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The Best Actual Plays This Side of the Apocalypse!
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It’s the grand finale to our Halloween Triple Feature! The three travelers attempt a dangerous gambit to win their freedom from the labyrinth once and for all, only to find themselves caught in a deadly confrontation between The Night Clerk and the one who hunts him. Can they survive the onslaught and make their escape, or will their fates be seale…
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It’s the grand finale to our Halloween Triple Feature! The three travelers attempt a dangerous gambit to win their freedom from the labyrinth once and for all, only to find themselves caught in a deadly confrontation between The Night Clerk and the one who hunts him. Can they survive the onslaught and make their escape, or will their fates be seale…
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Part two of our Halloween triple feature is here for your binging pleasure. Our three hapless travelers find themselves exploring a deeply troubling pocket dimension within the labyrinth, and facing off against one of its monstrous inhabitants. After a narrow escape, they meet up with a fearsome and single-minded Hunter who has sworn revenge agains…
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Part two of our Halloween triple feature is here for your binging pleasure. Our three hapless travelers find themselves exploring a deeply troubling pocket dimension within the labyrinth, and facing off against one of its monstrous inhabitants. After a narrow escape, they meet up with a fearsome and single-minded Hunter who has sworn revenge agains…
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Happy Halloween, everyone! As a fitting send-off to Spooky Season 2024, we’d like to submit the following fright night offering for your listening pleasure: our playthrough of The Night Clerk, an architectural horror scenario by Ross Payton (RPPR). A disgruntled school administrator, a patent medicine con-man and a gregarious farmer check in to a r…
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Happy Halloween, everyone! As a fitting send-off to Spooky Season 2024, we’d like to submit the following fright night offering for your listening pleasure: our playthrough of The Night Clerk, an architectural horror scenario by Ross Payton (RPPR). A disgruntled school administrator, a patent medicine con-man and a gregarious farmer check in to a r…
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In the season finale of The Hellhounds, our favorite villains take another run at tech bro billionaire Ethan Stank, targeting his company’s commercial space flight test launch for all the world to see. As befitting someone of his station, Stank reacts to all of the targeted harassment and taunting with poise and aplomb. Just kidding. He finds his o…
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In the season finale of The Hellhounds, our favorite villains take another run at tech bro billionaire Ethan Stank, targeting his company’s commercial space flight test launch for all the world to see. As befitting someone of his station, Stank reacts to all of the targeted harassment and taunting with poise and aplomb. Just kidding. He finds his o…
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The Hellhounds are back, and more sinister than ever! If they want to turn their ill-gotten FuTurk into a demonic vehicle that can pass through walls and strike fear into the hearts of heroes and civilians alike, they’ll need to acquire some special components. Like demon parts, from other Hellbinders. Can they pick a fight with another hellish hos…
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The Hellhounds are back, and more sinister than ever! If they want to turn their ill-gotten FuTurk into a demonic vehicle that can pass through walls and strike fear into the hearts of heroes and civilians alike, they’ll need to acquire some special components. Like demon parts, from other Hellbinders. Can they pick a fight with another hellish hos…
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In this week’s Eclipse Phase one-shot, Firewall scrambles a group of Sentinels on Extropia to neutralize an exsurgent outbreak at a swanky fundraising dinner. Can our team infiltrate the restaurant hosting the party before the chef infects everyone in attendance with their angry alien protein goo and save Extropia from becoming an exsurgent’s hors …
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In this week’s Eclipse Phase one-shot, Firewall scrambles a group of Sentinels on Extropia to neutralize an exsurgent outbreak at a swanky fundraising dinner. Can our team infiltrate the restaurant hosting the party before the chef infects everyone in attendance with their angry alien protein goo and save Extropia from becoming an exsurgent’s hors …
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When three friends find themselves trapped inside the fictional world of the card game Dominion, they’ll have to play the game in order to escape. And that means–you guessed it–cranking out as much money as they possibly can and buying all the land they can get their grubby little hands on! Luckily, none of the people in the fictional world are rea…
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When three friends find themselves trapped inside the fictional world of the card game Dominion, they’ll have to play the game in order to escape. And that means–you guessed it–cranking out as much money as they possibly can and buying all the land they can get their grubby little hands on! Luckily, none of the people in the fictional world are rea…
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Everyone’s favorite band of baddies is back, and this week, they’re going car shopping! Continuing their beef with tech billionaire Ethan Stank, the gang sets their sights on the CyberTurk, a prototype electric vehicle about to be released by Stank’s Edison Car Company. Can they steal a one-of-a-kind getaway car, or will their hopes go up in flames…
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Everyone’s favorite band of baddies is back, and this week, they’re going car shopping! Continuing their beef with tech billionaire Ethan Stank, the gang sets their sights on the CyberTurk, a prototype electric vehicle about to be released by Stank’s Edison Car Company. Can they steal a one-of-a-kind getaway car, or will their hopes go up in flames…
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The Hellhounds, Apex City’s favorite band of nefarious ne’er-do-wells, are at it again! This week, they take on their most obnoxious adversary to date: tech bros! When “genius” billionaire Ethan Stank announces that he will be unveiling the world’s first general artificial intelligence, the gang decides to crash the release and “liberate” the newly…
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The Hellhounds, Apex City’s favorite band of nefarious ne’er-do-wells, are at it again! This week, they take on their most obnoxious adversary to date: tech bros! When “genius” billionaire Ethan Stank announces that he will be unveiling the world’s first general artificial intelligence, the gang decides to crash the release and “liberate” the newly…
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(NOTE: Actual gameplay begins at 22 minutes 30 seconds) The Poppleton Mall is a friendly place, where each welcoming storefront promises commerce and community. One Family-owned business in particular offers its customers the opportunity to become more—if they’re cheerful, hard-working, and willing to invest in themselves. Becoming a member of The …
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(NOTE: Actual gameplay begins at 22 minutes 30 seconds) The Poppleton Mall is a friendly place, where each welcoming storefront promises commerce and community. One Family-owned business in particular offers its customers the opportunity to become more—if they’re cheerful, hard-working, and willing to invest in themselves. Becoming a member of The …
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It’s time for our newly-minted villains to launch themselves into the world of Eeeeeeeeevil! In this week’s episode, the team will design their costumes, develop their gimmick, and pull their first heist. If they want to work their way up the ranks in The Cabal, they’ll need to dress to impress, and make a splash. Will their inaugural caper go off …
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It’s time for our newly-minted villains to launch themselves into the world of Eeeeeeeeevil! In this week’s episode, the team will design their costumes, develop their gimmick, and pull their first heist. If they want to work their way up the ranks in The Cabal, they’ll need to dress to impress, and make a splash. [...]…
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This week, we kick off the first arc of a new Better Angels campaign! Years after the diabolical misadventures of the Fear Force Five, Apex City remains a battleground between sinister supervillains and angelic heroes. On an ordinary day at Radish Top Memorial Hospital, when an ex-con, a police detective, an orthodontist and a would-be influencer f…
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This week, we kick off the first arc of a new Better Angels campaign! Years after the diabolical misadventures of the Fear Force Five, Apex City remains a battleground between sinister supervillains and angelic heroes. On an ordinary day at Radish Top Memorial Hospital, when an ex-con, a police detective, an orthodontist and a would-be [...]…
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This last Spooktober game is a little bit late because it wasn’t actually recorded as one—shhh! People got sick and life got in the way, and we didn’t actually get to play a fourth spoopy one-shot. So please enjoy this re-purposed game of Heart that Ryan, Erik and Alex played a few months ago, and try to think Halloween-y thoughts while listening. …
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This last Spooktober game is a little bit late because it wasn’t actually recorded as one—shhh! People got sick and life got in the way, and we didn’t actually get to play a fourth spoopy one-shot. So please enjoy this re-purposed game of Heart that Ryan, Erik and Alex played a few months ago, and [...]…
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It’s time for the annual July 4th Block Party on Wisteria Court, a quiet cul-de-sac in a peaceful suburban neighborhood. They’ve got a food truck and a slip’n’slide, a bounce castle and a DJ. But something’s wrong on this idyllic block, and an unnatural force is about to drag the whole street out of reality itself. Blane and Zaq, two obnoxious unde…
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It’s time for the annual July 4th Block Party on Wisteria Court, a quiet cul-de-sac in a peaceful suburban neighborhood. They’ve got a food truck and a slip’n’slide, a bounce castle and a DJ. But something’s wrong on this idyllic block, and an unnatural force is about to drag the whole street out of reality [...]…
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This week, Alex runs us through the QuickStart scenario for Candela Obscura! In a world of magic, intrigue and a serious lack of safety standards, three members of a secret society investigate the death of a woman modeling a stunning but lethal new fabric. The hunt for answers will lead them to an isolated company mining town with a terrible secret…
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This week, Alex runs us through the QuickStart scenario for Candela Obscura! In a world of magic, intrigue and a serious lack of safety standards, three members of a secret society investigate the death of a woman modeling a stunning but lethal new fabric. The hunt for answers will lead them to an isolated company [...]…
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I’ll bet you all thought that Rag-NERD-rok was dead and buried, but here it is, clawing its way up through the sod, clumps of graveyard dirt in its hair! And speaking of dead things climbing out of their graves, it’s spooky season once again! In this year’s first Spooktober episode, Ryan runs Don’t Rest Your Head for Alex, Ed and James. When the Ta…
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I’ll bet you all thought that Rag-NERD-rok was dead and buried, but here it is, clawing its way up through the sod, clumps of graveyard dirt in its hair! And speaking of dead things climbing out of their graves, it’s spooky season once again! In this year’s first Spooktober episode, Ryan runs Don’t Rest Your [...]…
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Join us this week for the series finale of A Song of Remembrance! Can Sha-Sheena (The Giant!), Nylathria, Garek, Wei and Xeno defeat the evil General Orax before his sinister plan to revive the dead god Rohr comes to fruition? In order to do so, they’ll need to gain entry into the Thyraxian capitol, infiltrate [...]…
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Join us this week for the series finale of A Song of Remembrance! Can Sha-Sheena (The Giant!), Nylathria, Garek, Wei and Xeno defeat the evil General Orax before his sinister plan to revive the dead god Rohr comes to fruition? In order to do so, they’ll need to gain entry into the Thyraxian capitol, infiltrate the palace, and negotiate its hazards.…
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We’re back from our hiatus with another episode of A Song of Remembrance! In this week’s adventure, the adventurers and their ancient counterparts split up to gather the forces they’ll need to fight General Orax. One group travels to the Cave of Wonders, where an artifact known only as the MacGuffin is hidden. The other [...]…
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We’re back from our hiatus with another episode of A Song of Remembrance! In this week’s adventure, the adventurers and their ancient counterparts split up to gather the forces they’ll need to fight General Orax. One group travels to the Cave of Wonders, where an artifact known only as the MacGuffin is hidden. The other group races to confront, and…
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The No Way! Squad is back! Well, a No Way! Squad is back. Des Moines has become the latest hotbed of supervillainy and general shenanigans. And a new No Way! Squad is needed to deal with the threats. But will the team be able to come together for the good of the city? Or will [...]由The Rag-NERD-rok Crew
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The No Way! Squad is back! Well, a No Way! Squad is back. Des Moines has become the latest hotbed of supervillainy and general shenanigans. And a new No Way! Squad is needed to deal with the threats. But will the team be able to come together for the good of the city? Or will they be doomed to failure? Listen to find out!…
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Three men owe a great deal of money to a man in London. They’re all down-on-their-luck criminals, so the man asks them to do something for him: smuggle seven parrots on an overnight flight from New York to Heathrow. But the parrots are also criminals. And they hate being cooped up and smuggled.由The Rag-NERD-rok Crew
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Three men owe a great deal of money to a man in London. They’re all down-on-their-luck criminals, so the man asks them to do something for him: smuggle seven parrots on an overnight flight from New York to Heathrow. But the parrots are also criminals. And they hate being cooped up and smuggled.由The Rag-NERD-rok Crew
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After a long, long journey, the party finally crosses over to the other side of The Shimmer. They hope to put an end to the threat and save their world. But what will they find waiting for them in this strange land? Will they be able to stop the general? Listen to find out!由The Rag-NERD-rok Crew
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After a long, long journey, the party finally crosses over to the other side of The Shimmer. They hope to put an end to the threat and save their world. But what will they find waiting for them in this strange land? Will they be able to stop the general? Listen to find out!由The Rag-NERD-rok Crew
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With the artifacts in tow, the group has decided to destroy them by throwing them into a pit of acid. But first, they’ll have to contend with a possible betrayal from within. Will they be able to trust their own? And can these artifacts actually be destroyed? Listen to find out!由The Rag-NERD-rok Crew
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With the artifacts in tow, the group has decided to destroy them by throwing them into a pit of acid. But first, they’ll have to contend with a possible betrayal from within. Will they be able to trust their own? And can these artifacts actually be destroyed? Listen to find out!由The Rag-NERD-rok Crew
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Three FBI agents are summoned to Colorado Springs to investigate a series of seemingly unconnected shootings that share a strange similarity: they were all committed with the same gun. The victims and their assailants did not know each other, had no known interactions with one another, and came from a variety of cultural and socioeconomic [...]…
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Three FBI agents are summoned to Colorado Springs to investigate a series of seemingly unconnected shootings that share a strange similarity: they were all committed with the same gun. The victims and their assailants did not know each other, had no known interactions with one another, and came from a variety of cultural and socioeconomic backgroun…
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Regina is finally getting married. To a reality TV bounty hunter, of course. The wedding is going to be the event of the century! But for security reasons, the happy couple decides to hold their nuptials in the middle of the desert. Will they be able to pull off a miracle and have the wedding happen without a hitch? Or is it going to be a fiasco? L…
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Regina is finally getting married. To a reality TV bounty hunter, of course. The wedding is going to be the event of the century! But for security reasons, the happy couple decides to hold their nuptials in the middle of the desert. Will they be able to pull off a miracle and have the wedding [...]由The Rag-NERD-rok Crew
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Trapped in the Mcallister Building, the investigators wander the Night Floors, trying to find a way out. But the hallways are strange and shifting, and hide more than they reveal. Will the investigators make it out alive? Or are they doomed to become the latest victims of the building? Listen to find out!…
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Trapped in the Mcallister Building, the investigators wander the Night Floors, trying to find a way out. But the hallways are strange and shifting, and hide more than they reveal. Will the investigators make it out alive? Or are they doomed to become the latest victims of the building? Listen to find out!…
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