Eidolon Playtest is two different actual-play RPG campaigns, releasing every Monday on alternating weeks! The goal of this podcast is to playtest EIDOLON: Become Your Best Self, an RPG inspired by Persona and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, created by Luke Varner and Molly Rhinebeck!
EIDOLON POP is a story of a group of college students uncovering the secret, surreal past of their professor, while EIDOLON ROCK is a story of a gang of low-level Las Vegas criminals who stumble up on a drug that grants you superpowers. Check out our Patreon at patreon.com/eidolonplaytest for early episodes, GM notes, behind-the-scenes game design episodes, and early access to the gamebook!
EARTH'S ALL-STARS VS. INTERGALACTIC SPICE PIRATES CREDITS: Luke Varner as Adele Paige, Doctor Whye, and [NAME REDACTED] AKA "00" Zoe Tunnell as Bianca Clemenzio Crystal Zaslavchik as Casey Castellano Molly Rhinebeck as Metro "Jets" Jeffries Tyberius Wilson as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY MOLLY RHINEBECK AND LUKE VARNER CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains body horror.
NEW AMSTERDAM GIANTS VS. THE BOSTON CRUSH CREDITS: Luke Varner as [NAME REDACTED], AKA "00" Zoe Tunnell as Bianca Clemenzio Molly Rhinebeck as Metro "Jets" Jeffries Crystal Zaslavchik as Casey Castellano Tyberius Wilson as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY MIKE PAINTER
NEW ANGELES ASSASSINS VS. LAS JERSEY KILLERS CREDITS: Crystal Zaslavchik as Casey Castellano Molly Rhinebeck as Metro "Jets" Jeffries Luke Varner as [REDACTED] AKA "00" Zoe Tunnell as Bianca Clemenzio Tyberius Wilson as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY LUKE VARNER CONTENT WARNING: This episode features cartoonish violence and death.
WEST EIDOLON THIEVES VS. UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX CYBER-PUNKS CREDITS: Molly Rhinebeck as Metro "Jets" Jeffries Zoe Tunnell as Bianca Clemenzio Crystal Zaslavchik as Casey Catellano Luke Varner as [NAME REDACTED], AKA "00" Tyberius Wilson as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY LUKE VARNER
"Why is the world in love again? Why are we marching hand in hand? Why are the ocean levels rising up?" CREDITS: Zoe Tunnell as Detective Olivia Crawford Fabby Garza as Dr. Manuela Esperanza De La Fe Ciega Maxie Knightley as Detective Raymond Strong Iris Christianson as Sunny MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY MOLLY RHINEBECK AND LUKE VARNER CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains bloody violence, character death, and discussion of suicidal impulses.
"You're like the coasts of an ocean; buried beneath is a submarine cable connecting the opposite shores that surround it." CREDITS: Fabby Garza as Dr Manuela Esperanza De La Fe Ciega Zoe Tunnell as Olivia Crawford Iris Christianson as Sunny Maxie Knightley as Raymond Strong Luke Varner as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY MIKE PAINTER CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains body horror, general violence, and drowning.
"Can you tell that I'm planning prevenge?" CREDITS: Fabby Garza as Dr Manuela Esperanza De La Fe Ciega Maxie Knightley as Raymond Strong Iris Christianson as Sunny Zoe Tunnell as Olivia Crawford Luke Varner as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY LUKE VARNER CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains body horror and knife violence.
"And the person inside says nobody's home..." CREDITS: Zoe Tunnell as Detective Olivia Crawford Maxie Knightley as Detective Raymond Strong Iris Christianson as Sunny Fabby Garza as Dr Manuela Esperanza De La Fe Ciega Luke Varner as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY LUKE VARNER CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains body horror, descriptions of severely wounded bodies, and a brief discussion of suicide.
"Hangin' on the edge of tomorrow..." CREDITS: Fabby Garza as Ricki Ochoa Crystal Zaslavchik as O.D.I.N. Mike Painter as Meghan Blythe Iris Christianson as Tori [REDACTED] Maxie Knightley as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY MOLLY RHINEBECK & LUKE VARNER CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains body horror.
"Everything I feel seems so unreal..." CREDITS: Mike Painter as Meghan Blythe Fabby Garza as Ricki Ochoa Iris Christianson as Tori Crystal Zaslavchik as Walter Wednesday Maxie Knightley as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY MIKE PAINTER
"Don't stand down against the rules!" CREDITS: Crystal Zaslavchik as Walter Wednesday Fabby Garza as Ricki Ochoa Iris Christianson as Tori Mike Painter as Meghan Blythe Maxie Knightley as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY LUKE VARNER CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains some minor violence.
"Once we start, we can never ever stop!" CREDITS: Mike Painter as Meghan Blythe Fabby Garza as Ricki Ochoa Iris Christianson as Tori Crystal Zaslavhick as Walter Wednesday Maxie Knightley as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY LUKE VARNER CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains body horror and various forms of violence, including violence toward eyes.
"Say you believe it, say you believe it." CREDITS: Crystal Zaslavchik as Miranda Miracle Mike Painter as Haley Towers Molly Rhinebeck as Katarina Darling Lexi Waltner as April Winters Fabby Garza as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY MOLLY RHINEBECK & LUKE VARNER CONTENT WARNING: This episode features bodily fusion and transformation.
"The world can be so cold and such a lonely place when you're out there on your own." CREDITS: Mike Painter as Haley Towers Lexi Waltner as April Winters Molly Rhinebeck as Katarina Darling Crystal Zaslavchik as Miranda Miracle MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY MIKE PAINTER
"We could have had it all, but you turned your back." CREDITS: Lexi Waltner as April Winters Crystal Zaslavchik as Miranda Miracle Molly Rhinebeck as Katarina Darling Mike Painter as Haley Towers Fabby Garza as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY LUKE VARNER CONTENT WARNING: This episode features blade violence, mindcontrol, and spider monsters.
"Ignoring your conscience allows you to justify everything, don't you agree?" CREDITS: Mike Painter as Haley Towers Molly Rhinebeck as Katarina Darling Lexi Waltner as April Winters Crystal Zaslavchik as Miranda Miracle Fabby Garza as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY LUKE VARNER CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains gun violence and dismemberment.
ADVANCED VARIABLE ALTERATION AND REINFORCEMENT ICE CREDITS: Fabby Garza as QT Kat Crystal Zaslavchik as Sebastian Zoe Tunnell as Highway McDonald Luke Varner as Craig Shepard Iris Christianson as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY IRIS CHRISTIANSON AND MIKE PAINTER CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains body horror, violence against animals, and character death.
AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSAL SENTIENT PR ICE CREDITS: Zoe Tunnell as Highway McDonald Crystal Zaslavchik as Sebastian Fabby Garza as QT Kat Luke Varner as Craig Shepard Iris Christianson as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY IRIS CHRISTIANSON AND LUKE VARNER CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains body horror and descriptions of severe wounds to the head and limbs.
MALLEABLE AUGMENTATION FOR LETHALITY ICE CREDITS: Crystal Zaslavchik as Sebastian Zoe Tunnell as Highway McDonald Luke Varner as Craig Shepard Fabby Garza as QT Kat Iris Christianson as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY IRIS CHRISTIANSON AND MIKE PAINTER CONTENT WARNING: This episode features vomit, mind control, and facial violence.
EXPERIMENTAL NEURAL TRANSMISSION ICE CREDITS: Luke Varner as Craig Shepard Zoe Tunnell as Highway McDonald Fabby Garza as QT Kat Crystal Zaslavchik as Sebastian Iris Christianson as The GM MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY IRIS CHRISTIANSON AND LUKE VARNER CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains gun violence, mind control, and the death of an innocent bystander.
Maxie Knightley as Francis "Blue Ring" Dawson Iris Christianson as Rebecca Moore Luke Varner as "Doctor" Alabaster Whye Tyberius Wilson as Earl "El Capitan" Shipman Crystal Zaslavchik as The Handler MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY CRYSTAL ZASLAVCHIK CONTENT WARNING: This episode features death by alcohol poisoning, as well as various forms of lethal violence.
In this episode, we reset the initial scenario of our game, and change some details. Iris will now be playing a target, and Maxie will be taking over as the assassin. Luke and Ty are sticking with the same characters, but have chosen some different options from the book. Let's see if our new assassin can pull the job off any more cleanly than Nikolai! CREDITS: Maxie Knightley as Francis "Blue Ring" Dawson Iris Christianson as Rebecca Moore Luke Varner as "Doctor" Alabaster Whye Tyberius Wilson a...
CREDITS: Iris Christianson as Nikolai Lauring Maxie Knightley as Francis James Dawson Luke Varner as "Doctor" Alabaster Whye Tyberius Wilson as Earl "El Capitan" Shipman Crystal Zaslavchik as The Handler MUSIC BY MAXIE KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY CRYSTAL ZASLAVCHIK CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains a wide variety of violence, including gun violence, explosions, and poisoning.
Welcome to our second interlude! We'll be starting our "anthology" miniseason next month, but first, we're playing some WORLD OF ASSASSINATION, a game written by our own Crystal Zaslavchik! In this game, one player takes on the role of an assassin, hired to kill rich, corrupt targets portrayed by the rest of the players. This is a game geared toward one-shot sessions rather than extended campaigns, so the structure of this interlude will be a little different from the norm. Episodes 1 and 2 will...
It's time for the official final episode of Eidolon POPROCK! The cast of ROCK sits down to answer your questions and yell at Luke for making them play so many god dang characters this season! Stay tuned to the end for announcements about Eidolon Season 3!
We made it everyone! Eidolon POP is now well and truly over. The cast sits down for one last time together to reflect on the past season, as well as answer your emails! Stay tuned to the end to hear details about the interlude campaign we'll be releasing starting two weeks from now, as well as more information on the miniseries campaigns!
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains body horror, various forms of violence, references to death, including child death, characters struggling with grief and trauma, allusions to trans- and homophobia, figurative and literal depictions of detransition, and allusions to abusive parents and abusive romantic partners; these content warnings largely apply to the first 45 minutes of the episode. "Doo-doo, doo-doo I believe in you and me I'm coming to find you if it takes me all night Wrong until we...
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains body horror, various forms of violence, references to death, including child death, characters struggling with grief and trauma, allusions to trans- and homophobia, figurative and literal depictions of detransition, and allusions to abusive parents and abusive romantic partners; these content warnings largely apply to the first 45 minutes of the episode. "Doo-doo, doo-doo I believe in you and me I'm coming to find you if it takes me all night Wrong until we...
"I had finally found a family..." CREDITS: Iris Christianson as Mary, Christina Masters, Kit, and Bartholomew Lightkill Mike Painter as Strix and Ron Moreau Lexi Waltner as Chili, Chili, Cecilia Citadel, Valerie Danger Masters, and Jenny Calbert Crystal Zaslavchik as Alexis "Lore" Lorentzen, Needlemouse, Aethelwulf Burgess Joseph, Agent Alexis Lorentzen, and Ana Borba Fabby Garza as Ursula-Ursa-BB and Carly Rose Maxie Knightley as Harvey D. Godlove, Howie W. Rockdove, Sabrina Bryan, Ruby Thursda...
"We're livin' in a powder keg and givin' off sparks." CREDITS: Tyberius Wilson as Quentin Brooks Iris Christianson as Christina Masters Crystal Zaslavchik as Burgess Aethelwulf Joseph and Agent Alexis Lorentzen Maxie Knightley as Harvey D. Godlove and Sabrina Bryan Fabby Garza as Ursula-Ursa-BB Lexi Waltner as Chili Zoe Tunnell as Sloane Parker and Abby Morrison Molly Rhinebeck as Virginia Valentine and Lady Luck
