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Content warnings: Themes of isolation, dependency, trauma, futility, mental and physical health, violence and harassment toward women, gaslighting, smoking, loneliness and death Show Notes This week, Fiona is playing ‘Long Haul 1983’, a solo RPG that tells the story of a dangerous journey through an empty world, written by Sean Patrick Cain. In ‘Long Haul 1983’, players take on the role of a long-...

Show Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews Christian Plogfors and Carl Niblaeus, game designers of ‘Death in Space’, a sci-fi tabletop roleplaying game that takes you to the grimy blue-collar future of a universe filled with risk, but also opportunity.  You can find out more about ‘Death in Space’ on their official website. Preor...

Show Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews Pelle Nilsson and Johan Nohr, game designers of ‘MÖRK BORG’, a pitch-black apocalyptic fantasy RPG about lost souls and fools seeking redemption, forgiveness or the last remaining riches in a bleak and decaying world. You can find out more about ‘MÖRK BORG’ on their official website. Pre...

Content warnings: Politically motivated violence, oppression death, grief and police brutality Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by David for ‘Mars Colony: 39 Dark’, a sci-fi political roleplaying game about political freedom and standing up for what’s right. Written by Tim C Koppang and published by TCK Roleplaying, ‘Mars Colony: 39 Dark’ is a standalone tabletop roleplaying game designed spe...

Content warnings: Politically motivated violence, oppression death, grief and police brutality Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by David for ‘Mars Colony: 39 Dark’, a sci-fi political roleplaying game about political freedom and standing up for what’s right. Written by Tim C Koppang and published by TCK Roleplaying, ‘Mars Colony: 39 Dark’ is a standalone tabletop roleplaying game designed spe...

Content warnings: Politically motivated violence, oppression death, grief and police brutality Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by David for ‘Mars Colony: 39 Dark’, a sci-fi political roleplaying game about political freedom and standing up for what’s right. Written by Tim C Koppang and published by TCK Roleplaying, ‘Mars Colony: 39 Dark’ is a standalone tabletop roleplaying game designed spe...

Content warnings: Politically motivated violence, oppression death, grief and police brutality Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by David for ‘Mars Colony: 39 Dark’, a sci-fi political roleplaying game about political freedom and standing up for what’s right. Written by Tim C Koppang and published by TCK Roleplaying, ‘Mars Colony: 39 Dark’ is a standalone tabletop roleplaying game designed spe...

Content Warnings: Intense Interpersonal Strain Fantasy Threat and Violence Depictions of grief Show Notes Today’s sponsored episode is from Realms of Peril & Glory, an all-new actual play podcast from the Light & Tragic Company. Each season of Realms of Peril & Glory is a new story told collaboratively at the table using a different RPG system. Their first season, Vael, is a 5 part epic mystery th...

Spoilers for the Salvage Union Quickstart Adventure: The Downing of the Atychos Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by David, Ben, Viv and Rob for ‘Salvage Union’, a post-apocalyptic mech tabletop roleplaying game published by Leyline Press. The world is dead. Arcologies dot the landscape but are home only to the corporate elites and those who serve them. Those who wish for freedom live instead...

Spoilers for the Salvage Union Quickstart Adventure: The Downing of the Atychos Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by David, Ben, Viv and Rob for ‘Salvage Union’, a post-apocalyptic mech tabletop roleplaying game published by Leyline Press. The world is dead. Arcologies dot the landscape but are home only to the corporate elites and those who serve them. Those who wish for freedom live instead...

Show Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews Aled Lawtor and Panayiotis Lines, co-founders of Leyline Press, a London tabletop gaming company that produces indie roleplaying games and sci-fi & fantasy adventure modules for a wide range of RPG systems. Their latest project, ‘Salvage Union’, is a post-apocalyptic mech tabletop rolepl...

Show Notes This bonus episode comes from our sibling podcast, ‘The DM’s Book Club’, a weekly podcast where the hosts talk about some Dungeons & Dragons and discuss how to include it in our roleplaying games. Originally released on The DM’s Book Club podcast on 11th August 2021. From the episode show notes: 'This week, Fiona chats with Keith Ammann, ENnie-winning author of the 5th edition D&D-focus...

Content Warnings: Violence & drug use Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Tristen, Dirk and special guest GM Rob from the Realm of Fire podcast for 'Vurt: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game' published by Ravendesk games! 'Vurt' is an RPG based on the visionary and hallucinatory science fiction novel of Jeff Noon. Amid the glass-strewn streets of the lethal and anarchic Manchester England of the ne...

Content Warnings: Violence & drug use Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Tristen, Dirk and special guest GM Rob from the Realm of Fire podcast for 'Vurt: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game' published by Ravendesk games! 'Vurt' is an RPG based on the visionary and hallucinatory science fiction novel of Jeff Noon. Amid the glass-strewn streets of the lethal and anarchic Manchester England of the ne...

Show Notes This week, Fiona tries out some backstory prompts and activities from ‘The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide’ by James D’Amato. So you’ve chosen your class, bought your weapons, and rolled for your stats, and you’re now the proud owner of your own RPG avatar. But before you begin your adventure, there’s so much more you can do with your character to make them unique! Just how evil...

Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Callum, Tom and Naomi and extra special guest GM Chris, from Darker Days Radio podcast, for ‘Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay’ a tabletop RPG published by Cubicle 7 set in the Warhammer Fantasy setting. ‘Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay’ takes players back to the Old World where they must make their way through the vile corruption, scheming plotters and terrifying crea...

Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Callum, Tom and Naomi and extra special guest GM Chris, from Darker Days Radio podcast, for ‘Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay’ a tabletop RPG published by Cubicle 7 set in the Warhammer Fantasy setting. ‘Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay’ takes players back to the Old World where they must make their way through the vile corruption, scheming plotters and terrifying crea...

Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by special guests, Andrew and Drew from Rooster Teeth’s The Most for Jim Henson’s ‘Labyrinth Adventure Game’, a TTRPG-based magical world of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth published by Riverhorse Games. Have you ever asked the question: what if Sarah asked the Helping Hands to go up rather than down? Have you ever wondered how you would have fared in this dangerous an...

Content warnings (not limited to): Body horror, betrayal, relationships, lack of agency, emotional manipulation, eating disorders and violence towards female characters Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Hazel, Mariam, Vivienne, David and Amy for ‘Bluebeard’s Bride’, a tabletop roleplaying game of supernatural horror set in a familiar fairy tale written by Whitney ‘Strix’ Beltran, Marissa Ke...

Content warnings (not limited to): Body horror, betrayal, relationships, lack of agency, emotional manipulation, eating disorders and violence towards female characters Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Hazel, Mariam, Vivienne, David and Amy for ‘Bluebeard’s Bride’, a tabletop roleplaying game of supernatural horror set in a familiar fairy tale written by Whitney ‘Strix’ Beltran, Marissa Ke...

Content warnings: Death, loss and grief, betrayal, cryptid/animal attacks, breakdown of relationships, and mentions of alcohol Show Notes This week, Fiona is playing ‘Field Guide To Memory’, a connected path game about legacy, wonder, Cryptids, and the vastness of a human life, designed by Jeeyon Shim and Shing Yin Khor. Your mentor, the beloved and illustrious cryptid researcher Dr. Elizabeth Lee...

Content warnings: Death, loss and grief, betrayal, cryptid/animal attacks, breakdown of relationships, and mentions of alcohol Show Notes This week, Fiona is playing ‘Field Guide To Memory’, a connected path game about legacy, wonder, Cryptids, and the vastness of a human life, designed by Jeeyon Shim and Shing Yin Khor. Your mentor, the beloved and illustrious cryptid researcher Dr. Elizabeth Lee...

Content warnings: Death, loss and grief, betrayal, cryptid/animal attacks, breakdown of relationships, and mentions of alcohol Show Notes This week, Fiona is playing ‘Field Guide To Memory’, a connected path game about legacy, wonder, Cryptids, and the vastness of a human life, designed by Jeeyon Shim and Shing Yin Khor. Your mentor, the beloved and illustrious cryptid researcher Dr. Elizabeth Lee...

Content warnings: Death, loss and grief, betrayal, cryptid/animal attacks, breakdown of relationships, and mentions of alcohol Show Notes This week, Fiona is playing ‘Field Guide To Memory’, a connected path game about legacy, wonder, Cryptids, and the vastness of a human life, designed by Jeeyon Shim and Shing Yin Khor. Your mentor, the beloved and illustrious cryptid researcher Dr. Elizabeth Lee...

Show Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews Ben Costa & James Parks, creators and game designers of ‘Land of Eem’, a tabletop RPG based on their fantasy graphic novel series, ‘Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo’. You can find out more about ‘Land of Eem’ on their official website. Download the ‘Land of Eem’s Open Beta Bundle on...