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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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Heart The City Beneath: Descending Derelictus – Episode 6
As the delvers explore the Heart, they find a mysterious hunter's lodge. A blinded hunter lives and seems to know more than she lets on. Rakk is intrigued by…
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Monsters and Other Childish Things: Inscryption – The Old Data
A new mobile card game called Inscryption: Ultimate Edition, has become popular with kids in a suburban Vancouver neighborhood. One group of kids discover that…
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Heart The City Beneath: Descending Derelictus – Episode 5
The Delvers breached a Vermissian train station filled with experimental technology. The machinery has gone haywire, breaking the laws of nature. A powerful…
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Base Raiders: The Gold Standard
Contracted by a former villain turned stay at home dad who needs a team of Base Raiders to silence a former minion who happens to be the size of a house. At…
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Heart The City Beneath: Descending Derelictus – Episode 4
Rakk faces a fight to the death on the roof of a tower and looks forward to the challenge. Outis visits a cursed library to learn about the being responsible…
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Going Rogue: Overexposed
What happens when a jaded spy and a blackmailed droid get handed an innocent new recruit to bring along on a high-stakes suicide mission? The answer might…
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Heart The City Beneath: Descending Derelictus – Episode 3
The Delvers are back in Derelictus but their problems are only beginning. Rakk seeks out an easy way to make some coin and learns of the Society of the…
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Delta Green: The Palimpsest
A team of Delta Green agents are activated to surveil a house in a quiet suburban neighborhood. After several days of waiting and watching, nothing happens at…
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Heart The City Beneath: Descending Derelictus – Episode 2
The Delvers have found Sump Station but that was the easy part of the job! A giant crab lurks in the station's depths and the Delvers have to find it and plant…
RPPR Actual PlayDelta Green: The Drove
Every month, a sacrificial victim is thrown into an underground labyrinth, where a monster waits, hungry. Elsewhere, a Delta Green cell activates to tracking…
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Heart The City Beneath: Descending Derelictus – Episode 1
A group of delvers has set up in Derelictus, a city built over the Heart, a massive extra-dimensional dungeon. The delvers live in the Halfway House, a…
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Bar the Windows, Bolt the Doors
The map we used for the game. The town of INCHWICK holds a deadly secret. In its dark woods, in its maze-like streets, in the depths of the old coal-mine…
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Heart the City Beneath: Gallow Glass featuring Grant Howitt
Beneath the city of Spire lies the Heart, an underground nightmare of flesh and fear. No one knows what the Heart is, but strange wonders and treasures can be…
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Dungeon Crawl Classic: Storming of the Burger Bastille
A group of peasants cannot stand the evil tyrant Wendy and her brutal regime. The final fry was the arrest of the people's hero, Hamburglar. They need to…
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Stay Frosty: Slipgate Chokepoint – The Flayed Domain
An invasion of monstrous creatures overwhelms Earth. Appearing from slipgates, the monsters are poised to wipe out humanity. A group of rangers embark on a…
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Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes – Episode 24
The final battle for Duskvol's fate concludes! The Blind Eyes face their last foe, a powerful demon, in its lair. Whoever wins shall see their vision of the…
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Base Raiders: Crabs of Future Past
A mysterious time traveler appears in the Underground's market for superpowers, deep below the subways of New York City. A group of base raiders protect the…
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Delta Green: Eldritch America – Uktena
An oil drilling site has shut down after excavation work revealed a cave with indigenous archeological significance. Mysterious statues of unknown origin…
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Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes – Episode 23
The Blind Eyes face down Lord Scurlock once and for all! The dreaded vampire lord hides in his mansion, waiting out the storm. The crew rallies a mob to storm…
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Red Markets: The Cooper County War – Episode 13
The final battle has begun! The D4s have fought and sacrificed to prepare for the war against the massive stampede of casualties, but it may not be enough…
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Chew: Murder at Grub Con – Part 2
Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by the Chew RPG Kickstarter. If you think this game was fun, back the Kickstarter to reserve your copy of the game!…
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Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes – Episode 22
The Blind Eyes face their most dangerous foe yet! They have found the safehouse where Inkblood the demon hides. The crew must slay Inkblood or they will never…
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Chew: Murder at Grub Con – Part 1
Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by the Chew RPG Kickstarter. If you like our episode, check it out today! Synopsis: Grub Con is the premier convention for…
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Red Markets: The Cooper County War – Episode 12
Despite the devastation of the Crash, wildlife still persists in the Loss. The D4s must navigate their way past dangerous animals and other hazards to secure a…
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Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes – Episode 21
The Blind Eyes need to build weapons that can slay the demons tormenting the city. Each demon can only be slain by a particular type of magical weapon, not…
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Red Markets: The Cooper County War – Episode 11
The D4s head to an underground storage facility for their next score. Along the way, they find a valuable asset but acquiring it is another matter. When they…
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Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes – Episode 20
It is time to seize the Soul Engine! The Blind Eyes know the powerful occult artifact is at the heart of the conflict raging in the city and if they want to…
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Red Markets: The Cooper County War – Episode 10
News: Check out the special offer on the RPPR Patreon! Vote on which classic RPPR AP episodes get remastered for better sound quality! The D4s get a lead on a…
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Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes – Episode 19
News: The RPPR Patreon is running a special offer! If you want to pick which classic games of RPPR Actual Play are remastered, check it out. We posted one…
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Red Markets: The Cooper County War – Episode 9
The enclaves need high quality water troughs and a local airport has a number of them. The D4s move in to secure the troughs, but find out there's a reason no…
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Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes – Episode 18
The Blind Eyes must lure their enemies away from the Soul Engine. It is an artifact too powerful to fall into their hands. Perhaps a fake Soul Engine built out…
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Red Markets: The Cooper County War – Episode 8
The D4s found a cache of valuable technology. Computers that can still run Adobe Flash are incredibly valuable to people interested in exploiting old programs…
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Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes – Episode 17
The Blind Eyes wish to provoke a gang war between the Silver Nails, a mercenary group that specializes in slaying the unquiet dead and dealing with other…
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Red Markets: The Cooper County War – Episode 7
The D4s have a new team member, Delta, to help them finish the score they tried last time. An enclave has an abundance of high quality rope but they face…
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Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes – Episode 16
The Blind Eyes have found the Vault of Secrets but now they must break in and find the documents they need. Getting past the security and locating one…
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Red Markets: The Cooper County War – Episode 6
Another day, another score. Sometimes the trip to the site is even more dangerous than the job itself, as the D4s discover. Even a simple obstacle can become…
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Ultimate RPG Game Master’s Worldbuilding Guide with James D’Amato
World building is a fun part of preparing a game but it's still work. Sometimes you may need help generating ideas. James D'Amato from the One Shot podcast…
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Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes – Episode 15
The Blind Eyes go to prison! They want to rescue someone and complete a few other jobs before they escape though. Can Flake and others pull it off or will they…
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Red Markets: The Cooper County War – Episode 5
A large cache of lawn tools is stored in a hedge maze outside of a big box hardware store. Lawn tools are invaluable because they can be repurposed to serve…
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Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes – Episode 14
The Blind Eyes know that a powerful guild of merchants, The Hive, knows the location of a powerful artifact they need. The information is kept in a book hidden…
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Red Markets: The Cooper County War – Episode 4
Furniture is a valuable commodity in the Loss and the D4s have a lead on an untouched big box store full of it. Of course, there must be a reason why a store…
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Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes – Episode 13
The Blind Eyes want to start a war between two powerful factions without anyone knowing they are behind it. To achieve this, they must frame a leader within…
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Red Markets: The Cooper County War – Episode 3
News: I've launched a new Kickstarter for a podcast series called Ludonarrative Dissidents! Check it out here and listen to a preview episode on RPPR here. The…
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Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes – Episode 12
The Blind Eyes must figure out the identity of a Spirit Warden, who goes by the moniker Bakaros. To find his real identity, they must stalk and deceive their…
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Red Markets: The Cooper County War – Episode 2
The D4s are focusing on scores to build up supplies for the war. Fireworks are in high demand because of their utility in distracting mobs of the undead. The…
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Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes – Episode 11
The Blind Eyes now know that a powerful occult artifact, the Soul Engine, is important in the struggle between the two demons. But what is the Soul Engine and…
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Red Markets: The Cooper County War – Episode 1
A cluster of enclaves in Missouri faces annihilation at the hands of a massive horde of the undead. Their only hope is to prepare for war, a job for their…
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Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes – Episode 10
After their last job, the Blind Eyes have learned of the machinations between two powerful demons. Setarrra, the demonic patron of Lord Scurlock, wishes to…
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Blue Planet Recontact: Where The Wild Things Are
The Blue Planet Recontact Kickstarter is live! Get your copy today and help bring this game back. A child has gone missing at an important settlement, so a…
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Delta Green: Sanguine Thorn – Part 2
A botched Delta Green operation turns deadly. The agents must survive the attack and then the truly dangerous part of the mission begins. They know that the…
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Arkham Cold Cases: The Case of the Cemetery Assault
On a balmy morning outside Arkham Massachusetts, a farmer found Randolph Carter and Joel Manton unconscious in a field, covered in dirt and blood. The year was…
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Delta Green: Sanguine Thorn – Part 1
A body has been found in the water in Heather Creek, Alaska. by morning kayakers. The body has been ID'd as Abiba Al-Hawaryat, a member of Boko Haram. He's a…
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Blades in the Dark – The Blind Eyes – Episode 9
A mysterious woman and her unnatural cargo needs to enter Duskvol undetected. She has enemies in the city watching the borders. The Blind Eyes must pick up her…
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Termination Shock: Everyone Wants To Be Mr. Stabs
News: Check out the Different Trouble Kickstarter for Termination Shock! Greg Stolze wants to publish a supplement focusing on alien species. Back it today to…
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Blades in the Dark – The Blind Eyes – Episode 8
The Blind Eyes want a new ship and turn their gaze towards the wealthy of Whitecrowne. One family owns a hull swan boat. It moves under its own unnatural power…
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Unknown Armies: The Canaries
Three desperate people sign up for a new job through a gig economy app. The job seems to be simple: personal assistants to Frank Dobbins. Their new boss is…
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Blades in the Dark – The Blind Eyes – Episode 7
The Blind Eyes have set their sights on a rival gang, the Fog Hounds. They are competitors and the two gangs have fought in the past. Now, the Blind Eyes want…
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Warhammer 40k: Wrath and Glory – Dead Planet
There is a planet that no ship escapes. A place where death calls like a beacon amongst the waves of the living. It has lured one more ship into its trap…
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Blades in the Dark – The Blind Eyes – Episode 6
The Blind Eyes attend a wedding. It's not a social call though. The wedding is part of an elaborate heist, all designed to liberate some wealth from the…
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Delta Green: The Contractors
Inside a house in a quiet suburban neighborhood is a machine. Inside the machine is a monster. If the machine loses power, the monster gets out. The man who…