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Merely Roleplayers
By Foggy OutlinePerforming Arts
Merely Roleplayers episodes
- Encore (Monumental Exit Backstage)
The cast of Monumental Exit look back and talk GMless games, improvisation, and whether the characters of this production deserved their fates.
Programme notes
This production contains lewd and possibly blasphemous imagery, fire, and death.
Our promo this episode is for Snyder’s Return, a UK based tabletop roleplaying game podcast featuring Dungeons & Dragons actual play (where a misfit band of ‘heroes’ take on adventures across the multiverse), interviews and Dungeon Master/player guides.
Credits
STARRING:
Josh Yard as Bilbo Biltong
Natalie Winter as Sue Sherpa
Alexander Pankhurst as Mike Sherpa
Matt Boothman as Gregg Nevin
ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Fiasco (classic edition) by Jason Morningstar, published by Bully Pulpit Games
MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst
EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman
Find us
On Twitter @MerelyRoleplay
On Instagram @MerelyRoleplayers
On Tumblr @merelyroleplayers
www.MerelyRoleplayers.com
25 min - Monumental Exit, Act 3
A geriatric crowd fills the Beanstalk Show Club for a gig that’s sure to go down in rock’n’roll history.
Programme notes
This production contains lewd and possibly blasphemous imagery, drug use, fire, and death.
Our promo this episode is for Snyder’s Return, a UK based tabletop roleplaying game podcast featuring Dungeons & Dragons actual play (where a misfit band of ‘heroes’ take on adventures across the multiverse), interviews and Dungeon Master/player guides.
Credits
STARRING:
Josh Yard as Bilbo Biltong
Natalie Winter as Sue Sherpa
Alexander Pankhurst as Mike Sherpa
Matt Boothman as Gregg Nevin
ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Fiasco (classic edition) by Jason Morningstar, published by Bully Pulpit Games
MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst
EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman
Find us
On Twitter @MerelyRoleplay
On Instagram @MerelyRoleplayers
On Tumblr @merelyroleplayers
www.MerelyRoleplayers.com
1 hr 1 min - Key change (Monumental Exit Backstage)
With all the pieces in place for the final act, the cast finds out some new complications that are sure to upset the board.
Programme notes
This production contains lewd and possibly blasphemous imagery, fire, and death.
Our promo this episode is for Adventurers Anonymous, a Dungeons & Dragons actual play where six players drink cocktails and seek a glorious death. Check it out if if you like your plot lines thin and crispy, and your language to be saltier than a sailor's beard.
Credits
STARRING:
Josh Yard as Bilbo Biltong
Natalie Winter as Sue Sherpa
Alexander Pankhurst as Mike Sherpa
Matt Boothman as Gregg Nevin
ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Fiasco (classic edition) by Jason Morningstar, published by Bully Pulpit Games
MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst
EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman
Find us
On Twitter @MerelyRoleplay
On Instagram @MerelyRoleplayers
On Tumblr @merelyroleplayers
www.MerelyRoleplayers.com
13 min - Monumental Exit, Act 2
Everything’s ready for Bilbo’s swansong at the Beanstalk, but one roadie’s vendetta against the venue owner threatens to stain his perfect farewell.
Programme notes
This production contains lewd and possibly blasphemous imagery, drug use, fire, and death.
On 27 October, it’s five years since we released our first episode! Say congrats on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr or Youtube!
Monumental Exit’s Mike Sherpa, Alexander Pankhurst, comperes Top and Bottom Comedy on 2 and 23 November at the Book Club, London. See 10 up and coming comedians in one evening for £3.
Our promo this episode is for Adventurers Anonymous, a Dungeons & Dragons actual play where six players drink cocktails and seek a glorious death. Check it out if if you like your plot lines thin and crispy, and your language to be saltier than a sailor's beard.
Credits
STARRING:
Josh Yard as Bilbo Biltong
Natalie Winter as Sue Sherpa
Alexander Pankhurst as Mike Sherpa
Matt Boothman as Gregg Nevin
ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Fiasco (classic edition) by Jason Morningstar, published by Bully Pulpit Games
MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst
EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman
Find us
On Twitter @MerelyRoleplay
On Instagram @MerelyRoleplayers
On Tumblr @merelyroleplayers
www.MerelyRoleplayers.com
48 min - Jam session (Monumental Exit Backstage)
The cast of Monumental Exit jam on the Fiasco playset ‘When the Music Stopped’ until they find their characters.
Programme notes
This production contains lewd and possibly blasphemous imagery, fire, and death.
Our promo this episode is for Re: Dracula, a bite-sized audio adaptation of the horror classic Dracula. Re: Dracula is currently crowdfunding, and they need your help to reach their goal!
Credits
STARRING:
Josh Yard as Bilbo Biltong
Natalie Winter as Sue Sherpa
Alexander Pankhurst as Mike Sherpa
Matt Boothman as Gregg Nevin
ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Fiasco (classic edition) by Jason Morningstar, published by Bully Pulpit Games
MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst
EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman
Find us
On Twitter @MerelyRoleplay
On Instagram @MerelyRoleplayers
On Tumblr @merelyroleplayers
www.MerelyRoleplayers.com
49 min - Monumental Exit, Act 1
After 67 years, Bilbo Biltong’s quitting the band. Somewhere out there is a star worthy of stepping into his well worn shoes - but where?
Programme notes
This production contains lewd and possibly blasphemous imagery, fire, and death.
Marta da Silva (The First Nova, The Lost Andromeda Ward Christmas Special) is appearing in Port Saga, the first scripted Vampire: The Masquerade audio drama, currently in its second season. Shocked by his sire’s murder, young vampire Titus Reed returns to the city of his embrace only to discover an old friend has confessed to the crime.
Our promo this episode is for Re: Dracula, a bite-sized audio adaptation of the horror classic Dracula. Re: Dracula is currently crowdfunding, and they need your help to reach their goal!
Credits
STARRING:
Josh Yard as Bilbo Biltong
Natalie Winter as Sue Sherpa
Alexander Pankhurst as Mike Sherpa
Matt Boothman as Gregg Nevin
ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Fiasco (classic edition) by Jason Morningstar, published by Bully Pulpit Games
MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst
EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman
Find us
On Twitter @MerelyRoleplay
On Instagram @MerelyRoleplayers
On Tumblr @merelyroleplayers
www.MerelyRoleplayers.com
55 min - Disbanding (Vigil Backstage)
We look back at Vigil: Quarry. Did we truly stop the danger or just put it off until later?
Programme notes
This production contains blood, gore, and references to childhood trauma.
Our promo this episode is for Realms of Peril & Glory. Journey through hilarious galaxies, adventure-filled worlds and mysterious continents! Experience thrilling tales weaved at the table using a variety of roleplaying game systems, by a rotating panel of Game Masters and Players! www.lightandtragic.com/Merely
Dramatis personae and other definitions
Cameron Jarvis: An intense young man, obsessed with monster hunting since his parents and sister were killed by ghouls while camping outside Sherrydown.
Melody: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since.
Brier: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest.
Renko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.
Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.
Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.
Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.
Credits
COMPERE: Matt Boothman
STARRING:
Christopher Starkey as Cameron Jarvis, the Wronged
Helen Stratton as Melody, the Constructed
Strat as Brier, the Monstrous
Vikki as Renko, the Flake
ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands
MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst
SOUND DESIGN BY: Helen Stratton
EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman
Find us
On Twitter @MerelyRoleplay
On Instagram @MerelyRoleplayers
On Tumblr @merelyroleplayers
www.MerelyRoleplayers.com
30 min - Vigil: Quarry, Act 4
Quarry, Act Four of Four: In which the Hunt is at bay; a hound bites its master; and a mentor has nothing more to teach.
Programme notes
This production contains blood, gore, and references to childhood trauma.
If you enjoy Vigil, you should check out the Sherrydown Enquirer, a Monster of the Week mystery scenario and Sherrydown lore zine. Each issue contains a mystery for use with the roleplaying game Monster of the Week by Michael Sands, for the roleplayers among you; and some juicy history and information about the Sherrydown setting, for fans of Vigil. Buy every issue at https://merelymatt.itch.io
Come to the first Interactive Soup at Theatre Deli Leadenhall, London on Tuesday 4 October. Tickets are £5 and include homemade soup and a vote. Five people pitch ideas, and the pitch with the most votes gets the night’s ticket money. Pitch submissions are open until 11:59pm on 20 September, and tickets are available until they sell out.
Our promo this episode is for Play On Podcasts from Next Chapter Podcasts: epic audio adventures that reimagine Shakespeare’s timeless tales, featuring original music composition and the voices of award-winning actors. Each episode explores plays from Macbeth to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, created specifically for the podcast form by some of America’s most exciting playwrights, directors and composers, and performed by stage and screen’s best.
Dramatis personae and other definitions
Cameron Jarvis: An intense young man, obsessed with monster hunting since his parents and sister were killed by ghouls while camping outside Sherrydown.
Melody: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since.
Brier: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest.
Renko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.
Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.
Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.
Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.
Credits
COMPERE: Matt Boothman
STARRING:
Christopher Starkey as Cameron Jarvis, the Wronged
Helen Stratton as Melody, the Constructed
Strat as Brier, the Monstrous
Vikki as Renko, the Flake
ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands
MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst
SOUND DESIGN BY: Helen Stratton
EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman
Find us
On Twitter @MerelyRoleplay
On Instagram @MerelyRoleplayers
On Tumblr @merelyroleplayers
www.MerelyRoleplayers.com
49 min - Replay: Ariadne (Backstage)
Let’s go back to where this all started - with the slow-burn spookiness of Ariadne.
Programme notes
Replay is an all-new 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 be featured in a future Replay episode.
Credits
COMPERE: Josh Yard
WITH: Matt Boothman
MUSIC BY: Matt Boothman
EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Josh Yard and Matt Boothman
Find us
On Twitter @MerelyRoleplay
On Instagram @MerelyRoleplayers
On Tumblr @merelyroleplayers
www.MerelyRoleplayers.com
53 min - Vigil: Quarry, Act 3
Quarry, Act Three of Four: In which Brier plays both sides; the pull of blood works both ways; and things come to a head at Sherrydown Library.
Programme notes
This production contains blood, gore, and references to childhood trauma.
Are you involved in interactive performance in any way? Could you put a bit of cash to good use? Come to the first Interactive Soup at Theatre Deli Leadenhall, London on Tuesday 4 October. Tickets are £5 and include homemade soup and a vote. Five people pitch ideas, and the pitch with the most votes gets the night’s ticket money. Pitch submissions are open until 11:59pm on 20 September, and tickets are available until they sell out.
Our promo this episode is for Play On Podcasts from Next Chapter Podcasts: epic audio adventures that reimagine Shakespeare’s timeless tales, featuring original music composition and the voices of award-winning actors. Each episode explores plays from Macbeth to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, created specifically for the podcast form by some of America’s most exciting playwrights, directors and composers, and performed by stage and screen’s best.
Dramatis personae and other definitions
Cameron Jarvis: An intense young man, obsessed with monster hunting since his parents and sister were killed by ghouls while camping outside Sherrydown.
Melody: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since.
Brier: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest.
Renko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.
Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.
Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.
Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.
Credits
COMPERE: Matt Boothman
STARRING:
Christopher Starkey as Cameron Jarvis, the Wronged
Helen Stratton as Melody, the Constructed
Strat as Brier, the Monstrous
Vikki as Renko, the Flake
ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands
MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst
SOUND DESIGN BY: Helen Stratton
EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman
Find us
On Twitter @MerelyRoleplay
On Instagram @MerelyRoleplayers
On Tumblr @merelyroleplayers
www.MerelyRoleplayers.com
53 min
About Merely Roleplayers
From the publisher's feed
Where theatrical people play roleplaying games. Each season our players part-improvise a story in a new genre, with roleplaying game rules providing surprising twists and turns. Jump in at the start…
of any season! The story continues every other Tuesday; on the Tuesdays in between, Backstage episodes shed light on the game and storytelling mechanics behind the scenes.