Bite The Hand - Malpractice

A group of mercenaries are hired for a gig. A medical company VP, accused of some heinous crimes, rarely ventures out. But tonight, he's at a nightclub. Can this quartet get in, get him alive, and get him to some form of justice?

Bite the Hand is a cyberpunk game in the Panic Engine (the system of Mothership) by Alexander Vigna and Spellbook Gaming. While you'll have skills and weapons to take down the corporate and social hierarchy, stress and panic can eat away at your ability to get the job done. Bite The Hand will open on Backerkit on November 3rd, 2025. Malpractice will be included in that version of the book. If you want to try Bite the Hand for yourself, a beta version is available now at Spellbook Gaming's itch.io.

Spellbook Gaming can also be found on their website, on YouTube, and their Discord. They also run the Roll for Distraction podcast, available wherever you stream podcasts, as well as their website and YouTube.

Alex - GM

Adam - Delun Gates - Turncoat

Ben - Jeffrey "Dullahan" Germain - Rogue

Dan - Waverly Honeysutt - Technician

Greg - Grayson "Phenex" Best - Soldier

Scum and Villainy - Nightingale Part 1 - Operation OBSIDIAN HAWK Part 1

We're starting a new drop in drop out campaign! Laura wanted to play some Scum and Villainy for their birthday, and what started as planning for a one shot morphed into a campaign we can come to on short notice, with a mix of GMs and players. Future episodes will be included in our one shot polls, where you can vote to hear more episodes faster!

The Nightingale is a ship crewed by a group of mercenaries from all walks of life, brought together by a teamster. After finishing a gig that rendered most of the crew out of commission, the pilot, the one other human who wasn't infected, the robot, and the alien need to find their next job to pay for helping everyone...

Scum and Villainy is a sci-fi Forged in the Dark game by Stras Acimovic and John LeBoeuf-Litte of Off Guard Games, of doing odd jobs and writing wrongs in a complex galaxy. It is available in print and PDF from Evil Hat Productions, as well as Indie Press Revolution, and in PDF from Off Guard's itch.io. Free resources can also be found at Off Guard Games' website.

Greg - GM / Greeg / Baby Legend (The Pilot)

Ben - Ah-En-Mah / Nematocyst (The Mechanic)

Dan - Poe / Raven (The Muscle)

Jared - MD-X/Maddox / Patch (The Stitch)

ECH0 - Garrett & Barneyo's Adventure

A mech war has been over for some time. The world is at peace. Two kids are playing in the wreckage when they find an ECH0 drive containing the backup of a mech pilot. Their last wish is to find the wreckage of their mecha, so that both can be laid to rest...

ECH0 is a gmless game of storytelling and mapmaking by Kai Poh of Role Over Play Dead. ECH0 was made for the Emotional Mecha Jam, like Live.Love.Die.Remember. It is available at itch.io. It was also a part of the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality, so you may already own it.

Ben - Garrett

Dan - Nitsan Wildgruby, Wildcards Unit, an ECH0

Ethan - Barneyo

Heart - The Gorgon - Part 9

In the campaign we deal with themes of body horror, cosmic horror, cptsd and ptsd, war, depression, debt, and more. Listener discretion is advised.

Now with their orders from the client, the delvers go deeper into the ruins. Along the way, they encounter a knife, and Tahir "meets" an "old" "friend"...

Heart is a game of delving underground into the meaty nightmare world under The Spire, to find treasure, yourself, and more. Heart and its supplements are available at Rook Rowan & Deckard in both print and PDF.

Ben - GM

Adam - Shattered Leaves Blown at Dawn aka Dawn - Aelfir Adventurer Witch

Ethan - Headless Ned - Drow Penitent Deadwalker

Greg - Blackmane - Gnoll Heartsong Cleaver

Vince - Tahir the Red - Gnoll Enlightened Incarnadine

Table Chatter - Interview with Jacob Cordas

As part of his series of interviews with professional GMs, Ben talked with Jacob Cordas. They also talk about their love of Harlem Unbound and Red Markets, teaching D&D players new ways to play, and why professional GMing on StartPlaying is a lot like managing an Etsy store. You can book Jacob for a game at StartPlaying.