Ross Payton

Early Access: Eclipse Phase 2E: The Heist - The Eighth Sea - Episode 16

The Mercury Heist is finally here! Find out what happens and who the traitor is! 

RPPR Illustrated: Night's Black Agents - Tribes of Tokyo

Patsy has depicted our vampire-slaying hijinks for this month's illustration. 

"Here in their secret hideout/boat cabin, surrounded by trophies,  research materials and assorted gangster supplies, the 'Ronin' are  combining their skills to hatch another incredibly ambitious and  over-complicated heist plan. 

From left- Shinji the  ascended-fanboy hacker, Ito the soft-spoken former Yakuza, Haru the  iron-willed mastermind, Kazuo the Reverb-addicte...

Early Access: Monster of the Week - Godzilla versus Malum

I made up a kaiju and put a group of player characters as the human(ish) characters of a Godzilla movie. Enjoy this romp through Heisei era chaos!

Early Access: Eclipse Phase 2E: Mercury Jail Break - The Eighth Sea - Episode 15

The Eighth Sea needs help from the locals but can only get that help if they break out a particular hacker in a Mercury prison camp. Sounds easy right?

RPPR Patreon patron poll

I have run this Patreon for several years now and I am enormously grateful for your support. However, sometimes I've been unsure if certain rewards are worth the effort or what rewards you prefer over others. To that end, I am running this poll to get some feedback from you all. I have opened it to the public so I can hear from potential patrons as well. 

As always, if you have questions feel free to ask here or on the Discord. 

Early Access: Unknown Armies - Ghosts and Coffee

Bridget returns to Unknown Armies, as Claire (Stickypawz) the veteran furry porn artist, this time accompanied by Calamity the dog (who can talk but only Claire can hear). The duo investigates a diner where you can talk to anyone living or dead...

After Hours: Dark Conspiracy - Nightsiders the Musical!

After seeing Hamilton, I've realized that RPGs have yet to conquer the musical. I assembled some musical experts (Michelle, Aaron, and David) to discuss turning a RPG scenario into a musical. I picked Nightsiders, an adventure from Dark Conspiracy because it has zombies and it's been a while since we've looked at Dark Conspiracy. 

Thanks for supporting the RPPR Patreon!

Song: The book by D...

Early Access: Eclipse Phase 2E: Scouting the Factory - The Eighth Sea - Episode 14

The Eighth Sea begins prep work for their next heist by scouting out an antimatter factory rumored to have an exsurgent infestation. What could possibly go wrong?

RPPR Illustrated: The Heroes of New Arcadia

Patsy has immortalized our Wild Talents campaign, the Heroes of New Arcadia: 

"Young summoner The Martyr, with the ever-helpful Balgron; the  totally-legit superhero Zero-Shift, bamfing in just in the nick of time  as ever; The deadly robot assassin R.A.M., otherwise known as the  distressed man-in-a-ca...

Early Access: Zweihander - Into the Green Valley

Noah from Talking Too Much About Anime podcast, ran a one shot of Zweihander set in the Spanish conquest of the New World. Find out what happens when a scouting party encounters something dangerous in the green valley...

After Hours: Bad Game Gifting - The Game

I had an idea for a silly party game about making up bad tabletop games and then giving them as gifts. I invited Birk, Caleb, Aaron, Noah, Thad, and Baz to playtest it. I used bad movies as a theme for the game. 

I apologize for being late this month for After Hours. I had personal stuff going on and fell behind a bit. Thank you all for supporting RPPR and this should not happen again. 

Promos:

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Early Access: Eclipse Phase 2E: SPACE WHALES - The Eighth Sea - Episode 13

SPACE WHALES ACTIVATED. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. A SPACE WHALE FOCUSED GAME OF ECLIPSE PHASE DETECTED. REPEAT SPACE WHALES ACTIVATED. 

Early Access: Base Raiders - Project Bildungsroman

Caleb, Birk, Aaron, and Thad raid a base to find out the secrets behind Project Bildungsroman! I ran this for the RPPR Patreon first but I quite enjoyed this version of it as well. Thanks for supporting the Patreon!

I know I am a bit late with July's After Hours episode but I will record and post it soon. Sorry! real life stuff got in the way.

Love you Maddy <3

Early Access: Eclipse Phase 2E: Polar Assault Part 2 - The Eighth Sea - Episode 12

The finale of the polar assault! The Eighth Sea must capture the final VIP to guarantee their success or their gambit will fail. Let's see where the last VIP flees to...

RPPR Illustrated: Red Markets - The Brutalists

Our playtest campaign of Red Markets run by Caleb has been immortalized by Patsy! See which scenes and characters you can identify!

Thanks again for your support. We have a lot of great stuff planned this month. Our next weird video livestream is scheduled for July 12 at 6 pm CST on the RPPR Discord. 

Art by Patsy McDowell 

Early Access: Call of Cthulhu - Risam Vellere

A group of monks in medieval Britain investigate a strange ritual and its effects on their monastery. Can Caleb, Birk, Aaron and special guest Rob from the Orpheus Protocol find out what's happening?

Early Access: Eclipse Phase 2E - Gatecrashing - The Eighth Sea - Episode 11

One way to lay low is to leave the solar system. The crew visits an exoplanet to pull off a heist for some sweet rep. 

Early Access: Monster of the Week - A Wizard

I adapted an OSR dungeon crawl into Monster of the Week. Three heroes go hunting for a wizard before it happens again. 

The wizard is just that. He wears a pointed hat. 

Early Access: Eclipse Phase 2E: The Assault - The Eighth Sea - Episode 10

The Eighth Sea launches their attack on the polar fortress! What will they find inside?

After Hours: Rifts Bestiary Volume One

Palladium is still out there, publishing new books. I rounded up Birk, Tom, and Rob from the Orpheus Protocol to examine their latest offering, Rifts Bestiary Volume One. It's mostly reprinted monsters from older books, but they've sprinkled in some new ones. 

News: We are still doing weekly livestreams on the Discord! Sometime later this month we will be screening my movie, Motor Home from Hell. Stay tuned for details! 

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RPPR Livestream of Copperhead the movie on our Discord at 6 pm CST (1 hour from now!)

In the early 1980s, my parents made a low budget movie called Copperhead. I am in this movie (as a very small child). We will be watching it and some other weird videos. Come and hang out!

CONTENT WARNING: Copperhead depicts several live animals (snakes and mice) being killed. Do not watch this movie if you do not want to see that. 

Early Access: Call of Cthulhu - Bereavement

Caleb ran a one shot game of Call of Cthulhu recently and it was quite memorable! A group therapy session turns into a nightmare during a freak winter storm. 

Content Warning: Descriptions of traumatic experiences.

RPPR Illustrated: Delta Green - God's Teeth

Patsy has brought our most popular Delta Green campaign to life in this stunning image! 

To  be specific, agents, from left: ex-cartel enforcer Klaus Jimenez;  Astrophysicist Neil Shell, just before getting crushed by the abyssal  sea; Agent Alex Moore; Agent Arthur Provost; Doctor Kamarov; Agent  Domnhall Kellogg (with Aidan making an appearance alongside), Dr. Lydia  Cantrell, Prof. Herbert Winkel, and Agent Alan Harper.

Below,  we have, top ro...

Early Access: Eclipse Phase 2E: Under the Ice - The Eighth Sea - Episode 9

The crew digs under the Martian ice to construct a tunnel network for their polar fortress assault. They find out they aren't the only ones buried down there...

Early Access: Fear Itself - Weep Not Manor

An extreme haunted house holds very dark and deadly secrets. Can three guests survive the experience?

Content Warning: brief descriptions of torture. 

Weekly Livestream about to start on the RPPR Patreon Discord

We'll be hanging out and watching some very entertaining videos! Join us on the RPPR Patreon Discord now.

Early Access: Eclipse Phase 2E: Road Trip - The Eighth Sea - Episode 8

The Eighth Sea is going on a road trip! Just cruising across the barren wastes of Mars transporting a huge load of contraband. Totally normal. Nothing to worry here. 

After Hours: Iron Sky RPG Combat Example and the Divided States of America

I recently found out that a RPG based on the movie Iron Sky is in production. The developer posted a 6400 word example of play on a Kickstarter update. I invited Caleb, Birk, and Rob from the Orpheus Protocol to analyze the rules given in the example. We also talk about the 2020-05-11 13:01:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Early Access: Call of Cthulhu - Sundown

A posse of citizens track down a murderer through the desert, even though the killer may not be human... 

This is a published scenario available on DrivethruRPG. 

RPPR Illustrated: Gate 9 - Labeled version

Patsy has been kind enough to label this campaign poster:

1- Dr Saul

2- Foot High Science Guy

3- Ivan

4- Jeff

5- Trey

6- Kerzyk

7- Vincent

8- Agata

9- WarBot

10- BioBuddies: Electrodent and a mantis shrimp thing I made up cause I couldn't remember any of the others<...

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