Actual Play Shows

DUNE: ADVENTURES IN THE IMPERIUM – For ten thousand years the Imperium has endured through a delicate balance of power. Now the ambitious rising stars of House Lykos may have the key to remake the galactic order… if they can survive long enough to use it.

CYPHER SYSTEM – Years after Prince Ren found eight of the treasures of Rule, Octopon has been restored to its former glory. However, without all thirteen treasures, the Dark Water still plagues the world of Mer. Now, Ren’s child will assemble a new crew of misfits to find the remaining...

ELECTRIC STATE – A group of uneasy acquaintances embark on a road trip north from the Los Angeles Metroplex to escape the corporate overlords that are after them. Will they survive the perils of a society in decline? Will they survive countless hours trapped in a van together?

SPELLJAMMER – Step right up, folks! The Astral Sea’s ablaze! Lae’zel is rebelling against the lich queen Vlaakith. Can the Astral Circus, a rogue band of circus performing secret agents, throw their lot in with the rebels without becoming cannon fodder? Find out!

MAUSRITTER RPG – Join four unlikely mouse-heroes named Bob as they hunt for clues across the magical, critter-filled world of the Fairwilds to save the mouse-town of Steves. Can the Bobs save the Steves before it’s too late? The path is perilous and the world can be a dangerous place when...

DIE RPG – A group of best friends created the world of Reyliss in high school for a gaming campaign. Years later, fate has driven them apart. They return to Reyliss for one last hurrah, but get trapped in a world formed from their obsessions, dreams and nightmares. What will some of them do...

STARSCAPE – In an untamed section of space, a mismatched crew of misfits aboard a salvaged colony ship try to survive.

SAVAGE WORLDS – Four desperate companions, fleeing their sordid pasts, become stranded in a snowy pass. Now, they must uncover the dark truths of a small down, and each other!

MAGE: 20TH ANNIVERSARY – A group of mages protect free will in the 1940’s big band era.

BLADE RUNNER RPG – A neon noir detective story of a rampant capitalist future using the Blade Runner RPG.

MONSTER OF THE WEEK – Suburban living has its ups and downs, but it’s never the end of the world… most of the time.

WILD TALENTS – In a world where superpowers are commonplace, only a select few have the talent and drive to become true heroes.

THE ONE RING 2nd EDITION – A group of unlikely companions find adventure throughout Middle Earth, meeting legends and making tales of their own.

DEMIGODS PBTA – The indie band, Next to Godliness, are the favorites to win it all in this year’s big battle of the bands!

CITY OF MIST – High City, where dreams go to die. Within the mist of this 80s-tastic metropolis the residents have lost the ability to dream, and with it, their inspiration. As technology rises and art dies, four souls awaken to a world beyond their imagination, and with it, the tragic price...

QUEST – The Castoffs are the crew of the Salamander, a three-masted tall ship sailing the seas of adventure in search of family, friendship, and funding!

KIDS ON BROOMS – A misfit group of young magic users comes of age at Inkwood, an unconventional wizarding school, famous for accepting everyone and bucking old-world traditions in stark contrast to its infamous rival, The British School. 

VAESEN – It’s the roaring 20’s and life is changing on the British Isles, but the ageless supernatural creatures that live there don’t appreciate the commotion and are making their displeasure known in deadly ways.

TEMPLES & TOMBS – Eleanor Roosevelt’s secret society works tirelessly to keep powerful artifacts safely out of the hands of world powers. At the dawn of WWII, Ellie’s Angels struggle to keep the Eye of Horus away from the global war machine, even as Seti I walks the earth once more. A...

TRAVELLER RULES HOMEBREW – Draupnir, the inverted ring station in orbit around a tiny black hole, has suddenly grown from a remote research station / company town, to the gateway stop for a new rush of explorers and pioneers. How will the ring change, and how will it change the people who...

GURPS 4E – The Empire is collapsing. The recent murders of the Emperor and his family are more of a symptom than a cause. A band of adventurers step up to hunt down the murderers and bring them to justice, but this is a conspiracy more vast than anyone could imagine, and the world is a...

TRAVELLER – This is a time of galactic exploration. The brave, bold, crafty, and crazy seek their fortunes at the edges of known space. Rumors of vast riches and ancient tech have drawn our crew to a place called Yuma Station.

DUNGEON WORLD PBTA – Stonetop is a small town at the edge of a world full of wild spaces and the monsters who live in them. But few people venture much beyond the edges of the village, which is not known for turning out heroes. Until now, at least…

LIGHTHEARTED – Welcome to El Camino Community College of Magic and Technology. Your future begins today! At least that’s what the brochure says. Lighthearted is a magical 80’s RPG of self-discovery. Revisit the coming of age stories of 80s films as college kids in a modern fantasy world...

SAVAGE WORLDS – Pembrooke Investigations are private detectives working in between two worlds: the mundane and familiar and the supernatural. The city of Covenant is a city of parts. Most people know it as a place founded on the premise that all people are equal in the eyes of the law and...

D&D 5E – Not even the winds of change can cool off a summer in Sharn. The City of Towers follows four regular adventurers learning tales of friendly undead looking for help. But honestly, what’s the worst that could happen?

GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL – A halfway house on the edge of Salem, Indiana is secretly run by a powerful coven of witches who take in other witches that have no other place to go. Join our coven as they protect this small Midwest town from the supernatural and work tirelessly to rebuild a broken...

D&D 5E – Dying Embers is set in a world of fantastical technology and magic, at war with one another. We follow a band of unlikely heroes as they work together to uncover the Empire Engine’s secret plans.

VAMPIRE 5E – It has been three years since the Mote of Sin Incident. Prince Miroslav has brought his old-world sensibilities to this modern domain, Los Angeles. But for an Anarch incursion in the San Fernando Valley, the Kindred of the Glittering Night have lived in relative peace, playing...

THINGS FROM THE FLOOD – 1995. The OJ trial, Oklahoma City Bombing, Forest Gump, oh, and the destruction of the Hoover Dam and subsequent flooding of Boulder City, NV. Five young adults dealing with loss and facing the fact that much of the promise of their youth didn’t pan out how they...

MASKS PBTA – Idolon Academy is a top-secret school for training young superheroes. Students dedicate their lives to mastering their powers and learning to save the world, but Idolon requires they survive their hardest challenge yet… regular old high school!

SHADOWRUN 5E – Greenwood Collective is a group of people who’ve rejected the mega corporate narrative. Instead they love on their own terms, in a fortified building in the Redmond Barrens. But the corps have even encroached here now, with Rise Corp “Bringing new life to the Barrens!” Will the...

CALL OF CTHULHU – Ravenhearse University is a bastion of learning and enlightened inquiry. A team of investigators from RU uncovers a dark secret whilst studying unexplained natural phenomena. Will they survive their trials? Or will they ruin their careers, families and minds attempting to...

CHANGELING: THE DREAMING – The fae face a constant battle to balance the dreary mundanity of the world with chaos and magic. No being can thrive too far to one side and the only way to survive is to ride the middle. Keep your head up in the World of Darkness… monsters come from all directions.

CITY OF MIST – Once upon a time there was Marchen City. Dark, dirty, dangerous. But if you squint your eyes just right and believe, maybe you’ll see the truth hidden there.

DEMIGODS PBTA – The rainy season is just picking up in Bengaluru, India and with it, the swirl of conflict between old gods and new. Follow along as our heroes navigate these treacherous waters in search of fame, fortune, and paper dosas!

CHRONICLES OF DARKNESS – Monsters and demons lurk in the shadows of the diesel era, the light of technology as yet unable to pierce the shadows of the wild and deep. But monsters lie in wait while technology progresses ever forward; and now the spectre of war lies upon the globe. But...

WILD TALENTS – The old west is a WILD WILD place! People with powers have been pushed to the edges of society to avoid being noticed in big cities. On the frontier, these meta-humans tangle with outlaws, boomtowns, and the other challenges of the WILD WEST!

TRAVELLER – The Exodus Foundation: a beacon of light in the dark, cold vacuum of space. As humankind broke from the bonds of Einsteinian laws to conquer space, someone has to protect the downtrodden and forgotten. They are troubleshooters, humanitarians and over-all bad asses but will they be...

D&D 5e – A grand urban caper awaits! Our party tests their skill and bravado against villains the likes of which they’ve never faced before, and let the dragon hunt begin! Famed explorer Volothamp Geddarm needs them to complete a simple quest. Thus begins a mad romp through the wards of...

APOCALYPSE WORLD – Buried deep in the mountains overlooking the formerly beautiful downtown Burbank, Vault 818 was home to the descendants of Hollywood’s hottest celebrities. Two hundred years after the bombs fell the survivors are ready to emerge and SAVE the wasteland! Unless, of course...

STAR TREK ADVENTURES – These are the voyages… The U.S.S. Barbican has been newly assigned to Narendra Station, on the far side of the Klingon Empire and bordering the mostly unexplored and mysterious Shackleton Expanse. Their mission is to explore the Expanse and secure additional resources...

MOMENT OF TRUTH – In medieval Europe, religion rules human civilization. However, the sudden appearance of orcs from their subterranean civilization has forced dramatic changes on society. Are the orcs creatures of the devil, a sign that Ragnarok has come, or just another race of beings...

CORTEX – Across the world tensions increase between X’s, those with special abilities, and normals. The normal people are afraid of what X’s can do, and that they will be written out of the history of the human race. In the UK, retribution and reprisals are on the rise, and incidents of...

LEGEND OF THE FIVE RINGS 4e – The war between the Great Clans continues and there is evidence of the Shadowlands corruption influencing powerful figures in many families. The Inukai family of the Crane Clan have accepted a group of ronin into their family and sent them forth to stop the...

DEMIGODS (PBTA) – The first campaign in the Demigods PBTA setting, run by author Jason Mills! Four young demigods are trying to make their way in modern day Los Angeles. They have it all: looks, brains, phenomenal cosmic powers… if only their parents (and many other gods) would butt out!

VAMPIRE: THE DARK AGES – An uneasy quiet has descended over most of Europe. It is 1242, according to the Julian calendar, and the great threat of the Mongol Hordes have suddenly packed up and disappeared. In their wake, as they retreat from a fight they were most decidedly winning on all...

LEGEND OF THE FIVE RINGS (Fantasy Flight Beta) – The Lion and Dragon Clans have declared war upon the Crane and Mantis and now all the Great Clans are at war. But the Emperor has a plan to end the fighting, and it involves a minor, troublesome minor family nestled in the Asai Valley, far in...

TALES FROM THE LOOP – Step into the alternate ’80s universe created by sci-fi artist Simon Stålenhag in this retro RPG, in the vein of ET and Stranger Things. Boulder City, Nevada is a small town with a lot of big ideas. The Department of Advanced Research into Teleportation runs one of the...

WEREWOLF: THE WILD WEST – Yeeehaaaw! A pack of werewolves face the unpredictable challenges of the wild west! The year is 1874, and the place is the small town of Razor Ridge. It might seem like another broken down border town, but it harbors a secret: werewolves!

MONSTER OF THE WEEK – All across the planet, evil is lurking beneath the surface of everyday life. While some hunt the world’s monsters on their own, INTERPOL has assembled a unique and unlikely team of investigators to respond to “Grey Notices,” threats of an unexplained nature. The...

DEAD REIGN – Two angry sisters, a mechanic and an old guy with a dog try to survive the zombie apocalypse. This actual play mini-series was sponsored by the awesome people at Palladium Books!

SAVAGE WORLDS – Swashbuckling fun with Captain Black’s crazy crew! Follow the crew of the pirate ship Siren’s Song as they ply the seas in search of plunder and adventure.

EBERRON D&D 5e – In world still recovering from a devastating war, a small island on the fringe of civilization becomes the focal point for a new invasion. Can our heroes stop this new danger before it gains the momentum it needs to sink Eberron into another age of violence and tyranny?

MASKS (PBTA) – A team of young heroes fights villains, saves lives, and tried to figure out who they are—noble paragons? Dark avengers? Or just regular kids trying to get a date for prom? All against the backdrop of Halcyon City, the greatest city in the world.

SAVAGE WORLDS: RIFTS – Prepare yourself for a railgun-shredding, mega-powered magic flinging journey into a post-post-apocalyptic world where supernatural horrors vie with technological empires for mastery of the world. There will be much poutine.

MONGOOSE TRAVELLER 2.0 – The campaign revolves around a ship’s crew that is working for the Exodus Foundation and their adventures in space.

VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE 20th – A group of young vampires are trying to survive a budding vampire democracy, but they face dangers and many ancient forces that do not like change.

D&D 5e – A group of orcs and humans make their way in a dangerous, high fantasy setting.

STAR WARS TRAVELLER – An actual play podcast of Traveller set in the Star Wars universe. DARTH VADER and his 501st Legion of Imperial Stormtroopers are powerful, but rumors of a growing rebellion persist. To this end, an elite cadre of mercenaries and a promising dark adept are summoned to...

SAVAGE WORLDS DELUXE – A mismatched group assembled by a shadowy organization called, the Global Security Agency, and they are sent to trouble spots to deal with Nazi schemes to capture artifacts of historical and religious significance.

LEGEND OF THE FIVE RINGS 4E – Members of the Crane Clan face the powers of darkness. The first game in our shared-universe series of L5R games and was one of our first actual play podcasts.

The first actual play that we ever recorded. It is really rough (we recorded outside and WOW we never did that again…) but is a really fun and somewhat disturbing game. It ended up being a one-shot, but is on the feed since it’s the night that started it all.