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The company seek an audience with a higher power. The fate of everything they've ever known rests on their performance. And one of them's let a heckler in…Programme notesPodUK Goes Digital is happening on Saturday 30 May, at 12-8pm UK time on Twitch, Discord and other venues. Look out for our trailer as part of the virtual Podcasters' Promenade! Full details at podcastconvention.uk.Our promo this episode is for The Prestige, a Kaiju FM show discussing movies in depth from a production and academic appreciation point of view.Season creditsSTARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast's Chris MacLennan as CANDICEGAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engineMUSIC BY Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt BoothmanIN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre CompanyFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
A look back at Vikki's past appearances on Merely Roleplayers, in Ariadne, Five Stage a Rescue, Codename: Mosaic, Parallax Converging, Parallax Inverted and Prospero & Viola.Programme notesOur promo this episode is for The Prestige, an in-depth movie discussion programme on Kaiju FM.Season creditsSTARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast's Chris MacLennan as CANDICEGAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engineMUSIC BY Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt BoothmanIN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre CompanyFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
The third ensemble have been waiting in the wings. Now that they've finally made their entrance, they must bring themselves back to reality to have any hope of saving it.Programme notesBundle for Racial Justice and Equality: get 700+ video and tabletop games for as little as $5, with all proceeds split evenly between the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Community Bail FundBlack Lives Matter protests, petitions and other resourcesFriends in the UK, write to your MPs and councillors to defend racial justice and the right to protestOur promo this episode is for The GM & Me, fellow member of the UK & Ireland Tabletop RPG Podcasters community. It's a one-player, one-gamemaster podcast showcasing a variety of roleplaying games.Season creditsSTARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast's Chris MacLennan as CANDICEGAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engineMUSIC BY Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt BoothmanIN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre CompanyFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
A look back at Nat's past appearances on Merely Roleplayers, in Upstaged!, The Cloudskipper's Captain and Prospero & Viola.Programme notesOur promo this episode is for The GM & Me, a duet play podcast and fellow member of the UK & Ireland TTRPG Podcasters community on Discord.Season creditsSTARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast's Chris MacLennan as CANDICEGAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engineMUSIC BY Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt BoothmanIN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre CompanyFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
The ensemble are reunited and ready to save reality, but they'll need to try out a few different boats to find one that's suitable for their final voyage.Programme notesBlack Lives Matter protests, petitions and other resourcesMatt was on an episode of the Rolistes podcast!Our promo this episode is for Penance RPG, a fellow member of the UK & Ireland TTRPG Podcasters community.Season creditsSTARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast's Chris MacLennan as CANDICEGAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engineMUSIC BY Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt BoothmanIN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre CompanyFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
A look back at Ellen's past appearances on Merely Roleplayers, in Upstaged! and Prospero & Viola.Programme notesOur promo this episode is for Penance RPG, a fellow member of the UK & Ireland TTRPG Podcasters community.Season creditsSTARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast's Chris MacLennan as CANDICEGAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engineMUSIC BY Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt BoothmanIN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre CompanyFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
The ensemble attempt to form allegiances with old enemies, but are everyone's motives exactly what they seem?Programme notesThe Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre have come up with a plan to defend our theatres from more closures and redundancies. They've submitted the plan to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, but we need to help them make it a priority for the government. If you're in the UK, and you like theatre like we like theatre, please consider writing to your MP and asking them to pay attention to the plan and make sure we still have a place to see and stage creative performance after lockdown. WriteToThem.com makes it easy.Our promo this episode is for Brits On Bikes, our friends from the UK & Ireland TTRPG Podcasters community.Season creditsSTARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast's Chris MacLennan as CANDICEGAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engineMUSIC BY Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt BoothmanIN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre CompanyFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
A look back at Helen's past appearances on Merely Roleplayers, in A Town Called Amnesty and Codename: Mosaic.Programme notesImpulse Drive by Adrian Thoen, the space opera roleplaying game we used in Parallax, is available from DriveThruRPG.Our promo this episode is for Brits On Bikes, our friends from the UK & Ireland TTRPG Podcasters community.Season creditsSTARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast's Chris MacLennan as CANDICEGAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engineMUSIC BY Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt BoothmanIN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre CompanyFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
The beleaguered ensemble are taking fire from all fronts. They'll need to fight, but their theatrical skills could be their biggest asset in the final showdown.Programme notesRemember how Blackshaw Theatre Company is a real theatre company? We're still working in London, even in lockdown!Our promo this episode is for Modified Roll, fellow members of the UK & Ireland TTRPG Podcasters Discord community, and face-to-face acquaintances from Dragonmeet 2019!Season creditsSTARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast's Chris MacLennan as CANDICEGAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engineMUSIC BY Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt BoothmanIN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre CompanyFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
A look back at Strat's past appearances on Merely Roleplayers, in Ariadne, A Town Called Amnesty, Codename: Mosaic, Parallax Inverted, Upstaged! and Prospero & Viola.Programme notesOur promo this episode is for Modified Roll, an actual play Dungeons & Dragons podcast and our friends from the UK & Ireland TTRPG Podcasters community.Season creditsSTARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast's Chris MacLennan as CANDICEGAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engineMUSIC BY Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt BoothmanIN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre CompanyFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
As the curtain falls on this, the company's final act, they'll have to decide what a new reality holds before heading off to their post-show drinks at the pub.Programme notesThank you for tuning in to this final Act of the Blackshaw Saga.After next week's Backstage episode, Merely Roleplayers is taking a few weeks off to prepare for our next chapter - but stay tuned for some surprise bonus episodes!We'll be back the week of Hallowe'en with the beginning of our first Main House production: Vigil. Small towns are being left behind after cuts to the Department of Omissions, the agency meant to protect the public from things that go bump in the night. In Sherrydown, one neglected market town, a band of misfits have stepped in to protect their neighbours now that the government can't or won't. They're absolutely not sanctioned, not all of them are strictly speaking competent, but they're the only ones who can help - and that makes it their responsibility.Also coming up in our Studio: Dr Magnethands (a very, very silly superhero story) and Codename Mosaic: Ghost Recall (revisiting the agents from Codename: Mosaic as they deal with their deadliest foes yet: accountability and oversight).Season creditsSTARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast's Chris MacLennan as CANDICEGAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engineMUSIC BY Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt BoothmanIN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre CompanyFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
All three ensembles look back at the path we charted through the infinite possibilities of Deja Vu.Programme notesOur promo this episode is for Dames and Dragons, a tale about banding together with your friends to battle gods who are terrible people and even worse parents, told using Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition.Season creditsSTARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast's Chris MacLennan as CANDICEGAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engineMUSIC BY Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt BoothmanIN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre CompanyFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
In an infinite universe, across multiple timelines, we were never going to be able to witness everything. Here's a selection of stuff we had to leave out.Season creditsSTARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast's Chris MacLennan as CANDICEGAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engineMUSIC BY Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt BoothmanIN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre CompanyFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
The arrival of an unexpected traveller and a bloody disappearance at the local primary school spell trouble for the residents of the sleepy town of Sherrydown.Programme notesThis episode contains implied offstage child endangerment.Vote for Merely Roleplayers in the Audio Verse Awards before 31 October. We're currently through to the penultimate round of the awards. Voters choose their top ten podcasts in each award category, to narrow each category down to ten finalists for the final round. The form might take 10-15 minutes to complete, so we super appreciate anyone who takes the time! You can find us under Improvised Production.The town of Sherrydown is twinned with Whispering Pines, the not-so-ordinary summer camp for those hazy days and chilled summer nights. Campers laughing, fireflies glowing, campfires crackling long into the night, and a gaunt, cruel monstrosity forever hiding just out of sight, always asking, “What do you do next?” You can find out more about Whispering Pines and meet some of its eccentric camp counselors in the upcoming Sleepaway Oneshot on What Am I Rolling?: a twice monthly RPG one-shot podcast.Dramatis personae and other definitionsRenko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.Persephone ‘Percy' Byron: A Victorian monster hunter and half-sister of Ada Lovelace. Percy tried to time travel from 1852 to 1666 to stop the summoning of an apocalyptic demon, but something went wrong, and she landed in present-day Sherrydown instead.Mick: Sherrydown's favourite builder and bricklayer. His life has been getting weirder since he dug too deep and hit a leyline.Graham: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Persephone ‘Percy' Byron, the ExileAlexander Pankhurst as Graham, the SummonedVikki as Renko, the FlakeDave as Mick, the MundaneROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterSFX INCLUDES: rain and final thunder clap by reinsamba; night rain on car by Relax Sleep ASMR; Ford Transit boulevard by LG; van on gravel by Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama; stop engine by Henrique Moreira; lightning crash by NoiseNoir; pistols/handguns manipulated and toyed with by IlDucci; interior - small moden office atmosphere by BBC Acropolis; mechanical keyboard typing by GeorgeHopkins; subdued classroom atmosphere with children reading (rec. London) by BBC Acropolis; electric school bell - 1980 (3C9, reprocessed) by BBC Acropolis; and various others covered by the Creative Commons 0 attribution licenceEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
Compère Matt and the cast of Vigil: Playtime introduce their characters and come up with their connections to one another - and to the town of Sherrydown itself.Programme notesThis episode's promo contains strong language.Our promo this episode is for Infinite Deer. Their new season started on 19 October, so this is a great time to jump aboard.Dramatis personae and other definitionsRenko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.Persephone ‘Percy' Byron: A Victorian monster hunter and half-sister of Ada Lovelace. Percy tried to time travel from 1852 to 1666 to stop the summoning of an apocalyptic demon, but something went wrong, and she landed in present-day Sherrydown instead.Mick: Sherrydown's favourite builder and bricklayer. His life has been getting weirder since he dug too deep and hit a leyline.Graham: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Persephone ‘Percy' Byron, the ExileAlexander Pankhurst as Graham, the SummonedVikki as Renko, the FlakeDave as Mick, the MundaneROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
After a surprising revelation from Mick's niece, Pippa, the hunters head to the primary school to conduct their investigation.Programme notesThis episode contains dried blood and scarred arms.The Ragged Scratch Podcast, hosted and produced by our sound designer Natalie Winter, returns for season 3 on 19 November. Add it to your podcast app for 12 new work-in-progress audio dramas and interviews with the creators.Compère Matt's monthly email newsletter usually includes some backstage Merely Roleplayers bits and pieces, along with updates about game things and theatre things he's working on. The next one goes out on 13 November - sign up now so you won't miss it.The town of Sherrydown is twinned with Whispering Pines, the not-so-ordinary summer camp for those hazy days and chilled summer nights. Campers laughing, fireflies glowing, campfires crackling long into the night, and a gaunt, cruel monstrosity forever hiding just out of sight, always asking, “What do you do next?” You can find out more about Whispering Pines and meet some of its eccentric camp counselors in the upcoming Sleepaway Oneshot on What Am I Rolling? : a twice monthly RPG one-shot podcast.Dramatis personae and other definitionsRenko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.Persephone ‘Percy' Byron: A Victorian monster hunter and half-sister of Ada Lovelace. Percy tried to time travel from 1852 to 1666 to stop the summoning of an apocalyptic demon, but something went wrong, and she landed in present-day Sherrydown instead.Mick: Sherrydown's favourite builder and bricklayer. His life has been getting weirder since he dug too deep and hit a leyline.Graham: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Persephone ‘Percy' Byron, the ExileAlexander Pankhurst as Graham, the SummonedVikki as Renko, the FlakeDave as Mick, the MundaneROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterSFX INCLUDES: rain and final thunder clap by reinsamba; night rain on car by Relax Sleep ASMR; Ford Transit boulevard by LG; van on gravel by Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama; Medusa by Kevin MacLeod; Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod; electric short-circuit 50Hz by Sergenious; shutting van sliding door by Alastair Cameron; dragon roar by veroma; boiling water, large, A by Jonathan Shaw; eel splashing 2 by mystiscool; and may include others covered by the Creative Commons 0 attribution licenceEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
Meet Percy: time traveller, illegitimate daughter of Lord Byron, Exile. What strange forces have brought Percy to the small, sleepy town of Sherrydown and why does the year 1666 send a shiver down her spine?Join Ellie as she fills in Percy's character sheet with help from compère Matt and fellow players Chris S and Strat.Programme notesOur promo this episode is for Modified Roll, our fellow members of the UK Tabletop RPG Podcasters community.Dramatis personae and other definitionsRenko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.Persephone ‘Percy' Byron: A Victorian monster hunter and half-sister of Ada Lovelace. Percy tried to time travel from 1852 to 1666 to stop the summoning of an apocalyptic demon, but something went wrong, and she landed in present-day Sherrydown instead.Mick: Sherrydown's favourite builder and bricklayer. His life has been getting weirder since he dug too deep and hit a leyline.Graham: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Persephone ‘Percy' Byron, the ExileAlexander Pankhurst as Graham, the SummonedVikki as Renko, the FlakeDave as Mick, the MundaneROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
Chaos ensues when Percy and Graham, left to their own devices at the school, attempt an experiment to manifest the playtime monster.Programme notesThis episode contains violence, including blood and injury detail.Vote for the final, ultimate winners of the Audio Verse Awards 2020Leave Merely Roleplayers a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or PodchaserThe town of Sherrydown is twinned with Whispering Pines, the not-so-ordinary summer camp for those hazy days and chilled summer nights. Campers laughing, fireflies glowing, campfires crackling long into the night, and a gaunt, cruel monstrosity forever hiding just out of sight, always asking, “What do you do next?” You can find out more about Whispering Pines and meet some of its eccentric camp counselors in the Sleepaway one-shot on What Am I Rolling? : a twice monthly RPG one-shot podcast.Dramatis personae and other definitionsRenko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.Persephone ‘Percy' Byron: A Victorian monster hunter and half-sister of Ada Lovelace. Percy tried to time travel from 1852 to 1666 to stop the summoning of an apocalyptic demon, but something went wrong, and she landed in present-day Sherrydown instead.Mick: Sherrydown's favourite builder and bricklayer. His life has been getting weirder since he dug too deep and hit a leyline.Graham: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Persephone ‘Percy' Byron, the ExileAlexander Pankhurst as Graham, the SummonedVikki as Renko, the FlakeDave as Mick, the MundaneROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterSFX INCLUDES: rain and final thunder clap by reinsamba; boiling water, large, A by Jonathan Shaw; eel splashing 2 by mystiscool; dragon roar by veroma; sword slice by Black Snow Productions; fire embers large campfire by Dynamicell; zombie bite 1 by Seth Talley; broken egg squelch by d.n.audio.uk; and may include others covered by the Creative Commons 0 attribution licenceEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
Meet Renko: DoOm operative, investigative genius, Flake. Renko is no stranger to mystery - it comes with the territory after all. But has she bitten off more than she can chew in the sleepy and seemingly-friendly town of Sherrydown?Join Vikki as she fills in Renko's character sheet with help from compère Matt and fellow hunters Chris and Helen.Programme notesOur promo this episode is for The Unexplored Places. Jump straight into Tango Sector, or go back and enjoy their first story: Deliverance, Ohio, told using Monster of the Week.Dramatis personae and other definitionsRenko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.Persephone ‘Percy' Byron: A Victorian monster hunter and half-sister of Ada Lovelace. Percy tried to time travel from 1852 to 1666 to stop the summoning of an apocalyptic demon, but something went wrong, and she landed in present-day Sherrydown instead.Mick: Sherrydown's favourite builder and bricklayer. His life has been getting weirder since he dug too deep and hit a leyline.Graham: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Persephone ‘Percy' Byron, the ExileAlexander Pankhurst as Graham, the SummonedVikki as Renko, the FlakeDave as Mick, the MundaneROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
As Mick, Percy and Graham engage in a bloody battle with the playtime monster, Renko makes a surprising discovery in the school staffroom.Programme notesThis episode contains bloody violence, including gun violence, and detailed tentacular imagery.Watch Jack and the Beanstalk, a semi-improvised panto created for streaming and incorporating roleplaying game elements, at 20:00 UTC on 11 & 12 December at twitch.tv/rollflipstreamThe town of Sherrydown is twinned with Whispering Pines, the not-so-ordinary summer camp for those hazy days and chilled summer nights. Campers laughing, fireflies glowing, campfires crackling long into the night, and a gaunt, cruel monstrosity forever hiding just out of sight, always asking, “What do you do next?” You can find out more about Whispering Pines and meet some of its eccentric camp counselors in the Sleepaway one-shot on What Am I Rolling? : a twice monthly RPG one-shot podcast.Dramatis personae and other definitionsRenko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.Persephone ‘Percy' Byron: A Victorian monster hunter and half-sister of Ada Lovelace. Percy tried to time travel from 1852 to 1666 to stop the summoning of an apocalyptic demon, but something went wrong, and she landed in present-day Sherrydown instead.Mick: Sherrydown's favourite builder and bricklayer. His life has been getting weirder since he dug too deep and hit a leyline.Graham: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Persephone ‘Percy' Byron, the ExileAlexander Pankhurst as Graham, the SummonedVikki as Renko, the FlakeDave as Mick, the MundaneROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterSFX INCLUDES: rain and final thunder clap by reinsamba; wind, realistic, A by Jonathan Shaw; zombie bite 1 by Seth Talley; Long Note Two by Kevin McLeod; fire embers large campfire by Dynamicell; warm flesh in a mechanical meat grinder by newlocknew; and may include others covered by the Creative Commons 0 attribution licenceEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
Meet Graham: accountant, 100% certified “human male”, Summoned. Excel specialist and hat connoisseur Graham is here to help you with all of your accountancy and administrative needs. If you're lucky, he may join you down the local establishment for a pint of alcoholic refreshment and a friendly chat about being a human being.Join Alex as he fills in Graham's character sheet with help from compère Matt and fellow hunters Nat and Strat.Programme notesOur promo this episode is for The Adventurer's Guild, home of Mercs & Monsters, Heroes of Cypher, and more to come.Dramatis personae and other definitionsRenko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.Persephone ‘Percy' Byron: A Victorian monster hunter and half-sister of Ada Lovelace. Percy tried to time travel from 1852 to 1666 to stop the summoning of an apocalyptic demon, but something went wrong, and she landed in present-day Sherrydown instead.Mick: Sherrydown's favourite builder and bricklayer. His life has been getting weirder since he dug too deep and hit a leyline.Graham: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Persephone ‘Percy' Byron, the ExileAlexander Pankhurst as Graham, the SummonedVikki as Renko, the FlakeDave as Mick, the MundaneROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
Despite Graham's magical mishap, the hunters make haste to capture the villain responsible for the playtime monster before another school day begins.Programme notesThis episode contains loss of agency and a brief description of a recently self-inflicted wound.The town of Sherrydown is twinned with Whispering Pines, the not-so-ordinary summer camp for those hazy days and chilled summer nights. Campers laughing, fireflies glowing, campfires crackling long into the night, and a gaunt, cruel monstrosity forever hiding just out of sight, always asking, “What do you do next?” You can find out more about Whispering Pines and meet some of its eccentric camp counselors in the Sleepaway one-shot on What Am I Rolling? : a twice monthly RPG one-shot podcast.Dramatis personae and other definitionsRenko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.Persephone ‘Percy' Byron: A Victorian monster hunter and half-sister of Ada Lovelace. Percy tried to time travel from 1852 to 1666 to stop the summoning of an apocalyptic demon, but something went wrong, and she landed in present-day Sherrydown instead.Mick: Sherrydown's favourite builder and bricklayer. His life has been getting weirder since he dug too deep and hit a leyline.Graham: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Persephone ‘Percy' Byron, the ExileAlexander Pankhurst as Graham, the SummonedVikki as Renko, the FlakeDave as Mick, the MundaneROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterSFX INCLUDES: rain and final thunder clap by reinsamba; night rain on car by Relax Sleep ASMR; shutting van sliding door by Alastair Cameron; Long Note Two by Kevin McLeod; fire embers large campfire by Dynamicell; and may include others covered by the Creative Commons 0 attribution licenceEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
The hunters look back on their adventures in the classroom and their battles against the playtime monsters.Programme notesOur promo this episode is for O.M.E.N. Investigations. They're fellow members of the UK Tabletop RPG Podcasters community, and also playing Monster of the Week this season! Check them out if you want some much sillier monster hunting action.Dramatis personae and other definitionsRenko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.Persephone ‘Percy' Byron: A Victorian monster hunter and half-sister of Ada Lovelace. Percy tried to time travel from 1852 to 1666 to stop the summoning of an apocalyptic demon, but something went wrong, and she landed in present-day Sherrydown instead.Mick: Sherrydown's favourite builder and bricklayer. His life has been getting weirder since he dug too deep and hit a leyline.Graham: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Persephone ‘Percy' Byron, the ExileAlexander Pankhurst as Graham, the SummonedVikki as Renko, the FlakeDave as Mick, the MundaneROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
A team of extraordinary heroes is the only thing that stands between evil mastermind, Dr Magnethands, and total world domination... oh, and everyone is drunk.Programme notesThis production contains strong language, gross bodily humour, cartoon violence, and alcohol.Our promo this episode is for Snyder's Return, a UK based tabletop roleplaying game podcast featuring 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons actual play (where a misfit band of ‘heroes' take on adventures across the multiverse), interviews and game master/player guides.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Jeff GoldblumAlexander Pankhurst as Soft SkullVikki as Bubblewrap ManDave as The Penguin of Constant RemorseChris Starkey as Butterscotch CannonNatalie Winter as Souper-ManStrat as Miss SellaniousHelen Stratton as Super Static ManROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Doctor Magnethands, designed by Grant HowittMAIN THEME BY: Alexander PankhurstCLOSING THEME BY: Ellie Pitkin and Chris StarkeySOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterSFX AND MUSIC INCLUDES: thrill announcement by Goran Andrić-Agi; Eyes Gone Wrong by Kevin MacLeod (looped); Dublin Zoo ambience by iamaviolin; Magellanic penguin by soundbytez; supermarket ambience by AJ170193; bamboo chimes by Jonathan Shaw; footswitch sound by Nightwatcher98; pneumatic drill by acclivity; digging in rubble by ryanlouis; woodpecker by L. Taylor; ninja sticks fighting by CyrileneRossouw; Crossing the Chasm by Kevin MacLeod; horror fleshy impale impact with remains falling by the University of Oregon Cinema Studies Program SFX library; pocket by Pocosebas; microwave by Poyekhali; gore slush slime sounds by Vlatko Blažek; Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod; rhythmic tense ambience by luciolepri; radar blip by KynikossDragonn; slide whistle maestro by Lucy Bennett; and may include other sounds covered by the Creative Commons 0 attribution licenceEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
The cast reminisce about times they've participated in what the theatre world refers to as a “wet run” while they come up with their eight suggestions for the game they're actually supposed to be playing... oh, and Matt explains how the game works.Programme notesThis production contains gross bodily humour, cartoon violence, and alcohol. CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Jeff GoldblumAlexander Pankhurst as Soft SkullVikki as Bubblewrap ManDave as The Penguin of Constant RemorseChris Starkey as Butterscotch CannonNatalie Winter as Souper-ManStrat as Miss SellaniousHelen Stratton as Super Static ManROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Dr Magnethands, designed by Grant HowittMAIN THEME BY: Alexander PankhurstCLOSING THEME BY: Ellie Pitkin and Chris StarkeySOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
After dispatching some of Dr Magnethands' most dastardly minions, the heroes set off to her super-secret space base to put a stop to her plans for world domination once and for all… oh, and everyone is very drunk.Programme notesThis production contains gross bodily humour, cartoon violence, and alcohol. If you enjoyed Vigil: Playtime, our first Main House production, you should pick up The Sherrydown Enquirer 1: Playtime, a Monster of the Week mystery scenario and Sherrydown lore supplement. It contains Playtime, a mystery for use with the roleplaying game Monster of the Week by Michael Sands, for the roleplayers among you; and snippets of history and information about the Sherrydown setting, for fans of Vigil. Buy The Sherrydown Enquirer 1: Playtime on itch.io.Our promo this episode is for Penance RPG, purveyors of chaotic homebrew RPG content with a focus on storytelling.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Jeff GoldblumAlexander Pankhurst as Soft SkullVikki as Bubblewrap ManDave as The Penguin of Constant RemorseChris Starkey as Butterscotch CannonNatalie Winter as Souper-ManStrat as Miss SellaniousHelen Stratton as Super Static ManROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Dr Magnethands, designed by Grant HowittMAIN THEME BY: Alexander PankhurstCLOSING THEME BY: Ellie Pitkin and Chris StarkeySOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterSFX INCLUDES: rhythmic tense ambience by luciolepri; No Frills Salsa by Kevin MacLeod; castanets, multi, A by Jonathan Shaw; gore slush slime sounds by Vlatko Blažek; electric by Sergenious; Chee Zee Cave by Kevin MacLeod; Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod; boiling water, large, A by Jonathan Shaw; Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod; and others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
The drunk AF cast share the superpowers they didn't get a chance to use in the game and reflect on a job well done (they're way too drunk to be discerning).Programme notesThis production contains gross bodily humour, cartoon violence, and alcohol. Our promo this episode is for Penance RPG, purveyors of chaotic homebrew RPG bontent with a focus on storytelling.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Jeff GoldblumAlexander Pankhurst as Soft SkullVikki as Bubblewrap ManDave as The Penguin of Constant RemorseChris Starkey as Butterscotch CannonNatalie Winter as Souper-ManStrat as Miss SellaniousHelen Stratton as Super Static ManROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Dr Magnethands, designed by Grant HowittMUSIC: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGNER: Natalie WinterEDITOR AND PRODUCER: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
Early morning sunlight streams down through the foliage of the Rosebrier Forest while a gentle breeze dances around The Grove of Oddities, carrying with it the scent of blood.Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence.If you enjoyed Vigil: Playtime, our first Main House production, you should pick up The Sherrydown Enquirer 1: Playtime, a Monster of the Week mystery scenario and Sherrydown lore supplement. It contains Playtime, a mystery for use with the roleplaying game Monster of the Week by Michael Sands, for the roleplayers among you; and snippets of history and information about the Sherrydown setting, for fans of Vigil. Buy The Sherrydown Enquirer 1: Playtime on itch.io.Our promo this episode is for Monster Hour, a grimcamp Monster of the Week actual play set in the town of Firmament, Colorado.Dramatis personae and other definitionsBrier: a mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown's Rosebrier Forest.Gwynned: a former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan. For the crime of saving a mortal man from the Morrigan's cruel whim, the goddess exiled Gwyn to live as a duck, overlooked by mortals. Recently freed from the curse, Gwyn is trying to do good without attracting her mistress's attention.Cameron Jarvis: an intense young man, obsessed with monster hunting since his parents and sister were killed by ghouls while camping outside Sherrydown.Jinny Greenteeth: proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Strat as Brier, the MonstrousNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineChris Starkey as Cameron Jarvis, the WrongedJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the SpellslingerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterSFX INCLUDES: dark ambience by Patrick Lieberkind; Virtutes Instrumenti and Mirage by Kevin MacLeod; horse on turf, start into gallop from BBC Acropolis (RemArc licence); Wintersong and Tranquil Fields Tense by Alexander Nakarada; bird whistling, single, robin A by Jonathan Shaw; birds flapping wings EQed by juskiddink; and may include others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
Matt and our new team of hunters get to know each other and their place in the history of Sherrydown.Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence.Our promo this episode is for Monster Hour, a grimcamp Monster of the Week actual play set in the town of Firmament, Colorado.Dramatis personae and other definitionsBrier: a mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown's Rosebrier Forest.Gwynned: a former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan. For the crime of saving a mortal man from the Morrigan's cruel whim, the goddess exiled Gwyn to live as a duck, overlooked by mortals. Recently freed from the curse, Gwyn is trying to do good without attracting her mistress's attention.Cameron Jarvis: an intense young man, obsessed with monster hunting since his parents and sister were killed by ghouls while camping outside Sherrydown.Jinny Greenteeth: proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Strat as Brier, the MonstrousNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineChris Starkey as Cameron Jarvis, the WrongedJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the SpellslingerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
Two members of the fae court have been brutally murdered, but by whom and for what reason? The hunters start their investigation while on the other side of the forest something ancient, cold and malevolent awakes.Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence.Our promo this episode is for What Am I Rolling?, a twice-monthly roleplaying game one-shot podcast, hosted by gamemaster, Fiona. Every month, Fiona takes a brand new group of players and runs them through a one-shot adventure, testing out a different RPG style or system.Dramatis personae and other definitionsBrier: a mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown's Rosebrier Forest.Gwynned: a former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan. For the crime of saving a mortal man from the Morrigan's cruel whim, the goddess exiled Gwyn to live as a duck, overlooked by mortals. Recently freed from the curse, Gwyn is trying to do good without attracting her mistress's attention.Cameron Jarvis: an intense young man, obsessed with monster hunting since his parents and sister were killed by ghouls while camping outside Sherrydown.Jinny Greenteeth: proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Strat as Brier, the MonstrousNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineChris Starkey as Cameron Jarvis, the WrongedJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the SpellslingerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterSFX INCLUDES: dark ambience by Patrick Lieberkind; Virtutes Instrumenti and Mirage by Kevin MacLeod; horse on turf, start into gallop from BBC Acropolis (RemArc licence); Wintersong and Tranquil Fields Tense by Alexander Nakarada; bird whistling, single, robin A by Jonathan Shaw; birds flapping wings EQed by juskiddink; and may include others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
Meet Cameron: orphan, trained hunter, wronged. Something terrible happened to Cameron as a young boy that left a scar too deep to fully heal. Now wherever he goes so does his trusty axe, and behind him he leaves a trail of slain enemies.Join Chris as he fills in Cameron's character sheet with help from compère Matt and fellow hunters Strat and Ellie.Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence.Our promo this episode is for What Am I Rolling?, a twice-monthly roleplaying game one-shot podcast, hosted by gamemaster, Fiona. Every month, Fiona takes a brand new group of players and runs them through a one-shot adventure, testing out a different RPG style or system.Dramatis personae and other definitionsBrier: a mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown's Rosebrier Forest.Gwynned: a former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan. For the crime of saving a mortal man from the Morrigan's cruel whim, the goddess exiled Gwyn to live as a duck, overlooked by mortals. Recently freed from the curse, Gwyn is trying to do good without attracting her mistress's attention.Cameron Jarvis: an intense young man, obsessed with monster hunting since his parents and sister were killed by ghouls while camping outside Sherrydown.Jinny Greenteeth: proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Strat as Brier, the MonstrousNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineChris Starkey as Cameron Jarvis, the WrongedJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the SpellslingerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
Our hunters become the hunted and a creature of ice and snow stalks ominously towards Brier's tree. The race is on to beat it there, but it's not going to be easy.Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence.Save the date! Blackshaw Theatre's next live production, Trouble At Sea: A Miss McSkimming Mystery, will be on Saturday 3 July as part of the Wandsworth Arts Fringe. It's a sequel to Some Treachery: A Miss McSkimming Mystery, which you can enjoy for free on the Blackshaw Arts Hour podcast.Our promo this episode is for OMEN Investigations, a comedy horror podcast starring three secret agents as they travel the world fighting monsters, ghosts, aliens and other paranormal perils.Dramatis personae and other definitionsBrier: a mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown's Rosebrier Forest.Gwynned: a former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan. For the crime of saving a mortal man from the Morrigan's cruel whim, the goddess exiled Gwyn to live as a duck, overlooked by mortals. Recently freed from the curse, Gwyn is trying to do good without attracting her mistress's attention.Cameron Jarvis: an intense young man, obsessed with monster hunting since his parents and sister were killed by ghouls while camping outside Sherrydown.Jinny Greenteeth: proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Strat as Brier, the MonstrousNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineChris Starkey as Cameron Jarvis, the WrongedJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the SpellslingerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterSFX INCLUDES: soaring clouds by bruce965; Floating in the Midnight Breeze by FoolBoyMedia; wolf & dog aggressive by EminYILDIRIM; Dragon and Toast by Kevin MacLeod; and may include others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
Meet Brier: forest guardian, National Trust manager, monstrous. For as long as the Rosebrier Forest has existed, so has Brier. A shapeshifting fae guardian with a penchant for mischief, they are a generally benevolent fairy - just don't accept a ride from them when they're a horse.Join Strat as he fills in Brier's character sheet with help from compère Matt and fellow hunters Chris and Ellie.Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence.Our promo this episode is for OMEN Investigations, a comedy horror podcast starring three secret agents as they travel the world fighting monsters, ghosts, aliens and other paranormal perils.Dramatis personae and other definitionsBrier: a mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown's Rosebrier Forest.Gwynned: a former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan. For the crime of saving a mortal man from the Morrigan's cruel whim, the goddess exiled Gwyn to live as a duck, overlooked by mortals. Recently freed from the curse, Gwyn is trying to do good without attracting her mistress's attention.Cameron Jarvis: an intense young man, obsessed with monster hunting since his parents and sister were killed by ghouls while camping outside Sherrydown.Jinny Greenteeth: proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Strat as Brier, the MonstrousNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineChris Starkey as Cameron Jarvis, the WrongedJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the SpellslingerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
The hunters and National Trust bystanders take shelter in Brier's tree. As the frost creature arrives memories of an ancient battle are rekindled and Gwynned attracts unwanted attention.Programme notesThis episode contains fantasy violence and a brief mention of giant insects.Save the date! Blackshaw Theatre's next live production, Trouble At Sea: A Miss McSkimming Mystery, will be on Saturday 3 July as part of the Wandsworth Arts Fringe. It's a sequel to Some Treachery: A Miss McSkimming Mystery, which you can enjoy for free on the Blackshaw Arts Hour podcast. Trailer includes The Show Must Be Go! by Kevin McLeod.Our promo this episode is for Rendezvous With Destiny, an actual play of the Scion roleplaying game by Onyx Path, set in a strange new world where every myth and monster turns out to be real.Dramatis personae and other definitionsBrier: a mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown's Rosebrier Forest.Gwynned: a former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan. For the crime of saving a mortal man from the Morrigan's cruel whim, the goddess exiled Gwyn to live as a duck, overlooked by mortals. Recently freed from the curse, Gwyn is trying to do good without attracting her mistress's attention.Cameron Jarvis: an intense young man, obsessed with monster hunting since his parents and sister were killed by ghouls while camping outside Sherrydown.Jinny Greenteeth: proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Strat as Brier, the MonstrousNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineChris Starkey as Cameron Jarvis, the WrongedJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the SpellslingerADDITIONAL VOICES BY: Ellie PitkinROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterSFX INCLUDES: soaring clouds by kangaroovindaloo; Berserker by Alexander Nakarada; Ritual, Virtutes Instrumenti and Right Behind You by Kevin MacLeod; and may include others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
Meet Gwynned: shieldmaiden, banished warrior, divine. Gwynned was a holy warrior, a trusted shieldmaiden of the triple-goddess Morrigan. After defying her mistress she was banished to a lifetime of the mundane (in a somewhat different form) and now uses her divine skills to protect her new home. But she'd better keep her head down so as not to risk catching the attention of the Morrigan once more.Join Nat as she fills in Gwynned's character sheet with help from compère Matt and fellow hunters Strat and Alex.Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence.Our promo this episode is for Rendezvous with Destiny, an actual play podcast of Onyx Path's Scion, set in a fictionalised Washington, DC.Dramatis personae and other definitionsBrier: a mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown's Rosebrier Forest.Gwynned: a former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan. For the crime of saving a mortal man from the Morrigan's cruel whim, the goddess exiled Gwyn to live as a duck, overlooked by mortals. Recently freed from the curse, Gwyn is trying to do good without attracting her mistress's attention.Cameron Jarvis: an intense young man, obsessed with monster hunting since his parents and sister were killed by ghouls while camping outside Sherrydown.Jinny Greenteeth: proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Strat as Brier, the MonstrousNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineChris Starkey as Cameron Jarvis, the WrongedJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the SpellslingerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
The Winter King is after a rematch. Our hunters prepare to take a stand and drive back an oncoming ice age.Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence.Congratulations to Ben Newbon for spotting Ellie's cameo in Act 4! Follow Ben on Twitter @BenNewbon.Review Merely Roleplayers on Podchaser before 30 April and Podchaser will donate 25 cents to Meals on Wheels America.Subscribe to Matt's free monthly newsletter before Friday 9 April for previews of the next Studio production and the work in progress Upstaged! roleplaying game.Our promo this episode is for The DM's Book Club, a weekly podcast where Fiona and Ryan read about some Dungeons and Dragons and discuss how they might include it in their roleplaying campaigns.Dramatis personae and other definitionsBrier: a mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown's Rosebrier Forest.Gwynned: a former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan. For the crime of saving a mortal man from the Morrigan's cruel whim, the goddess exiled Gwyn to live as a duck, overlooked by mortals. Recently freed from the curse, Gwyn is trying to do good without attracting her mistress's attention.Cameron Jarvis: an intense young man, obsessed with monster hunting since his parents and sister were killed by ghouls while camping outside Sherrydown.Jinny Greenteeth: proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Strat as Brier, the MonstrousNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineChris Starkey as Cameron Jarvis, the WrongedJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the SpellslingerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterSFX INCLUDES: soaring clouds by bruce965; Virtutes Instrumenti, Dragon and Toast, and Ritual by Kevin MacLeod; Traveler's Notebook by Rafael Krux; and may include others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
Meet Jinny: local business owner, devotee of the natural world, spellslinger. Jinny has had many names and has lived many lives. She uses her centuries of arcane knowledge to draw power from the earth beneath her feet, manipulate the elements, and fleece tourists for every penny they have. As owner and operator of the Grove of Oddities, Jinny is a well respected resident of Sherrydown and a true force of nature.Join Josh as he fills in Jinny's character sheet with help from compère Matt and fellow hunters Dave and Ellen.Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence.Our promo this episode is for The DM's Book Club, a weekly podcast where Fiona and Ryan read about some Dungeons and Dragons and discuss how they might include it in their roleplaying campaigns.Dramatis personae and other definitionsBrier: a mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown's Rosebrier Forest.Gwynned: a former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan. For the crime of saving a mortal man from the Morrigan's cruel whim, the goddess exiled Gwyn to live as a duck, overlooked by mortals. Recently freed from the curse, Gwyn is trying to do good without attracting her mistress's attention.Cameron Jarvis: an intense young man, obsessed with monster hunting since his parents and sister were killed by ghouls while camping outside Sherrydown.Jinny Greenteeth: proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Strat as Brier, the MonstrousNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineChris Starkey as Cameron Jarvis, the WrongedJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the SpellslingerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
Imbued with divine flame and each carrying the mantle of the forest guardian, the hunters battle against the Winter King. Whatever happens, this isn't going to be a quick thaw.Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence.Coming soon:CODENAME MOSAIC: GHOST RECALL opens in the Studio on 4 May! It's a follow-up to Codename: Mosaic, one of our Blackshaw Saga productions, and uses Mission: Accomplished!, the roleplaying game of super-spies and office meetings by Jeff Stormer.VIGIL: TOURIST TRAP opens in the Main House on 1 June! Follow us on Twitter @MerelyRoleplay to meet the characters before we raise the curtain.Review Merely Roleplayers on Podchaser before 30 April and Podchaser will donate 25 cents to Meals on Wheels America.Our promo this episode is for Snyder's Return, a UK based tabletop roleplaying game podcast featuring Dungeons & Dragons actual play (where a misfit band of ‘heroes' take on adventures across the multiverse), interviews and Dungeon Master/player guides.Dramatis personae and other definitionsBrier: a mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown's Rosebrier Forest.Gwynned: a former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan. For the crime of saving a mortal man from the Morrigan's cruel whim, the goddess exiled Gwyn to live as a duck, overlooked by mortals. Recently freed from the curse, Gwyn is trying to do good without attracting her mistress's attention.Cameron Jarvis: an intense young man, obsessed with monster hunting since his parents and sister were killed by ghouls while camping outside Sherrydown.Jinny Greenteeth: proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Strat as Brier, the MonstrousNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineChris Starkey as Cameron Jarvis, the WrongedJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the SpellslingerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterSFX INCLUDES: soaring clouds by bruce965; Ritual and Vulcan by Kevin MacLeod; and may include others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
Matt and the hunters reflect on their first hunt together.Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence.Our promo this episode is for Snyder's Return, a UK based tabletop roleplaying game podcast featuring Dungeons & Dragons actual play (where a misfit band of ‘heroes' take on adventures across the multiverse), interviews and Dungeon Master/player guides.Dramatis personae and other definitionsBrier: a mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown's Rosebrier Forest.Gwynned: a former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan. For the crime of saving a mortal man from the Morrigan's cruel whim, the goddess exiled Gwyn to live as a duck, overlooked by mortals. Recently freed from the curse, Gwyn is trying to do good without attracting her mistress's attention.Cameron Jarvis: an intense young man, obsessed with monster hunting since his parents and sister were killed by ghouls while camping outside Sherrydown.Jinny Greenteeth: proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Strat as Brier, the MonstrousNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineChris Starkey as Cameron Jarvis, the WrongedJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the SpellslingerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
Four Service agents have survived a mission aboard the Consultancy's marine hover-fortress. Now comes the real ordeal: surviving a conference call with the higher-ups.Programme notesThis production contains reported violence.Check out other games by Jeff Stormer, like Anyone Can Wear The Mask and When You're Here You're Family, at jeffstormer.comOur promo this episode is for Sabotage the DM. Check out their regular Dungeons & Dragons: Dragon Heist campaign on Mondays at 19:00 UTC+1, and tune in from 17 May for a week of streams for the channel's one year anniversary, all at twitch.tv/SabotageTheDMCreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Agent PigeonVikki as Agent AnvilStrat as Agent TanktopHelen Stratton as Agent BanksROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Mission: Accomplished!, designed by Jeff StormerMUSIC BY: Matt Boothman and Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
The debriefing call is running long and nerves are starting to fray. Who will take credit for sinking the Consultancy, and who will be scapegoated for the Service's leaks?Programme notesThis production contains reported violence.You can catch some of the Merely Roleplayers cast on Twitch this week, as part of seven straight days of streams to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Sabotage the DM:Friday 21 May, 6-8pm UTC+1: Ellie Pitkin (Agent Pigeon, Persephone Byron) and Alexander Pankhurst (Soft Skull, Graham) are taking part in the Rebel Roleplayers RoundtableSunday 23 May, 6-11pm UTC+1: Alex and Natalie Winter (Gwynned, Souper-Man) are appearing in an actual play of Dead of NightTune in, and see the full schedule for the week, at twitch.tv/sabotagetheDMOur promo this episode is for The Space Jam Continuum. Now that Space Jam: A New Legacy has a release date and a trailer, Chris and Cal are up against the clock to fashion a cohesive cinematic universe out of Looney Tunes, which was never meant to be one.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Agent PigeonVikki as Agent AnvilStrat as Agent TanktopHelen Stratton as Agent BanksROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Mission: Accomplished!, designed by Jeff StormerMUSIC BY: Matt Boothman and Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
After an intense in-character debrief, it's time for a much more relaxed and friendly out-of-character debrief.Programme notesThis production contains reported violence.Our promo this episode is for The Space Jam Continuum. Now that Space Jam: A New Legacy has a release date and a trailer, Chris and Cal are up against the clock to fashion a cohesive cinematic universe out of Looney Tunes, which was never meant to be one.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Agent PigeonVikki as Agent AnvilStrat as Agent TanktopHelen Stratton as Agent BanksROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Mission: Accomplished!, designed by Jeff StormerMUSIC BY: Matt Boothman and Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
When the residents of idyllic Sherrydown fall foul to a series of strange anomalies with their personal data, an unlikely team of concerned citizens assembles to investigate.Programme notesThis production contains mild body horror, fantasy violence - including gun violence - and abusive relationship dynamics.If you enjoyed Vigil: Cold Snap, our previous Main House production, you should pick up The Sherrydown Enquirer 2: Cold Snap, a Monster of the Week mystery scenario and Sherrydown lore zine. It contains Cold Snap, a mystery for use with the roleplaying game Monster of the Week by Michael Sands, for the roleplayers among you; and some juicy history and information about the Sherrydown setting, for fans of Vigil. Buy The Sherrydown Enquirer 2: Cold Snap on itch.io.Sherrydown is twinned with Waterdeep, city of splendours, home of the Great Game, the Neverember Enigma! Sherrydown Town Council unfortunately does not recommend that townsfolk take part in the Great Game themselves. As a safe alternative, why not support our town's favourite contestants, the Waterdeep Mallrats? Cheer them on every Monday at 19:00 UTC+1 on twitch.tv/sabotagetheDM.Dramatis personae and other definitionsJess Butterworth: a twenty-something shift worker, Sherrydown born and bred. While working the tarot tent at Amazement Park, she was approached by Kit, a being claiming to be her spirit guide.Melody: the owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since.Calistarius Softbinding: a local horror writer with a cult following, who sponsored the construction of a whole new wing of Sherrydown's library. Calistarius Softbinding is a nom de plume.Ed Kincaid: a once promising, now disgraced MI5 agent assigned to investigate the more … esoteric threats reported to the national security hotline.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellen Gould as Jess Butterworth, the SpookyHelen Stratton as Melody, the ConstructedChris Buxey as Calistarius Softbinding, the ExpertChris MacLennan as Ed Kincaid, the ProfessionalROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie WinterSFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: Go! by Brian Holtz; Velocity by Lilo Sound; Wizardtorium and Backbay Lounge by Kevin MacLeod; and may include others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Twitter @MerelyRoleplayOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Facebook at Merely Roleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com
