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RPPR Palladium Poisoning: Rifts Core Book - Part 1

In our first episode of Palladium Poisoning, Shaun and I try to explain the basic premise of Rifts to Faust as well as some of the character classes.  So if you want to hear about what life 300 years after nuclear apocalypse looks like, then dig in!

Song: Palladium by Phantasma 

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Early Access: Hc Svnt Dracones Episode01

Tom ran a 4 part mini campaign last year of this sci-fi RPG. It was quite fun so I hope you guys enjoy it! 

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Bonus AP: Call of Cthulhu - He Calls Me By The Thunder

I was talking to Jason (who now lives in Kansas City) recently when he came down to Springfield to visit. He told me about a game he and Aaron had played in back at a local sci-fi convention back in 2014. It was a version of He Calls Me By The Thunder , but run with the Call of Cthulhu rules instead of Trail and with the same GM, Ethan o...

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Early Access: Red Markets: Fallen Flag – Episode 5

Fallen Flag finishes up the eviction job with no complications or other difficulties! Total smooth sailing! :D

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Early Access: A Dirty World - Cottonwood - part 2

More Dirty World dirtiness! More detectives berating and tricking suspects! More wild dogs! 

Happy Thanksgiving!

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WoD The Heck: Mummy the Resurrection

Our final WoD The Heck (for now!) - Shaun, Faust, and I delve into the tomb that is Mummy the Resurrection. What else can be said about this, uh, interesting game?

Song: Set's Betrayal by Amphibian Man 

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Early Access: A Dirty World - Cottonwood - part 1

Shaun ran a great two part Dirty World game about investigating a murder in a small town in Texas. It turns out that small rural towns are just as dirty and corrupt as the big city! 

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Early Access: Delta Green - Contingency

You are all agents for the Program operating in the Northeast. You have been called up to a location in rural New York for a deniable op - you are to travel with fake FBI IDs, disposable equipment for a quick forensic 'cleanup'.  No further orders have been given, so you wait, in the dark, in a car with false papers and three other agents.

I also ran this scenario for Patreon backers: https://www.yout...

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Early Access: Tabletop Tales - Dresden Files Episode 11-15

Click here to download the episodes.

Season 2 of Dresden Files begins! What will Obelisk do next?

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RPPR After Hours: Tripping the Rift

Faust, Tom, and I explore the depths of the Palladium Megaverse by examining The Best of the Rifter magazine and Rifts: Vampire Kingdoms. Also, Faust shares some important news.


Song: We are Destroyers and Remember Me by Roburg

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Early Access: Red Markets - Fallen Flag episode 4

Back to our regular schedule of negotiations, bickering, and homicidal/zombicidal violence.

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RPPR Illustrated: Rifts - The Eliminators

A scene from our one shot of Rifts: The Eliminators, in which our heroes force a NPC cyber cowboy to play Russian roulette.

Thanks to Patsy McDowell for the art!

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Bonus Actual Play: Delta Green - Hearts and Minds

I am going on vacation tomorrow and I won't be back home until Nov. 4. All of the main podcasts are already queued up, so this should not interrupt your regular listening. However, I can't schedule posts on Patreon so I can't make Early Access podcasts available for the next few weeks. As an apology, please accept this bonus AP podcast of Caleb, Aaron, and I playing Delta Green with a new player (Holly) run by Bas, a friend of the podcast who was in town. I had a lot of fun playing in this scena...

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Early Access: October Tabletop Tales episodes

We pick up the Armitage Files campaign, as the team investigates more documents from the good doctor.

Download them there.

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Early Access: Mutant Year Zero - False Haven

Tom ran a one shot of Mutant Year Zero, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi RPG. It turned out to be a fun game and system so I decided to post it. Enjoy!

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WoD The Heck: Wraith the Oblivion

Shaun and I act as Virgil to Faust's Dante as we descend into the Tempest that is Wraith the Oblivion. Spectres, the Hierarchy and occasional Neverborn Malfean are just a few of the hazards we'll face in our journey to the dark heart of the Labyrinth.

Song:  Descansos by Charon ME

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RPPR Illustrated: A Dirty World: Dr. Nova’s Going Away Party

A court scene at a very elaborate party held by one of Mars' richest oligarchs, Dr. Nova, before he departed the system. This scene is part of A Dirty World one shot set in the universe of Eclipse Phase.

Thanks to Patsy McDowell for the art!

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Early Access: 13th Age - Stranglesea

I ran a one shot of 13th Age using the new adventure Stranglesea. It turned out to be quite fun for everyone, so I thought I would put it up next. Enjoy!

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RPPR After Hours: Kill the Bean, Drink His Blood

In this review filled episode, we go over FOUR whole books:

  • Hellsgate, a Dark Conspiracy adventure for astronauts, psychics, and cyborg escapees.
  • Broncosaurus Rex: Cretasus Adventure Guide, where Confederates enslave and eat intelligent dinosaurs.
  • Dawn of DNA: A Villains and Vigilantes adventure involving a sperm bank robbery.
  • Spelljammer: Concordance of Arcane Space - learn about how incredibly flammable outer space is in D&D. View Post

Early Access: Red Markets: Fallen Flag – Episode 3

More post-apocalyptic hijinks and by that I mean extremely dangerous jobs dealing with zombies and sociopathic killers.

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Early Access: Inverse World - The Composer of Souls

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Early Access: Call of Cthulhu - Operation Downslope

NO ONE GETS ANY BRIEFINGS.

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WoD The Heck: Episode 8 - Werewolf the Apocalypse

Special guest Tom joins us as we discuss the furriest of all oWoD games, Werewolf the Apocalypse. Between tribes, auspices, breeds, the Triat, and the Umbra, there's more than enough special snowflakes for everyone! It's time to fight Captain Planet villains for Gaia :D

Song: Kill Everything by the Werewolves.

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Early Access: Red Markets - Fallen Flag episode 2

The crew's very first job! Let's see how well it goes. It can't get any harder than that score, right? Patreon upload is screwed up again so I hope this works!

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Early Access: Feng Shui 2: Hotline HK - part 2

The conclusion to Hotline HK! Hopefully I got the rules mostly right this time! Third exclamation point!

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RPPR After Hours: The Simulation of the Rescue of Oliver North

Special guest Jason from the Armitage Files campaign at Tabletop Tales gives us an expert analysis on Phoenix Command! We also talk about wargame zines from 1974 and 1976 and an odd little game called Rescue Ollie North.

Music: Blaster by Run Vaylor.

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RPPR Illustrated: Fear Itself - Burner

A small band of retail employees try to survive the night as an otherworldly monster stalks them! Listen to the game this image is based on.

Thanks to Patsy McDowell for the art!

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Early Access:Feng Shui 2 - Hotline HK Part 1

Soooo, this was meant to be a one shot but it became a 2 part game. I thought about merging both games into 1 AP, but I am no longer doing 6 hour episodes. I will post part 2 next, so it's still technically a one shot. Deal w it.

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Early Access: Night's Black Agents - Thieves Code episode 3

WOOO THIEVES FIGHTING VAMPIRES

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WoD The Heck: Demon the Fallen

Demon the Fallen was one of the last games in the Old World of Darkness and boy is it a game. Play a fallen angel returned to earth and do...things? First read 80 pages of in-game fiction to get a sense of the very detailed history of the setting that totally contradicts a lot of the other games in the Old World of Darkness, then we can talk.

Also read this promo ...

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