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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
RPPR Actual PlayEclipse Phase: Duality episode 12
The Firewall team has found the location of an exhuman terror cell deep in the bowels of the Jovian Republic. Before they launch a covert raid on the exhumans…
RPPR Actual PlayTrail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – New York – episode 2
The investigators have begun to piece together Jackson Elias' trail, but the cult is not far behind them. They find out that Roger Carlyle's sister, Erica, may…
RPPR Actual Play5E Dungeons and Dragons: The Demented Dungeon
A group of adventurers awaken in a stony tunnel with no memory of how they got there and soon realize they are trapped in a dungeon filled with strange puzzles…
RPPR Actual PlayEclipse Phase: Duality episode 11
After a skirmish with exhuman terrorists in a Jovian factory, the Firewall agents are wounded and on the run. Their enemies are onto them, the Jovian police…
RPPR Actual PlayTrail of Cthulhu: Masks of Nyarlathotep – New York – episode 1
After surviving an encounter with cultists in Hollywood, our brave team of investigators journeys to New York to meet with Jackson Elias. It is January 1925…
RPPR Actual PlayDungeon World: The Ghost Library
We return to the Colossus Archipelago as Ovid and company quest to retrieve lore from a Ghost Library! The adventurers must brave a treacherous trip up the…
RPPR Actual PlayEclipse Phase: Duality episode 10
The Jovian Republic chapter of Duality begins! A group of sentinels has been sent into Republic to find and stop a cell of exhuman terrorists. Posing as new…
RPPR Actual PlayTrail of Cthulhu – The Dream Factory – Part 2
The secrets of Hollywood have never been so dark! After experiencing missing time, the private investigators discover a secret cult operating within Los…
RPPR Actual PlayCall of Cthulhu: Shanghaied
Prepare for adventure on the high seas and in distant lands in this special double length episode of Call of Cthulhu! It begins with a group of would-be gold…
RPPR Actual PlayEclipse Phase: The Shepherd – Duality episode 9
The Jovian chapter of Duality begins! As we learned from Erasure Squad, a group of exhuman terrorists plan to reenact the Fall in the Jovian Republic. But…
RPPR Actual PlayTrail of Cthulhu – The Dream Factory – Part 1
Picking up from Shanghai Bullets, a group of investigators has possession of a deadly mythos artifact as they return from China to America. Unfortunately it…
RPPR Actual PlayFate Core: Save Game – Castlevania
Save Game is a setting for the Fate Core RPG about old school video games. Specifically, it's about a group of heroes in the video game universe fighting the…
RPPR Actual PlayEclipse Phase: The Outside Context Problem
Proxy Cogburn, leader of the Firewall presence on exoplanet Minerva 4, is personally leading a team of agents to explore a possible X-threat on Wormwood, an…
RPPR Actual PlayTrail of Cthulhu: Shanghai Bullets
News: RPPR B-Sides volume 2 is out! Click here to check it out! We have playtests of Call of Cthulhu scenarios, games of Fiasco, and a whole lot more!…
RPPR Actual PlayDungeon World: Inverse World – The Sky Adventure Begins!
Inverse World is a setting for Dungeon World that adds a lot of new material to the game like skyships and robots. Of course, we had to give it a shot. In this…
RPPR Actual PlayEclipse Phase: Duality episode 8
The Firewall team has found the secret lab controlled by the Jante corporation, but can they get its secrets without being killed? Private military contractors…
RPPR Actual Play5E Dungeons and Dragons: The Dissidents of Darland
In our very first game of 5E Dungeons and Dragons, Sean tries GMing for the first time! Fortunately, this turned out less train-wreckish than the Haunting…
RPPR Actual PlayTrail of Cthulhu: The Final Revelation – The Rending Box
News: Base Raiders is currently part of the Bundle of Holding! Pick up the Fate +2 Bundle to get many great Fate system games! In an antiques shop in North…
RPPR Actual PlayEclipse Phase: Duality episode 7
The Firewall agents have set up a honey pot operation in order to learn more about the connection between the Tongs and Loren Kristol. Even if their high…
RPPR Actual PlayCall of Cthulhu: He Calls Me By The Thunder
At the end of the Civil War, two wounded Confederate veterans stumble through the wreckage of central Georgia, trying to get the passes they need to safely…
RPPR Actual PlayTrail of Cthulhu: The Final Revelation – The Dance in the Blood
There are monsters beneath the earth. You cannot fight them. You cannot run from them. And they are closer than you think. In a forgotten corner of Northern…
RPPR Actual PlayEclipse Phase: Duality episode 6
The Firewall team tasked with finding Loren Kristol have farcast to the Titanian Commonwealth in order to pursue a lead they found on Ceres. Orienting…
RPPR Actual PlayMonsters and Other Childish Things: Five Nights at Freddy’s
Five Nights at Freddy's is a scary video game about a creepy restaurant with even creepier animatronic robots. In other words, it is a perfect fit for Monsters…
RPPR Actual PlayKerberos Club: The Grandfather Paradox
The Kerberos Club, that great pile of mouldering stone in the otherwise respectable Square of Saint James, is refuge for the Empire's monsters and broken…
RPPR Actual PlayTrail of Cthulhu: The Final Revelation – The Watchers In The Sky
News: Last 48 hours for the RPPR Kickstarter for Boiling Point! Thanks to everyone who backed it. The Friday Group continues their investigation into the…
RPPR Actual PlayEclipse Phase: The Spa
News: Please support our latest Kickstarter, Boiling Point! We have less than a week to go. Please help support RPPR by backing it. Synopsis: a group of…
RPPR Actual PlayBase Raiders: Boiling Point – part 2
News: Please support our latest Kickstarter, Boiling Point! This is the conclusion of the RPPR playtest of the adventure and if you contribute to the…
RPPR Actual PlayTrail of Cthulhu: The Final Revelation – The Dying of St Margarets
News: There's a little over two weeks left on Boiling Point, a new adventure for Base Raiders. Please support RPPR by contributing to this project…
RPPR Actual PlayEclipse Phase: Duality episode 5
News: We have a Kickstarter up for an adventure for Base Raiders. Please support RPPR by backing this project :D Synopsis: The gatecrashers turned Firewall…
RPPR Actual PlayBase Raiders: Boiling Point – part 1
News: Please support our latest Kickstarter, Boiling Point! It's a brand new adventure for Base Raiders and stretch goals will include a death trap focused…
RPPR Actual PlayCall of Cthulhu: The Sense of the Sleight of Hand Man episode 7
News: We have a new Kickstarter up for an adventure for Base Raiders. Check out Boiling Point! The journey of the dreamers has finally reached its end. They…
RPPR Actual PlayEclipse Phase: Duality episode 4
Firewall's newest team of field agents has been sent to Ceres, a dwarf planet in the main belt, in order to continue their investigation regarding project…
RPPR Actual PlaySavage Worlds: Accursed at Gen Con 2014
In a world of dark fantasy and perilous adventure, the forces of evil have triumphed. Those who remain uncorrupted by wickedness must rely upon monsters to…
RPPR Actual PlayCall of Cthulhu: The Sense of the Sleight of Hand Man episode 6
The dreamers have ascended to the surface, arriving at the city of Ulthar. Despite its relative safety, they have found they are not alone. Two strange…
RPPR Actual PlayEclipse Phase: Duality episode 3
The gatecrashers have escaped to the relative safety of the autonomist zone on Minerva 4, but their troubles have only begun. After being 'persuaded' to join…
RPPR Actual PlayCall of Cthulhu: Lord of the Peaks
News: Check out the Horrors of War, Pagan Publishing's Kickstarter for their anthology of WW1 scenarios! If you like these scenarios, please help support their…
RPPR Actual PlayCall of Cthulhu: The Sense of the Sleight of Hand Man episode 5
The quest of the dreamers takes them to the Underworld. Their earlier adventures pale to the nightmarish dangers that face them in the gloomy darkness of the…
RPPR Actual PlayEclipse Phase: Duality episode 2
The gatecrashers have escaped from the clutches of the hypercorps, but they now realize they must go back in to retrieve their memories. Their goal is inside…
RPPR Actual PlayTwilight 2000: Operation Navarone
In early August 2008, Russia invaded the Republic of Georgia from the North. The Georgian government had expected a Black Sea landing and had deployed its army…
RPPR Actual PlayCall of Cthulhu: The Sense of the Sleight of Hand Man episode 4
The Dreamers have finally crossed the ocean, but the city of Lhosk may prove to be even more dangerous. The Men from Leng trade in the city freely and it seems…
RPPR Actual PlayEclipse Phase: Duality episode 1
News: Please back No Soul Left Behind (formerly known as the Spared and the Spoiled) on Kickstarter! Caleb will cry if you don't! A group of scientists and…
RPPR Actual PlayMonsters and Other Childish Things: Rick and Morty
So there's this show called Rick and Morty. It's about a mad scientist (Rick) and his grandson (Morty) going on adventures throughout time and space. In one…
RPPR Actual PlayCall of Cthulhu: The Sense of the Sleight of Hand Man episode 3
The Dreamers awaken after a long sleep to find themselves at sea. No oceanic journey is peaceful in the Dreamlands and after encountering a strange abandoned…
RPPR Actual PlayEclipse Phase: Hedgerow
A group of hypercorp gatecrashers are sent to an off the books exoplanet that has gone silent in order t 496C 68764E78 546C6576696D70 6D6C6 468736C 64676 C6867…
RPPR Actual PlayBase Raiders: The Vault
News: Get the newest Base Raiders PDF supplement: Boost Patches! Temporary super powers without permanent side effects. The PDF also includes the adventure…
RPPR Actual PlayCall of Cthulhu: The Sense of the Sleight of Hand Man episode 2
As the addicts recover from the initial shock of finding themselves in the Dreamlands, they realize they must flee the ruined city they started in or suffer a…
RPPR Actual PlayBetter Angels: The Spared and the Spoiled episode 12
Thanks to Laura for the art! The end is upon us! The Fiendish Four have tracked down the true villain and have discovered his dastardly plan. The question is…
RPPR Actual PlayWushu: League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen 1990s – The Island of Dr. Oak
Thanks to Crazon for this awesome cover art! Whenever the world is threatened by unnatural dangers, there is only one organization to call on. The League of…
RPPR Actual PlayCall of Cthulhu: The Sense of the Sleight of Hand Man episode 1
From a squalid New York drug den to the spectral ruins of Sarkomand . . . From the horrors of the Underworld to the zoog-haunted Enchanted Wood . . . From the…
RPPR Actual PlayBetter Angels: The Spared and the Spoiled episode 11
The Fiendish Four have discovered an insidious plot that will devastate the city and only they can stop it. That will require facing the governor and his…
RPPR Actual PlayBase Raiders: The Lost Treasure of the Candy Man
News: A new hero, Elizabeth Solomon, is now available as a PDF supplement. She's usable as a NPC or pregenerated PC and the PDF includes an adventure hook…
RPPR Actual PlayA Dirty World: A Very Thorough Murder part 3
News: a new hero for Base Raiders is available. Check out the scholarly vampire, Elizabeth Solomon! The schemes of murderers and mice always seem to unravel…
RPPR Actual PlayBetter Angels: The Spared and the Spoiled episode 10
The end draws near! The Fiendish Four have gained a lead on Terror Track, but where will it take them and what will they uncover? The villain is still out…
RPPR Actual PlayCall of Cthulhu: Hex Hollow
In 1928, in York County Pennsylvania, two men murdered another because they believed they were being hexed. The crime caught the attention of the country, as…
RPPR Actual PlayA Dirty World: A Very Thorough Murder part 2
The trio of murderers are only digging themselves deeper as they try to cover up their crimes and figure out what to do with the money. Between drug dealers…
RPPR Actual PlayBetter Angels: The Spared and the Spoiled episode 9
The troubles of the Fiendish Four never end! Their actions have attracted the attentions of their angelic counterparts, who can pose more danger than any rival…
RPPR Actual PlayEclipse Phase: The Devotees part 2
The Firewall agents sent into Legba have uncovered a conspiracy that threatens all of transhumanity and only they can stop it! Doing so is easier than said…
RPPR Actual PlayEclipse Phase: The Devotees part 1
Normally a crossroads for Nine Lives (the ego trading cartel) trafficking, the gang’s asteroid stronghold, Legba, has grown more violent and strange than…
RPPR Actual PlayA Dirty World: A Very Thorough Murder part 1
Joe Bilby was a bad man. Even his murderers underestimated how badly he deserved to die...until they found all that money in his office. The petty revenge of a…
RPPR Actual PlayBetter Angels: The Spared and the Spoiled episode 8
The school year is over halfway complete, yet the problems of the Fiendish Four never let up! A new super villain has set up shop in the area, a gang boss who…