Part 6. Violence breaks out. Someone gets jinxed. No one is safe. Loyalties are tested. Things will never be the same again. Neon Genesis Empress-gelion 6.0: Do (Not) Panic. [Plus, brief bonus content at the start and very end: Trevor assesses the exalted bard, Taylor the Swift; the Escape Vector pushes an NPC performance too far and Dakota says something.] This is an Actual Play mini-series that combines a hexcrawl and an adventure supplement. Hop on your Packsquab and explore the world of Clou...
Dec 02, 2024•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Part 5. Bud's proposition has Casper blushing. A suspicious Bek plays chaperone. The haunting investigation continues anyway. The plot and tension (sexual or otherwise) thicken. [Plus: Kait laments the Archive of Our Own (A03) outage and Dakota reports on fanfiction!] This is an Actual Play mini-series that combines a hexcrawl and an adventure supplement. Hop on your Packsquab and explore the world of Cloud Empress with us! Content Warning: Sexually Suggestive Themes, Language, Jokes about Disfi...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Part 4. Deals. Desperation. Desires. DILFs. This is an Actual Play mini-series that combines a hexcrawl and an adventure supplement. Hop on your Packsquab and explore the world of Cloud Empress with us! Content Warning: Sexually Suggestive Themes, Language, Jokes about Disfigurement; Fictional Violence, Giant Psychic Bugs, Sick Children (Mentioned), Chronic Illness, Body Horror (Skin). CAST: GM: the voice of the Escape Vector Podcast Casper Cloudshot (Magician) is played by Trevor Brookes Bek Fa...
Sep 30, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Part 3. An arrival. An omen. The adventuring party is not alone. How will they get Casper's cure? This is an Actual Play mini-series that combines a hexcrawl and an adventure supplement. Hop on your Packsquab and explore the world of Cloud Empress with us! Content Warning: Sexually Suggestive Themes, Language, Violence, Giant Psychic Bugs, Chronic Illness, Body Horror (Skin, Subcutaneous tissue). CAST: GM: the voice of the Escape Vector Podcast Casper Cloudshot (Magician) is played by Trevor Bro...
Aug 30, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Part 2. A shakedown at gunpoint. A lurking terror. Who will become fertilizer? Who will get to lay their weary bones at camp? This is an Actual Play mini-series that combines a hexcrawl and an adventure supplement. Hop on your Packsquab and explore the world of Cloud Empress with us! Content Warning: Violence, Language, Giant Psychic Bugs, Chronic Illness, Body Horror (Skin). CAST: GM: the voice of the Escape Vector Podcast Casper Cloudshot (Magician) is played by Trevor Brookes Bek Fallows (Sel...
Aug 05, 2024•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Part 1. We’ll get back to the Bean Barge Trio sometime. For now, we have another party to follow: three travelers embark on a journey to find a mythical cure for a deadly, unnerving, and oft-thought incurable disease. The clock is ticking for one among them--are the adventurers marching toward salvation or demise? Get ready for an Actual Play mini-series that combines a hexcrawl and adventure supplement. Hop onto your Packsquab and explore the science fantasy world of Cloud Empress with us! Cont...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast We review the Mothership RPG adventure scenario, “Moonbase Blues”. Most of this episode is player-friendly--we will give spoiler alerts where needed. Would you like to run this or will you ask your GM to run this? “Moonbase Blues” is an adventure scenario written by Ian Yusem (aka Anodyne Printware) for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG published by Tuesday Knight Games. It can be purchased at this DriveThruRPG link [affiliate link]. Using our affiliate link helps the show via commission, without...
Jul 08, 2024•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast We review the Mothership RPG adventure scenario, “Piece by Piece”. This episode is player-friendly—we give a spoiler warning for the only spoiler near the end. We hope you walk away with an idea on whether you would like to run this yourself or ask your GM to run this! “Piece by Piece” is an adventure scenario written by DG Chapman for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG published by Tuesday Knight Games. It can be purchased affordably at this DriveThruRPG link [affiliate link]. Using our affiliate...
Jun 30, 2024•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast !! Our first Mothership RPG adventure is being published !! A geological survey station on a distant moon fell silent after logging anomalous readings. Three contractors are tasked with investigating what happened, rescuing priority personnel, and securing other station assets. This site visit will be more than they bargained for. This is a spoiler-free cinematic trailer using recorded gameplay of our original adventure scenario, "What Stirs Below", coming soon to the webstores listed below. Wan...
Jun 14, 2024•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast **NOTE: To complete the story and have more context, we recommend checking out our prior interview with watt.** We have a follow-up chat with watt, a TTRPG writer and designer, as well as the creator of the Cloud Empress Ecological Science Fantasy RPG. On this new "watt-Talk" (working title) segment, we discuss the first Cloud Empress RPG Kickstarter, the first year of Cloud Empress (so far), what is on the horizon for the new Cloud Empress expansion and beyond, crowdfunding, and project managem...
Apr 17, 2024•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Part 2, FINALE. Our four funeral crashers hear the beckoning call of a disembodied voice from down the corridor. Who will they side with? What will they discover? Time is short--the Imago vortex outside is restless, the funeral will begin in less than an hour, and the next Anti-Saint must be named! FORECAST: Blood showers with a chance of pain. This time, we have watt, the creator of the game system as a special guest GM! Content Warning: Violence, Language, Giant Psychic Bugs, Familial Conflict...
Apr 04, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Part 1. While traversing the ash- and dust-choked Deadlands, four adventurers take refuge in a strange house. Sheltered from the ominous storm brewing outside, they learn it is the day of a folk hero's funeral... and they just stepped into a family affair that could shape the world's fate. FORECAST: mystery, treachery, and slippery conditions. This time, we have watt, the creator of the game system, as a special guest GM! Content Warning: Violence, Language, Giant Psychic Bugs, Familial Conflict...
Mar 30, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Four adventurers take refuge in a strange house. Sheltered from the ominous storm of sorts brewing outside, they learn it is the day of a folk hero's funeral... and they just stepped into a family affair that could shape the world's fate. FORECAST: mystery, treachery, and slippery conditions. This is a spoiler-free cinematic trailer using gameplay from a recorded session of the upcoming adventure, "Funeral Fit for the Anti-Saint". Want to play or run this adventure? GMs, share this with your pro...
Mar 11, 2024•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast In our first 'Escape Vector Podcast Exclusive', we sit down with Andrew Sheridan, the creator and developer of the Mothership and CyberpunkRED companion apps . This is his first (and at the time of release) only public appearance!! We talk about his biography, activities, the making-of the apps, challenges, successes, the business-side of app development, and advice for aspiring developers. Some things about these apps are not as straightforward as they might appear! We also get a bit personal a...
Feb 11, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Curious about playing or running Mothership Sci Fi Horror RPG? We give you an overview of what you need to know, from the perspective of having run it for a year and throughout the draft updates. Plus, we offer important cautions about 0E (aka Zero Edition, the beta version). Although we talk about the overall experience of running Mothership 1E (aka First Edition, the latest version), in future episodes we’ll talk about specific scenarios, adventures, and campaigns... ++ Many Mothership adventu...
Feb 04, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy New Year! We reflect on the experience of running Last Voyage of the Bean Barge (Cloud Empress RPG) and offer tips for fellow GMs. Listen to the two Actual Play episodes earlier in the feed, first! ++ At the time of episode release, BOTH the Cloud Empress rulebook PDF and this starter scenario (“Last Voyage of the Bean Barge”) PDF are FREE on DriveThruRPG.com . Both are written by watt. Visit Cloudempress.com for more info on the TTRPG and follow watt on Bluesky: @worldsbywatt.bsky.social ...
Jan 07, 2024•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast We sit down for a chat with watt, a TTRPG writer and designer, as well as the creator of the Cloud Empress Ecological Science Fantasy RPG. We talk about watt’s background and range of creative works and Cloud Empress gameplay, user, and aesthetic design. We also talk about some in-game lore and interesting creative choices in published Cloud Empress material, but no spoilers. Cloud Empress is an alternate ruleset and setting in the lineage of the Mothership Sci Fi Horror RPG. Imagine a rules-lig...
Dec 10, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Part 2, the FINALE. Trouble finds the Bean Barge. An early departure. A mysterious new passenger. Can our heroes (?) save the Bean Barge, the lives onboard, and themselves? They have had it with these mother-f-ing BUGS on their mother-f-ing AIRSHIP… Content Warning: Violence, Language, Giant Psychic Bugs, Familial Conflict, Flying/Heights. GM: the voice of the Escape Vector Podcast Duke Tears (Lordling) is played by [anonymous friend] Jesk / ‘The Monster’ (Magician) and Han Loner (Courier) are p...
Nov 28, 2023•2 hr 33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Part 1. A once-great cloud city is in decline. Rumors swirl that a worldwide threat to humanity has reemerged earlier than predicted. Three strangers board an airship, hoping to turn their fortunes around. Their scheduled flight itinerary is about to change... Content Warning: Violence, Language, Giant Psychic Bugs, Familial Conflict, Flying/Heights. GM: the voice of the Escape Vector Podcast Duke Tears (Lordling) is played by [anonymous friend] Jesk / ‘The Monster’ (Magician) is played by [anon...
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast A short welcome and introduction to the show. Please standby for launch!
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