Adam Vass is one of my favorite game designers in the world, full stop. And I don't say that lightly--look how many game designers have been on the pod. We sat down to play Ever Dream This Man?, a game about confronting the mysterious figure that haunts your dreams. Part Two of the World Champ Late Night Double Feature Podcast Spectacular -- check out part 1, Press Play with Eric Prister, also on the feed right now! EVER DREAM THIS MAN?: https://worldchampgameco.itch.io/thisman WORLD CHAMP...

Eric Prister is the producer and GM for Nature of My Game, a horror-themed story-focused Actual Play podcast. We sat down for (what else?) a spook-tacular session of Press Play, a found footage horror game about people recording their encounter with the supernatural, paired with the people doomed to watch the footage. Part One of the World Champ Late Night Double Feature Podcast Spectacular -- check out part 2, Ever Dream This Man? with Adam Vass, also on the feed right now! PRESS PLAY:...

J is one of the Dungeon Masters for Planet Arcana, and the co-designer of A Fool's Errand, a tarot-fueled science fantasy game set in a vibrant post-calamity world of Androids, Humans, and those in between. We sit down to build out characters and explore the world of the game, discovering a calamitous, world-shaking Big Oops along the way--and asking the question "what is life like for the people alive in its wake?" A FOOL'S ERRAND: https://afoolserrandgame.com/ PLANET ARCANA:...

Eleanor is a member of Audacious Machine Creative, and executive producer of Unwell, an award-winning audio drama about conspiracies, ghosts, and unusual families of blood and choice. Her new podcast, World Gone Wrong, is a fictional chat show about friendship at the end of the world, focused on two longtime friends on opposites sides of a country beset by werewolves, vampires, aliens, and every other apocalypse under the sun. We sat down to indulge in a lovely evening of Jenga, poker, and......

AJ is an Actual Play performer, video editor, cosplayer, and (like me) a wearer of many hats; you can most recently hear them on the latest arc of One Shot, playing Machine Impossible, and as a player on The Lurking Legends (a rotating GM, One Piece-inspired Actual Play series). We sat down for a game of Friendly Neighborhood Superhero, a game about superheroic action and protecting your community. We geek out SO MUCH about superheroes, y'all. It's great. FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SUPERHERO:...

Chris is a voice actor, actual play producer, and founder of Taíno Tales, an award-nominated, queer latine-led TTRPG actual play channel. We sit down to play Ironsworn Starforged, and encounter a horrifying discovery and a dangerous showdown on a snow-blighted wasteland planet! IRONSWORN STARFORGED: https://tomkinpress.com/pages/ironsworn-starforged TAINO TALES: https://www.youtube.com/@TainoTales FOLLOW CHRIS ON TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/vo_colon ALL MY FANTASY...

Evan is the designer of Giant of Light, a love letter to tokusatsu media and Giant Hero shows like Ultraman! We chat about superheroes, MMA, aliens, the city of Philadelphia (Go Birds), and Street Fighter as we play through a session of the game. GIANT OF LIGHT: https://rudojudo.itch.io/giant-of-light EVAN McDEVITT: https://bsky.app/profile/rudojudo.bsky.social BLACK LIVES MATTER: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/ YAZEBA’S BED...

Patrick is a Philadelphia-based performer and producer of THAWING, a solo show happening at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival this month. We sit down to play Pale Dot by Devin Nelson, and explore a strange alien cosmos with our... deeply odd crew of nonhuman cosmonauts! For more Pale Dot, check out the newest episode of Party of One (Plus One) on the Patreon feed for a special session with the game's designer, Devin Nelson! THAWING: https://phillyfringe.org/events/thawing/ PALE DOT:...

Jason is the designer of Desperation: The Isabel, a haunting historical horror game of a doomed cod-fishing vessel on the Gulf of Alaska in 1888 (as well as Fiasco, Grey Ranks, and a tremendous number of other hugely influential games). We set sail on the Gulf to explore what happens to this doomed crew as a storm overwhelms them... and then Hell comes with it. DESPERATION: https://bullypulpitgames.com/products/desperation BLACK LIVES MATTER: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# ALL MY...

Sam is the host of Dice Exploder, an ENnie-nominated podcast where game designers break down the specific mechanics of their favorite TTRPGs (as well as an incredible game designer in his own right). We sat down to play Desperation (Dead House), a historical horror RPG, based on real history, about a small community in Kansas facing an oppressive, deadly winter. Who will survive being pushed to their limits? SAM DUNNEWOLD: https://samdunnewold.com/ DICE EXPLODER:...

Thom is an actor, improviser, TTRPG enthusiast, and cast member on Green Mountain Mysteries, a Dresden Files Actual Play on the Pocket Podcast Network. We stared down the shadows in a game of Fear the Taste of Blood, a TTRPG about a group of survivors fending off a classic movie monster! Get ready... FOR THE WRATH OF THE CROCODILE MAN! FEAR THE TASTE OF BLOOD: https://ratwavegamehouse.itch.io/fear-the-taste-of-blood THOM THE TABLETOP GUY: https://thomthetabletopguy.carrd.co/ GREEN MOUNTAIN...

Akemi is a profilic designer of tabletop games, including Frills of Justice and Friendship and Searching for my Solemate, as well as a massive fan of Tokusatsu shows such as Kamen Rider. And that's exactly why we sat down to play a game of LUMEN RYDER CORE, a game of superpowered masked heroes battling an evil organization! LUMEN RYDER CORE: https://babblegumsam.itch.io/lumen-ryder-core AKEMI: https://www.twitter.com/NinjaPenguinAM CHECK OUT AKEMI'S GAMES:...

Austin is the host of Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries, a podcast breaking down the untold stories behind questions such as "Why does Charles Entertainment Cheese love birthdays so much?" and "Why are Saturday Morning Cartoons such Toy Commercials?", as well as one of the designers of Kids in Capes. We sit down to play The Weaver's Observatory, an adventure about a desperate traveler climbing a tower to ask Fate for a holy boon! THE WEAVER'S OBSERVATORY:...

Adam Macias is a comedian, and host of That Was Wild, a podcast where comedians and strangers on the Internet share their craziest stories. We talk Florida Men, horror, and s****y AirBnBs as we play Bar the Windows, Bolt the Doors, an RPG about defending your home from horrifying monstrosities. BAR THE WINDOWS, BOLT THE DOORS: https://stoneshore.itch.io/bar-the-windows-bolt-the-doors ADAM MACIAS: https://www.instagram.com/adamrmac/ THAT WAS WILD: https://www.thatwaswild.net/ BLACK LIVES...

Two outlaws are stuck in a boarded up saloon together. Something is outside, trying to get in. Things are going to get worse before the night is over. "The best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep." THE LAST HAND: https://airborneham.itch.io/the-last-hand ERIC FABER: https://www.airborneham.games/ BLACK LIVES MATTER: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/ YAZEBA’S BED &...

When backed against the wall, will you stay human? Or will you embrace the rage and summon the power of your bestial form, to bring a wave of vengeance down on your enemies? THE BEAST WITHIN: https://valiantdorian.itch.io/the-beast-within VALIANT DORIAN: https://valiantdorian.carrd.co/ BLACK LIVES MATTER: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/ YAZEBA’S BED & BREAKFAST: https://redcircle.com/shows/yazebas-bed-and-breakfast PARTY...

Summer camp. It's an experience you'll never forget. CAMPFIRE SCOUTS: https://plusoneexp.itch.io/campfirescouts KEGANEXE: https://keganexe.com/ FOLLOW KEGAN ON BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/blister.city BLACK LIVES MATTER: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/ YAZEBA’S BED & BREAKFAST: https://redcircle.com/shows/yazebas-bed-and-breakfast PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK SUPPORT JEFF ON...

It's a perfect world! And there's nothing you can do to change that. Even if you are, through some unfortunate, miserable twist of fate... some kind of "superhero." WHAT'S SO COOL ABOUT DOOMED SELF-LOATHING: https://erinking.itch.io/doomed-self-loathing THE DISAPPEARANCES OF LYDIA FOUNTAYNE: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/foxbot/the-disappearances-of-lydia-fountayne GRANT: https://twitter.com/gen_ironicus FOLLOW GRANT ON COHOST: https://cohost.org/My-Name-is-Grant THE CHIP AND IRONICUS...

A generation ago, five women stood up, fought off a wave of monsters, and then walked away on a rainbow bridge to who-knows-where. Now, 50 years later, the monsters have returned. And that can only mean one thing... ALCHEMISTRESSES: https://gal-pal-games.itch.io/alchemistresses ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/ YAZEBA’S BED & BREAKFAST: https://redcircle.com/shows/yazebas-bed-and-breakfast PARTY OF ONE...

IT IS THE 90th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORBIT OF ENYO'S COMET. INFINITE COSMIC POWER IS WITHIN THE GRASP OF ANYONE BOLD ENOUGH TO WIELD IT. WHO WILL CLAIM THE LEGACY OF L. REDBREAKER? ONLY THE STRONG WILL SUCCEED! BLOOD//RUSH: https://ratwavegamehouse.itch.io/bloodrush PSYCHODUNGEON: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ratwave/psychodungeon-ttrpg THEODORE MONK: theodoremonk.com CHAINFACE: https://worldchampgameco.itch.io/chainface BLACK LIVES MATTER: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# ALL MY...

The plan is simple. Pretend to be married. Infiltrate the town festival. Locate the target. Murder the target. Get out. Murder each other. Easiest job in the world. Most important thing. Don't fall in love. Do not under any circumstances fall in love. EYES ON THE PRIZE: https://iraprince.itch.io/eyes-on-the-prize ALONE AT THE TABLE: https://moonshotpods.com/alone-at-the-table/ AUDREY/LADYTABLETOP: https://ladytabletop.tumblr.com/ MOONGARITAVILLE: https://www.twitch.tv/moonshotnetwork BLACK...

"Don't you remember? When you were young and you wanted to set the world on fire?" PUNK'S BEEN DEAD SINCE '79: https://jephlewis.itch.io/pbds79 FIRESTORM INK: https://firestormink.itch.io/ Special thanks to Emily Reed (How I Became Invisible) for the song "NPFO"! HOW I BECAME INVISIBLE: https://howibecameinvisible.bandcamp.com/ LISTEN ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4MU6U8vv2VXuhBsYN9McGh FOLLOW EMILY ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/EMDASHREED BLACK LIVES...

The dreaded scourge of every pizza shop owner: The Yelp Reviewer. The fated enemy of every social media journalist: The Scummy Restauranteur. Only one will live through the end of their story. FIRST DIG 2 GRAVES: https://acoupleofdrakes.itch.io/first-dig-2-graves QUINNS QUEST: https://www.youtube.com/@Quinns_Quest QUINNS QUEST: CITIZEN SLEEPER 2 ACTUAL PLAY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCP7Pf12xcU SHUT UP & SIT DOWN: https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/ BLACK LIVES...

This is the legend of Dartheus the Loudmouthed, who hitchhiked the River Styx, who brought a harvest of wine and mirth to herald their birth, friend of Dionysus, who fought the Minotaur and fled from Cerberus. This is the story of the God of the Toast of Rememberance. TWIST OF FATES: https://illicitpeanuts.itch.io/twist-of-fates RASCAL: https://www.rascal.news/ ROWAN ZEOLI: https://twitter.com/RowanZeoli BLACK LIVES MATTER: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# ALL MY FANTASY...