Time for a retro on what we achieved this quarter, so we can set SMART goals for our return to market. Coming up in the Studio on 3 October – The Office Party, Act 1 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to Trolls of the Two Tonne Bridges, a Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast, currently playing through the Tomb of Annihilation campaign. Expect adventure, laughs and...

Act Five of Five: The appointed hour is nigh, for the humble and lowly to Attack and Dethrone Gods. Coming next on 26 September – Exit interview (Vigil Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. If you enjoyed this production, throw us a rose emoji! We’re @merelyroleplayers on Instagram and Tumblr, and the cast are on Instagram @winternatters, @nanaluvren and @joshyard. Follow Marta to The Silt Verses season...

Not every bit of audio makes it to the higher plane of existence that is a full story act. But not everything left behind deserves to be forgotten. Which is a roundabout and thematic way of saying these are some out-takes and bloopers from Vigil: Chief/Exec. Coming next on 19 September – Vigil: Chief/Exec, Act 5 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to Snyder’s Return, a UK...

Act Four of Five: Canst it be truly a sin to destroy a God? For when God is no more, who remaineth to name the deed a sin? Coming next on 12 September – Left behind (Vigil Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. Driving the Point Home, written by Matt Boothman, is out on 19 September as part of the daily sword-based micro-fiction podcast Of The Sword https://ofthesword.crd.co The Foggy Outline newsletter is...

Let’s head undercover to investigate the secret plots and machinations behind our globetrotting spy production, Codename: Mosaic. Coming next on 5 September – Vigil: Chief/Exec, Act 4 PROGRAMME NOTES Replay is a Backstage strand where Josh takes an in-depth look back at all our past productions, revisiting the memorable moments and asking the unanswered questions. Got a question about any past production from Parallax onwards? Email it to [email protected] (either as text or as...

Act Three of Five: The Messenger, the King, the Queens, the armies, stand now all arrayed, their true faces revealed as the flames rise high. Coming next on 29 August – Replay: Codename Mosaic (Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to Cybertopia, an actual play podcast using the indie RPG of the same name, run by its creator with a rolling cast of a variety of...

Persephone Byron is gone from this time, but her words to her friends remain. Coming next on 22 August – Vigil: Chief/Exec, Act 3 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to Deck of Many Aces, an actual play Dungeons & Dragons podcast made by actual asexuals and aromantics! Follow four heroes as they adventure through a fantasy world on the cusp of a technological...

Act Two of Five: And the King said unto the scurrying interlopers, Kneel before mine throne and let me know mine enemy. Coming next on 15 August – Dear Renko & co (Vigil Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. Congratulations to all the winners of the first annual CRIT (Creator Recognition in TTRPG) Awards! Including: Friend of the show Tib Winterfield’s award-winning newsletter, Loremasters:...

Who’s in charge here? We figure out who’s related and who reports to whom among our main characters. Coming next on 8 August – Vigil: Chief/Exec, Act 2 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to The Monster’s Playbook, another actual play Monster of the Week podcast, where the real world crashes into the paranormal over and over and over again....

Act One of Five: And lo, on the eve of the mayoral election, a messenger did appear to the good folk of Sherrydown. Coming next on 1 August – Org chart (Vigil Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. Don’t miss the epilogue at the very end of the episode! Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to The Monster’s Playbook, another actual play Monster of the Week podcast, where the real world crashes into...

The cast talks generational games and the joy of petty grudges. Matt talks to Ursidice, designer of Court of the Lich Queen, about what’s next for the game. Coming up in the Main House on 25 July – Vigil: Chief/Exec, Act 1 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains political infighting, blood & guts, death & doom. Our promo this episode is for What Am I Rolling?, a twice-monthly RPG one-shot podcast, hosted by gamemaster, Fiona. Every month, Fiona takes a brand new group of players...

The day of the prophesied Dawn is at hand. As light and life threaten the Lich Queen’s dominion, her dread courtiers must stand together – or fall apart. Coming next on 18 July – The wake (Queen’s Dead Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains political infighting, blood & guts, death & doom. Our promo this episode is for What Am I Rolling?, a twice-monthly RPG one-shot podcast, hosted by gamemaster, Fiona. Every month, Fiona takes a brand new group of players and runs...

Tension builds between the Lich Queen’s dread courtiers as their realms crumble around them. The Wraithlight Dominion proposes a quest. Coming next on 11 July – The Queen’s Dead, Act 3 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains political infighting, blood & guts, death & doom. Vote for Merely Roleplayers to win Best Storyline in an Actual Play and Ernie Bering to win Best Non-Player Character (NPC) in the CRIT (Creator Recognition in TTRPG) Awards 2023:...

A tourist’s guide to the realms of death, and a brief history of the debts and grudges that make sessions at court so lively. Coming next on 27 June – The Queen’s Dead, Act 2 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains political infighting, blood & guts, death & doom. Our promo this episode is for The Secret of St Kilda, an audio drama by Haggis and Dragons Productions. Follow Lockie, a charismatic con man who escapes to St Kilda with the promise that this time he’ll change his ways....

One year before the Dawn prophesied to end the reign of death, the Lich Queen’s dread courtiers make plans to prevent it – even though it might mean working together. Coming next on 20 June – Bad blood (Queen’s Dead Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains political infighting, blood & guts, death & doom. Vote for Merely Roleplayers to win Best Storyline in an Actual Play and Ernie Bering to win Best Non-Player Character (NPC) in the CRIT (Creator Recognition in TTRPG)...

We look back over the bridges we’ve burned and the unexplored waters that await us. Coming next on 13 June – The Queen’s Dead, Act 1 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains violence (including gun violence), possession, and death by fire. DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS PERSEPHONE ‘PERCY’ BYRON: A Victorian monster hunter and half-sister of Ada Lovelace. Percy tried to time travel from 1852 to 1666 to stop the summoning of an apocalyptic demon, but something went wrong, and she...

Act Five of Five: In which the full might of the Great Fire, the Searing Tongue, the Smothering Haze, is unleashed on Sherrydown. Coming next on 6 June – Burning questions (Vigil Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains violence (including gun violence), possession, and death by fire. As the curtain falls on this production, throw us a rose emoji on any of our social media accounts – Instagram, Tumblr or Twitter! While you’re on our Instagram, check out The Feed: our...

Act Four of Five: In which Percy discovers that even the best laid plan never survives contact with the enemy. Coming next on 30 May – Vigil: The Great Fire, Act 5 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains violence (including gun violence), possession, and death by fire. Nominate your favourite roleplaying game people and products for the Creator Recognition in Tabletop Roleplaying Games (CRIT) Awards by 1 June! If you like, you can even nominate us. Vigil: Quarry and Monumental Exit are...

Join us for an incredulous look back at the arts of crime, business and seduction, as we remind ourselves why we first said: hey. Let’s Get Gideon. PROGRAMME NOTES Replay is a Backstage strand where Josh takes an in-depth look back at all our past productions, revisiting the memorable moments and asking the unanswered questions. Got a question about any past production from Parallax onwards? Email it to [email protected] (either as text or as an attached audio file) and it could...

Act Three of Five: In which the hunters take a pawn or two, and move into position for checkmate. Coming next on 9 May – Replay: Let's Get Gideon (Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains violence (including gun violence), possession, and death by fire. By some counts, this is our 250th episode! If you’ve enjoyed any of those 250 episodes, would you be willing to leave us a review or rating on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser, or wherever you listen? Pitch submissions are...

Act Two of Five: In which Percy names the battlefield, and Mick marshals his strength for a skirmish. Coming next on 2 May – Vigil: The Great Fire, Act 3 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains violence (including gun violence), possession, and death by fire. April is Adopt A Listener month! Find someone who says “podcasts aren’t my thing,” and give them a thoughtful recommendation. Something that will get them hooked. Tips: https://tinkmedia.com/adopt Natalie Winter, Strat and Helen...

We rub our characters together to create some sparks. Coming next on 18 April – Vigil: The Great Fire, Act 2 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains violence (including gun violence), possession, and death by fire. Our promo this episode is for Monster Hour, a narrative-driven actual play podcast that combines equal parts comedy and horror with crisp production value and original scoring. Season 2 of Monster Hour steps through the looking glass and into surreal suburban town of Somewhere...

Act One of Five: In which Persephone Byron’s centuries-spanning cold war begins heating up for the final clash. Coming next on 11 April – Kindling (Vigil Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains violence (including gun violence), possession, and death by fire. The Feed continues on our Instagram: @merelyroleplayers https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers Our promo this episode is for Monster Hour, a narrative-driven actual play podcast that combines equal parts comedy and...

The cast rounds up the loose ends of this convoluted case. PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains violence, intimidation by police, and offscreen murder. Our promo this episode is for What Am I Rolling?, a twice-monthly RPG one-shot podcast, hosted by gamemaster, Fiona. Every month, Fiona takes a brand new group of players and runs them through a one-shot adventure, testing out a different RPG game style or system. https://www.wairpodcast.com/ CREDITS STARRING: - Vikki Weston as Cadence...

Cadence Fairchild, PI, finds herself at the centre of a devious house of cards. Can she bring it all down without falling along with it? PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains violence, intimidation by police, and offscreen murder. Got a question about any past production from Parallax onwards? Email it to [email protected] (either as text or as an attached audio file) and it could be featured in a future Replay episode. Don’t forget to tell us what name and pronouns to use for...