Ross Payton

Early Access: Delta Green - Future Perfect

Working Group Icarus is sent into Death Valley to investigate a murder. It's not the heat, it's the mythos that gets you. 

RPPR After Hours: Pitching Netflix

After the release of the Bright  teaser trailer, it has become clear to us that Netflix is buying whatever geeky/RPG material they can find. So I convened a round table of the RPPR cast (Caleb, Dan, Tom, and Shaun) to figure out some of the best pitches we could share with Netflix. Find out the secret behind the crying child in a barrel! 

Titles reviewed or mentioned:

• Rolemaster: Castles a...
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Tabletop Tales preview episodes for March 2017

We finish up the Dresden Files Vegas story arc and pop back into Armitage Files. Thanks for supporting the RPPR Patreon!

Click here to download the March TT episodes. 

RPPR Illustrated: Base Raiders - Gate 9 - part 2

The rest of the crew! From left to right: Dr. Saul (Dan's PC) with the spirit Logos, Vincent (Aaron's PC), and Jeff (Bill's PC). 

Check out episode 2 to hear more of their antics! 

Thanks to Patsy for the artwork! 

Early Access: Base Raiders - Gate 9 - Episode 2

More Base Raiders! More dysfunctional bickering between newly empowered super people! WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR?

How about Base Raiders in print for 30% off? 

BONUS AP! Cthulhu Dark - Black Friday

Jason came down to Springfield during the Christmas holiday season and I managed to run a one shot of Cthulhu Dark for him and some other RPPR cast members. I'm not sure if I'll post this to the main feed but as a special reward for backers, I'm posting it now just for you! 

Thanks for supporting RPPR!

Early Access: Red Markets: Fallen Flag – Episode 10

Fallen Flag train adventures! Woo! Get hype for train action! Train moral dilemmas! Train murder conspiracies! I LIKE TRAINS

Early Access: Delta Green - Star Chamber

This is Greg Stolze's scenario, so blame him for any mistakes in this AP. Caleb gets to play in this one too! :D

Early Access: Base Raiders - Gate 9 - Episode 1

It's here! Our first full Base Raiders campaign! I am playtesting some new rules for Origin Stories. Find out what happens when six normal humans get a chance to gain superpowers for themselves. 

Palladium Poisoning Episode 3: Rifts Sourcebook One

Rifts Sourcebook One is a hodgepodge of new villains, monsters, robots, and GEAR. But more importantly it introduces a new antagonist, the evil AI, ARCHIE THREE. There's an entire adventure based on fighting the AI's fake evil brain! It's not that great of an adventure but who cares because fake alien warrior women robots!

Song: Kyoto Cyber Police by Kyoto Dragon 

Early Access: Red Markets: Fallen Flag – Episode 9

Fallen Flag is on the move again as the train heads to another enclave. What job will they find there?

RPPR Illustrated: Base Raiders - Gate 9 - Part 1

We have a Base Raiders campaign coming up soon and I asked Patsy to draw the player characters. We had six players, so this month shows half of the team. From left to right:

• Ivan (Shaun's PC)
• Trey (Caleb's PC)
• Agata (Faust's PC)

What are their powers? How did they get them? You'll have to wait for the first episode to drop this month to find out! Thanks for backing the RPPR Patreon! 

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RPPR After Hours: PAX South 2017 Trip Report

We're back from PAX South 2017! Many vidya games were played, both new and old. Find out what grabbed our attention, and hear from RPPR alumni, Chris! 

Song: Shock and Awe by Andreas Loesch 

Early Access: Delta Green - Sweetness

We are continuing with our run of DG published scenarios! This one is currently on Dennis Detwiller's Patreon.  

Palladium Poisoning Episode 2 BONUS SEGMENT!

A comment in our previous episode of Palladium Poisoning inspired a new discussion: how do you power game in Rifts? Faust, Shaun, and I explore the options in the core book. 

In the meanwhile, we're off to PAX South so we will have a new After Hours discussing the vidya game con next week. Thanks for supporting the Patreon! 

Early Access: Hc Svnt Dracones - Echoes of the Past - Episode 4

The finale of Tom's mini-campaign! Hope you guys enjoyed it. After this, Base Raiders! 

Early Access: Red Markets: Fallen Flag – Episode 8

Early Access: Delta Green - Last Things Last

We're going through every recently published DG scenario, so after Kali Ghati, it's time for Last Things Last from Need to Know. Cleaning up after other DG agents is a reoccuring theme and it's never easy...

January 2017 Tabletop Tales Preview Episodes

The holidays threw the Tabletop Tales schedule off but here are the next month's worth of episodes for Dresden Files, Season 2! 

Palladium Poisoning Episode 2: Rifts Core Book Part 2

Shaun and I guide Faust back into the depths of Rifts. Find out what happened to both the West and East coasts after the Rifts! Find out steroids are more powerful than bionics! Learn the true measure of a hero by their boxing ability! All this and more as we try to get through the random insanity of Rifts.

Song: Cyborg by Bruno Lapeyronnie 

Early Access: RPPR Actual Play: Hc Svnt Dracones - Echoes of the Past - Episode 3

It's prison break but it's on Mars and the PCs are outside the prison instead of inside and so it's not like Prison Break at all except the fact that a prison will be broken. 

RPPR Illustrated: Eclipse Phase - Erasure Squad

A Firewall Erasure Squad discovers an Exhuman "How to pass as a normal person" morality training system. It seems Exhumans have a hard time blending in normal society. 

Click here to listen to the Actual Play this image is based on. http://actualplay.roleplayingpublicradio.com/2014/03/systems/eclipse-phase/eclipse-phase-erasure-squad/

Thanks...

Early Access: Red Markets: Fallen Flag – Episode 7

It's that time again! The time for pitting moral dilemmas versus profit margins. Who will win? Either way, the misery of Fallen Flag is our gain :) Happy New Year!

RPPR After Hours: DeadEarth and Mutazoid Character Creation Extravaganza

Happy New Year! We have a brand new After Hours to welcome 2017! Tom, Shaun, and I took our favorite post-apocalyptic RPGs with random character generation tables, deadEarth and Mutazoids, and made some characters with them. Then we discussed which team was better. If you enjoy freakish mutants with very randomized traits, then this episode is for you!

Song: Reactivated Cop by Triptidon.

Early Access: Delta Green - Kali Ghati

This is a bit late but blame the holidays for that! Anyway, enjoy this DG AP!

Early Access: RPPR Actual Play: Hc Svnt Dracones - Echoes of the Past - Episode 2

HSD continues with more hijinx and by that I mean bioterrorism

Early Access: Red Markets: Fallen Flag – Episode 6

A new job for Fallen Flag! Perhaps this one won't be as hard on the crew as the last one. Right? RIGHT???

RPPR After Hours: Kojima's Friend Fiction

Aaron, Caleb, and I discuss Death Stranding, Hideo Kojima's soon-to-be masterpiece of...something? No one is quite sure what the game will be about, but it's gotta be great! We also review 3 books:

• CyberRogues: A supplement from our favorite 1980s cyberpunk RPG, Cyberspace! WHY IS THERE A YETI IN THIS BOOK? 
• ApoKERMIS Now! A Ghostbusters International adventure about stopping frat parties...OF THE DAMNED.
• Abyss: Ro...
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Early Access: Puppetland - Two Tales

We tried out Puppetland! It's a fun, if unusual, storytelling RPG. For one thing, every adventure has to take place in one hour of game time or less. We managed to fit two adventures in one session. Enjoy!

RPPR Illustrated: World of Darkness - Candle Cove

Three unlikely heroes try to save an innocent child from Candle Cove by guiding her to a wish granting waterfall! This is a scene from our double length AP: Candle Cove.  

Thanks to Patsy McDowell for the art!