Season 3 kicks off with a bang! And a boom! And a datdatdatdat zing budash! ...As the Great War begins! The Thinking Machines, ADAM and EVE, have closed down. They're not dictating actions to the populace anymore, so a war like no other rips through America. Our first story follows a witch from the Witch Arsenal Corps named Apate. She's just doing her job...until she hears the voice. See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Patron Sponsor This Week: Jared Smith Spon...
Feb 12, 2019•50 min•Season 3Ep. 155
Right on the heels of Rupert's Lorepisode comes another for the epilogue of Season 2. In this story, we follow Connie's mentor, Red, and see how the paths of Season 1 and Season 2 characters related through his actions. This story spans several months between the end of Season 1 and an event that rocks the Confederation near the end of... Season 3. It also reveals a darkness that will be coming in Season 4. Enjoy. We'll see you next week with Season 3, Chapter 1. See all our show credits and inf...
Feb 05, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 154
It's our fourth LOREPISODE! (An episode written and performed like an audiodrama, produced to build bridges between seasons, or to serve as prologues, transitions, or epilogues). This week's Lorepisode was written and narrated by Rupert Faullhurst, and answers some very intriguing questions: What happened to Dominique Fessler? What's the deal with those memories Nigel got from Reginald Osbert? What happened to Elizabeth Forde when she disappeared in the tunnels under Boston? See all our show cre...
Jan 29, 2019•55 min•Season 2Ep. 153
The curtain has closed, the stage lights have been snuffed out, the show is over. Our longest season (yeah, I know, out of two) has come to a close. The final decisions made by Percy, Oliver, Sonny, Connie, Silas, and Nigel have affected reality in different ways. They have demonstrated to the Clockwork Carpenters that humanity exists in all things...even machines. In today's episode, we talk out-of-character about what's to come...as we prepare for Season 3. See all our show credits and info at...
Jan 22, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 152
It all comes to this moment. Oliver, Nigel, Percy, Connie, Silas, and Sonny, along with Roose, Pinny, and Shiloh, are standing face to face with one of the Clockwork Carpenters' most awe-inspiring devices, a Principle Engine. This device, they've learned, can actually alter the fabric of reality. Do they turn the key after coming all this way, or do they let reality lie. See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Patron Sponsor This Week: Ray Volk Sponsored Partnershi...
Jan 15, 2019•49 min•Season 2Ep. 151
Our first regular episode of 2019 finds us at the end point of Season 2, with only two more episodes to go. Today we venture into the Principle Engine. As Oliver and Nigel put their heads together to decypher the inner workings of the bizarre mechanism, Percy calls for them to "just turn the key!" as Sonny tries to get the party to forget they ever came there. See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Patron Sponsor This Week: George Pecenica Sponsored Partnerships f...
Jan 08, 2019•43 min•Season 2Ep. 150
Our Trivia Spectacular, featuring trivia questions from the first 140 episodes of the Steam Rollers Adventure Podcast, continues! Enjoy your New Year hangover with some giggles, and stay tuned til the end because we feature the second part of our Season 3 preview, which takes a look at the characters that will be played by patrons Chris Durbak and Dan Campbell, as well as Dave Murtagh, Rupert, and Jenn! See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships...
Jan 01, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 149
It's been a long time since we've done a trivia episode, and while I'm keeping to my promise of never having those again...I'm also lying. Our Christmas and New Years' 2018 Holiday Specials feature a massive trivia test of SRAP knowledge that includes friends and patrons as well as cast in a gigantic trivia free-for-all. The trivia is really just a vehicle for two very special holiday releases. First up, the world-wide premiere trailer of the audio drama COPPERHEART, and we also share Part 1 of ...
Dec 25, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 148
It seemed as though our mechanical man friend, Nigel, was going to be lost to the party as he was thrown back to Boston Common on the fateful day of his master's demise. But a wish from Percy to the witch Adrienne brought him back. Now the whole party is together with the newly-assembled glass key in hand, and Oliver is about to discover... The Door. See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settlinggeek.c...
Dec 18, 2018•37 min•Season 2Ep. 147
Nigel Wintermann stops at nothing to confront the witches who made Peace what it is, but when he encounters them, will they listen to reason, will they help the party, or will they shut down this disruption to their beautiful town. Meanwhile, Oliver is determined to find the door to the Principle Engine. See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settlinggeek.com Jack Monkey Games at www.jackmonkeygames.com...
Dec 11, 2018•40 min•Season 2Ep. 146
Our heroes soon discover that it doesn't matter what they want to do, the pieces of the key are forcing them all to come together. Nigel, risking his own life to fight the draw of his segment of the key, is close to the creator of Peace, and hopefully some new options. Everyone else, meanwhile, must decide whether to ditch their pieces, or allow them to come together. See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at ...
Dec 04, 2018•39 min•Season 2Ep. 145
As the clock starts ticking down to disaster, our friends need to band together and decide what they're going to do next. Will they help Matthew Teamer take the kids back to Green Valley Town? Will they investigate the X on Oliver's map? Before they do anything... the final piece of the key reveals itself. See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settlinggeek.com Jack Monkey Games at www.jackmonkeygames.c...
Nov 27, 2018•38 min•Season 2Ep. 144
This week it really starts to "hit the fan" as the different parts of the glass key begin to react to their surroundings. Oliver reveals a secret to Connie: his map to what he believes is an enormous underground engine. Meanwhile, Silas must race against fate to rescue his beloved Roose. See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settlinggeek.com Jack Monkey Games at www.jackmonkeygames.com Promotions for T...
Nov 20, 2018•41 min•Season 2Ep. 143
As our heroes prepare their next steps, possibly leading them out of the safety that is the western town of Peace, they get answers from the reanimated Robert Edmund Hillary. They find out who created the glass rods, where they originated, and who...or what...is looking for them. They also discover a dark secret from Season 1. See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settlinggeek.com Jack Monkey Games at ...
Nov 13, 2018•33 min•Season 2Ep. 142
Sonny Geffort gives up on trying to take out the walking corpse of Robert Hillary and instead goes for a drug-induced psychic vision, granting him the ability to see others who are seeking what Connie, Percy, and Pinny (Oliver) have. We also find out what happens when Nigel Wintermann opens fire on Hillary, and what's been going on with Silas Monroe alone on the road. See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at ...
Nov 06, 2018•37 min•Season 2Ep. 141
NOTE: This episode features a bonus within an extended intro: An explanation of our game mechanics. If you're interested in how the Heart of Bronze Adventure Game works, check this out! Our story continues where it left off, with the party worrying on what to do with the information they received from Matthew (Future Shiloh) Teamer, and then...Nigel returns! See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settli...
Oct 30, 2018•50 min•Season 2Ep. 140
We return to the Kretzin Hotel and the interrogation of the individual claiming to be Shiloh and Pinny's dad...or future Shiloh...or an alien...or something else. As the group gets to the bottom of this mystery, unlocking even more mysteries, Sonny and Percy return to lend a hand. See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settlinggeek.com Jack Monkey Games at www.jackmonkeygames.com Musical Score for This ...
Oct 23, 2018•41 min•Season 2Ep. 139
This week we return to the Automaton Sit-Down with Nigel Osbert Wintermann, the serial-killing Fesslers, robot rights author Harold Parsons, robot maker Kyle Wolfe, and Dudley Scarsboro, a former torturer of robots. What will our resident robot, Ozzy, do when faced with dispensing justice? See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settlinggeek.com Jack Monkey Games at www.jackmonkeygames.com Musical Score ...
Oct 16, 2018•41 min•Season 2Ep. 138
As Oliver and Connie confront the mysterious stranger who claims to be Pinny and Shiloh's father, Percy and Sonny team up and return to the hotel prepared to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and they've got plenty of bubblegum to share...or do they? See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settlinggeek.com Jack Monkey Games at www.jackmonkeygames.com Promotions for This Episode: The Dicey D20(Podcast) Girl i...
Oct 09, 2018•40 min•Season 2Ep. 137
Who is the mysterious stranger who entered the Kretzin Hotel who called Shiloh and Pinny Sean and Penelope? Does he know them? Is he there father? And what about Roose's warning? Will Silas run off with his former girlfriend, leaving the group; and will Sonny Geffort mosey off to get high with Crazy Rock? All shall (mostly) be revealed today! See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settlinggeek.com Jack ...
Oct 02, 2018•32 min•Season 2Ep. 136
It's character review day! We spend the first half of today's episode going through characterizations for Percy, Connie, and the crew; then we follow Connie, Oliver, and the kids as they go to check in at the Kretzin Hotel. That's when someone new shows up. See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settlinggeek.com Jack Monkey Games at www.jackmonkeygames.com Promotions for This Episode: Door Monster (YouT...
Sep 25, 2018•39 min•Season 2Ep. 135
Today we return to the exploits of cogman Nigel Osbert Wintermann. Nigel (Ozzy to his friends) had just confronted Richard Fessler about his involvement in the John Stitch murders. How will either of the Fesslers react to that confrontation, and what about the CEO of Wolfe Autobot, Kyle Wolfe? And Gregory Pavlovic Brewko? See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settlinggeek.com Jack Monkey Games at www.j...
Sep 18, 2018•46 min•Season 2Ep. 134
She was gone for awhile, but now she's back. The question Silas Monroe has to ask himself, is this the real Abigail Roose, or another Surrogan? It's not an easy question when he and his buddy, Sonny Geffort have been drinking it up since they arrived in Peace. And what about what about Connie, Oliver, and the strange man with red eyes? See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settlinggeek.com Jack Monkey ...
Sep 11, 2018•41 min•Season 2Ep. 133
In this chapter we find out what Nigel Wintermann's been up to since the Season 2 party has finally come together. Though it wasn't covered in the story (simply because Nigel's disappearance had more to do with Rupert not being able to record), Nigel spotted what looked to be the vile Dominique Fessler, the cogman serial killer. Will he confront her? What will he say? What will he do? See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: ...
Sep 04, 2018•46 min•Season 2Ep. 132
In a sudden and unexpected jolt, Adrienne "Shade" Boothe bolts from the Main Street Inn in Peace, leaving Connie, Oliver, and the rest of the crew without a friendly witch helper. When Connie runs out into the street to stop her, she comes face to face with her Peace nemesis, the Highwayman...and his master. See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settlinggeek.com Jack Monkey Games at www.jackmonkeygames...
Aug 28, 2018•39 min•Season 2Ep. 131
While most of the newly-assembled band head off in different directions: Percy is just un-paradoxing himself, Kingsley is trying to make his way back to Peace, Nigel has wandered off yet again, and Sonny and Silas belly up to the bar, Oliver and Connie get a chance to catch up. See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settlinggeek.com Jack Monkey Games at www.jackmonkeygames.com Promotions and Shout-Outs ...
Aug 21, 2018•37 min•Season 2Ep. 130
As Percy fights his way out of the perpetual dog-induced world he's in, Arthur Kingsley finds himself in the middle of the town of Tribunal with no one else around. Before he can set off to find Bounton or Nelly Dellmar, he discovers that he has materialized in the midst of an army preparing to invade the Imperial North. See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settlinggeek.com Jack Monkey Games at www.ja...
Aug 14, 2018•41 min•Season 2Ep. 129
Boxcar Boys Percy "Spade" Alexander and Beth "Bird" Simcoe chase after Nelly Delmar, Arthur Kingsley, and Douglas Bounton as they go chasing waterfalls (they should have listened to the song). An alternate title for this episode might be, "What Does The Dog Think?" See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settlinggeek.com Jack Monkey Games at www.jackmonkeygames.com Promotions and Shout-Outs for This Epis...
Aug 07, 2018•45 min•Season 2Ep. 128
Before we continue our adventure, Michael the Storycrafter takes a big chunk of this episode to do some character development by asking each player something about their characters. Then, we follow Arthur Kingsley and his deputy, Douglas Bounton, as they go with Nelly Delmar to find the promised "Ghost Fleet." See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at www.settlinggeek.com Jack Monkey Games at www.jackmonkeygam...
Jul 31, 2018•47 min•Season 2Ep. 127
The two groups converge! After sixty-three chapters, the groups of Percy-Connie-Nigel and Silas-Oliver-Sonny come together in the mysterious town of Peace. We continue where we left off last week, with Percy and Beth going with Kingsley and Bounton to visit the Delmar house; and Silas, Oliver, Sonny, and Pinny wander into the Main Street Inn and meet Nigel and Connie. See all our show credits and info at www.riggstories.com/the-srap-cast Sponsored Partnerships for This Episode: Settling Geek at ...
Jul 24, 2018•44 min•Season 2Ep. 126
