Merely Roleplayers updates every Tuesday at 5:00am GMT, with brand new episodes every week.
Episodes alternate between Story Acts which advance the current season's story; and Backstage episodes, shorter bonus content looking at character creation and other mechnical aspects of the roleplaying games the podcast uses.
Something's not right at the West End's Ariadne Theatre. For a start, why does no other company want the space? And why does everyone suddenly feel like they're being watched?
System: Simple World
Players: Ellie, Vikki, Alex and Strat. Hosted by Matt.
The company arrives at the down-on-its-luck Ariadne theatre, meets the staff, and starts to experience some unsettling sensations. Emphatically not sponsored by Bovril.
A young stagehand is missing. The company (and Ellie's cat, Tilly) give chase, but in a theatre built in a natural cave system, there's no telling where young Alfie might be - of what he might have discovered...
System: Simple World
Players: Ellie, Vikki, Chris S and David. Hosted by Matt.
Content warning: child endangerment
A remote, labyrinthine theatre. A winter storm, blowing in from offshore. A young stagehand, gone missing. What did Alfie discover? And dare the company discover it for themselves?
Four undercover deputies ride into a town that's on no map. The outlaw they seek is here, but so is a whole mess of trouble not one of them asked for.
System: Simple World
Players: Ellie, Alex, Strat and Helen. Hosted by Matt.
Content warnings: gun violence, blood, death
Four strangers ride on into a town that's stranger still. They're on a hunt for a dangerous outlaw - and they might not be the only ones.
Gideon Gilchrist fancies himself a patron of the arts, which is good, because Blackshaw need some cash, and they're artists. Con artists, that is.
System: Simple World
Players: Ellie, David, Josh and Chris B. Hosted by Matt.
Content warning: frequent discussion of blood
The only way to get Gideon is through his nutritionist, Maxine McQuaid. Can the company's cover stories hold up long enough to meet their mark?
Agents in all the world's intelligence services are turning on their colleagues for no reason. A four-person sleeper cell is activated to hunt down the individual pulling the strings.
System: Simple World
Players: Ellie, Vikki, Strat and Chris M (guesting from The Space Jam Continuum). Hosted by Matt.
Content warning: bloody violence
A rash of inexplicable betrayals leave the Service's agents not knowing who to trust. Our company of covert operatives must fill in the blanks - and reveal the mysterious Mosaic...
The Simulation predicts what's best for the galaxy - but our heroes were never all that predictable.
System: Impulse Drive
Players: Ellie, David, Vikki, Alex, Strat, Chris S and Matt. Hosted by Matt and Chris M (guesting from The Space Jam Continuum).
Content warning: bloody violence
The crew of the Wren just need a simple job to make ends meet. But no job's ever simple when you're on the Core Conclave's hit list...
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