The Roleplaying Exchange Podcast

In this episode of the RPX Rollup, we're back with Urban Shadows 2nd edition. We're doing some city creation work, building Barrie, Ontario as our supernatural setting. We walk through the process of taking a real place and figuring out what kind of supernatural stuff might be going on there.

Join us as we discuss Barrie's actual history and geography, then start layering in the supernatural elements - where different factions might operate, what kind of politics exist between them, and how the supernatural world intersects with the regular city.

If you're interested in Urban Shadows or just curious about how to develop RPG settings, this gives you a look at how we approach city creation.

Track: When Dusk Comes

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Author: Gabagool

The intrepid reporters of the Miskatonic Bee their investigation of the mysterious stone eggs at the Carrington estate.  

Ian - Keeper

Adam - Robert Shaver - A handsome bootlegger turned reluctant investigator for the newspaper

Chris - Wesley Graves - Wealthy editor-in-chief funding the Miskatonic Bee, whose sanity fractures under cosmic horror

Crazon - Damien Elliott - Medical student from a coastal fishing village with mysterious neck scars and unsettling knowledge

David - Professor Alex Parker - Tenured geology professor serving as faculty oversight after the previous secretary fled screaming

The intrepid journalists of the Miskatonic Bee investigate the aftermath of Friday night's séance gone horrifically wrong, where attendee Roger Vwinch remains hospitalized in critical condition.

Cast

Ian - Keeper

Adam - Robert Shaver - A handsome bootlegger/criminal hired as the newspaper's advisor

Chris - Wesley Graves - Wealthy editor-in-chief funding the newspaper

Crazon - Damien Elliott - Medical student from Innsmouth working as science editor, with mysterious neck scars

David - Professor Agatha Wormwood - Tenured geology professor reassigned as the newspaper's secretary

Alien RPG by Free League Publishing captures the claustrophobic terror and gritty atmosphere of Ridley Scott's iconic universe, where space truckers and corporate agents face unspeakable horrors in the cold void. Using the Year Zero Engine, this game provides a cinematic experience with survival horror and a dash of working class struggles amongst the stars.
In this episode of RPX Rollup, we navigate the character creation while exploring familiar Alien archetypes like ‘The Kid’, Colonial Marine, and ‘Pilot’.  With the highly anticipated second edition on the horizon, join us as the stat out characters for one last bug hunt in the first edition.

Track: "Get In The Car", Klaatu Verada Necktie
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The intrepid journalists of the Miskatonic Bee continue their investigation into the mysterious death of student Eugene Wilcox. 

Ian - Keeper

Adam - Robert Shaver - A handsome bootlegger/criminal hired as the newspaper's advisor

Chris - Wesley Graves - Wealthy editor-in-chief funding the newspaper

Crazon - Damien Elliott - Medical student from Innsmouth working as science editor, with mysterious neck scars

David - Professor Agnes Wormwood - Tenured geology professor reassigned as the newspaper's secretary

The Miskatonic Bee (a student-run newspaper at Arkham's Miskatonic University) has been asked by Professor Armitage to investigate the strange disappearance of a student who's gotten mixed up with some peculiar new residents in town.

Ian - Keeper

Adam - Robert Shaver -  A handsome bootlegger/criminal hired as the newspaper's advisor

Chris - Wesley Graves - Wealthy editor-in-chief funding the newspaper

Crazon - Damien Elliott - Medical student from Innsmouth working as science editor, with mysterious neck scars

Urban Shadows: Second Edition from Magpie Games transforms modern cities into supernatural battlegrounds where vampires, werewolves, wizards, and mortals clash for power in the shadows.  With themes spanning political intrigue, supernatural debts, and the complex relationships that fuel this Apocalypse Engine RPG, join us as we rollup  and lay the groundwork for the city of Barrie, where creatures of the night hold court and secrets lurk behind every shadow.

Track - "On Deadly Ground
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Having secured the Hurricane Siren System in downtown Minneapolis, our players have been enjoying relative safety at MyWay - the budding skyway enclave. That is until the enclave is confronted with an emergency that threatens its existence, and our players survival.

Brownie - The Market
Sean - Null - a drone operator making their way in the loss - loud and on the scene
Adam - Snips - totally not a hair dresser latent with trust issues - but actually a hard of hearing  surgeon with a penchant for vasectomies laser or otherwise.
David - Dakka- Now Bishop Dakka of the black math. When confronted with the question, the answer is always more Dakka.

We're back with more Castle Falkenstein. Join us as we jump into their first proper adventure after character creation. The gang gets tangled up with some angry pixies, a sketchy steel mill, and street thugs with hot knives (thanks to Sir Maximilian's wild magic). 

Joe - GM

Aaron - Holland Oil - A bit of a rake who likes whiskey and women.

Adam - Oswald Harlow Moriarty - Professor Moriarty's "less evil" brother, a fallen gentleman and medical doctor)

David - The Right Honorable Sir Maximilian Masterson - Flamboyant nobleman/Margrave with many monocles who practices elemental magic

In this episode of RPX Rollup we explore the tabletop RPG "Fear Itself, second edition" - a horror game using the Gumshoe system where ordinary people face supernatural threats.  Join us as we create would-be survivors to face the outer dark.

Track: "The Escape"
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