing the Alien RPG. In this episode, our three storylines converge toward a monstrous conclusion. Join us in the dark, won't you?  The Season Three finale stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master; Sharon Gollery-LaFournese as Ray, Maisie, Patience, and Doctor Grace ; Jesse Baldwin...

In this penultimate episode of Season Three (except for the Holiday Horror Specials, of course), events come to a head on Wednesday Station, and Axel and the LoLs are caught in the middle of it all, even as many secrets come to the fore to be revealed (thus the clever episode title) This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master; Sharon Gollery-LaFournese as Maisie; Jesse Baldwi...

The Pescado Malo has seen its fair share of trouble, but it hasn't seen trouble like ... Jules? Well, this is weird. Join our intrepid deep space crew as they try to unravel Corporate entanglements while staying one step ahead of the xenomorphs. This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master; Sharon Gollery-LaFournese as Patience; Jesse Baldwin as Lars; and Richard Southard as B...

We're back playing the Alien RPG for Episode 17 of Season Three. Deep within Tricae, the exploratory team faces grave danger from what they had thought was an ally, and then even graver danger as they delve deeper into Tricae's secrets. This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as your host and game master; Sharon Gollery-LaFournese as Ray Tanaka; Jesse Baldwin as Doctor Laura Angels; and Richard South...

Now for the second of a two-part stand-alone story as Doctor Grace, LJ Bradley, and Nathan "Red" Winters wake up in a local hospital after the harrowing events recounted in here in Season Three in Episodes #1 and #9. But it isn't just their healing wounds our friends must deal with, but also whatever it is that now haunts the shadowed halls of the Samaritan Hospital in Macon, Missouri. Let's play...

We're back in the Contemporary Now for a two-part stand-alone story as Doctor Grace, LJ Bradley, and Nathan "Red" Winters wake up in a local hospital after the harrowing events recounted in here in Season Three in Episodes #1 and #9. But it isn't just their healing wounds our friends must deal with, but also whatever it is that now haunts the shadowed halls of the Samaritan Hospital in Macon, Miss...

As Ray, Dr. Laura, and Wild Bill prepare to reckon with a pain-maddened alien hunter, let's go back in time to when they all first got together onboard the USMC Wapiti...and to some of the memories that shaped who they would soon become, and how they would face the dangers they now face. It's Season Three of The Gothic Podcast, and we are playing the Alien RPG! This episode stars Sharon Gollery-La...