Matt and Art continue their journey through Demon's Souls by discussing The Lord's Path (World 1-2) and finding much more to chat about than they expected. Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTN Recorded on 8/13/25 Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic
Aug 22, 2025•1 hr 26 min
After fumbling through the first session's character creation and story introduction, we finally collect ourselves enough to properly dive into the mystery surrounding The Rose in the Garden. Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTN Recorded on 8/7/25 Rosewood Abbey:https://rolistespod.itch.io/rosewood-abbey Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com...
Aug 15, 2025•1 hr 31 min
Down a Patrick, Matt and Art decide to get back to something that has sat unloved for too long... talking about Souls games. This episode discusses the Nexus and opening level in Demon's Souls (Gates of Boletaria 1-1).Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 8/6/25Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic
Aug 08, 2025•1 hr 48 min
We get the whole band back together this week but need a little bit of time to get back into the swing of things, so we decided to try some Rosewood Abbey, a Carved From Brindlewood game of 13th century monks solving mysteries. Two quick notes, this is much more of a Session Zero... we barely start the story (see timestamps). And things go completely off the rails a lot since the three of us hadn't gotten to record together in a while. We had a blast and can't wait to properly get into The Rose ...
Aug 01, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Having just received Coriolis: The Great Dark, Art decides to revisit The Third Horizon and go into the two books a little bit. A little warning... Art's initial impressions of The Great Dark lean a little more negative if that's not your thing. Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTN Recorded on 7/20/25 Coriolis: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/coriolis/ Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. In sess...
Jul 25, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Down a Patrick, Matt and Art decide to give the Forged-in-the-Dark based Space Train Space Heist a try for a really fun one-shot. Designed by Sam Dunnewold. Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTN Recorded on 7/10/25Space Train Space Heist:https://sdunnewold.itch.io/space-train-space-heistIntro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic00...
Jul 18, 2025•1 hr 30 min
Art dives into the first actual play session for Zozer's gritty hard-sci fi Hostile: Solo. Crew gets assembled, some background gets fleshed out, and a mission gets assigned.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 7/8/25Hostile:https://www.paulelliottbooks.com/Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicSound Effects by SOUN...
Jul 11, 2025•1 hr 33 min
WARNING: This is not at all what our usual content is like and Art is definitely not an expert (as you will soon hear). We are a TTRPG Actual Play channel. Also, not sure how well this will play with audio only. A Youtube comment saying Art overthinks his audio inspired this examination of just how stupidly he has overthought his audio through the years - it's a little disconcerting. Covers the mics and interfaces he's used and discusses them from the perspective of someone who came into streami...
Jul 04, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Art decides to go for it and give Hostile: Solo a shot in this session zero focusing on rolling up the crew. Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTN Recorded on 6/25/25 Hostile:https://www.paulelliottbooks.com/Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic Sound Effects by SOUND_GARAGE and by freesound_community from Pixabay...
Jun 27, 2025•1 hr 25 min
The second Tales of the Strider chapter concludes as Eradan decides how to proceed after witnessing the horrors at the Vale of Gold. Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTN Recorded on 6/17/25 Free League: www.freeleaguepublishing.comIntro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic
Jun 20, 2025•52 min
Down a Matt and a Patrick, Art continues with another slightly shorter session of The One Ring. Eradan returns to the camps around Lake Evendim with news of what he uncovered on his travels to and from Annuminas. Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTN Recorded on 6/5/25Free League: www.freeleaguepublishing.com Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon...
Jun 06, 2025•47 min
Down a Matt and a Patrick, Art embarks on a slightly shorter session of The One Ring. After last session's disastrous Council sessions, Eradan decides to investigate on his own with the hopes of uncovering something to help persuade the nearby camps to cooperate. Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTN Recorded on 5/17/25 Free League: www.freeleaguepublishing.com Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. In ses...
May 23, 2025•53 min
We finally arrive at the end of our second chapter as Matt and Patrick decide how to approach the completion of their Finnish objective. As always, everything goes completely off the rails. Recorded on 5/8/25 Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTN The Design Mechanism: thedesignmechanism.com Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmu...
May 16, 2025•1 hr 34 min
Down a Matt, Patrick leads Art through an RPG experiment running the first part of an adventure set in a cyberpunk future. Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTN Recorded on 5/1/25 Music: Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic 00:00:00 Start 00:02:05 Trivia 00:05:38 Session 01:29:15 End of session discussion...
May 09, 2025•1 hr 51 min
Not sure if absence makes the heart grow fonder, but the guys were really excited to get back to Free League's Symbaroum. The last two (known) surviving Twilight Friars explore their ruined monastery. Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTN Recorded on 4/24/25 Free League's Symbaroum site:https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/symbaroum/ Music:Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. 'Echoes' by Scott Buckley ...
May 02, 2025•1 hr 32 min
Down a Patrick and Matt, Art tries an experiment doing the whole session live on a stream... intros, outros, and all. Only a few SNAFUs but nothing that stops the session from going off.After last session's journey Eradan councils with two encampments trying to align them against the evolving Shadow presence on the western shore of Lake Evendim.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 4/17/25Free League: www...
Apr 25, 2025•1 hr 9 min
We have the gang on deck and dive back into another gonzo session of our Cold War espionage game using Mythras Imperative. Matt's off camera and Art's bad luck with Riverside.fm truly rears its ugly head. And is this the session where the GM's sanity finally breaks?Recorded on 4/10/25Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNThe Design Mechanism: thedesignmechanism.comIntro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In ses...
Apr 18, 2025•1 hr 35 min
Art is back for another session of The One Ring in Strider Mode. After last session's Fellowship phase, Art receives word from his patron about a disturbance that sends him toward the North Moors.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 4/7/25Free League: www.freeleaguepublishing.comIntro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusi...
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 24 min
Art is back in Eriador to continue the Tales of the Strider with Free League's The One Ring 2e. Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 3/27/25Free League: www.freeleaguepublishing.comIntro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic 00:00:00 Intro and rambling 00:03:58 Recap 00:06:30 Nameless Thing Generation Recap 00:10:27 Sta...
Mar 28, 2025•1 hr 19 min
Our heroes finally depart for Finland where their tough love approach continues as they delve into the mysterious death of a fallen agent.Recorded on 3/13/25Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNThe Design Mechanism: thedesignmechanism.comIntro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic00:00:00 Intro00:02:45 Trivia00:05:39 Start of sessio...
Mar 21, 2025•1 hr 44 min
We finally begin our journey into the world of Symbaroum as we start off at Kloster Umberholt, home of the Twilight Friars - an intelligence gathering arm for the Church of Prios. But right away, things are not as they seem. Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTN Recorded on 3/6/25 Free League's Symbaroum site: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/symbaroum/Music: Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. 'E...
Mar 14, 2025•1 hr 39 min
We get the whole team together and riff about Savage Worlds, the generic RPG system that we're all big fans of. We get into a lot of what we like and some of the things we don't... and then get back to the important business of tier-ranking. Here's a link to the channel mentioned about converting some Dark Suns to SWADE: Mastering The RPG - A tabletop RPG Podcast Savage Worlds:https://peginc.com/savage-settings/savage-worlds/Recorded on 02/27/25Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrn...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 20 min
With Call of Cthulhu content now officially out for Foundry VTT, Art decides to take it for a spin and see how it works by running through Alone Against the Flames. Recorded on 02/25/25 Follow us on Blue Sky and Twitter @BlackLodgeRPG (for both), or @ BLTN on Mastodon. Call of Cthulhu 7th Ed: https://www.chaosium.com/ Call of Cthulhu Starter Set on FoundryVTT: https://www.foundryvtt.store/products/cha-coc-fvtt-en-starterset Music: Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. In session music...
Feb 28, 2025•1 hr 37 min
We finally arrive at the end of our time with Alone Against the Dark. We face down what awaits in Antarctica in this abbreviated session and impart some closing thoughts.Recorded on 02/20/25Follow us on Blue Sky and Twitter @BlackLodgeRPG (for both), or @ BLTN on Mastodon.Call of Cthulhu 7th Ed: https://www.chaosium.com/Music:Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music:www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic
Feb 21, 2025•41 min
This is going up on Valentine's Day, and nothing says romance like playing a cosmic horror RPG alone... In a slightly shorter session, we wrap up our time in Cairo and head to Bremen to investigate the Antarctic expedition.Recorded on 02/13/25Follow us on Blue Sky and Twitter @BlackLodgeRPG (for both), or @ BLTN on Mastodon.Call of Cthulhu 7th Ed: https://www.chaosium.com/Music:Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music:www.patreon.com/tableto...
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 1 min
The rotation continues to rotate as Matt gets his next shot and decides to run Symbaroum from Free League. We spend this session zero chatting about broad ideas for our characters, our faction, and the world itself. Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTN Recorded on 1/30/25 Music: Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/symbaroum/ 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:08 Tr...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 34 min
We finally have a full house after a few months of holiday plans jamming up the rotation. After spending a few moments remembering the late David Lynch, we attempt to return to one of our on-going adventures... The Circus: Cold War Espionage. Matt and Patrick wrap up their interrogations from the last session and decide what to do next. Recorded on 1/23/25 Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG The Design Mechanism: thedesignmechanism.com...
Jan 31, 2025•1 hr 22 min
Ernest Holt finally enters the Pyramid of Tell-el-Amarna to explore its dark secrets. Foundry comes to the rescue to manipulate the pyramid map, so a few moments gets spent showing the Call of Cthulhu module for that VTT. Recorded on 01/22/25 Follow us on Blue Sky and Twitter @BlackLodgeRPG (for both) Call of Cthulhu 7th Ed: https://www.chaosium.com/ Music: Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic 00:00:00 ...
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 20 min
In a slightly shorter session, Ernest Holt explores Cairo a little further and prepares to enter the pyramid. Recorded on 01/15/25 Follow us on Blue Sky and Twitter @BlackLodgeRPG (for both) Call of Cthulhu 7th Ed: https://www.chaosium.com/ Music: Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic
Jan 17, 2025•54 min
Ernest Holt continues the investigation after Prof. Grunewald met his grisly end in the last session. Things continue to unfold in Athens and then pick up in Cairo. Recorded on 01/10/25 Follow us on Blue Sky and Twitter @BlackLodgeRPG (for both) Call of Cthulhu 7th Ed: https://www.chaosium.com/ Music: Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 10 min
