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Early Access: Reign - Nagalisitu - Episode 8

In order to win over the people of Nagalisitu , the Hunting Pack has to prove that evil exists. Time to go on an expedition into the most dangerous region of the land! 

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Early Access: A Dirty World - The Weight of Her Shadow - Part 1

A family comes together to bury an eccentric matriarch. Her secrets begin to unwind, as the grandchildren try to discover their real inheritance...

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Extended Early Access: Scum and Villainy - The Oddballs - Episode 5

It turns out that blaming all their crimes on Laser Chainsaw was a bad idea. The real Laser Chainsaw has come to collect. This means the Oddballs must do a job for him or take him out. Tough call.

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Early Access: Reign - Nagalisitu - Episode 7

After acquiring some religious people, it's time to introduce them to their new flock. What could go wrong?

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Early Access: Delta Green - BLACKSAT

A team of astronauts is given a top secret satellite repair mission but there are...complications. Potentially lethal ones. What are NASA and the Air Force hiding? 

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Mashup Mayhem: Nintendo Franchises

Nintendo has created a lot of memorable settings, from the Mario Brothers to Zelda and beyond. Thad, Noah, Richard, and I discuss what tabletop RPGs could work with each setting, from A Dirty World for Mario, Warhammer Fantasy with The Legend of Zelda, and a lot more! 

Song: A Symphonic Metal Tribute to the Legend of Zelda by L-Train 

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Extended Early Access: Scum and Villainy - The Oddballs - Episode 4

A cult of monstrous Way adepts holds an important precursor artifact in their lair. The Oddballs have to get it. The lair has no light because the adepts use their other senses to navigate it. Getting around that is the easy part. 

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Early Access: Reign - Nagalisitu - Episode 6

The revolution continues! Can the Hunting Pack fulfill the prophecy? Will Dwenar find a way to be with his beloved? A lot happens in this episode!

Thanks for supporting the RPPR Patreon! 

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After Hours: D4 Nite

Tabletop RPGs may be more popular than they have ever been, but is that enough? No, clearly not. We need to rip off more popular games in a shameless attempt to gain a bigger audience. Shaun, Tom, and I try to graft battle royale mechanics to popular RPGs like D&D and Rifts. 

I also review The Four Riders, part 2 of the Venusian Apocalypse trilogy from Mutant Chronicles. 

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RPPR Illustrated: Little Fears - Polybius

A group of kids finds out that some video games are much harder than others and losing can cost you much more than a quarter. This is a scene from our one shot of Little Fears. Listen to the game here. 

Art by Patsy McDowell.  

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Early Access: Slasher Flick - Eyes on Breen

Neil Breen makes movies. Weird movies where he always plays a powerful person with special skills and powers who judges the rest of humanity. Structurally, Slasher Flick is a good RPG to use to simulate a Neil Breen movie. 

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Extended Early Access: Scum and Villainy - The Oddballs - Episode 3

The Oddballs help the Conclave, a faction of robots, to gain a factory. This job will require stealth, a bit of brute force, and a whole lot of luck... 

(sorry about the delay in posting this! Extended early access should be on track from now on.)

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Early Access: Reign - Nagalisitu - Episode 5

Time to find some religion! And by that, I mean recruit some monks and priests for a lifetime of missionary work in a pocket universe that's kinda hellish? Ah, I'm sure it will be easy. 

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Mashup Mayhem: Aliens, Predator, and Cthulhu

What could be more terrifying than xenomorphs and the Yuatja? How about deep one xenomorph hybrids and King in Yellow worshiping predators? Bridget, Kat, and I discuss the many possibilities of mashing up the three setting together in various ways. 

Bridget on Twitter 

BPB Games on Twitter 

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Early Access: Eclipse Phase - The Coelacanth

I ran another one shot of Eclipse Phase second edition. This time, I did a noir-stylized detective story set in a city on Mars, with the PCs hired as private detectives. A murder/identity theft turns out to be a tangled web of lies. Find out who did it! 

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After Hours: Evil Corporation Investor Analysis

The Resident Evil 2 Remake led me down a wiki-lore dive, where I discovered that Umbrella actually had some *successful* projects, like the Tyrant 103 series, which was quite the surprise. Shaun, Tom, and I discuss which evil corporations are best for investors. 

I also review Mutant Chronicles and an adventure for it, The Venusian Apocalypse Part 1: The Second Seal of Repulsion. It involves a tribe of cat people engineered to guard an evil temple and a luxury blimp. 

So...

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Early Access: Reign - Nagalisitu - Episode 4

The Hunting Pack continues in their mission to unite the tribes. Turns out that's kinda hard. Weird. Enjoy and thanks for backing the RPPR Patreon! 

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RPPR Illustrated: Call of Cthulhu - The Horrible Lonely House in the Woods

A group of stranded travelers find themselves in the fight of their live against unnatural forces of darkness!

A collection of scenes from our one shot of this scenario.  

Thanks to Patsy for the art! 

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Early Access: Delta Green - The Book Club

I wrote a scenario for the 2018 Shotgun Scenario Contest and this is my run of that scenario. I wrote it as an introduction for new agents to Delta Green. Enjoy! 

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Extended Early Access: Scum and Villainy - The Oddballs - Episode 2

The Oddballs get a job to steal an artifact from a cult. In order to do this, they have to take a job with the cult to earn their trust. Easy, right? What's the worst that can happen when betraying a crazed and heavily armed cult?

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Early Access: Reign - Nagalisitu - Episode 3

It turns out that culture changes over time, often in surprising ways. The Leech Cat hunt is on! 

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Early Access: Warhammer 40k Wrath and Glory - Iota

I've been running one shots of a few different systems to see which one we like the most for another campaign. This time, I ran Wrath and Glory with a scenario of my own creation. A team of special operatives heads to an abandoned space station to rescue a prisoner but this team is not what you think...

 I also allowed a completely mixed group because I care so much about the accuracy of 40k lore. :) Enjoy! 

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Mashup Mayhem: D&D and Wrestling

We're starting a new series for 2019 about mashing up something with RPGs! We'll start with two very popular things: D&D and wrestling! Bridget, Noah, Richard, and I talk about faces, heels, and muscle wizards.

Song: Riding through the wildlands by KOBOLD 

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Extended Early Access: Scum and Villainy - The Oddballs - Episode 1

As a new reward, we will be releasing a campaign months before it reaches a public podcast! I will post one episode every other week on a Saturday. 

I ran a Scum and Villainy campaign, where Tom, Aaron, Jay B, Renee, and Shaun took the weirdest jobs in the galaxy to pay the bills. Enjoy the Oddballs! 


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Early Access: Reign - Nagalisitu - Episode 2

The Hunting Pack has run afoul of the local ruler and erstwhile employer, Daryl the Squinty Eyed. Escaping from his court intact will require all of their cunning! 

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After Hours: Choose Your Own Netflix

Caleb, Tom, and I enjoyed the new Black Mirror special, Bandersnatch, but we realized we could do better. Far better. So we discuss what interactive projects Netflix should do next. I also review a classic scenario from Judge's Guild called Tower of Ulission. It's a doozy featuring hallucinations, friendly talking skeletons, and a dragon that zips you when it breathes. 

2019-01-08 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post

RPPR Illustrated: Dungeon World - The Ghost Library

An adventurer bonds with an automaton librarian guard at the Ghost Library. A scene from this adventure.  

Thanks to Patsy McDowell for the artwork!  

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Don't Cross the Stream: Random Ninja Tables

Before we switch over to our new special topic for the year, Thad wrote up a supplement to randomly generate ninjas, based on our discussion of ninjas in Mortal Kombat in the last DCTS episode. If you enjoy this PDF, be sure to listen to the episode to get more gaming ideas based on Mortal Kombat! 

I made this post public, so everyone can generate as many ninjas as they need for their ga...

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Early Access: Delta Green - Amanuensis Dolls

Bridget wrote and ran a great horror one shot for us. She ran it in Delta Green, but she wrote up the scenario on her Patreon, which you can check out here. It's about confronting a horror writer up to no good, in a cabin in a snowy forest. Enjoy! 

(From now on, all Early Access episodes go out the Wednesday before they are supposed to be posted. This gives EA patrons more time to enjoy ...

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Early Access: Slasher Flick - Secret Santa FROM HELL

It's a Christmas Miracle! A special holiday themed Slasher Flick, just for you all! Enjoy!

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