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Early Access: Fate Core: Cointract Island - Episode 8 - Slaughter in the Supermarket

Felicia, Aava, and Indy face new terrors in the Neighborhood. They wind up fighting a powerful monster in the supermarket! Can they survive?

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Early Access: Mutants in the Now - Split Decision

The Pit Stops are back at it again! They have to face the music from the other factions. Plus the bad guys are trying to devastate all of New York City! 

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After Hours: The SCP RPG

The SCP RPG is based on the popular creepypasta wiki/fandom of the same name. It came out this year after a successful Kickstarter last year, so Rob Stith from the Orpheus Protocol and RPPR's Thad and I took a look at the game. It's a very crunchy game, to say the least...

Check out Rob's podcast and RPG, the Orpheus Protocol, where the X-Files meets the X-men (kinda) 

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Early Access: Fate Core: Cointract Island - Episode 7: Lizards, Robots, and Cultists, Oh my!

The team moves into the Neighborhood for shelter and discovers it has own threats.  Accelerator cultists are kidnapping citizens and security robots are running amok! 

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Recommendizer: Episode Zero

Let RPPR recommend games and movies for you! This is a brand new series for our Patreon, where the RPPR cast recommends various media for you. I'm still working on the format, so this episode is a bit loose, as Chris and I talk. 

The plan is to let patrons ask for recommendations from us. I'll make a separate post for patrons to submit recommendations for our first proper episode. 

In this episode, Chris and I discuss Signalis and Scorn, two new horror video games. We al...

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Online Games for December

This month I'm running two games for patrons! If you want to play, back at the $10 or $25 level and join our Discord. From there, looking for #rppr-game-scheduling to join a particular game. You can sign up for both games starting today! 

Title: Base Raiders - The Village of Stolen Memories

Time: Saturday December 17 at 1 pm CST

Players: 2 to 5 - pregens available - high powered characters allowed. 

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RPPR Illustrated: Cointract Island - The Team

From left to right:

‘Emily);Drop Table;– (AKA Indy), a scrappy scavenger, played by Fae 

Felicia, cat girl bartender played by Bridget

Aava Amaranth, cyborg hacker, played by Lydia

Next month, we'll be doing a new series for RPPR...

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Early Access: Mork Borg - The Goblin Grinder

We're back recording some games in person at RPPR! This is our first session of Mork Borg, using the scenario Goblin Grinder. Tom, Chris, and Aaron quest to find and stop the infernal machine before it's too late!

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Early Access: Fate Core: Cointract Island - Episode 6 - Bioweapon Romantic Triangle

The trio want to help Hathor and the Dryads escape Cointract Island but they need to resolve a potentially deadly romantic triangle between Hathor, a dryad, and a human engineer! Office romance has never been so lethal!

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Early Access: Delta Green - Up Jumped the Reaper

A graduate student and her boyfriend disappeared in the mountains of North Carolina. Two private investigators and a colleague search for her but discover a horrifying supernatural threat...

This session was recorded with a new audio set-up in-person, so let me know what you think of the quality! The scenario comes from the anthology Fear's Sharp Little Needles from Stygian Fox. 

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After Hours: Synnibarr 3ED - The Book of Fate

We're back for one more round with Synnibarr 3ED. Caleb, Thad, Baz, and I dive into the GM (or Fate in the parlance of Synnibarr). We're all guests in Raven's house, so find out what his wisdom for running a RPG is. What is the ADDA model? Why are there so many random tables? We'll try to unravel the mystery that is Synnibarr but we may find ourselves stranded on the Worldship...

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Early Access: Fate Core: Cointract Island - Episode 5 - Hathor and the Dryads

Deep in the forest, Hathor and the mysterious Dryads are up to something. Our heroes need to investigate them before they doom the island. 

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RPPR Illustrated: Cointract Island - Fearret Swarms

Fearrets are the smallest chimera in the publicly known models. They are primarily derived from ferrets and piranha, although other species were also used in their creation. They look mostly like ferrets, except their head, which is monstrous and scaly. They have oversized jaws with razor sharp fangs. is A cybernetic implant protrudes from their back, running along their spines. 

Individually, a fearret is easily confused and mostly docile. However, each implant automatically netwo...

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FIST: Reflections in Tears

A citizen’s group in Hong Kong contracted FIST for a search and  destroy mission in Kowloon Walled City. They received a warning from a  whistle blower in Modular Synergy, a corporation dabbling in...unwise  research. They’re conducting field tests of the Temporal Energy Angular  Reflector inside the enclave.  This cannot be allowed. You need to find  it and shut it down.

An open-ended exploration scenario with light puzzle-solving  elements. Inves...

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Online Game Announcement and RPG Consulting For November

For November, I'm running 1 game and I will open up 3 slots for patrons who want to consult on an RPG-related project. I can help with any aspect of making RPGs from writing, playtesting, to publishing. 

Any $10 patron or higher can post here to request a consultation. I'll then message you to set up a time. Each consultation takes about an hour and we can do it over voice chat on any platform you use (although I am most commonly on Discord). 

Online Game Title: A Very ...

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Early Access: Mutants in the Now - Best Worst Decision

The Pit Stops are back investigating the secrets of the Goop! Can they evade the Feds and get to the bottom of the mystery?

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Early Access: Fate Core: Cointract Island - Episode 4 - Boss Fight Versus a Deadly Cyborg

As the heroes venture into the forest, they encounter horrors and a deadly cyborg working on a sinister plan. The team must defeat it before it's too late! 

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RSS Feeds for RPPR Campaigns!

I just discovered that Wordpress allows for custom RSS feeds based on tags. Now, normally, RSS is limited to 500 entries, so older episodes of RPPR Actual Play disappear from the feed every time I post a new episode. Each campaign on RPPR has a unique tag and with tag based feeds, you can subscribe to a single campaign and download that to your podcasting app of choice!

I have not tested this extensively, so please let me know if something doesn't work. 

If you enjoy RPPR, jo...

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Early Access: Monster of the Week - There is No

Two brothers, a spell-slinger and a monster, are joined by a third hero, to investigate a missing occult scholar. Just in time for Halloween, find the true meaning of horror! 

Baz and Tom to reprise their characters from Death Stratum and are joined by Lydia! 

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Early Access: Fate Core: Cointract Island - Episode 3 - Raid on the cultist lair!

Our heroes raid the lair of the Accelerators, a cult of fungus-eating tech bros! Find out why they're risking their lives in the newest episode of Cointract Island.

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After Hours: Synnibarr Third Edition - Character Creation

Making a player character for Synnibarr Third Edition is perhaps the most challenging part of the game. Baz, Noah, Thad, and I attempt to make a group of characters for the game and discover that do not perceive reality in the same way that Raven McCracken does. We do learn that you can technically mount a chain gun on a horse though.

Check out Noah's podcast, Thinking Too Hard About Anime! 

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Early Access: Frontier Scum - Bring Me the Head of Lucifer Morningstar

Frontier Scum is a new weird western RPG about a lost frontier and the scum who scheme and shoot to survive. I ran a one shot with Luke from Ship of the Dead podcast to try it out. Enjoy!

Luke as R Jebediah Rutherford

Jason as Belium Cussy

Thad as Archibald Scrancher Dungaree


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RPPR Illustrated: Cointract Island - The Tower and Primary Lab

Art by Patsy McDowell 

The Cointract Tower

The Cointract Tower is the tallest building on the island and the seat of power for the Cointract DAO. The lower floors are dominated by the Coin Club. The middle floors are used for important business and security operations, while the top floors are used by the board of directors. 

A hotel (Cointract Suites) operates next to t...

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Online RPG Sessions for Patrons for October

I have two Halloween themed games for October for Red Markets and Delta Green!

Title: Red Markets - A Graveyard Smash?

Time: Saturday October 15 at 12 pm CST

Players: 2 to 5 - pregens available. 

Synopsis: The Spirit Sanctum, a reclusive enclave based in a strip mall has recently put out invitations for anyone in the region to participate in their first Halloween Costume Contest and Party! Your employer wants yo...

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Early Access: Fate Core: Cointract Island - Episode 2, Cultists, Claire, and Chaos!

Our heroes meet a reporter named Claire, fight masked cultists, and deal with the deadly chimera rampaging in the Greeting Hub! 

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Early Access: Monster of the Week - Death Stratum

Two brothers, one a Deep One, and the other a spell-slinger, investigate mysterious deaths and strange events. What sinister creature is behind them?

You can read my writeup of the new monster featured in this scenario by subscribing to my free newsletter!  

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Early Access: Fate Core: Cointract Island - Episode 1 - The Greeting Hub

The first ship returns to Cointract Island after a storm knocked out all communication systems linking it to the outside world. Three friends, each with their own plans, explore the Greeting Hub. They soon learn the amount of chaos that happened while they were gone. 

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After Hours: Synnibarr Third Edition - Ultimate Adventurer's Guide

The Worldship is back! There's a new edition of the Synibarr and we're diving into it. I got a full round table of RPPR regulars to explore the Ultimate Adventurer's Guide. Baz, Caleb, Noah, and Thad and I found so many different things, it's hard to keep track of them all. From bizarre metaphysics to unbalanced spaceships, Synnibarr has it all. 

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Early Access: Mutants in the Now - Bitey Things

The Pit Stops continue their adventures! They learn of a human scientist who may need their help and knows more about the secrets of the goop. Can our heroes get to her before the bad guys do?

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Online Games for September

I'm back to running 2 games this month. All patrons at the $10 level and higher can play. Sign up on the RPPR Discord in the channel #rppr-game-scheduling

Game 1 Title: Cointract Cruise 

Time: Tuesday September 13 at 6 pm CST

System: FIST - https://claymorerpgs.itch.io/fist

Players: 2 to 5 - characters are easy and fast to make, so either ...

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