Monsters and Other Childish Things - Road Trip Remix - Episode 01

Our kids and their monsters are off on a cross-country adventure with Grandma Milly and Grandpa Fred, with their final stop in sunny Florida as contestants on the hit game show Test Takers. But before they can hit the road, they’ll have to help their friend Jack and his precognitive minotaur.

THE PLAYERS:

Adam – Nathaniel Gray, the insufferable boy scout who wants every badge.

Laura – Danielle Williams, the awkward yet snarky bookworm.

Ethan – Carter Roberts, the science-obsessed boy scout.

Aaron – Dwayne Smith, the wrestling fanatic.

THE MONSTERS:

Luci (Lucifer) – a Seraph with a flaming sword.

Jack Jack – a purple-furred blink dog.

Swiss Army – a giant Swiss Army knife with a Chicago accent.

Sir Spins-A-Lot – a top hat wearing giant spider.

Monsters and Other Childish Things - Road Trip Remix - Character Creation

It's character creation time! Get to know the kids and their monsters in this bonus episode, then come back next week for the beginning of our Road Trip campaign.

Red Markets - The Same Old Grind

It’s our playtest of the Red Market’s Convention Packet, written by Laura, Adam, and Tom (of the RPPR Forum).

Spring has sprung and The Telluride Funeral Service are looking for work in the mountains of Colorado. But when negotiations go south they’ll have to scrounge and scrape for every possible bounty that comes their way. How far will the crew go to make a profit?

THE PLAYERS:

Aaron – Cosmo, the negotiator of the group.

Adam – Bubba, the latent with an ax.

Ethan – Attendant, the scout.

Greg – Tech 9, the guy with the gun and a German Shepherd (Mr. Whiskers).

Call of Cthulhu - Our Temporary Supervisor

It's a grim "purist" horror scenario from Ethan, based on a story by Thomas Ligotti. Like, really grim. Fair warning.

In a small gray factory on the edge of a crumbling town, workers spend long tedious hours assembling metal devices for some obscure purpose. The labor is dreary, but the pay is all right -- until a temporary change in management begins to reveal some troubling implications about the factory's nature. The brittle psyches of three workers will be tested to their shattering points.

If you'd like to read the original Ligotti story, it can be found in the collection Teatro Grottesco

THE PLAYERS:

Aaron - Gordy, a longtime worker struggling to support his family and control his anger.

Greg - Chet, a depressed alcoholic who's lost everything but his dog and his job.

Laura - Rachel, a young woman trying to escape from her family through work, online games, and anxiety medication.

Upwind - Powers Combined

A few months back we were lucky enough to run a playtest of Jeff Barber's game Upwind, a high-fantasy game of skyships, lost science, and infinite sky. It uses a card-based resolution mechanic to resolve conflicts scene-by-scene rather than turn-by-turn.

As Knights of the Explorer's Guild, our heroes are tasked with journeying down into the Twilight Frontier to map the migration of an archipelago of highlands (flying islands). Strange creatures, pirates, and the landscape itself seek to keep the Knights from their task.

If you like what you hear, please consider backing the game on Kickstarter

THE PLAYERS:

Ethan: Kir - The soft-spoken yet persuasive healer.

Greg: Wink - The young and impulsive teleporter.

Laura: Domnall - The gentle giant with a kind face.