Our Actual Play Recordings
Ernest leads us in a game of The Points Do Matter, an improv heavy RPG. Make a roll, and if you succeed your "Yes, And" becomes canon, whether that's something about your PC or an ability. But be forewarned, if you say something like "I throw a fireball", and succeed your roll, that means anyone is capable of throwing a fireball. Listen in as a spec ops crew goes on a dangerous mission...
Ernest - GM
PCs: Adam, Dan, Greg, Jared
This campaign will touch on many themes, including slavery, racism, specism, harm to children, and mental health issues, among others. Listener discretion is advised.
After part of the crew learns more about the current situation from the Nagalisities, they are reunited with the others as they pass through the portal finally. After much discussion they resolve to head to the place where their loved ones are frozen before making their next move...
Agents of ALIS is based on the campaign framework Nagalisitu by Caleb Stokes, for Reign second edition by Greg Stolze. Reign 2E has been released in pdf and is available at Atomic Overmind, while the book with the information on Nagalisitu is still in final stages of development. We are using a Kickstarter backer version of those rules.
What Lurks in the Deep recorded by Laura and Greg.
Genepals are references from Kyle Carty's Starstreamers from BPB Games.
Adam - GM
Dan - Roscoe Holst - The human pilot of the Hypatia, and descendant of the... legendary? line of Holst, a family that always seems to be near when galactic history changes.
Ethan - Silent Reading - A Murnau spy, perhaps the person most suited to the work of the Library. Whereas his twin brother Cheerful Humming is much more of an open book, Silent Reading keeps to himself, trusting few...
Greg - Kyrt Howling-Echo - A gengineered half-human half-Murnau, he is the former Genepal League champion. Kyrt has "retired" into aiding the Library of Alexandria as a patron. Never without his beloved Genepal Pep Pup, or his second best friend Sol-Edge.
Jared - Captain Kai Uhila - The human captain of the Hypatia. Kai is a bard as is the nature of those who helm the ships that travel the galaxy. A bit of a drunk, a bit of a lech, a bit of a loose cannon, but someone with a strong sense of justice.
Laura - Tema Miles - A humanish logistics & security expert on the Hypatia. She wears her heart on her sleeve, and will rip yours out of your chest if you cross her, the ship, or her young ward Libby.
The hunters continue to explore Harrowmire. As they have come to a mysterious tavern, they wonder if it is the place where the missing courier is...
When the Moon Hangs Low is a gothic action horror game made by Isolation Games. The PDF for the second edition with expanded art and more options for players and GMs is available from DriveThruRPG. More details on it are available at their website. Ethan also interviewed Rob from Isolation about the game last year for Table Chatter.
Ethan - GM
Ben - Dr. Kliener, The Obsessed
Dan - Boris Grunwald, The Haunted
Greg - Lucas Fairwind, The Tainted
Jared - Mikail Agricola, The Verdant
As they wrap up their first case, the investigators of Harlem now have a tough choice: ...what now?
Harlem Unbound is by Chris Spivey for Darker Hue Studios & Chaosium, and can be found as both a pdf for the systemless 1st Edition version at Darker Hue's website, and as a pdf or physical book for the Call of Cthulhu 2nd Edition at Chaosium.
Ethan - GM
Ben - Sgt. Reginald Luther, a field medic for the Harlem Hellfighters, who is trying to get in to med school or get out of America.
Dan - Ford Kitchens, a guy who knows everybody and can fix most things.
Laura - Dontae Jackson, a young writer and activist who writes under "D. Jackson" to The Crisis and other newspapers so she can get published.
A space marine and an android are monitoring a lonely hyperlane when they get a distress signal from a station off the beaten path. When they get there, they're greeted with a weird message, and no signs of life...
Mothership, and specifically this scenario, deals with themes of violence, cruelty to animals/aliens, and body horror. Listener discretion is advised.
We used the Mothership Companion app, available on iOS and Android. Incident at Muto Station is a scenario from Dissident Whispers from Tuesday Knight Games. Dissident Whispers is a collection of scenarios for a variety of games, and was made in support of the BLM movement, where all proceeds go to The National Bail Fund Network. It is available in physical and pdf from Tuesday Knight Games' website.
Ben - GM
Ethan - Kinley Toms, He/Him, Marine
Greg - Ananias Millner, He/Him, Android
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