Ross Payton

Don't Cross the Stream: Speed Racer

The 2008 movie version of Speed Racer is a trip and a favorite of many of our cast members. Bridget, Noah, Richard, Thad, and I discuss how the overly-saturated visual chaos and splendor of this movie can be translated into gaming fodder. From civilization building games that explore the cost of building the tracks used in the movie, to using slot cars in a RPG, we have it all! 

Song: Speedracer Theme '08 (The...

RPPR B-Sides Volume 4 is now out!

I have released RPPR B-Sides Volume: Unknown Markets. It contains two incomplete campaigns (Red Markets and Unknown Armies) as well as various one shots of other games, 20 games altogether. It costs $20 if you want to get it now or you can wait a year to get it as pay what you want. 

Backers at the $25 level will receive it for free (check your messages). 

Early Access: Magical Fury - Episode 1 - Sweet

Bridget ran a great mini campaign of Magical Fury. This episode also features sound effects, added by Dario, one of the players. Thanks for backing the RPPR Patreon! 

After Hours: Warhammer Woes

Special guest Noah from Maple Syrup Blood Money and Role Playing Exchange and I try to explain Warhammer Fantasy to Jeb. Why? Because it's the only way we can make sense of it ourselves. 

Song: Sun to End the Night by Torrid Husk 

RPPR Patreon Online Games: Volume 2

Here are the remaining 52 online games run for RPPR backers, now available as MP3 downloads. If you missed volume 1, check it out here. 

RPPR Illustrated: Call of Cthulhu - Bryson Springs

The Fisher of Men takes another victim. A scene from our episode Bryson Springs.  

Thank you for supporting the RPPR Patreon.

 Thanks to Patsy for the artwork!  

Early Access: Slasher Flick - Emperor of the North

Take an obscure 1973 movie about hobos riding trains and a murderous train conductor who kills them and then imagine Zach Snyder remaking it. That's the premise of our game.  

Don't Cross the Stream: Explosive Emotions

Based on our talks from the Infini episode, Bridget has come up with some new rules for characters dealing with random emotional outbursts with new effects and some suggested plot hooks. 

Early Access: Zweihander - Three Feathers

We had a rousing game of Zweihander, run by Noah, co-host of Maple Syrup Blood Money. This is a Warhammer Fantasy RPG adventure, converted to Zweihander. Enjoy! 

Early Access: Base Raiders - Gate 9 - Episode 26

The campaign finale for Gate 9! Sorry about the delay but friends from out of town dropped in for the weekend. Enjoy! 

Patreon Games MP3 archive

When the RPPR Patreon began, I ripped and converted our online games (which are saved as Youtube videos) into MP3 files so people could listen to them offline. I never received any feedback on it so I stopped doing and forgot about them. A listener asked about them recently and I remembered I was sitting on a pile of converted but unposted games. The following archive has 16 games available for download. 2018-05-14 02:49:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Early Access: Eclipse Phase - The Manor Redux

I enjoyed running the scenario, The Manor, so much that I ran it again for Tom, Aaron, and Shaun. This is an experiment to see if you like hearing the same scenario with different groups. Let me know what you think. 

Don't Cross the Stream: Reboot

Netflix released Reboot: The Guardian Code, a new series based on the cult classic 90s CGI cartoon. Renee, Noah, Aaron, and I talk about the new series and how to gameify it. Who needs acting when you can just randomly pick your emotions? 

Early Access: Delta Green - Bright Redoubt

A DG one shot I ran back in 2016 and just forgot to post until now. Better late than never. Enjoy! 

After Hours: Crossover Chaos

Everyone is excited about the great crossover event happening in a major fictional universe. Of course, I'm talking about the Supernatural/Scooby Doo crossover. I heard something about some crossover movie but who cares about that?

Anyway, Shaun, Tom, and I got together to make our crossover RPG characters. We used random character creation tables from different games to generate our team - from Maid to Beyond the Supernatural. 

Song: 2018-05-07 05:01:26 +0000 UTC View Post

RPPR Illustrated: Monsters and Other Childish Things - Sucrose Park

Cool Rat is friend to all children, whether they like it or not! This is a scene illustrated from our one shot playtest of Sucrose Park. 

Thanks to Patsy for the artwork!  

Early Access: Base Raiders: Gate 9 – Episode 25

Hey the moon is a cool place to check out? Let's go back to the moon. What could go wrong?

Preview of May's Patreon backer games!

We have some great games lined up for May for our $10 and higher backers. The first is already scheduled so hop on the RPPR Discord to sign up!

Title:  "I TALKED WITH GOD (yes I did, actually and literally) 

GM: Ross Payton

System: Call of Cthulhu 7E  

Players 2-4 

Date: Saturday May 5 at 6 pm CST (exact time may change if multiple players want to change it - ask in ...

Early Access: Damn the Man, Save the Music!

This was a fun one shot of the new indie RPG about working in a 1980s record store. I even found some appropriate music I could use for the game! 

Album 1: https://archive.org/details/noise-arch_intoczecated

Album 2: https://archive.org/details/noise-arch_radiante

Early Access: Blue Planet - Natural Law

Jeff Barber stopped by Springfield to run another great one shot of Blue Planet. Prisoners and a cop have to work together to escape a deadly island full of secrets and things with sharp teeth. Enjoy! 

Early Access: Base Raiders: Gate 9 – Episode 24

Hey gang, let's go fight an elder god! 

Don't Cross the Stream - VENGEANCE: Using Drama to Fuel Combat

Bridget wrote some new rules compatible with all RPGs, based on our discussion of Gantz: O to help bring more drama to the game!

Listen to Episode 3 of Don't Cross the Stream  

VENGEANCE is a set of optional rules that you can inject into basically any other Table-top Role-Playing Game system.

VENGEANCE recreates that feeling of characters having an emotional breakthrou...