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RPPR Actual Play

Role Playing Public Radio presents a weekly Actual Play podcast of tabletop role playing game sessions. We play a wide variety of RPGs, from popular classics like Dungeons and Dragons and Call of Cthulhu to indie hits like Red Markets and Fate. Some of our episodes are stand-alone scenarios and we also feature ongoing campaigns in games like Delta Green, Eclipse Phase, and Base Raiders. Give us a listen if you want to hear a great gaming crew fight evil, try outrageous plans to save the day and joke about it.
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Episodes

Eclipse Phase 2E: Chicago 334– The Eighth Sea – Episode 7

The Eighth Sea needs an army, so they'll have to steal it! A cult has a cache of weaponized egos, heavily modified through psychosurgery to serve as the perfect cannon fodder. It's stored on the cult's base on the asteroid Chicago 334. A plan combining deception and a stealthy raid on the base might work. Tom as Lawrence Octomorph thief Aaron as Simon, a SAIROC async fork David as Zemo, hyperelite thrill seeker Greg as Nil, AGI hacker

May 07, 20202 hr 47 min

Zweihander: Shrine of the Lake

The village of Penkurth relies on pilgrims to the Shrine of Our Lady of Stone. The shrine is reputed to heal many lingering ailments and the steady stream of travelers is enough to make the village prosperous. The denizens of the forest have stirred and threaten to cut off the village from civilization. Three travelers must try to bring peace to the region or the village of Penkurth may face utter destruction. Birk as Zedkin. a gnome apothecary Noah as Alrik, a dwarf bonepicker Richard as Rosabe...

May 01, 20203 hr 7 min

Eclipse Phase 2E: Calamity – The Eighth Sea – Episode 6

A contact named Calamity wants to meet the Eighth Sea. She knows a way to strike back at the Night Cartel but she wants to meet in person at an outdoor festival. Is a public space safe enough and is her information trustworthy? Dan as Chaiu, an Uplift Gatecrasher Jay B as Eleazar, a Shoguysha Ego Hunter Jason A as Designate, an AGI hacker Renee as Cadence, an AGI psychosurgeon (The episode art features a unique musical instrument featured in this episode. Watch the linked video to see it in acti...

Apr 23, 20202 hr 37 min

Delta Green: Many Angles

No one knows what's happening at Rane Fine Art. The gallery had a new show but a riot broke out. At least that's what the initial 911 calls said. Now, the area around the gallery has gone silent. No first responder who has gone in is still answering their radio. Delta Green activates a team of nearby agents to investigate. This scenario was an entry in the 2019 Shotgun Scenario contest. You can read the full scenario here. It was inspired by a video on Youtube viewable here. Cast Tom as Jonathan...

Apr 16, 20202 hr 6 min

Eclipse Phase: Pennies for Your Morph Part 2 – The Eighth Sea – Episode 5

News:I have launched a vaporwave and dark ambient music review podcast called Night Clerk Radio. Listen to episodes now! The heist continues! The Eighth Sea not only wants the morph design data but rare Earth artifacts. Stealing both will push the crew but one member of the team will use their async powers for an added edge. Unfortunately, that may backfire... Tom as Lawrence Octomorph thief Aaron as Simon, a SAIROC async fork David as Zemo, hyperelite thrill seeker Greg as Nil, AGI hacker...

Apr 09, 20202 hr 23 min

Call of Cthulhu: Blood and Forge

An middleman named Mr. Bartlett hired a crew of mercenaries in 1899 to help his client 'acquire' some land in Montana near the town of Eden. The crew rolls into town expecting to intimidate a few locals into signing away the land but they find something far darker, something forged in blood. Ross as James Rike, a retired bank robber Shaun as John Harold, soldier turned farmer Aaron as Elliot Roth, a geologist Jay B as Maxwell Coleridge, Texas Ranger turned Pinkerton

Apr 02, 20204 hr 8 min

Dallas the Television Role Playing Game

Dallas debuted on April 2, 1978, as a five-part miniseries on CBS. Producers initially had no plans for expansion; however, due to the show's popularity, it was subsequently turned into a regular series and broadcast for 13 full seasons from September 23, 1978, to May 3, 1991. The show is known for its portrayal of wealth, sex, intrigue, conflict and power struggles. Throughout the series, the main premise is the longtime rivalry between the Ewing and Barnes families, which came to head when the...

Apr 01, 20201 hr 33 min

Eclipse Phase: Pennies for Your Morph Part 1 – The Eighth Sea – Episode 4

The Eighth Sea has intel on valuable morph design data, which could fetch a high price on the black market. Unfortunately they aren't the only ones after the data. Can the crew steal the data and a few Earth artifacts along the way. Dan as Chaiu, an Uplift Gatecrasher Jay B as Eleazar, a Shoguysha Ego Hunter Jason A as Designate, an AGI hacker Renee as Cadence, an AGI psychosurgeon

Mar 26, 20203 hr 50 min

Stories from the Grave: Dark Ultimatum – A Neil Breen Tale

The Shadow Council wants to control society through fear and violence. To that end, they use their most deadly secret agent to devastate Las Vegas. Can a group of survivors find the agent and convince him to see the errors of his way? We ran this using Stories from the Grave, a RPG from the same people who made Slasher Flick and aims to emulate anthology horror movies and shows like Tales from the Crypt.

Mar 19, 20201 hr 44 min

Eclipse Phase: Safe House Raids – The Eighth Sea – Episode 3

The raids on the Night Cartel continue in the second part of the job! The Night Cartel has a safe house in a remote and well-defended section of the Martian barrens. Destroying it will take a clever plan and a little ruthlessness. Tom as Lawrence Octomorph thief Aaron as Simon, a SAIROC async fork David as Zemo, hyperelite thrill seeker Greg as Nil, AGI hacker

Mar 12, 20202 hr 19 min

Delta Green: Night Floors – Featuring Pretending to be People

The cast of Pretending to be People, a Delta Green AP podcast, agreed to let me run them through Night Floors, perhaps my single favorite DG scenario. An artist in New York City has gone missing under circumstances unusual enough to merit Delta Green's attention. A team of FBI agents comb through her apartment building for a clue only to find a mystery that perhaps should not be unraveled.

Mar 05, 20202 hr 47 min

Eclipse Phase: Safe House Raids – The Eighth Sea – Episode 2

The Eighth Sea, a new criminal syndicate on Mars, has taken a job to destroy multiple Night Cartel safe houses. The Night Cartel is embroiled in a system-wide gang war with other larger cartels, and the Eighth Sea hopes to profit from the chaos. Time to blow up a heavily guarded ego backup server! Dan as Chaiu, an Uplift Gatecrasher Jay B as Eleazar, a Shoguysha Ego Hunter Jason A as Designate, an AGI hacker Renee as Cadence, an AGI psychosurgeon

Feb 27, 20202 hr 10 min

Night’s Black Agents: Direct Action

Protests rock Seattle over a G8 summit meeting held there and new laws expanding the powers of the police force. A group of intelligence experts are retired from their former careers and now work with activists to teach them basic tradecraft and help journalists reveal the truth. Why? They all share one thing in common - guilt over theirpast actions. Crowdfunding news sites pay you consulting fees, which pays the bills. That's enough. Today's protest should be interesting - street theater, big d...

Feb 20, 20203 hr 46 min

Eclipse Phase: Djerba – The Eighth Sea – Episode 1

A group of desperate and ambitious criminals on Mars plan to start their own gang. Named the Eighth Sea, after the restaurant serving as their front, the crew realizes they need to learn how to work with and trust each other. To that end, they have set up a time-accelerated simulated reality, where each member of the cartel can share some of their own memories and put the group through their own training exercise. Meet the crew: Renee as Cadence, an illegal fork of an academic psychosurgeon Jay ...

Feb 13, 20203 hr 2 min

Tiny Dungeons: Fable of the Undetected Sanctuary

A group of children have been chosen to participate in the greatest contest of their young lives. The Undetected Sanctuary offers magical power to any worthy competitor who can best its challenges. Cool Rat, friend of all kids, runs the contest. In a world of missing superheroes, new heroes must arise. Perhaps these kids can be the first heroes of a new generation. Cast Tom as Jordan Conner Shaun as Witch Carolina Jason B as Jebediah Armstrong Jason A as Knight Max Ross as the GM

Feb 06, 20202 hr 30 min

Eclipse Phase 2E: The Motivator

A group of soul-trafficked egos awaken in a simulspace and told they have a shot at freedom if they can complete a job. A notorious criminal hacker, the Motivator, wants the hapless captives to steal a shipping container of morphs from Les Ghoules, a dangerous gang of thieves. The captives have been psychosurgically altered to obey, but the programming is not perfect. Can they wrest their freedom from the Motivator? Tom as Lawrence Jason A as Designate Dan as Chaiu

Jan 30, 20202 hr 45 min

Ruin Playtest – December 2019

News: The RPPR Patreon has a special offer going on right now. Back at the $10 level to get B-Sides Volume 5: Gaming Gains! It has 20 new Actual Play episodes, including Zweihander, Red Markets, Delta Green, and some of the games we're working on, like Caleb's superhuman-slaying RPG, Slingstone. Read this post to get the full list of episodes and more details about the offer! Synopsis: A group of weary travelers find themselves trapped in a labyrinth beyond their imagination. This version of Rui...

Jan 23, 20203 hr 9 min

Scum and Villainy: The Oddballs – Episode 5

Laser Chainsaw, a notorious criminal, is gunning for the Oddballs! It turns out that the Oddballs have inadvertently framed him for their many space crimes, so he has come to seek vengeance on them. Outwitting the deadly (and aptly named) criminal will take all their cunning and a bit of luck.

Jan 16, 20202 hr 16 min

Alien RPG: Chariot of the Gods – Part 2

The stranded crew of the Montero struggles to survive against deadly aliens and other threats. Repairing the Chronus and dealing with its possibly infected crew poses its own challenges. As people begin to disappear in the corridors of the ship, the desperate few remaining will try anything but the secrets they hold may doom them. Cast Tom as Davis Aaron as Miller David as Wilson Greg as Cham Ross as the GM Background music from Tabletop Audio. Please let us know in the comments if you want more...

Jan 11, 20202 hr 37 min

Scum and Villainy: The Oddballs – Episode 4

The Oddballs need to retrieve an artifact from a dangerous cult of mutants. After finding the cult's lair, they'll need to navigate a dark underground maze without lights because the mutants don't need light. Simple enough right? Too bad their other enemies are starting to catch up with the Oddballs...

Jan 03, 20202 hr 35 min

Alien RPG: Chariot of the Gods – Part 1

The job was routine, the money fair. Then the damn company diverted a crew to answer a distress call from a ship that disappeared almost 80 years ago—a derelict carrying something bizarre, twisted, and alien. What the ship’s frozen crew brought back with them was bad enough—what they themselves were turning into was a bloody nightmare... Cast Tom as Davis Aaron as Miller David as Wilson Greg as Cham Shaun as Rye Ross as the GM Background music from Tabletop Audio. Please let us know in the comme...

Dec 28, 20192 hr 37 min

Scum and Villainy: The Oddballs – Episode 3

The Oddballs are working for robots! The Conclave, a secretive faction of free-willed robots, wants their help on a factory planet. The Oddballs will have to infiltrate past tight security to accomplish their goal, but surely they can pull it off without blowing things up. Or not!

Dec 21, 20192 hr

Slasher Flick: Ghost Puncher

A TV producer believes that audiences will love to see MMA fighters and Extreme Athletes hunt ghosts and attempt to punch them! The pilot episode will be filmed at the third most haunted mansion in Wisconsin, the site of many ghost sightings and many mysterious deaths. Will this night result in more deaths?

Dec 12, 20192 hr 14 min

Scum and Villainy: The Oddballs – Episode 2

The Oddballs are hired to steal an artifact from a dangerous cult. Fortunately the cult is looking for a crew to transport the artifact to one of their allies. So the Oddballs need to gain the cult's trust and take their job before they can accomplish their real mission. Just another day for the weirdest group of smugglers in the galaxy!

Dec 08, 20192 hr 18 min

Mothership: The Haunting of Ypsilon 14

A squad of space marines is sent to a remote mining station on an asteroid to investigate the disappearance of a worker. When they arrive, the marines realize something else is on the station. Something inhuman. Something hungry. Find out who lives and who dies! Bridget as First Lieutenant Claire Morin Birk as Cpl Lawrence Saint Maddy as Cpl Emma Cameron

Nov 29, 20192 hr 10 min

Scum and Villainy: The Oddballs – Episode 1

A crew of smugglers, hustlers, mercenaries, and eccentrics need credits to survive. They specialize in the jobs other crews won't take because they're too weird. If you need a team to deal with strange alien artifacts, bloodthirsty cults, or unknowable mysteries, then you call The Oddballs.

Nov 21, 20192 hr 33 min

Delta Green: The Dreamer Below

A man's body is found, partially cannibalized, near a homeless camp outside Chicago. The killer carved an occult sigil on the body, earning Delta Green's attention. Two agents are dispatched to find the killer and neutralize any potential vector.

Nov 14, 20192 hr 32 min

Warhammer 40k: Wrath and Glory – The Anvil

The Pilgrims have made an unlikely ally. A clan of mutant Jokaero, gifted with the ability to speak and think like other species, is on the run from Chaos. Their ship is powerful but even it cannot stand against all of Chaos. They help other species in the hope that they can help them fight chaos. The Pilgrims must work with a variety of xenos species now and fight the most dangerous foes they've encountered yet...

Nov 08, 20192 hr 56 min

Call of Cthulhu 7E: Harlem Hellfighters Never Die

Harlem, New York City, December 1920. Even as the bitter cold envelops the city, Harlem is heating up. A vibrant rent party turns deadly when monstrous attackers show up. In the aftermath, two veterans of World War 1, some of the Harlem Hellfighters, are blamed and arrested. Friends of the veterans try to help them by investigating the attackers, who appeared like undead German soldiers from the War. Something dark stalks the streets of Harlem and only a trio of heroes can stop them! If you enjo...

Oct 31, 20193 hr 12 min

Warhammer 40k Wrath and Glory: The Pilgrims – Skagtoria

The Pilgrims, an odd group of warriors and rogues assembled for a secret mission, find themselves on Skagtoria, a remote Imperial planet. A small population of loyal citizens of the Imperium toil under the planet's surface, eking out a meager existence. The Pilgrims realize that something darker is afoot and must find out the hidden evil before it destroys them.

Oct 24, 20192 hr 51 min
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