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NEW EPISODE: ELEGY WITH LAURA TUTU

Laura is an award-winning Actual Play performer, known for her work with Queen’s Court Games on a range of incredible shows, including The All-Night Society and Harlem Hellfighters Never Die. We sat down for some top-tier weird vampirism in a game of Elegy, a solo vampire RPG inspired by Ironsworn.

You'll dig this episode if you like: Vampires, weird supernatural sci-fi stories, southside werewolf gangs, jacked JK Simmons, The Old Guard, good dogs

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SPECIAL EPISODE: Galactic with Ify Nwadiwe, Nala J. Wu, Dusty Hill, and Catrina Dennis [Episode 2: Gameplay]

Our special two-part playthrough of Galactic continues, as our heroes stare down the Mandate and leap into battle!

You can find the Galactic & Going Rogue crowdfunder on Kickstarter, live now through the end of June: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/galacticgoingrogue/galactic-and-going-rogue-two-ttrpgs-of-war-among-the-stars?ref=dwc59l

This episode was produced and co-sound designed by Jess Levine (@jessfrom.online on Bluesky) and edited, co-produced, and co-sound designed by satah (@posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online on Bluesky). It uses music and SFX from Pond5, including creators ProSoundEffects, MellauSFX, PenroseAudio, LucorMusic, Colourman, and Talekeeper_Music. Guest performers on this episode include Ify Nwadiwe, Nala J. Wu, Dusty Hill, and Catrina Dennis! 

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New Episode: Wandering Blades with Daniel Kwan

Wandering Blades is a TTRPG inspired by Chinese wuxia media, Japanese animation, and action video games. Players take on the roles of highly skilled martial artists who roam the lands seeking to redress wrongs, help the downtrodden, and free the innocent from oppression.

I sit down with Daniel Kwan, designer of Wandering Blades (and returning guest!), to experience the exquisite violence of the game in action.

You'll dig this episode if you like: Tense, tactical combat; Roadhouse (1989), jolly badasses, Shaw Brothers movies, the poetry of violence

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Party of One is an improvised storytelling podcast about getting to know interesting people through the shared, universal act of play.

Every episode, I sit down with a guest and we play a self-contained tabletop RPG. We share some laughs, OCCASIONALLY some tears, and get to know one another with some great conversation.

New episodes drop weekly at partyofonepodcast.com.

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New Episode: Catch Me If You Can with Mike Rugnetta

Mike is a longtime writer, host, producer and sound designer, who has been working in digital media since 2007. Currently, he hosts Never Post, a member-supported, employee-owned podcast about and for the internet, and GMs Fun City Ventures, a fully sound designed cyberpunk narrative play RPG podcast set in a post climate catastrophe New York City, in the year 2102. We sat down to engage in the cat and mouse drama of a criminal and investigator in Catch Me If You Can, to try and answer the question:

What is a criminal, if not a mirror-image of a detective? And what is a crime, if not the setup for its investigation?

You'll dig this episode if you like: Sci-Fi Columbo, Weird Deep Sea Creatures, Criminal/Detective Cat & Mouse Dramas, Unhinged Spies Doing Unhinged Spy Stuff

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SPECIAL EPISODE: Galactic with Ify Nwadiwe, Nala J. Wu, Dusty Hill, and Catrina Dennis [Episode 1 – Worldbuilding]

INTRODUCING: A bonus two-part series (with a full group!) to coincide with the crowdfund campaign for Galactic and Going Rogue! I sat down with an incredible table of performers, including Ify Nwadiwe, Nala J. Wu, Dusty Hill, and Catrina Dennis to weave a story of rebellion and relationships in space. In part one, we make our characters and build our galaxy–stay tuned for part 2 on 6/2 where we see our heroes dive into action!

You can find the Galactic & Going Rogue crowdfunder here on Kickstarter, going live May 20th: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/galacticgoingrogue/galactic-and-going-rogue-two-ttrpgs-of-war-among-the-stars?ref=8lwj2g

If you’re listening to this on the 19th, it’s not too late to sign up for the crowdfunder’s BackerKit mailing list here, then get a free PDF of Jess Levine’s satirical scifi skirmish storytelling TTRPG PLANET FIST when you back the Galactic & Going Rogue Kickstarter in its first 24 hours: http://backerkit.com/call_to_action/eda53ff9-b09c-422f-8036-2dbc62b83557/landing?ref=po1ep1

This episode was produced by Jess Levine (@jessfrom.online on Bluesky) and edited and coproduced by satah (@posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online on Bluesky). Guest performers include Ify Nwadiwe, Nala J. Wu, Dusty Hill, and Catrina Dennis!

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At over 300 games played, Party of One has featured more tabletop RPGs, from crowdfunding sensations to indie darlings to self-published passion projects, from OSR to trad games to storygames to solo RPGs to lyric games, than any other production in the history of recorded actual play.

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Flashback to the time Brennan Lee Mulligan joined me on Party of One and we created an order of Goblin Knights rallied around the ancient and sacred Goblin credo:

"First, we fuck around. Then, we find out."

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NEW EPISODE: ORBITAL BLUES WITH AUSTIN WALKER

Austin is the game master for Friends at the Table, an actual play podcast about critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends. He’s also the designer of Realis, a science fantasy RPG powered by sentences published by Possible Worlds Games. We sat down to play Orbital Blues, a lo-fi space western roleplaying game about freelancers chasing down the intergalactic dream of freedom and success.

We also discuss the Super Bowl 59 champion Philadelphia Eagles. Go Birds.

You'll dig this episode if you like: Springsteen in space vibes, stories of long winding friendships, Lupin III car chases, sick playlists, The Philadelphia Eagles

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New Episode: Between the Skies with Huffa

Between the Skies is a cosmic fantasy game of travel and exploration across endless worlds, packed with procedures, tables, and inspiration for hundreds of weird, wonderful adventures through the cosmos.

I sat down with the game’s author, Huffa, to explore what makes the game so special (through the eyes of professional wrestling heel turned cosmic crusader “The Guilty Pleasure” Desmond LeFleur).

You'll dig this episode if you like: Isekai anime, Suicide Squad Isekai, heel wrestlers you can't help but love, workers working themselves into a shoot brother

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Request for game suggestions for the show: Solo/2-Player Star Trek TTRPGs

I'm pitching games to a guest and want something Star Trek themed/adjacent. Any recs for solo or 2-player TTRPGs that might scratch the itch? Ideally something that has some structure around quickly generating crew and like... maybe bouncing around different characters? But not strictly tied to that.

I have the official solo supplement for Star Trek Adventures, looking for other pitches.

Self-promo welcome.

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NEW EPISODE: Scene Thieves with Taylor Moore

Taylor, beyond being one of the funniest humans I know, has worked on some of my absolute favorite podcasts, including Worlds Beyond Number and Fun City. We sat down to play Scene Thieves by Possible World Games, telling the story of a band of 80s Cronenberg-esque shadowrunners stealing a top-secret super-drug the only way they can: By staging a Norman Lear-style message play about “Is It Possible to Forgive Someone for Selling Out

You'll dig this episode if you like: David Cronenberg jokes, Shadowrun-style heists, the full-hearted message-based storytelling of Norman Lear, Keytar Heists

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NEW EPISODE: THE MAGICAL YEAR OF A TEENAGE WITCH WITH RENE LEGAULT

Rene is one of the founding members of DMs After Dark, and the host of Rene Plays Games, an actual play podcast focused on smaller published TTRPGs. (If you like the kinds of gameplay experiences we feature on this show, you’d really dig it.) We sat down to make something weird, joyful, and really special in a game of The Magical Year of a Teenage Witch.

You'll dig this episode if you like: Sabrina the teenage witch, My Neighbor Totoro, modern supernatural adventures, warm friendship, the chaos of the big city

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New Episode: Blister City with Malcolm Critcher

Malcolm is the Creative Director at BRINK Media, and co-creator of This Is Propaganda, a narrative nonfiction podcast that breaks down the hidden influence of propaganda in our modern lives, and how propaganda (or as it would come to be known, Public Relations) have shaped our entire culture today. We sat down to play Blister City, a game about the bloody realities of Martian revolution, and about taking back the world from the fascists who control it.

The folks who ruined Mars have names and addresses. You have a crowbar, and a dream. Make them pay.

You'll dig this episode if you like: Putting the punk back in cyberpunk, "What if a counter-strike map woke up and said ACAB," stories about Making Them Pay

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NEW EPISODE: ERRANT WITH STEVE MORRISON

Steve is the host of Errant Adventures, an actual play podcast focused on singleplayer RPGs. Neither of us can pass up a good name pun, so we sat down to play Errant by friend of the show Christine Prevas. We told the story of a knight of the Feytouched Court, on a mission from peace… provided they reach their destination with their soul intact.

You'll dig this episode if you like: THE GREEN KNIGHT, Arthurian Legend, horny fey courts, shifting fantasy landscapes

Bonus: Head to the Errant Adventures feed to hear Steve and I set sail in Ironsworn: Sundered Isles!

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New Episode: An Altogether Different River with Nala J. Wu

Nala is an art director, award-winning illustrator, voice actor, sensitivity consultant, and Actual Play performer; you can hear them on the award-winning AP Itaewon By Night (one of my all-time faves!), as well as a million other shows across the Internet.

We sat down to explore a town, those that left and came back, and those that returned in one of my all-time favorite RPGs, An Altogether Different River.

Episode art by Nala J. Wu

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NEW EPISODE: CLEVER GIRL WITH CHRISTIAN (AFLUFFYGOOMBA)

Christian is an Award-Winning TTRPG performer, educator, and the organizer of The Force Within, a 50-person BIPOC Star Wars TTRPG streaming event. We sat down to play Clever Girl, a two-player game about the lone survivor a malfunctioning dinosaur theme park, and the roving band of raptors in hot pursuit.

You'll dig this episode if you like: JURASSIC PARK, people absolutely traumatized by dwindling dice pools