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RPPR Actual Play
Role Playing Public Radio presents a weekly Actual Play podcast of tabletop role playing game sessions. We play a wide variety of RPGs, from popular classics like Dungeons and Dragons and Call of Cthulhu to indie hits like Red Markets and Fate. Some of our episodes are stand-alone scenarios and we also feature ongoing campaigns in games like Delta Green, Eclipse Phase, and Base Raiders. Give us a listen if you want to hear a great gaming crew fight evil, try outrageous plans to save the day and…
Episodes
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Shanghai – episode 20
Nyarlathotep... the crawling chaos... I am the last... I will tell the audient void...I do not recall distinctly when it began, but it was months ago. The…
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Red Markets Beta: The Brutalists episode 1
The Red Markets beta campaign has begun! This session covers enclave generation and the first job. In case you weren't aware, Red Markets is a work-in-progress…
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Base Raiders: Canon
News: Check out Death Traps Volume 1, the newest Base Raiders supplement. Use Gritty Gas in your game today! On sale at DrivethruRPG and the Base Raiders…
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Shanghai – episode 19
Shanghai is heating up! Riots, disasters at the harbor, and kidnapped friends are only the start of the team's problems. Investigating the order of the Bloated…
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Atomic Robo: The Fighting Scientists of Tesladyne – Episode 7
The finale is here! Caught in the past, the brave and slightly deranged scientists of Tesladyne must confront a genocidal AI before it rewrites history. Aiding…
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Dying Earth: The Grand Hotel Perdusz
Dying Earth is a fantasy RPG based on the works of Jack Vance. Bill ran a game using the rules from the Revivification Folio. A group of travelers finds…
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Shanghai – episode 18
The campaign goes full circle! Only a few of the original team survived from their initial investigation of a murdered priest, but after a long and harrowing…
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Atomic Robo: The Fighting Scientists of Tesladyne – Episode 6
The saga of the fugitive Tesladyne scientists has led to a submarine chase and now an underground base! The heroes must travel to the base, overcome its…
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Monster of the Week: Good Stories for Nightmares
Monster of the Week is a PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse) system game that emulates TV shows like Supernatural, X-Files, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It…
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Australia – episode 17
Aided by their new Yithian ally, the investigators have cornered the cultists of the Crawling Chaos! Now they must defeat them and possibly rescue the captured…
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Atomic Robo: The Fighting Scientists of Tesladyne – Episode 5
After confronting an evil AI, the scientists of Tesladyne realize the stakes are higher than ever. Now that they know who is attacking them, our heroes have to…
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Fate Core: Aphrodite’s Diadem
Trouble is brewing on Mount Olympus. Beautiful Aphrodite has lost her prized diadem and it is up to a small group of heroes to find the artifact before discord…
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Australia – episode 16
The ruins of the Great City of Pnaktous await! The investigators have learned that the cult of the Crawling Chaos is excavating the ancient city for reasons…
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Atomic Robo: The Fighting Scientists of Tesladyne – Episode 4
The scientists of Tesladyne may be on the run, but they are far from being defeated. The team must now find the other scientists in hiding and raid what caches…
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Dread – Moonbase Red
In the near future, Elon Musk will build a base on the Moon and then open it up for tourism. The first batch of moon tourists (chosen by raffle of course) find…
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Delta Green: God’s Teeth – God’s Eye – Episode 3
Sponsor: The Delta Green Kickstarter is on! Check out the FREE Quickstart guide with a demo adventure. We have one last stretch goal, a book on PISCES and the…
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Delta Green: God’s Teeth – Red Thoughts – Episode 2
Sponsor: The Delta Green Kickstarter is on! Check out the FREE Quickstart guide with a demo adventure. If the Kickstarter reaches the Control Group stretch…
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Delta Green: God’s Teeth – Go Forth – Episode 1
Sponsor: The Delta Green Kickstarter is on!. The Iconoclasts scenario stretch goal has been unlocked! Check out the FREE Quickstart guide with a demo…
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Australia – episode 15
Sponsor: The Delta Green Kickstarter is on!. The Iconoclasts scenario stretch goal has been unlocked! Check out the FREE Quickstart guide with a demo…
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Delta Green: Inheritance
Sponsor: Arc Dream is sponsoring this episode of Game Designer’s Workshop. Check out the Delta Green Kickstarter. In 1947, Delta Green is still part of the…
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Dungeon Crawl Classics: Steal Dracula’s Gold
DRACULA HAS TOO DAMN MUCH GOLD. Also he's been kind of a jerk lately, what with the blood drainings and whatnot. So a group of peasants march on his castle to…
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Atomic Robo: The Fighting Scientists of Tesladyne – Episode 3
After discovering the nature of the threat facing Science Team Super Five, the scientists of Telsadyne have come up with a plan to fight back. Even with their…
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Australia – episode 14
The investigators have finally arrived in Australia. They have learned of a mysterious expedition to the interior of the country, but to what end, they do not…
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Base Raiders: The Wild Hunt
News: Sparkles the Unicorn is now available to purchase as a Base Raiders PDF supplement! Get it on DrivethruRPG or through the Base Raiders store. An…
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Atomic Robo: The Fighting Scientists of Tesladyne – Episode 2
The rag tag team of misfit scientists employed by Tesladyne have been sent to Japan. Apparently Science Team Super Five is having some kind of technical…
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Interlude – episode 13
After the near-apocalyptic finale of Kenya, some time passes, and the survivors awaken to find themselves on a cruise ship heading to Australia. The Lamp…
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Monsters and Other Childish Things – To Get Home, We Leave Things Behind
The White Forest Institute is a mental health group home for children who have been determined to be a threat to themselves or others. Some children who have…
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Atomic Robo: The Fighting Scientists of Tesladyne – Episode 1
Are you ready for some two-fisted science adventure? Then it’s time for the Atomic Robo RPG! Have you ever wanted to face down global conspiracy as an immortal…
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Kenya – episode 12
The finale of the Kenya chapter begins! The investigators reach the peak of the Mountain of the Black Wind. The Cult of the Bloody Tongue shall soon perform a…
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Call of Cthulhu: Iconoclasts
A group of useful idiots from the West have journeyed to war-torn Iraq in search of power and fame as soldiers of ISIS. Barely speaking the local language…
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Eclipse Phase: Duality episode 21
After an epic odyssey spanning the galaxy, a disparate team of con artists, scientists, and Firewall agents have finally cornered their quarry. There will be…
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Kenya – episode 11
The investigators are closer than ever to the heart of the conspiracy. After recruiting a local mercenary, Nails Nelson, to help them travel to the Mountain of…
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Call of Cthulhu: Delta Green – Cascadia
A murder and theft at Washington State University was flagged by automated monitoring systems set up by Delta Green. A team of agents is hastily assembled and…
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Eclipse Phase: Duality episode 20
The end draws near! After a long and maddening quest, the Firewall team has tracked down their quarry, the entity known as Loren Kristol. It has seized a…
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Kenya – episode 10
The investigators are in Nairobi, looking into the cult of the Bloody Tongue and the missing Carlyle Expedition. Before they can enlist the aid of locals…
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Trail of Cthulhu: The Mystery of Brighton Lodge
Melissa took the reins as GM for the first time and used the Trail of Cthulhu rules to run an Agatha Christie style mystery. Stability was replaced with…
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Eclipse Phase: Duality episode 19
The Firewall team has been captured and sent to a secret lab and prsion run by the Ultimates. The lab is now run by Loren Kristol, or at least a being that…
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – Kenya – episode 9
The team bypasses Cairo altogether to head straight for the source! Many clues point to Kenya as the possible epicenter of the conspiracy. The Carlyle…
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13th Age: The Shadows of Eldolan – part 2
The investigation into the secrets of Eldolan continues. Between sorcerous assassins, cut throat gangs, and the political machinations of wizard guilds, can a…
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13th Age: The Shadows of Eldolan – part 1
A short distance down the coast from the mighty city of Horizon, the town of Eldolan has its own problems. Students of the town’s three rival wizard schools…
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Eclipse Phase: Duality episode 18
The Ultimates chapter begins! The Firewall agents have tracked Loren Kristol to Xiphos, the home of the Ultimates.Fortunately, they have a way to infiltrate…
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – London – episode 8
The investigators decide to leave London for a spell and investigate a lead in the English countryside. Jackson Elias looked into strange deaths on the moors…
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The Play’s The Thing: Macbeth
The Play's the Thing is an indie RPG about retelling Shakespearean plays as a collaborative effort between players. Caleb ran a session of it, using Macbeth as…
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Eclipse Phase: Duality episode 17
The Firewall team has cornered their target, Loren Kristol, but they must catch him while Extropia descends into chaos! A powerful hacker is waging war against…
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – London – episode 7
The investigators have learned quite a bit about the cultists in London, but the cultists have learned about the investigators as well. Now the team must…
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Trail of Cthulhu: The Repairer of Reputations
This is the thing that troubles me, for I cannot forget Carcosa, where black stars hang in the heavens, where the shadows of men's thoughts lengthen in the…
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Eclipse Phase: Duality episode 16
Aspen the async uplift returns to the investigation! She quickly thinks up a scheme to steal the data from the Ultimates. It involves kidnapping, body…
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – London – episode 6
After surviving the deadly paintings of Miles Shipley and his even more dangerous mother, the investigators have begun to glimpse the sheer scale of the plan…
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Dungeon Crawl Classics: Sailors on the Starless Sea
Since time immemorial you and your people have toiled in the shadow of the cyclopean ruins. Of mysterious origins and the source of many a superstition, they…
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Eclipse Phase: Duality episode 15
The investigation into Loren Kristol continues in Extropia. Data recovered from the Titanian Commonwealth investigation pointed to a meeting between Loren and…
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – London – episode 5
After fleeing the United States, the investigators have arrived in London! Jackson Elias pursued many leads while he stayed in the UK, so the team has their…
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Call of Cthulhu: The Last Flight of 0237 – Part 2
The investigation of Flight 0237 has taken a turn for the weird. The FBI team has uncovered evidence of a supernatural conspiracy and it all points to a…
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Call of Cthulhu: The Last Flight of 0237 – Part 1
A group of FBI agents is sent to investigate a strange crime - the apparent hijacking of a cargo plane in mid-flight. The flight resulted in a mid-air…
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Eclipse Phase: Duality episode 14
The Jovian Republic chapter comes to an end! With the Exhuman terror cell broken, the Firewall team must do what it can to keep the population safe as as other…
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Rifts Reborn
You spot a man who obviously does not belong in Denver. His leather jacket and jeans are clean and mended, and his beard is neatly trimmed. More than this…
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – New York – episode 4
The Boston side quest continues! After learning about a meeting between two cultists, the investigators realize they have a chance to kill an old foe. In order…
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Slasher Flick: Synthtopia
Special thanks to Review Cultist for the art! Check out his creepypasta review podcast, Al Dente Rigamortis. The difference between a slasher flick and an…
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Eclipse Phase: Duality episode 13
The raid on the Exhumans is underway! The team of Firewall agents must infiltrate and take out every exhuman in their way. Somewhere in the depths of their…
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Trail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – New York – episode 3
The investigators have uncovered a link between Jackson Elias and a mysterious organization called the Order of the Silver Twilight. It seems one of their…
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Wield: A Not So Final Fantasy
Wield is a fantasy RPG where each player character is a powerful magic item with suitably awesome magical powers and epic destiny. Unfortunately, they are…