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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

Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum: The Endius Mandate – Episode 6

The agents confront chaos deep underground in an ancient and forgotten bunker! As the war rages above them, the agents look for a way to end the influence of Nurgle on the region. They'll have to deal with traps and a powerful demonic spirit. Will the experimental weapon they find in the bunker work? Vee as Rabbit, voidborn guard savant, – Check out Queen’s Court Games Noah as Khurt Neksilp, imperial guard – Listen to Thinking Too Hard About Anime Thad as The Harrow, voidborn mystic psyker Kara ...

May 23, 20242 hr 1 min

Savage Worlds: Rifts – Symphony of the End – Episode 12

The Muse Squad is sent on a mission to defend a town from an army of mercenaries. They can't fight off the mercenaries personally, so they'll have to raise a militia, fortify the town, and set up traps. Will it be enough to stop the mercenaries? Tom as Steve the Grackle Tooth Mercenary Jason as Vance Hellspring, psi-stalker Dan as Daryl the Mystic

May 16, 20242 hr 3 min

Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum: The Endius Mandate – Episode 5

The agents face a deadly ambush in the archives and a Nurgle cult in the village of Wheatblood! They'll have to find the source of corruption, which appears to be an ancient and forgotten bunker hidden outside of the town. What horrors lurk below? Vee as Rabbit, voidborn guard savant, – Check out Queen’s Court Games Noah as Khurt Neksilp, imperial guard – Listen to Thinking Too Hard About Anime Thad as The Harrow, voidborn mystic psyker Kara as Lim the null hiveborn blank zealot

May 09, 20242 hr 11 min

Savage Worlds: Rifts – Symphony of the End – Episode 11

The Muse Squad finds themselves trapped in the realm of Children's Music, and Steve suffers from a terrible curse! They'll have to reach the heart of the realm to save the muse and put an end to the crisis. They have a long road ahead of them though. Tom as Steve the Grackle Tooth Mercenary Chris as Cranberry Bog Hexer, Human Ocean Wizard Shaun as Yolanda Haze, an android scientist David as 44, a Maxi Man tattoo warrior

May 02, 20242 hr 7 min

Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum: The Endius Mandate – Episode 4

The agents head out to the agricultural sector to capture their second target, a psyker named Gideon. This time, the psyker is under the protection of a tank company, so brute force won't work. The company is guarding a town, Wheatblood, which is suffering from an outbreak of a mysterious illness. Gideon is trying to find the source of illness. The agents are undercover as medics sent to help the town. The agents decide to investigate the mystery first, because mission or not, there's something ...

Apr 25, 20242 hr 21 min

Savage Worlds: Rifts – Symphony of the End – Episode 10

The Muse Squad heads into the Orchestra, a massive pre-Rifts underground facility used by the American military for scientific research. It is the birthplace of the Muses and the origins of the Symphony of the End. Due to the rifts, it has expanded as a fractal, with numerous variations and permutations. Rival factions are trying to take the Orchestra over, and the Muse Squads means to keep them out. The Coalition has built a beachhead outpost in the Orchestra and the Tomorrow Legion wants it de...

Apr 18, 20242 hr 23 min

Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum: The Endius Mandate – Episode 3

The agents have to capture their first target, a psyker currently trapped in a fortress under siege! They'll have to travel to the frontlines, find a way into the fortress and then capture Nova the psyker. Not an easy task, especially for a psyker who can see the future, but perhaps their secret weapon, Lim the Null can save the day. Vee as Rabbit, voidborn guard savant, – Check out Queen’s Court Games Noah as Khurt Neksilp, imperial guard – Listen to Thinking Too Hard About Anime Thad as The Ha...

Apr 11, 20242 hr 38 min

Savage Worlds: Rifts – Symphony of the End – Episode 9

The Muse Squad makes a road trip! They have to reach the 102.3 FM classic rock radio station before the Federation of Magic if they want to rescue the DJ from the nefarious villains! Up next...Radioactive by Imagine Dragons. News: We have a new stretch goal for the Ludonarrative Dissidents Season 3 Kickstarter! Help us reach $10k - only 3 days left! Tom as Steve the Grackle Tooth Mercenary Jason as Vance Hellspring, psi-stalker Dan as Daryl the Mystic

Apr 04, 20242 hr 8 min

Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum: The Endius Mandate – Episode 2

The agents arrive in Damnadon, the hive city capital of Castum 2, a Knight world currently embroiled in a civil war. The team must secure a base before they can begin capturing psykers. They'll have to navigate the bureaucratic hell of the city, rescue a tech priest in legal limbo, and more if they hope to succeed! News: The Ludonarrative Dissidents Season 3 Kickstarter is still underway. Back it today to secure early access to all episodes and a PDF zine of games and essays written by Greg Stol...

Mar 28, 20242 hr 3 min

Savage Worlds: Rifts – Symphony of the End – Episode 8

The Muse Squad heads down south to Florida, now known as Dinosaur Swamp, to recruit a blues musician. They'll have to face dinosaurs, big game hunters, and a tribe of barbarians and a dangerous trip across the Gulf of Mexico. NEWS: Don't forget to back the Ludonarrative Dissidents Season 3 Kickstarter! Tom as Steve the Grackle Tooth Mercenary Chris as Cranberry Bog Hexer, Human Ocean Wizard David as 44, a Maxi Man tattoo warrior

Mar 21, 20242 hr 20 min

Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum: The Endius Mandate – Episode 1

On the world of Dao Teyras, a powerful member of the Adeptus Administratum assembles a special team of agents for a mission. The team is tasked with capturing three psykers on Castum 2, a planet currently embroiled in a civil war, and returning the psykers to Dao Teyras. But before the agents can begin their mission, they'll need to travel to Castum 2 on board a smuggler's ship. Warp journeys are never truly safe, least of all on a cold trader's vessel... Vee as Rabbit, voidborn guard savant, - ...

Mar 14, 20242 hr 29 min

Savage Worlds: Rifts – Symphony of the End – Episode 7

The Muse Squad helps a techno wizard named Emeline secure precious pre-Rifts technology on a special side mission! They'll have to brave the dangerous wilderness of the Federation of Magic and then deal with a powerful necromancer in his underground lair! News: The Ludonarrative Dissidents Season 3 Kickstarter is now live! We're expanding into adventures and supplements for this season, so help us make as many new episodes as possible. Tom as Steve the Grackle Tooth Mercenary Jason as Vance Hell...

Mar 07, 20242 hr 27 min

Savage Worlds: Rifts – Symphony of the End – Episode 6

The Tomorrow Legion muse squad heads into the Vaporwave Realm to gain crucial intel. Three Coalition mind melters are assaulting the realm. The team has to help vapor dolphins, navigate the vapor maze and save vapor Tokyo from a kaiju! Can they save Vaporwave? Tom as Steve the Grackle Tooth Mercenary Jason as Vance Hellspring, psi-stalker Dan as Daryl the Mystic

Feb 29, 20241 hr 53 min

Mausritter: Honey in the Rafters

It’s a huge and dangerous world out there, and it does not look kindly on a small mouse. But if you are very brave and very clever and just a bit lucky, you might be able to survive. And if you survive long enough, you might even become a hero amongst mice. A trio of brave adventurers head out to rescue mice captured by the Sugar Cult. They'll have to brave a skunk, bees, and curses if they want to survive! Tom as Karl von Braumeister the Ale Brewer Shaun as Kurt von Braumeister the Ale Brewer A...

Feb 22, 20241 hr 59 min

Base Raiders: First 2E Playtest

I have been thinking about making a second edition of Base Raiders. Back in October 2022, I ran a playtest to try out some ideas before I focused on the night clerk zine. I recently remembered that I had this epsiode, so here it is. Tom and Chris make characters and then we try a short adventure. Enjoy!

Feb 15, 20242 hr 15 min

Savage Worlds: Rifts – Symphony of the End – Episode 5

The Coalition has imprisoned a person imbued with a Muse spirit, although they don't know the person has the Muse. The Tomorrow Legion Muse Squad has to break her out of Neo Folsom Prison before they discover her unique power. Some of the team goes undercover as prisoners while others work on the outside to pull off the heist. Tom as Steve the Grackle Tooth Mercenary Dan as Daryl the Mystic David as 44, a Maxi Man tattoo warrior

Feb 08, 20242 hr 38 min

Delta Green: Lethe

The Prayerbooks of Lethe is a dangerous tome. It contains the knowledge of an obscure cult, the Drowners of Lethe, connected to dozens of murders and disappearances in the last century. The book has surfaced in the listing of an estate auction. Three agents are sent to the estate to retrieve the Prayerbooks before the auction is held. The horrors they encounter inside are beyond their imaginations. Max as Madeline Owens, anthropologist. Check out Good Brews Bad Views Podcast! Claire as Maci Adam...

Feb 01, 20242 hr 32 min

Savage Worlds: Rifts – Symphony of the End – Episode 4

The Tomorrow Legion heads to the Colorado Baronies to rescue the Mallsoft muse before the Coalition attacks! The muse lives in a shopping mall turned enclave. A nuclear missile from the pre-rifts era became self-aware and lives in the mall as a benevolent advisor to the inhabitants. It is willing to sacrifice itself to protect the mall but the heroes want to save everyone, even the missile. Can they save the day? Tom as Steve the Grackle Tooth Mercenary Chris as Cranberry Bog Hexer, Human Ocean ...

Jan 25, 20242 hr 26 min

Delta Green: Puppet Shows and Shadow Plays – Part 2

The FBI agents are now in charge of the case, as they look for a killer on the looser. The suspect, a former special forces soldier, is an expert in wilderness survival and it won't be easy to find him. Even if they take him down, the agents know the real threat is inside Santana and some people want to capture the entity, not kill it. This is the thrilling conclusion of this classic Delta Green scenario! Thad as Taurean Cybulski, FBI agent Vee as Christina Lambert, medical examiner – Check out ...

Jan 18, 20242 hr 45 min

Savage Worlds: Rifts – Symphony of the End – Episode 3

The Tomorrow Legion heads into the Federation of Magic to fight an evil wizard named Eddie the Dead! They're on a mission to rescue a person bonded with a Muse spirit, but can they reach her before Eddie destroys her? Tom as Steve the Grackle Tooth Mercenary Aaron as Darlington Disassembly, bio-android techno wizard Dan as Daryl the Mystic Ross as the GM

Jan 11, 20243 hr 18 min

Delta Green: Puppet Shows and Shadow Plays – Part 1

Thirteen people have vanished along Highway 70 in the Arizona desert. That stretch of road—the press already calls it the “Devil’s Highway”—runs through the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. Tribal police and state investigators are at a loss. Now the FBI has stepped in with a team of two agents and a medical examiner. Can they find the killer? Thad as Taurean Cybulski, FBI agent Vee as Christina Lambert, medical examiner - Check out Queen's Court Games! Aaron as Jacklyn Wingfield, FBI agent...

Jan 04, 20242 hr 33 min

Savage Worlds: Rifts – Symphony of the End – Episode 2

The Tomorrow Legion sends in a team to investigate the extradimensional realm known as the Symphony. The Muse of Classical Music has a realm that is under siege by evil forces. The team has to stop the evil so they can find leads to the locations of other muses. Whoever has the most Muses can enact the Symphony of the End, a powerful magical ritual. What secrets lie in the realm of Classical Music? Tom as Steve the Grackle Tooth Mercenary Chris as Cranberry Bog Hexer, Human Ocean Wizard David as...

Dec 28, 20232 hr 16 min

Fate Condensed: Fallout New Vegas – Radioactive Dreams

After a mysterious courier took over New Vegas, the new government needed all the help it could get. They've launched an experimental program to give felons on parole a chance to redeem themselves by investigating minor crimes. Of course, they don't trust felons to run around on their own, so they've programmed a robot as a parole officer to escort the felon. Someone's stolen cargo from the train yard. Can this unlikely pair of partners find the missing cargo? Chris as Wilmot "Skrewloose" Kunkel...

Dec 21, 20232 hr 14 min

Savage Worlds: Rifts – Symphony of the End – Episode 1

Centuries after a nuclear war devastated Earth, new factions arise from the ashes to build a new world. The Tomorrow Legion wants to make a peaceful civilization for everyone, human, D-Bee, and all other sentient beings. A newly formed team of Legionnaires is sent out on their first patrol and uncover a world-threatening dilemma - the legendary Symphony of the End. Dan as Daryl the Mystic Tom as Steve the Grackle Tooth Mercenary Shaun as Yolanda Haze, an android scientist Ross as the GM

Dec 14, 20233 hr

Monsters and Other Childish Things: Vermis

Vermis is a mysterious lost video game, with no known copies left in existence, until two friends find one. They set out to livestream the game to show it off to the world when a strange mist surrounds their house. Can they navigate the strange realm of Vermis and return home or will they be lost forever? Tom as Lane Meyer Jason A as Jasper Merriweather Ross as the GM Promo: Looters, a new Stars Without Numbers AP podcast.

Dec 07, 20232 hr 4 min

Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes – Part 16 – Midnight

The agents have finally reached the Palace of Carcosa. The masquerade ball has started but midnight is closing in. They must find the author of the play and give him his bottle if they want a chance to escape. However, the clock ticks ever closer to the end of the party and the arrival of the King in Yellow. Say your goodbyes, for the end is here. Maddy as Ryan West, paramedic Thad as Marley Madelyn, FBI agent Fae as Yersinia Riszek, cryptographer Rob Stith as Jørgen Nygård, undercover agent Ros...

Nov 30, 20231 hr 57 min

Subsurface: The Backrooms

An expedition to the Backrooms has lost contact with Earth. The secretive foundation running the expedition sends in a team of operatives to reestablish contact and secure the zone. Whatever cut off the expedition doesn't want them to succeed though. Ross as the GM Aaron as Stanford Greeman, researcher Tom as Abelard, creep Chris as Random Tangent, enforcer SUBSURFACE is an action horror tabletop RPG inspired by F.E.A.R, Half-Life, Dusk, Doom, the SCP Foundation, and FIST by CLAYMORE. In this ga...

Nov 23, 20232 hr 6 min

Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes – Part 15 – Carcosa

The troupe has finally reached the shores of Carcosa, but the Palace is still a long journey away. They must travel through the city, torn apart by war. They need costumes to gain entry to the masquerade ball. More importantly, they must make peace with each other and themselves before they reach the ballroom. Eternity awaits. Maddy as Ryan West, paramedic Thad as Marley Madelyn, FBI agent Fae as Yersinia Riszek, cryptographer Rob Stith as Jørgen Nygård, undercover agent Ross as the Handler

Nov 16, 20232 hr 47 min

Screams Amongst the Stars: The Blue Butterfly

Razin 4 is just another destination for a crew of spacers on a cargo mission but they've hit a hitch. They're supposed to pick up some starship engines but sabotage has slowed their production down. The factory manager offers the crew a special job at a high rate to find out who's sabotaging the engine production. The crew can't leave without the engines anyway, so they go planetside to find out what's going on. The Blue Butterfly awaits. Screams Amongst the Stars is a rules light sci-fi horror ...

Nov 09, 20232 hr 57 min

Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes – Part 14 – The Whisper Labyrinth

Below the Hotel Broadlabin is a tunnel that leads to an ancient labyrinth. This labyrinth contains an endless amount of bottles. Each bottle is labeled with a name. The restless inhabitants of the Hotel crave nothing more than to find their bottle and learn what secrets the bottle whispers to them. The agents exploring the labyrinth are looking for something else, a way to the city of Carcosa. They'll encounter some of the ghosts haunting their pasts before they can possibly find an exit though....

Nov 02, 20231 hr 37 min
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