Merely Roleplayers

The Bureautopians’ ultimate quest: take responsibility and commit to your goals by saving Murawai from total destruction. Coming next on 5 December – After party (Office Party Backstage) Programme notes This production contains fantasy violence and themes of colonialist exploitation. We’re doing a live show at Dragonmeet 2023 ! FAN FIC MISH MASH: Heroes you know in a story you don’t. Matt Boothman...

Enjoy some gags, flubs and out of character moments that we had to cut from the main acts to make efficiency savings. Coming next on 28 November – The Office Party, Act 5 Programme notes This production contains fantasy violence and themes of colonialist exploitation. Credits GUIDE: Josh Yard STARRING: Natalie Winter as Bess, the Invoker Chris Starkey as Neville Flounder aka The Living Shadow aka...

The Bureautopians’ fourth quest: practise creative problem-solving by rescuing Michaela from a vampire pirate stronghold. Coming next on 21 November – The shredder (Office Party Backstage) Programme notes This production contains fantasy violence and themes of colonialist exploitation. We’re doing a live show at Dragonmeet 2023 ! FAN FIC MISH MASH: Heroes you know in a story you don’t. 10:30-12:00...

The Bureautopians’ third quest: support others’ development by breaking Sir Ansellus the Daring’s chicken curse. Coming next on 14 November – The Office Party, Act 4 Programme notes This production contains fantasy violence and themes of colonialist exploitation. On Friday 10 November at 8pm UK, Matt is running a game of Heart: The City Beneath by Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor, streaming live on t...

The Bureautopians’ second quest: demonstrate attention to detail by uncovering the secrets of Quilla village. Coming next on 31 October – The Office Party, Act 3 Programme notes This production contains fantasy violence and themes of colonialist exploitation. Hear Driving The Point Home, a short story Matt wrote about a sword, in Of The Sword , an anthology podcast that released a story about a sw...

The players create their dull Bureautopian characters – and the questing heroes they will discover within themselves. Coming next on 17 October – The Office Party, Act 2 Programme notes This production contains fantasy violence and themes of colonialist exploitation. Credits GUIDE: Josh Yard STARRING: Natalie Winter as Bess, the Invoker Chris Starkey as Neville Flounder, the Spy Strat as Jerome Pi...

Four Bureautopians embark on their first quest: to enhance their personal development with team building exercises in a faraway land. Coming next on 10 October – Team building (Office Party Backstage) Programme notes This production contains fantasy violence and themes of colonialist exploitation. Credits GUIDE: Josh Yard STARRING: Natalie Winter as Bess, the Invoker Chris Starkey as Neville Floun...

Time for a retro on what we achieved this quarter, so we can set SMART goals for our return to market. Coming up in the Studio on 3 October – The Office Party, Act 1 Programme notes This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to Trolls of the Two Tonne Bridges , a Dungeons & Dragons actual play podca...

Act Five of Five: The appointed hour is nigh, for the humble and lowly to Attack and Dethrone Gods. Coming next on 26 September – Exit interview (Vigil Backstage) Programme notes This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. If you enjoyed this production, throw us a rose emoji! We’re @merelyroleplayers on Instagram and Tumblr , and the cast are on...

Not every bit of audio makes it to the higher plane of existence that is a full story act. But not everything left behind deserves to be forgotten. Which is a roundabout and thematic way of saying these are some out-takes and bloopers from Vigil: Chief/Exec. Coming next on 19 September – Vigil: Chief/Exec, Act 5 Programme notes This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references an...

Act Four of Five: Canst it be truly a sin to destroy a God? For when God is no more, who remaineth to name the deed a sin? Coming next on 12 September – Left behind (Vigil Backstage) Programme notes This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. Driving the Point Home, written by Matt Boothman, is out on 19 September as part of the daily sword-based...

Let’s head undercover to investigate the secret plots and machinations behind our globetrotting spy production, Codename: Mosaic. Coming next on 5 September – Vigil: Chief/Exec, Act 4 Programme notes Replay is a Backstage strand where Josh takes an in-depth look back at all our past productions, revisiting the memorable moments and asking the unanswered questions. Got a question about any past pro...

Act Three of Five: The Messenger, the King, the Queens, the armies, stand now all arrayed, their true faces revealed as the flames rise high. Coming next on 29 August – Replay: Codename Mosaic (Backstage) Programme notes This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to Cybertopia , an actual play podcast u...

Persephone Byron is gone from this time, but her words to her friends remain. Coming next on 22 August – Vigil: Chief/Exec, Act 3 Programme notes This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to Deck of Many Aces , an actual play Dungeons & Dragons podcast made by actual asexuals and aromantics! Follow...

Act Two of Five: And the King said unto the scurrying interlopers, Kneel before mine throne and let me know mine enemy. Coming next on 15 August – Dear Renko & co (Vigil Backstage) Programme notes This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. Congratulations to all the winners of the first annual CRIT (Creator Recognition in TTRPG) Awards! Incl...

Who’s in charge here? We figure out who’s related and who reports to whom among our main characters. Coming next on 8 August – Vigil: Chief/Exec, Act 2 Programme notes This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to The Monster’s Playbook , another actual play Monster of the Week podcast, where the real w...

Act One of Five: And lo, on the eve of the mayoral election, a messenger did appear to the good folk of Sherrydown. Coming next on 1 August – Org chart (Vigil Backstage) Programme notes This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. Don’t miss the epilogue at the very end of the episode! Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to The Monster’s Pl...

The cast talks generational games and the joy of petty grudges. Matt talks to Ursidice, designer of Court of the Lich Queen, about what’s next for the game. Coming up in the Main House on 25 July – Vigil: Chief/Exec, Act 1 Programme notes This production contains political infighting, blood & guts, death & doom. Our promo this episode is for What Am I Rolling? , a twice-monthly RPG one-sho...

The day of the prophesied Dawn is at hand. As light and life threaten the Lich Queen’s dominion, her dread courtiers must stand together – or fall apart. Coming next on 18 July – The wake (Queen’s Dead Backstage) Programme notes This production contains political infighting, blood & guts, death & doom. Our promo this episode is for What Am I Rolling? , a twice-monthly RPG one-shot podcast,...

Tension builds between the Lich Queen’s dread courtiers as their realms crumble around them. The Wraithlight Dominion proposes a quest. Coming next on 11 July – The Queen’s Dead, Act 3 Programme notes This production contains political infighting, blood & guts, death & doom. Vote for Merely Roleplayers to win Best Storyline in an Actual Play and Ernie Bering to win Best Non-Player Characte...

A tourist’s guide to the realms of death, and a brief history of the debts and grudges that make sessions at court so lively. Coming next on 27 June – The Queen’s Dead, Act 2 Programme notes This production contains political infighting, blood & guts, death & doom. Our promo this episode is for The Secret of St Kilda , an audio drama by Haggis and Dragons Productions. Follow Lockie, a char...

One year before the Dawn prophesied to end the reign of death, the Lich Queen’s dread courtiers make plans to prevent it – even though it might mean working together. Coming next on 20 June – Bad blood (Queen’s Dead Backstage) Programme notes This production contains political infighting, blood & guts, death & doom. Vote for Merely Roleplayers to win Best Storyline in an Actual Play and Er...

We look back over the bridges we’ve burned and the unexplored waters that await us. Coming next on 13 June – The Queen’s Dead, Act 1 Programme notes This production contains violence (including gun violence), possession, and death by fire. Dramatis personae and other definitions Persephone ‘Percy’ Byron: A Victorian monster hunter and half-sister of Ada Lovelace. Percy tried to time travel from 18...

Act Five of Five: In which the full might of the Great Fire, the Searing Tongue, the Smothering Haze, is unleashed on Sherrydown. Coming next on 6 June – Burning questions (Vigil Backstage) Programme notes This production contains violence (including gun violence), possession, and death by fire. As the curtain falls on this production, throw us a rose emoji on any of our social media accounts – In...

Act Four of Five: In which Percy discovers that even the best laid plan never survives contact with the enemy. Coming next on 30 May – Vigil: The Great Fire, Act 5 Programme notes This production contains violence (including gun violence), possession, and death by fire. Nominate your favourite roleplaying game people and products for the Creator Recognition in Tabletop Roleplaying Games (CRIT) Awa...