The Roleplaying Exchange Podcast

Actual Play - Pulp Cthulhu - The Two-Headed Serpent - EP 3

Following the Caduceus Organization’s orders, the party begins searching Mayan ruins the body of an ancient mummy.  Unfortunately for them it appears that members of the Bolivian army have also joined in the search.  Acquiring the services of a guide, the adventurers travel to a site where heavy artillery has uncovered something that was better left undisturbed.

 

Adam – Eustace Hardin – Former Pentecostal missionary still doing the good lord’s work. 
Cam - Rudolph  Paul Brady - Parapsychologist with the gift of clairvoyance.   
D –  Roderick Heath – Hard-boiled detective with prior experience with the explainable.
Laura – Irene Hopp – Cultural anthropology professor at NYU on sabbatical ..with her guns. 

Actual Play - Pulp Cthulhu - The Two-Headed Serpent - EP 2

Having finally arrived at camp, the team finds themselves in the middle of an uneasy truce between the aid workers and the Bolivian soldiers.  With their escort task accomplished, the team tries to reestablish communication with the Caduceus Foundation.  Meanwhile someone in the camp could possibly be more than they let on to be.  

Adam – Eustace Hardin – Former Pentecostal missionary still doing the good lord’s work. 

Cam - Rudolph  Paul Brady - Parapsychologist with the gift of clairvoyance.   

D –  Roderick Heath – Hard-boiled detective with prior experience with the explainable.

Laura – Irene Hopp – Cultural anthropology professor at NYU on sabbatical ..with her guns.

Episode 40 - Post Gen Con 2019

We survived Gen Con!  Listen to our harrowing tales of “the best four days in gaming”.

WARNING:  In this episode we talk about rampant capitalism, playing games, and adult beverages.

Games Discussed:

  

Night’s Black Agents Solo Ops

Red Markets

• Trabajo
• Le      Corbusier
• Elevation
• Veblen      Goods

Band of Blades

Zweihander

Eclipse Phase 2nd Ed 

Mothership

 

• Hive Mind
• Dead Planet
• Pound of Flesh

Masks of Nyarlathotep Dark Adventure Radio Theatre

Tachyon Squadron

Star Crossed

For the Queen

King in Yellow (Annotated)

The Sword, The Crown and the Unspeakable Power 

The Watch 

 

Music:

Infiltrators by Nathaniel Wyvern 

Actual Play - Pulp Cthulhu- The Two-Headed Serpent - EP 1

As the Chaco War rages on between Bolivia and Paraguay a group of adventurers employed by the Caduceus Foundation escort a caravan of nurses, doctors, and much needed medical supplies to civilians caught up in the war. Deep in the jungle of Gran Chaco the party will see the horrors of war and something much worse.

 

Adam – Eustace Hardin – Former Pentecostal missionary still doing the good lord’s work. 

D –  Roderick Heath – Hard-boiled detective with prior experience with the explainable. 

Laura – Irene Hopp – Cultural anthropology professor at NYU on sabbatical ..with her guns.

Actual Play - TimeWatch - The Valkyrie Gambit

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When nuclear war breaks out in the 1960s TimeWatch must scramble to 1865 Munich to restore the original timeline.  But fixing the problem is just half the job when it comes to time travel.  

 

Brownie - Uurrk -              33,000 BCE Neanderthal (he/him)
Chris -     Dr. Leah Breen - 23rd century New Zealand Chrono-Scientist (she/her)
Geoff -     Skegg -             Psychic Velociraptor from alternate time stream (he/him)
Laura -     Kelfala -            24th century West African starship pilot (she/her)

 

Special thanks to our Patreon backers for  playing with us this episode.

Episode 39 - Prepping for Gen Con & Player Decisions

 

If it’s your first time going to Gen Con, this is your survival guide. If it isn’t, still listen along and nod knowingly when we say something to which you agree with. In this episode the RPX crew will offer advice to surviving ‘best four days in gaming’.
Also, in this episode we will also explore how to handle unexpected actions from players.

 

Special shout out to Crazon / Review Cultist of Al Dente Rigamortis for our new logo. Be sure to check out his Deviant Art page  as well as pasta podcast  Al Dente Rigamortis .

 

Note:  In the show we mention parking through Gate 10.  Welp, they're sold out.  Sorry.  
Music: Ketsa - Up Down

 

Actual Play - Blades In The Dark - The Seven Mutes

Recluse Oliver Scurlock made his fortune harvesting leviathan blood. However, Oliver’s success has garnered him envy among his family who seek to take control of his wealth. Approached by Amina Scurlock, the Seven Mutes are tasked with helping Amina succeed her dear uncle as head of the Scurlock Company. For this succession to work, Oliver Scurlock must die.

 

Aaron - Keel - The Hound

Adam - Wing - The Lurk

Daniel - Silk - The Spider

Nathan - Nara - The Cutter

Patrick - Duskwall

Actual Play - Base Raiders - Dead Shift

Earth has fallen, and the Waffle House is closed. In the wake of a zombie apocalypse of super hero proportions, the remnants of humanity float above Earth in the super max security prison known as the Shackle. After a scavenger team on a supply run fails to return, an unlikely team of super powered refugees is assembled to go investigate the team’s disappearance and bring back supplies. 

Aaron -  Mike – Son of the super villain Doctor Worm. Claims he isn’t a mutant. 

Adam - Cailum  -  Crossroad demon who inherited the position through a bit of nepotism.  

Chris - Janet  -  Teleporter.  When someone offers you psychedelic mushrooms to cure schizophrenia, it’s going to break bad. 

Ethan -  Roswell -   Stranded on Earth after a failed scouting mission, Roswell was convinced to turn his engineering skills to helping the US government. Now after a comfortable life time he's forced to back into the fray to protect the new home he has. 

Ethan - Xiphos – Small time criminal magic user who rose up the food chain after all the other super villains turned into zombies

Episode 38 - Origins 2019 Wrap-up

While Origins 2019 is quickly becoming a distant memory, you too can recreate this magical experience. First, have four great days of fun playing board games and tabletop RPGs. Next, get a star-studded cast of special guests such as Role Palying Public Radio's  Ross Payton, Ethan and Greg from Technical Difficulties, and Birk - podcast mercenary.  Lastly, lock yourself up in a frigid conference room. If none are available, you might be able to record at Mt. Everest’s base camp.

In this wrap-up we will be discussing the variety all the all games we played as well as giving you a sneak peek at some of the newer games that were demoing at Origins.

Actual Play- Trail of Cthulhu - Not so Quiet

Bullet-ridden, bruised and bloody, the Investigators, soldiers and nurses in the Great War, are brought from the fontline to Military Hospital Number Five.

Haggard staff make their rounds, the doctors experiment after dark with electro-shock therapy, gaunt nurses give unlabelled and unknown drugs. Patients are dying by the dozen when they once seemed to be on the road to recovery. Something is wrong.

 

 

Daniel - Francis Patterson - Doctor & temporary Captain with the RAMC.

Jen - Evelyn Ryce - Nurse, 

Darth - Phillip Moose - Definitely an American volunteer with the Canadian Armed Forces

 

Not so Quiet is part of the Out of Time anthology available at Pelgrane Press.