Tabletop Garden is an actual-play podcast where we collaborate on short, self-contained stories about interesting characters, and we do it with an agenda. Throughout each campaign we discuss values, techniques, and how to play with intention.
Content Warnings: Strong Language, Police With the Cut-Up Man looming over Harmony and a strike and sabotage brewing, will the… Read more 03.09: The Great Molasses Flood – January 07, 1919 01:51 PM
Content Warnings: Strong Language, Police It’s time to meet with Isaac Gonzales, the worker who knew the tank best. Can… Read more 03.08: The Great Molasses Flood – January 07, 1919 09:05 AM
Content Warnings: Strong Language, Police Three Bostonians have begun to comprehend the shape of history, but how can mere individuals… Read more 03.07: The Great Molasses Flood – January 06, 1919 06:48 PM
Content Warnings: Strong Language Boston in 1919 is ruled by capital, with most of its people living in the shadow… Read more 03.06: The Great Molasses Flood – January 06, 1919 01:14 PM
Content Warnings: Strong Language After receiving a vision of the future, three ordinary people in 1919 must figure out how… Read more 03.05: The Great Molasses Flood – January 06, 1919 09:12 AM
Content Warnings: Strong Language, Sexual Content Everyone who was in the Great Molasses Flood is dead. The location is now… Read more 03.04: The Great Molasses Flood – January 15, 2019 12:45 PM
Content Warnings: Urban Disaster, Claustrophobia, Death, Strong Language The situation on the North End of Boston is increasingly dire. Cloying… Read more 03.03: The Great Molasses Flood – January 15, 1919 12:36 PM
Content Warnings: Urban Disaster, Claustrophobia, Strong Language (This episode was initially uploaded with the wrong audio! I hope folks enjoyed… Read more 03.02: The Great Molasses Flood – January 15, 1919 12:33 PM
Content Warnings: Urban Disaster, Claustrophobia, Strong Language It was a warm day on the North End of Boston on January… Read more 03.01: The Great Molasses Flood – January 15, 1919 12:29 PM
January 15, 1919 was an unusually warm day in Boston. As World War I came to an end and Prohibition… Read more 03.00: The Great Molasses Flood Teaser
Hello, folks! Thank you for listening to Tabletop Garden: Ego Driver. A summary of the news in this episode: I’ve… Read more Ego Driver Housekeeping, Postmortem, Plans
CW: Strong language, violence, endangerment of civilians, self-sacrifice/self-harm The Ego Drivers have discovered the nature of the Jacko Gang! As… Read more 02.10: Ego Driver – Scream
CW: Strong language, violence, mild body horror, euthanasia. As the confrontation with Thriller reaches its climax, the Ego Drivers are… Read more 02.09: Ego Driver – Out of Time
CW: Strong language, violence Our ragtag band of Ego Drivers have encountered the entity codenamed “Thriller”. Vake gets dogpiled. Comet… Read more 02.08: Ego Driver – Thriller
CW: Strong language, violence Our Ego Drivers have come face-to-face with Billie Jean. With Karloff bleeding out, Comet still has… Read more 02.07: Ego Driver – The End of Your Drive
CW: Strong language, violence Our Ego Drivers are in the midst of confronting the menacing Billie Jean. Will Comet be… Read more 02.06: Ego Driver – Billie Jean
CW: Strong language, violence. Back in Niederdorf, our Ego Drivers are about to receive their next assignment: discover where the… Read more 02.05: Ego Driver – Yetnikoff
CW: Strong language, violence. Our Ego Drivers were sent to take out Smooth Criminal, but it looks like his partner… Read more 02.04: Ego Driver – Smooth Criminal
One of our players had a sudden family issue, so we’re skipping this week. We’ll see you all next Wednesday!
Our Ego Drivers are ready to assault Smooth Criminal's band of raiders. Can they get the drop on him? What sort of car is that he's driving? And is his partner even more dangerous than he is? Jones engages Operation: Land Shark. Karloff checks footwear. Comet goes beyond reverse. Vake seeks inner peace.
How will our Ego Drivers survive the final assault of Beat It? How can they tolerate the oasis of Niederdorf after their battle in the wasteland? And who's their next target? Jones goes underground. Vake refuses an invitation to a gathering. Karloff makes small talk. Comet resupplies.
A brief note that we're skipping a week due to scheduling and technical issues. See you next week! In the meantime, check out Gregory's essay "Actual Play Podcasts Do Not Portray Actual Play, Actually" over on their personal blog.
A ragtag band of Ego Drivers does battle in the open roads of the wasteland against a contingent of the Jacko Gang. Jones smokes out a car. Vake tells someone to be quiet. Karloff provides tow truck service. Comet plays the siren.
In the year 2050, the thirteen white ships of the Subaltern Constellation arrived in Earth orbit. In response, Earth's governments launched their entire nuclear arsenal. The Constellation was destroyed and the atmosphere was poisoned. Twelve Terror Engines fell to Earth and are now the only power sources capable of supporting civilization.
As tensions between the Dome and nearby villages escalate, a strange mechanical beast has appeared and begun destroying food stores.… Read more 01.03: MECHANICAL ORYX – Into the Dark
Overrun has addressed some of the Dome’s food needs, while Tragos has discovered that the people have become distressingly willing… Read more 01.02: MECHANICAL ORYX – Waiting for Nightfall
In the solarpunk post-apocalypse, someone is raiding the food stores of the Dome. In response, the humans have armed themselves… Read more 01.01: MECHANICAL ORYX – To the Dome
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