The Roleplaying Exchange Podcast

In this episode of the RPX Rollup, we're back with Urban Shadows 2nd edition. We're doing some city creation work, building Barrie, Ontario as our supernatural setting. We walk through the process of taking a real place and figuring out what kind of supernatural stuff might be going on there. Join us as we discuss Barrie's actual history and geography, then start layering in the supernatural eleme...

The intrepid reporters of the Miskatonic Bee their investigation of the mysterious stone eggs at the Carrington estate.   Ian - Keeper Adam - Robert Shaver - A handsome bootlegger turned reluctant investigator for the newspaper Chris - Wesley Graves - Wealthy editor-in-chief funding the Miskatonic Bee, whose sanity fractures under cosmic horror Crazon - Damien Elliott - Medical student from a coas...

The intrepid journalists of the Miskatonic Bee investigate the aftermath of Friday night's séance gone horrifically wrong, where attendee Roger Vwinch remains hospitalized in critical condition. Cast Ian - Keeper Adam - Robert Shaver - A handsome bootlegger/criminal hired as the newspaper's advisor Chris - Wesley Graves - Wealthy editor-in-chief funding the newspaper Crazon - Damien Elliott - Medi...

Alien RPG by Free League Publishing captures the claustrophobic terror and gritty atmosphere of Ridley Scott's iconic universe, where space truckers and corporate agents face unspeakable horrors in the cold void. Using the Year Zero Engine, this game provides a cinematic experience with survival horror and a dash of working class struggles amongst the stars. In this episode of RPX Rollup, we navig...

The intrepid journalists of the Miskatonic Bee continue their investigation into the mysterious death of student Eugene Wilcox.  Ian - Keeper Adam - Robert Shaver - A handsome bootlegger/criminal hired as the newspaper's advisor Chris - Wesley Graves - Wealthy editor-in-chief funding the newspaper Crazon - Damien Elliott - Medical student from Innsmouth working as science editor, with mysterious n...

The Miskatonic Bee (a student-run newspaper at Arkham's Miskatonic University) has been asked by Professor Armitage to investigate the strange disappearance of a student who's gotten mixed up with some peculiar new residents in town. Ian - Keeper Adam - Robert Shaver -  A handsome bootlegger/criminal hired as the newspaper's advisor Chris - Wesley Graves - Wealthy editor-in-chief funding the newsp...

Urban Shadows: Second Edition from Magpie Games transforms modern cities into supernatural battlegrounds where vampires, werewolves, wizards, and mortals clash for power in the shadows.  With themes spanning political intrigue, supernatural debts, and the complex relationships that fuel this Apocalypse Engine RPG, join us as we rollup  and lay the groundwork for the city of Barrie, where creatures...

Having secured the Hurricane Siren System in downtown Minneapolis, our players have been enjoying relative safety at MyWay - the budding skyway enclave. That is until the enclave is confronted with an emergency that threatens its existence, and our players survival. Brownie - The Market Sean - Null - a drone operator making their way in the loss - loud and on the scene Adam - Snips - totally not a...

We're back with more Castle Falkenstein. Join us as we jump into their first proper adventure after character creation. The gang gets tangled up with some angry pixies, a sketchy steel mill, and street thugs with hot knives (thanks to Sir Maximilian's wild magic).  Joe - GM Aaron - Holland Oil - A bit of a rake who likes whiskey and women. Adam - Oswald Harlow Moriarty - Professor Moriarty's "less...

In this episode of RPX Rollup we explore the tabletop RPG "Fear Itself, second edition" - a horror game using the Gumshoe system where ordinary people face supernatural threats.  Join us as we create would-be survivors to face the outer dark. Track: "The Escape" Music provided by https://Slip.stream  Free Download/Stream: https://get.slip.stream/5dUaXP

Two years after the crash, our Takers find themselves in downtown Minneapolis in the budding enclave of MyWay. The Skyways are being secured in this playtest episode of Red Markets D20 - a D20 hack on the Profit System. Who wants to go to Macy's? Brownie - The Market Sean - Priceline - a savvy negotiator in a worn suit, looking out for his family. Adam - Snips - totally not a hair dresser latent w...

In this episode of RPX Rollup, we're rolling up characters for Free League Publishing's Mutant Year Zero. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, players take the role of, you guessed it, mutants struggling to survive in the wasteland known as "The Zone." Centered around the Ark, one of the last remaining settlements in the wasteland, Mutant Year Zero challenges players to explore the ruins of civilizat...

In what we have penned Vaccine Season (just ‘one-shot), Joe is taking us through character creation for Mike Pondsmith’s Castle Falkenstein.  Set in an alternate steampunk Victorian Europe where both Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle both exist (yeah, it’s confusing), join us as Joe walks David and Adam through character creation.  Witness the birth of Harlow Moriarty – yes THAT Moriarty’...

Our War Playtest has come to an end. What have we learned along the way, and what light will Nick shed on lingering questions from our shared trau... I mean campaign. Join us as we wrap on this series. Nick – The Market Adam – Shake – A soon to be family man, fringer, unemployed weed dealer, current grow op operator, living outside of the enclave society. Brownie – Sparky – Old salt miner who was...

This session was recorded prior to 9 as a dry run to make sure we all understood the war rules. It's a little rougher and goes a slightly different path than the real thing. Nick – The Market Adam – Shake – A soon to be family man, fringer, unemployed weed dealer, current grow op operator, living outside of the enclave society. Brownie – Sparky – Old salt miner who was Road Salt's menor and depend...

Night's Black Agents immerses players in a shadowy world of espionage and supernatural horror where burned spies face off against vampires. In this episode of RPX Rollup we rollup elite operatives equipped with ‘a very particular set of skills’ and the misfortune to learn about a vampire conspiracy. So go grab a stake and firearm – you’ll need both where we’re going. Track: "High Spy" Music provid...

The Heffalumps I mean Salty Dogs go to war. Will our intrepid takers succeed and have a positive impact on the Loss, or fail and become a small footnote in a DHQS after action report? Nick – The Market Adam – Shake – A soon to be family man, fringer, unemployed weed dealer, current grow op operator, living outside of the enclave society. Brownie – Sparky – Old salt miner who was Road Salt's menor...

Retirement Shetirement. We go all in on war assets because our dependents are our war assets. Moths come around again for final prep jobs before the war. We're about to smell some napalm before 11am. Nick – The Market Adam – Shake – A soon to be family man, fringer, unemployed weed dealer, current grow op operator, living outside of the enclave society. Brownie – Sparky – Old salt miner who was Ro...

Sleepy Hollow: A Tabletop Roleplaying Game of Early 19th Century Folk Horror is an  RPG that transports players to the eerie village of Sleepy Hollow, set two decades after the events of Washington Irving's classic tale. Developed by Kids in the Attic, the game utilizes the Year Zero Engine,  making it easy to learn while providing  narrative-mechanics that immerse players into the eerie world of...

We explore another of Nick's experimental tough spots on this episode - Former Dependents! T-Minus TPK/Character Funnel/Dear God Oh No/I guess we'll go with The D Team. Our team met through a support group and are brough together by a new employer to team up and take cards. Nick – The Market Brownie – El – Medical centered character whose former taker/current dependent is Von from the RPX Elevatio...

Stop me if you heard this one before, “The Secret World tabletop RPG, developed by Star Anvil Studios, comes in two versions: The Secret World 5E and The Secret World SWADE. Based on Funcom's popular MMORPG, the game is set in the modern day where players take on the role of "Bees," the chosen defenders of Gaia. As Bees, players navigate the intrigues of secret societies while confronting both mor...

War plans shape up with the Exosuit Squad, and the Latent Warboys. Time grows short and both the Moths and DHQS are eager to speak with the Salty Dogs. Nick – The Market Adam – Shake – A soon to be family man, fringer, unemployed weed dealer, current grow op operator, living outside of the enclave society. Brownie – Sparky – Old salt miner who was Road Salt's menor and dependent and an avid scaven...

Election year is upon us, the politics of the Recession still have an effect on the Loss. One side pushes for reclamation, while the other side wants the Loss to stay as is. The war is coming and our takers have finally realized it. Nick – The Market Adam – Shake – A soon to be family man, fringer, unemployed weed dealer, current grow op operator, living outside of the enclave society. Brownie – S...

The Secret World tabletop RPG, developed by Star Anvil Studios, comes in two versions: The Secret World 5E and The Secret World SWADE. Based on Funcom's popular MMORPG, the game is set in the modern day where players take on the role of "Bees," the chosen defenders of Gaia. As Bees, players navigate the intrigues of secret societies while confronting both mortal and supernatural threats. In this t...

Shake is haunted by what may be a cursed set of binoculars, Sparky now revealed to be proficient in exosuit combat and not giving up hope to see his friend again, Balto cracking beneath the wheels of the Shambalance, and St. Bernard falling apart after selling a co-worker into slavery, how will our takers deal with a job that is truly out of this world? Nick – The Market Adam – Shake – A soon to b...