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The F.A.N.G. operatives continue their assault on occupied Paris, will they reach the Zeppelin docked atop the Eiffel Tower?
Cast:
Iryna - Maddy
Nicole - Claire
Chuck - Lyme
Flint - Dan VK
Everything Else - Max
Support all of our friend's creative endeavors Lyme's Itch.io and find us all on Bluesky.
Opening: HoliznaCCo - Nocturnal
A group of F.A.N.G. operatives are coffin-dropped into occupied Paris with one objective: drink Adolf Hitler's blood.
Cast:
Iryna - Maddy
Nicole - Claire
Chuck - Lyme
Flint - Dan VK
Everything Else - Max
Support all of our friend's creative endeavors Lyme's Itch.io and find us all on Bluesky.
Opening: HoliznaCCo - Nocturnal
After dealing with the Teufel Terror, Romilda, Richter, and Fiete are given an opportunity by Ilse Fassenwütend that could free them from the Ubersreik Town Guard and the glory stealing Sgt. Klumpenklug.
Cast:
Claire - Romilda Zimmerschlaf, Noble
Max - Richter Wurstwich, Boatman
Robert - Fiete Brotzmann, Hedge Witch
Noah - GM
Check out everything Noah is up to at KamenOtaku.com
Opening: Arnald - Cupboard
Max and Claire sit down with Caleb Stokes to talk about the Red Markets 2nd Edition Beta, Caleb's game of Economic Horror. They touch upon the lessons learned from the first edition, whether or not Caleb's 2016 predictions on how society would react to a Zombie Apocalypse were too crazy or not crazy enough by 2025's standards, the enduring and involving interest of zombies over the decades, the odyssey of Delta Green: God's Teeth, the changing nature of the RPG landscape, and many other things.
Check out the Red Markets 2nd Edition Beta here!
Caleb's Patreons and Projects:
Delta Green: Dead Channels - Caleb's Delta Green Playtests
Hebanon Games Open Design - Learn how RPGs are made
Delta Green Ghost io - All of Arc Dream's exclusive content consolidated in one place
Opening: This Communication - 01110100
Romilda, Richter, and Fiete take on the Teufel Terror. Will they live to see the next patrol, or will they end up a snack?
Cast:
Claire - Romilda Zimmerschlaf, Noble
Max - Richter Wurstwich, Boatman
Robert - Fiete Brotzmann, Hedge Witch
Noah - GM
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Arnald - Cupboard
Gathering for one last time, the cast of Impossible Landscapes reflects on all 15 sessions of the campaign and dives in to all the behind-the-scenes information, favorite moments, and secrets that you could want on the longest Relatable Rolls campaign we've done yet!
Cell S has made it to the heart of Carcosa, what terrors and revelations will they discover at the Masquerade, and will any of them escape?
Claire: Sawyer Michaels, Urban Infrastructure Systems Professor
Robert: Ted Williams Sullivan, NSA Analyst
Noah: Sawyer's Megalomania / Felix Turner
Ben: Michael Witwer, DEA Special Agent
Max: Handler
Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Phil Heart and the Heart Heps - Whatever Happened to Abby?
Newly appointed members of the Ubersreik Town Guard Romilda, Richter, and Fiete learn the ins-and-outs of law "enforcement" dealing with fires, barroom brawls, restless spirits, and missing people.
Cast:
Claire - Romilda Zimmerschlaf, Noble
Max - Richter Wurstwich, Boatman
Robert - Fiete Brotzmann, Hedge Witch
Noah - GM
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Arnald - Cupboard
Orcs, one of the mainstays of fantasy that you'll likely encounter no matter what game you're playing or high fantasy story you're reading. Why are they so iconic, why do we love to fight them, and why does game designer Lyme love them so much that he's a designed an entire game about them? Listen and find out as Max and Claire learn all about Lyme's upcoming Kickstarter project, The Dawn of the Orcs.
Check out Dawn of the Orcs on Kickstarter launching November 19th!
Want more from Lyme? Check out his games, blog, mailing list, and Discord. You can also find him on Mastodon.
Opening: Gagmesharkoff - Cackle So
Awakening in Carcosa, Cell S begins their journey to The Palace.
Claire: Sawyer Michaels, Urban Infrastructure Systems Professor
Robert: Ted Williams Sullivan, NSA Analyst
Noah: Sawyer's Megalomania / The Anarchist
Ben: Michael Witwer, DEA Special Agent
Max: Handler
Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Phil Heart and the Heart Heps - Whatever Happened to Abby?
Cell S has finally reached Hotel Broadalbin, what dangers and secrets lie within its endless corridors, and will they became permanent guests of it's crumbling decadence?
Claire: Sawyer Michaels, Urban Infrastructure Systems Professor
Robert: Ted Williams Sullivan, NSA Analyst
Noah: Felix Turner, Retired US Marshall
Max: Handler
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Phil Heart and the Heart Heps - Whatever Happened to Abby?
Their first task for Wist/Wilde complete, Cell S heads for St Paul, Minnesota to complete the second. What horrors will they encounter upon the open road? Will they evade their multiple pursuers?
Claire: Sawyer Michaels, Urban Infrastructure Systems Professor
Robert: Ted Williams Sullivan, NSA Analyst
Noah: Felix Turner, Retired US Marshall
Ben: Michael Witwer, DEA Special Agent
Max: Handler
Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Phil Heart and the Heart Heps - Whatever Happened to Abby?
Here on Relatable Rolls you've heard about how the proverbial sausage is made, but what about the person who sells the sausage at the sausage store, and how are those sausage stores doing after the events of the last handful of years? What is the sausage market looking like these days? Ok this metaphor has gone on long enough. We sat down with Dan VK of Gather & Game to talk about the state of Game Stores in 2024, the dos and don'ts of hosting events, the importance of community, surprise success stories from consulting, and the hoops one must go through to open their own RPG Lounge.
Find Dan VK at Gather & Games, and keep an eye out for news on his own establishment Atrium Games.
Intro: A. Cooper - Track XLVII
Escaping the Night Floors with the burden of knowledge, Cell S deals with the consequences of a shifting reality that does not want them there. Or was it always this way?
Claire: Sawyer Michaels, Urban Infrastructure Systems Professor
Robert: Ted Williams Sullivan, NSA Analyst
Noah: Felix Turner, Retired US Marshall
Ben: Michael Witwer, DEA Special Agent
Max: Handler
Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Phil Heart and the Heart Heps - Whatever Happened to Abby?
Cell S has found themselves back in the Night Floors, this time as patients of The Dorchester House. Will they be able to escape back to "reality" or has this entire affair just been one huge delusion like the attending physician claims?
Claire: Sawyer Michaels, Urban Infrastructure Systems Professor
Robert: Ted Williams Sullivan, NSA Analyst
Noah: Felix Turner, Retired US Marshall
Ben: Buck Morgan, CIA Case Officer
Max: Handler
Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Phil Heart and the Heart Heps - Whatever Happened to Abby?
After a disastrous evening, Delta Green sends in a fixer to discern why Cell S has been deployed to the Boston theater.
Claire: Sawyer Michaels, Urban Infrastructure Systems Professor
Robert: Ted Williams Sullivan, NSA Analyst
Noah: Felix Turner, Retired US Marshall
Ben: Buck Morgan, CIA Case Officer
Max: Handler
Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Phil Heart and the Heart Heps - Whatever Happened to Abby?
After being apprehended for "inciting a riot" in Ubersreik the rag tag trio and their new love smitten lickspittle face down the judiciary system of Karl Franz's Empire. Will they emerge with their faculties intact?
Cast:
Claire - Romilda Zimmerschlaf, Noble
Max - Richter Wurstwich, Boatman
Robert - Fiete Brotzmann, Hedge Witch
Noah - GM
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Arnald - Cupboard
After a meeting goes horribly wrong, Cell S splits up to pursue their own avenues of investigations around Boston. What horrors will they encounter in the night and will they live to see the morning?
Claire: Sawyer Michaels, Urban Infrastructure Systems Professor
Robert: Ted Williams Sullivan, NSA Analyst
Noah: Felix Turner, Retired US Marshall
Ben: Ansel Fuchs, Priest
Max: Handler
Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Phil Heart and the Heart Heps - Whatever Happened to Abby?
It has been 20 years since the Macallister, but when Cell S receives an invitation to Boston, they learn that when the curtains went down on Operation: Alice it was only for the break between acts.
Claire: Sawyer Michaels, Urban Infrastructure Systems Professor
Robert: Ted Williams Sullivan, NSA Analyst
Noah: Felix Turner, Retired US Marshall
Ben: Ansel Fuchs, Priest
Max: Handler
Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Phil Heart and the Heart Heps - Whatever Happened to Abby?
After an edict from Emperor Karl Franz strips a local noble of his title, a rag tag group of characters descend upon the city of Ubersreik to investigate the happenings, possible effects on river based mercantilism, and.. love?
Cast:
Claire - Romilda Zimmerschlaf, Noble
Max - Richter Wurstwich, Boatman
Robert - Fiete Brotzmann, Hedge Witch
Noah - GM
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Lite Saturation - Anxious March
Operation: Alice has concluded, but Cell S' story doesn't end there. During The Intermission we shall find out how their lives changed because of the events at the Macallister Building and how their lives unfold over the years. The mission never ends after all...
Cast:
Claire: Sawyer Michaels, Urban Infrastructure Systems Graduate Student
Robert: Ted Williams Sullivan, NSA Analyst
Noah: Felix Turner, Deputy Marshall
Ben: Ansel Fuchs, Priest
Max: Handler
Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Phil Heart and the Heart Heps - Whatever Happened to Abby?
Cell S weighs the options on how to best handle the incursion taking place at the Macallister Building and ultimately comes to a decision that may not be in everyone's best interest.
Cast:
Claire: Sawyer Michaels, Urban Infrastructure Systems Graduate Student
Robert: Ted Williams Sullivan, NSA Analyst
Noah: Felix Turner, Deputy Marshall
Ben: Russell Millgrew, Retired Special Forces
Max: Handler
Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Phil Heart and the Heart Heps - Whatever Happened to Abby?
After escaping The Night Floors, Cell S follow up on new leads that lead them to the most unlikely of places.
Cast:
Claire: Sawyer Michaels, Urban Infrastructure Systems Graduate Student
Robert: Ted Williams Sullivan, NSA Analyst
Noah: Felix Turner, Deputy Marshall
Ben: Russell Millgrew, Retired Special Forces
Max: Handler
Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Harry Anthony - A Bird in a Gilded Cage
Discovering that the Macallister Building has far more than three floors, Cell S explores the endless hallways and rooms while trying to maintain a grip on their minds.
Cast:
Claire: Sawyer Michaels, Urban Infrastructure Systems Graduate Student
Robert: Ted Williams Sullivan, NSA Analyst
Noah: Felix Turner, Deputy Marshall
Ben: Russell Millgrew, Retired Special Forces
Max: Handler
Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Harry Anthony - A Bird in a Gilded Cage
The investigation into the disappearance of Abigail Wright continues as strings found within the McCallister Building are pulled upon...
Cast:
Claire: Sawyer Michaels, Urban Infrastructure Systems Graduate Student
Robert: Ted Williams Sullivan, NSA Analyst
Noah: Felix Turner, Deputy Marshall
Ben: Russell Millgrew, Retired Special Forces
Max: Handler
Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: Harry Anthony - A Bird in a Gilded Cage
When a young artist in New York mysteriously goes missing and a strange occult symbol is found amongst her belongings, a Delta Green team descends upon her brownstone apartment complex to uncover what is going on.
Apologies for the audio quality, Max's settings were bonked and it was not discovered until the recording session concluded, future episodes will sound much better.
Cast:
Claire: Sawyer Michaels, Urban Infrastructure Systems Graduate Student
Robert: Ted Williams Sullivan, NSA Analyst
Noah: Felix Turner, Deputy Marshall
Ben: Russell Millgrew, Retired Special Forces
Max: Handler
Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus
Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Opening: UNIVERSFIELD - Creepy Carousel
Their winter break concluded, Max and Claire put their fate in the cards as they review Anamnesis, a solo journaling RPG about memory loss that utilizes a tarot deck to help uncover what was forgotten.
Check out Anamnesis on itch.io
We finally made a Bluesky go find us there!
Opening: Jon Shuemaker - Equivocal
With one of their researchers in a precarious position, the Majestic 12 team prepare for the next incursion of the Jack Frost event. Will they make it out alive with their minds intact, or will they succumb to the forces at play?
Cast:
Claire: Maj. Aideen Dempsey , USAF Physicist
Coleen: Cornella Merlo, Ph.D., Accoustician & Solid-State Physicist
Ross: Isidore Schuyler, Ph.D., Microbiologist / Capt. Johnathan "Lucky" Lukman, USAF Combat Rescue Pilot
Thad: Master Sgt. Jacob Hardy, USAF Pararescue Team Leader
Max: Envoy of REDACTED
Colleen streams on Twitch, go give her a follow or checkout her website about movie musicals. Or find it all on her Linktree
Check out Ross' Linktree for his numerous projects.
We're all on Bluesky, bug us there.
Openin: Pablo Perez - Skin Wax 3
When satellites and sensors around the country detect a freak aurora accompanied by a massive blizzard in Northwest Alabama, operatives from Majestic 12's Project MOON DUST and Project PLUTO bundle up to figure out the cause. Will they solve the mystery or lose themselves to the snow and ice?
Cast:
Claire: Maj. Aideen Dempsey , USAF Physicist
Coleen: Cornella Merlo, Ph.D., Accoustician & Solid-State Physicist
Ross: Isidore Schuyler, Ph.D., Microbiologist / Capt. Johnathan "Lucky" Lukman, USAF Combat Rescue Pilot
Thad: Master Sgt. Jacob Hardy, USAF Pararescue Team Leader
Colleen streams on Twitch, go give her a follow or checkout her website about movie musicals. Or find it all on her Linktree
Check out Ross' Linktree for his numerous projects.
We're all on Bluesky, bug us there.
Opening: Pablo Perez - Skin Wax 2
Claire and Max find themselves among the restless dead on the high seas with Pirate Borg, a swashbuckling undead pirate filled game built upon the rules-light MÖRK BORG system with everything you need to raid, pillage and plunder across the Dark Caribbean featuring everything from naval combat to the wild and varying effects of ASH (Ghost Cocaine) and numerous toolboxes you can utilize across any sort of RPG. Drink up, for your coin is better off spent than saved on these shore.
Note: Sorry about the poor audio quality from Max on this one, there was major unexpected mic issues that almost drove him to making Dark Bargains to record this episode.
Opening: El Jesus De Magico - Unclean Ghost
No mission to space is ever routine, but when a group of NASA astronauts are assigned to transport a pair of strange civilians to perform satellite repairs everything they know about mathematics and physics will come into question.
Cast:
Max - Lt. Col. Michael Spay, USAF; Mission Commander
Robert - Maj. Dirk McMillan, USAF; Pilot
Ben - Capt. Dan Hamlet, USAF; Mission Specialist
Kayla - Deirdre Turner, M.D.; Flight Surgeon
Claire - Handler
Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus
Opening: Audiorezout - Galactic Magnetic
For some, the very idea of running a role playing game is an arduous journey, and that's even before getting friends around a table, rolling dice, keeping them engaged, and everything else. But fear not, Max and Claire cover the in's and out's of running an RPG with everything from preparing the game, how to handle first time players, to genre specific tips and tricks to make your first time session memorable for all, but in the good way. Then hear about some recent games our hosts have ran offline for first time players.
Spoiler warning for Delta Green: Convergence and Last Things Last in this episode.
Opening: Aldous Ichnite - Polygon Paradise
Now that the campaign has concluded, Max, Claire, Ethan, Robert, and Noah sit down to talk all things The Sense of the Slight-of-Hand Man. Learn why Max chose to transplant the game to MÖRK BORG, under-the-hood workings of some Dreamland Mechanics, the routes of the game not taken, and everyone's favorite moments, and everyone trying to figure out what the title of the campaign even means.
Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Check out Ethan's RPG Podcast The Adventurer's Vault on their website and Twitter
Everyone is also on BlueSky go find us there.
Opening: Chris Zabriskie - What Does Anybody Know About Anything
Max and Claire are joined by Ross Payton of Role Playing Public Radio, Night Clerk Radio, and Ludonarrative Dissidents to talk about The Night Clerk, a systemless architectural horror zine scenario being crowd funded on BackerKit. Hear the origin story of the scenario, the challenges of writing a scenario not tied to a RPG system, why Zines and architectural horror are having a moment, and why capitalism is to blame for all of this, among many other thrilling topics.
Check out The Night Clerk on Backerkit until September 28th!
Find Everything Ross does in one handy location at his Linktree
Max and Claire are on BlueSky, find them there and bug Claire to start a page for the podcast!
Intro: Kirk Osamayo - Late Night Study Session
Their final goal in sight, will the Dreamers escape back to reality in one piece, or does fate have something else in store for them?
Claire - Rootpicker, Putting Down Roots
Robert - Frederick Cohn and other noteworthy roles, Loyal Hound
Ethan - E.S. Walcott, Checked In
Noah - Richard Rouchard, Cosmic Voyager
Max - Teller of Tales
Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Check out Ethan's RPG Podcast The Adventurer's Vault on their website and Twitter
Everyone is also on BlueSky go find us there.
Opening: Pablo Perez - Skin Wax
Not satisfied with the horror that you regularly find in episodes of Relatable Rolls, Max and Claire review Hope Is Not A Plan, a solo journaling game that covers the horror of being a project manager of an engineering firm. Will the project be delivered on time to expectations or will it all come crumbling down around them as Life intervenes? The Tumbling Block Tower Pulling Twosome also talk about the appeal of different kinds of horror, controlling the uncontrollable, and how Covid has affected Game Design.
Grab your own copy of Hope is Not a Plan here!
Opening: Kirk Osamayo - 80s Robo Man
After making it through the Underworld, the Dreamers arrive on the outskirts of the city of Ilek-Vad. The Twilight City of Turrets and Minarets is ruled by The King of Dusk. Can he shed light on the nature of the Dreamers predicament, or is he himself yet another pawn in some grand scheme?
Claire - Rootpicker, Cat Conversationalist
Robert - Frederick Cohn, God Smiter
Ethan - E.S. Walcott, Tower Toppler
Noah - Richard Rouchard, Suspicions Confirmed
Max - Teller of Tales
Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Check out Ethan's RPG Podcast The Adventurer's Vault on their website and Twitter
Opening: Audiorezout - Atlantis in Flight
Escaping the Men from Leng in Lhosk, the Dreamers find themselves in The Underworld. Will they make it back to daylight or will they fall prey to the many horrors that dwell in the dark?
Cast:
Claire (Raven E Darkness Dementiaway) - Rootpicker, Dealmaker
Robert - Frederick Francis Cohn, In on the Bit
Ethan - E.S. Walcott, Of Many Faces
Noah - Richard Rouchard, Stair Guardian
Max - GM
Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Check out Ethan's RPG Podcast The Adventurer's Vault on their website and Twitter
Intro: Audiorezout - Dark Tunnel
Happy Pride! Things get steamy as Claire and Max sit down to review Thirsty Sword Lesbians a narrative focused RPG about daring queers fighting injustice, growing as individuals, and finding love along the way.
Get your own copy of Thirsty Sword Lesbians and free play material here!
Intro: Mid-Air Machine - Breathing Out
The Dreamers finally reach the city of Lhosk, mercantile capital of the Cerenarian Sea. Will they find aid within the bustling city, or do the red tarpaulins of the Grand Bazaar conceal more than just the sun?
Claire - Rootpicker, One with the roots
Robert - Frederick Cohn, Takes the first sip
Ethan - E.S. Walcott, Underdressed
Noah - Richard Rouchard, Unsteady Hands
Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Check out Ethan's RPG Podcast The Adventurer's Vault on their website and Twitter
Claire and Max sit down with the designer of Session Zero, Meghan Cross on the background of the game, the importance of mechanics supporting the games you want to play, navigating the RPG space as a queer woman, turning shitposts into games, and other awesome projects in the works.
Follow Meghan on Twitter, get a hold of her via her carrd, check out her games on itch.io, and check out Siren Song Games for all of your narrative TTRPG needs.
Opening: Kirk Osamayo - New World
Captured by the Merhadeen Pirates the Dreamers plan their escape. Will they succeed or end up unwilling sacrifices to The Lurker in the Pit?
Cast:
Claire - Rootpicker, Shadow-Nurse
Robert - Frederick Cohn, Marked by Nodens
Ethan - E.S. Walcott, Player of His Role in the Story
Noah - Richard Rouchard, Bearer of the Sign
Max - Game Master, Spinner of Dreams and Nightmares
Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Check out Ethan's RPG Podcast The Adventurer's Vault on their website and Twitter
Intro: Gregor Quendel - Designed Atmospheres - Harmonic - 007 - II
Playing a RPG is pretty easy all things considered, you state your action, roll some dice, and hopefully what you want to happen happens. Coming up with a character with a fully fleshed out backstory with motivations? Now there is a difficult task. Max and Claire check out Session Zero, a game/tool to help out with character creation, and roll up a multifaceted Delta Green agent before they are ceremoniously fed into the grinder.
Follow creator Meghan Cross on Twitter, check out their website, but their games!
Opening: HoliznaCC0 - Big Ass Robots
With the Oracle's Message in hand, The Dreamers set off to return to Inquanok. What will the city's response be to the portentous verdict, and what new paths will open to the Dreamers now that their quest is complete?
Cast:
Claire - Rootpicker, Nurse
Robert - Frederick Cohn, Soldier and Unknowing Quantum Physician
Ethan - E.S. Walcott, In A Bad State
Noah - Richard Rouchard, Bearer of the Sign
Max - Game Master, Spinner of Dreams and Nightmares
Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Check out Ethan's RPG Podcast The Adventurer's Vault on their website and Twitter
Intro/Interlude: Gregor Quendel - Designed Atmospheres Harmonic 006
The Dreamers set out from Inquanok on a quest across the Western Plateau that will decide the fate of the city. Will they make it to The Crystal Gate alive and what truths will they learn from The Oracle?
Cast:
Claire - Virgina Cooper/Rootpicker, Nurse
Robert - Frederick Cohn, Soldier
Ethan - E.S. Walcott, Playwrite
Noah - Richard Rouchard, Painter/Sculptor
Max - Game Master, Spinner of Dreams and Nightmares
Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Check out Ethan's RPG Podcast The Adventurer's Vault on their website and Twitter
Intro/Interlude: Gregor Quendel - Designed Atmospheres Stream 04
The Dreamers depart Sarkomand on foot to reach the closest human settlement Inquanok. Will they reach the city of stone and metal workers safely, and what awaits them within the legendary impenetrable walls?
Cast:
Claire - Virgina Cooper, Taking Advantage of Privilege
Robert - Frederick Cohn, Re-Equipped Soldier
Ethan - E.S. Walcott, Getting Story Ideas
Noah - Richard Rouchard, Frail of Form
Max - Game Master, Spinner of Dreams and Nightmares
Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Check out Ethan's RPG Podcast The Adventurer's Vault on their website and Twitter
Intro: Gregor Quendel - Designed Atmospheres Stream 03
When a group of opium addicts become negligent in making their payments and their debt collectors come calling they embark on a journey beyond their wildest imaginations. The first episode of a brand new campaign in which Relatable Rolls adapts The Call of Cthulhu campaign The Sense of the Slight of Hand Man for play with MÖRK BORG.
Cast:
Claire - Virgina Cooper, Burnt Out Nurse
Robert - Frederick Cohn, Ill Equipped Soldier
Ethan - E.S. Walcott, Unproductive Playwright
Noah - Richard Rouchard, Scattershot Painter/Sculptor
Max - Game Master, Spinner of Dreams and Nightmares
Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Check out Ethan's RPG Podcast The Adventurer's Vault on their website and Twitter
Intro/Interlude: Gregor Quendel - Designed Atmospheres Stream 02
When a Mountain Biker's video upload catches the attention of The Program a team of Delta Green agents descends upon a State Park in New Jersey to determine who, or what, is arranging animal bones in such a precise manner.
Cast:
Claire - Mackayla Rogers, Delaware DNR Biologist
Jax - Lidia Key, DOS Intelligence Analyst
Robert - Darrel Claycomb, Anthropologist
Max - Handler
Check out Jax's Linktree for all of the various projects she's involved with.
Over the holidays Claire and Max both dove into Citizen Sleeper, a sci-fi RPG where you struggle to make ends meet on a space station while figuring out what it means to Be Human as your synthetic body degrades over time and bounty hunters come calling.
Opening: Lobo Loco - Midnight Dreams (ID 1866)
When approached by a worn out salary-man filled with community spirit and a credits to help chip away at their enormous debts, a group of frail, unintelligent, grenade wielding punks descend upon the Lucky Flight Casino. Will they win big or leave even more destitute than they already are?
Punks:
BONUS - Noah
UNIT - Claire
ÖGAT - Caleb
LAN - Ross
&
Max
Ross' Linktree
Caleb's Linktree
Noah's Twitter and Thinking Too Hard About Anime
Max and Claire pull up a chair at the Whirling-In-Rags to chat about Disco Elysium, the non-traditional CRPG that only becomes more relevant and resonant the longer it's been released upon the world.
Want Relatable Rolls to do a play-through of Disco Elysium? Lets us know via our various social media sites!
Opening: Trigg & Gusset - Intimate
When the Secretary of Legumes rolls into Hippocrates General complaining that he is unable to eat peanuts, it's up to the team to figure out what exactly is wrong with the government official while finding out if they can smooch their crush in the supply cabinet while also one-upping their rival, perhaps at the same time?
Claire - Cassandra Ninefingers, Angelic Lab Tech
Aaron - DiagnosticTron 9000, Necro-Diagnostician
Caleb - Doctor Tor, Demi-Surgeon
Ross - Dr. Neil Breen, Chosen Surgeon
Max - Lawrence Pritchard Hateline, Secretary of Legumes; Other random hospital employees
Find out more about Fae's Anatomy and all of Caleb's other projects with his Linktree.
Ross' Twitter and various Podcasts
Aaron's Twitter and Twitch,
Claire's Twitter
Max's Twitter
In this episode Max and Claire tackle Thousand Year Vampire, a solo journaling RPG about the passage of time and the fleeting nature of memory for the creatures of the night. In addition to going through the rules and scope of the game each Relatable Rolls host recaps their very different experiences with the game.
Intro: Filmy Ghosts - HORRORLANDS
Content Warning: This episode includes discussion about violence experienced by woman in various forms both in game and in real life.
Claire and Max sit down in luxurious chairs with unsettling construction to talk about Bluebeard's Bride, a Supernatural Horror RPG created by Whitney “Strix” Beltrán, Marissa Kelly, and Sarah Richardson about the terrors of violence, sexuality, and death as experienced by women.
Opening: Kirk Osamayo - A Frightening Sight
A team from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention rushes headfirst to rural Arizona to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak running rampant throughout the town. Will the team make it out unexposed or will they become another statistic for the official record?
Players:
Robert - Dr. James Dorian, CDC Emergency Operations Center
Ross - Dr. Zane Keogh, CDC Emergency Operations Center
Max - Reggie Benidetto, CDC Emergency Operations Center
Maddy - Molly Winters, CDC Emergency Operations Center
Claire - Handler
Ross' Twitter and on various Podcasts
Maddy's Twitter and Twitch
Robert's Twitter
Claire's Twitter
Max's Twitter
Opening: bibby - einstein rosenbridge
The horror onboard the freighter revealed, Hal Darlington and his Ultra-Rich companions fight, jump, and row for their lives to make it back to their yacht in one piece. Will they escape from the Groenland Tropisch or suffer the same fate as it's crew?
Cast:
Aaron - Halcyon "Hal" Darlington
David - Peregrine Cavendish XIV
Claire - Sacrmaento Turlington
Max - Handler
Follow Aaron on Twitter and on Twitch, Follow David on Twitter for all thing's purple.
Opening: techtheist - Breath
When a group of heretical thieves are given the chance to save themselves from summary execution, they end up in a situation that makes them wonder if they were better off in the dungeon of The Shadow King.
Cast:
Claire - Grittr, Occult Herbmaster
Rob Stith - Stargon, Cursed Skinwalker
Robert - Therg, Heretical Priest
Cocainum Rob - Urvarg, Fanged Deserter
Max - DM
Check out Rob Stith's RPG The Orpheus Protocol
Catch The Black Pants Legion on YouTube and Twitch
Get the Bare Bones edition of MÖRK BORG >>here<<
Opening: Blear Moon - Certain Force
Following the utter collapse of his fortune due to unwise investments, Halycon "Hal" Darlington departs on his yacht, The Golpeador de Tiburones for one final voyage before is to be sold off to parties overseas. With his equally detached from reality Ultra-Rich companions in tow, the group is ill prepared for the horrors that await them in the North Atlantic.
This episode comes to a somewhat abrupt end due to feline interference. Sorry about that.
Cast:
Aaron - Halycon "Hal" Darlington
David - Peregrine Cavendish XIV
Claire - Sacrmaento Turlington
Chris - Swann Delmo
Max - Handler
Follow Aaron on Twitter and on Twitch, Follow David on Twitter for all thing's purple.
Opening: Bibby - Molluscs and Crustaceans
You wake up and are glad no one has rolled you in your sleep as you crawl out of your coffin sized bedroom and seek to find a way to make your debt payments before it turns ugly. Just another day in the relentless nano-infested corporate hell of CY_BORG the second RPG from Stockholm Kartel, makers of the Ennie Award winning MÖRK BORG. Relatable Rolls dives deep into how the games are similar, different, give the random heist generator a roll, all while gushing over the slick visual style contained within.
Opening Theme: Hexenkraft - The Fiendish Transfiguration
Claire slid into the DMs of Chris Sellers of Hectic Electron Games and the designer of Raccoon Sky Pirates agreed to come by Relatable Rolls to talk about the development and release of Raccoon Sky Pirates, it's real world inspirations, his upcoming queer Sword & Sorcery game Defy the Gods and several other topics and tangents.
Check out Hectic Electron on all these cool places:
Web: www.hecticelectron.com
Itch: hecticelectron.itch.io
@hecticelectron on Twitter & Instagram
Discord: https://discord.gg/Kuyc6BYAZA
Opening: Nu Tiel Records - Firefly
Grab your heavy flail and crumbling eldritch scrolls and descend into a world counting down to its destruction as Relatable Rolls reviews MÖRK BORG, a pitch-black apocalyptic fantasy RPG about lost souls and fools seeking redemption, forgiveness or the last remaining riches in a bleak and dying world. How many times will the hosts mispronounce the title of the game? Who can say.
Check out the MÖRK BORG website for a ton of online resources for your skull ridden games.
Opening: Omniman - Feedback
With Future/Perfect's completion Max, Claire, Joe, Stacie, and Kayla dig in deep on the campaign for the group's favorite moments, things that were skipped over, and how things could have been done differently throughout the game. Obvious spoilers to the entire campaign in this episode, so go listen to that first.
Opening: Jar of Flies - Night Sky
Awakening to find themselves in October 1934, not to mention not in their own bodies, the Hunt Team embarks on one final mission in the exciting conclusion of Relatable Roll's Future/Perfect campaign: Kill Arthur Hunt.
Cast:
Claire - Mariah McNeely, FBI
Joe - Gary Weaver, FBI
Stacie - Dr. Valerie Moss, FBI
Kayla - Jeffrey Jeeves, Library of Congress Historical Preservationist
Max - Handler
Opening Theme: Julia Felix - Could what, before become why?
When a group of Raccoons take to the skies on their airship made from kitchen appliances, classic cars, and carnival rides that almost killed one of the players in this episode, you know that you are in for a chaotic time on Relatable Rolls dives into Raccoon Sky Pirates. The title tells you everything you need to know
Cast:
Brisket Jack - Caleb
Maria Triple XL - Max
Vibrissa - Claire
Rabies Eddie - Robert
Find out more about Fae's Anatomy and all of Caleb's other projects with his Linktree.
Hunt Specialty Services and Delta Green are not the only people interested in The Gate, another party has something to say on the matter, and The Hunt Team finds themselves in lands and times unknown.
Cast:
Claire - Mariah McNeely, FBI
Joe - Gary Weaver, FBI
Stacie - Dr. Valerie Moss, FBI
Kayla - Jeffrey Jeeves, Library of Congress Historical Preservationist
Max - Handler
Intro: Siddhartha Corsus - Ancient Gate
When a lab tech perishes under mysterious circumstances while performing routine lab work on a chemical spill in the suburbs of Detroit, a Delta Green team is deployed to uncover the dire ramifications of mans environmental negligence.
Cast:
Claire - Nichola Wagner
Robert - Randall Marsh
Baz - Chuck Samford
Kyle - Clay Landus
Max - Handler
Robert tweeting/screaming into the void about Kanye can be found here.
Baz streams on Twitch as Future Wolfington.
Kyle Ayers is the host of the Never Seen It podcast, check out his comedy album Happiness, his website or his Twitter.
You can find Max and Claire on Twitter.
The investigation into the Hunt Specialty Services plant in Duxbury, Pennsylvania continues. The Delta Green team learns that with drastic actions come drastic consequences with new and unwilling actors entering the field....
Cast:
Claire - Mariah McNeely, FBI
Joe - Gary Weaver, FBI
Stacie - Dr. Valerie Moss, FBI
Kayla - Jeffrey Jeeves, Library of Congress Historical Preservationist
Max - Handler
Intro: Yellow Omm - Metatwerk
When a random TSA screening reveals a Hunt Electronics courier to have been smuggling gold ingots hidden in machinery from Hunt Specialty Services, Delta Green deems this more than a little suspicious and the Hunt Investigation Team descends upon Duxbury, Pennsylvania to investigate the plant and it's long running CEO William Lassiter.
Cast:
Claire - Mariah McNeely, FBI
Joe - Gary Weaver, FBI
Stacie - Dr. Valerie Moss, FBI
Kayla - Jeffrey Jeeves, Library of Congress Historical Preservationist
Max - Handler
Opening Theme: Jar of Flies - Gaze
Based off all the positive feedback from the first episode of Million Dollar Soulmate, Relatable Rolls ends the winter hiatus with another episode of the 1 on 1 chaotic dating simulator. This installment focuses on Richard Van Nostrum III, head of the Van Nostrum Cheese Conglomerate, and Mackenzie “Mickey” Roberts, an overeducated indie bookstore employee with strong morals and opinions. Will Mickey's stick to her values? Will a Cheese Empire crumble? Will pettiness be dealt to those who deserve it? What day is it actually? Find out in the second installment of Million Dollar Soulmate.
Cast
Richard Van Nostrum III - Max
Mackenzie “Mickey” Roberts - Claire
Intro and Interludes: Ketsa - Needless to Say
Following the events of the Hellbend Investigation, the surviving members of the Delta Green team, with a new agent in tow, descend upon the town of Chester, Ohio to do some digging into the history of Arthur Hunt and determine if any unnatural influences have infiltrated the small town.
Cast:
Claire - Sarah Moore, FBI
Joe - Gary Weaver, FBI
Stacie - Dr. Valerie Moss, FBI
Kayla - Jeffrey Jeeves, Library of Congress Historical Preservationist
Max - Handler
Opening: Edoy - An Approach
The Kickstarter fulfilled, Dueling Fops of Vindamere has made it's way to the dueling gloved hands of Relatable Rolls. In our first game in the fabled city of duelists and depravity you will find: Ass-Kicking Promiscuous Grandmothers, Very subtle ways of cheating at games of chance, Erotic Machinations, and Murder Most Foul! What fates lie before the Fops and who shall claim Ye Baron's Clayemorre and exercise bragging rights for a year?
Ye Fops:
Claire - Ferdinand Featherbottom
Max - Andoni Chatillac
Robert - Theramin LaBeauxe/Gadger Buck
Hellbend, a dried up settlement within the confines of Death Valley. Not much has happened in the town since the Hunt Electrodynamics Plant exploded 70 years ago, turning the once thriving company town into a ghost town overnight. But when bizarre deaths start to occur in an increasingly alarming rate, a group of Delta Green agents descend upon the area to discover just who, or what, is causing the deaths of the few remaining citizens.
Cast:
Claire - Sarah Moore, FBI Agent
Joe - Billy Davis, FBI Agent
Stacie - Dr. Valerie Moss, FBI Forensic Pathologist
Kayla - Jeffrey Jeeves, Library of Congress Historical Preservationist
Max - Handler
Relatable Rolls takes a short break from the usual Lovecraftian Horror to delve into a different kind of terror: Dating in the 21st century. Designed by Greg Stolze, this session of Million Dollar Soulmate focuses on the wealthy and privileged Carina VanDerSmoot setting her sights on humble baker and potential soulmate Melvin Richards. Will their potential romance blossom into something meaningful and long lasting or will it come tumbling down around them filled with casualties and wanton destruction? Perhaps Both? Listen to find out.
Cast:
Carina VanDerSmoot - Claire
Melvin Richards - Max
Intro & Interlude: Ketsa - Derived
Following it's emergence from bankruptcy Detroit has been on an upswing. New developments across the city in various industries have the public excited to see "America's Comeback City" being cast in a positive light. But following a mysterious death in an upscale part of town, Delta Green will soon discovers that new terrors are coming to the city through unexpected means.
Cast:
Claire - Melissa Goreman, FBI Special Agent
Maddy - Will Staples, DMC Paramedic;
Ross Payton- Riley Lark, FBI Special Agent;
Caleb Stokes- Dr. Wayne Saliba, Historian;
Max - Handler
Check out Caleb's various projects on his Linktree
Find out everything you wanted to know about RPGs and Haunted Music from Ross on RPPR and Night Clerk Radio
Check out Maddy on Twitter and Twitch
Opening Theme: Reid Karris - Hydragyrum
Welcome to Relatable Rolls where hosts Claire and Max deliver piping hot RPG actual plays to you twice a month! In this intro episode the hosts go over why they have transitioned to being a fully fledged adult podcast and give previews of things to come.
Follow the podcast at www.relatablerolls.com
Follow the Twitter for regular antics @RelatableRolls
Opening theme: Monologue Rockstars - Dream Sequence
When a long lost journal leads a group of anthropologists to supposedly unexplored Mayan ruins deep in the Yucatan Peninsula, the researchers from the Carnegie Institute of Washington learn there's more to fear than malaria and bandits on jungle expeditions.
Cast:
Claire - Dr. Melissa Johnson
Rob S - Dr. Curtis Bouchard
Rob - Slater
Baz - Dr. Hugo Swenson
Check out Rob Stith's RPG: The Orpheus Protocol
Check out Baz's Twitch streams: Future Wolfington and New Game Never Played
Catch The Black Pants Legion on YouTube
Opening theme: techtheist - Another Autumn in Despair
A group of Delta Green agents descend upon Yosemite National Park on July 4th to investigate the appearance of a missing child last seen in 1986. The child has apparently not aged since his disappearance. Chaos ensues shortly thereafter.
Cast:
Max - Handler
Claire - FBI Agent Noel Doubleday
Robert - Perry Gallow, National Parks Service Botanist
Ethan - Lyle Yin, Anthropologist
Check out Ethan's RPG Podcast The Adventurer's Vault on their website and Twitter
Opening Track: Daniel Birch - This Maybe All Gone Tomorrow
Caleb Stokes swings by Relatable Rolls to talk to Claire and Max about his upcoming game, Fae's Anatomy: A Melodramatic Medical Mystery RPG coming to Kickstarter on May 28th. Can your supernatural physicians stop making out in the medical supply closet to diagnosis and treat Spectral Apraxia, Narcassitic Ebola or any other of the 10,000 diseases in the game?
Plus learn more about how the proverbial RPG Sausage is made, how certain RPGs are better starters than others, and Caleb's use of defamiliarization to unsettle experienced hands when it comes to Lovecraftian Horrors.
Check Out Fae's Anatomy on Kickstarter!
A recorded playtest of FAMMM with RPG designer Greg Stolze!
Caleb's Patreons and Projects
Delta Green: Dead Channels - In which Agents jump SAN score first into terrifying situations
Hebanon Games Open Design - Learn how RPGs are made
The Mixed Six - Six Beers, Six Conversations, terrible opinions on food. Our loving podcast friends.
Trash thoughts on Twitter:
@mmnestorowich
@claire2themax
@relatablerolls
@HebanonGCal
Opening/Closing Theme: Anonymous 420 - Interstellar Capitalism
When another Delta Green agent seemingly commits suicide in a New Jersey home with a storied past, two Agents pay a visit to 1206 Spooner Ave. to investigate and find out how a place a can go Wrong.
Cast:
Claire - Dr. Vanessa Woodard, FBI Forensic pathologist
Rob - Lawrence Coldwell, FBI Special Agent
Opening/Closing: ROZKOL - Burn Your Lovely Town
Join Max and Claire as they discuss, play, and promote different RPGs in an effort to have a good time while getting into ridiculous situations. First up is Delta Green: The game of Lovecraftian Horror and Conspiracy.
Greg Stolze waltzes over to Relatable Rolls to talk to Max and Claire about Dueling Fops of Vindamere, a procedurally generated role playing game about fanciful dandies seeking to display their fencing abilities while proving themselves to their beloveds now on Kickstarter. As well as talking about trifling people, the trio also discuss RPGs not requiring a GM, collaborative gaming experiences, and getting what you sign up for when sitting at the table.
Check out Dueling Fops of Vindamere on Kickstarter.
Check out Greg Stolze's website for games and a load of free fiction, he's also on Twitter
Opening theme: Dee Yan-Key - Sonata for 3 Flutes in E Minor
When investigating a raid on an organized crime facility in Brighton Beach, New York due to operational history, a Working Group from The Program learn that The Hunt never ends.
Cast:
Claire - Evelyn James, IRS Criminal Investigative Division
Robert - Vasily Kuztnesov, Library of Congress Slavic Folklore Specialist
Noah - Elmer Newborn, FBI Special Agent
Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime and check out his mini painting and gaming Twitch Channel.
Find Max, Claire, and Robert on Twitter.
Opening theme: Daniel Birch - The Gates are Locked
When a string of gas station robberies takes a bizarre turn, three Delta Green agents descend upon the town of Groversville, Tennessee to figure out what is going on in the heart of UFO Country. A time tested classic, Convergence is the scenario that would eventually lead to the publishing of the original Delta Green source book.
Agents:
Claire - Dr. Charlotte McKnight, CDC Public Health Service Commission Corps.
Rob - Garrett Russell, NSA Remote Device Activities Unit
Robert - Marlon Hazard, DEA Operations Division
Opening Theme: Hexenkraft - The Dirge of Tharsis
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