Merely Roleplayers

The company zero in on their missing friends, in a perilous high-altitude rescue not even their unparalleled experiences could have prepared them for.

Programme notes

Our promo this episode is for What Am I Rolling, a twice monthly roleplaying game one-shot podcast and fellow member of the UK & Ireland TTRPG Podcasters community.

Season credits

STARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)

SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast’s Chris MacLennan as CANDICE

GAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engine

MUSIC BY Matt Boothman

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt Boothman

IN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre Company

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A look back at Ellie’s past appearances on Merely Roleplayers, in Ariadne, Five Stage a Rescue, A Town Called Amnesty, Let’s Get Gideon, Codename: Mosaic, Parallax Core, Parallax Converging, Upstaged! and The Cloudskipper’s Captain.

Programme notes

Our promo this episode is for Darker Days Radio, a horror-focused roleplaying game programme and fellow member of the UK & Ireland TTRPG Podcasters community.

Season credits

STARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)

SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast’s Chris MacLennan as CANDICE

GAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engine

MUSIC BY Matt Boothman

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt Boothman

IN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre Company

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To save the future, the company must learn to call on their past. Trouble is, it’s an all-or-nothing proposition - you can’t bring back the good bits without the bits that haunt you...

Programme notes

Listen to Some Treachery: A Miss McSkimming Mystery on The Blackshaw Arts Hour podcast.

Trouble at Sea: A Miss McSkimming Mystery is at the Bedford in Balham, south London on Sunday 10 May. It’s a Blackshaw Theatre Company production, written by Richard Stratton and starring Natalie Winter. Find out more here - tickets on sale soon!

Listen to seasons 1 and 2 of the Ragged Scratch podcast - and if you like what you hear, consider supporting the show on Patreon.

Our promo this episode is for Darker Days Radio, our colleagues from the UK & Ireland TTRPG Podcasters community.

Season credits

STARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)

SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast’s Chris MacLennan as CANDICE

GAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engine

MUSIC BY Matt Boothman

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt Boothman

IN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre Company

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On Facebook at Merely Roleplayers

www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

A look back at Josh’s past appearances on Merely Roleplayers, in Let’s Get Gideon and Prospero & Viola.

Programme notes

Our promo this episode is for O.M.E.N. Investigations, our unsettling colleagues from the UK & Ireland TTRPG Podcasters community.

Season credits

STARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)

SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast’s Chris MacLennan as CANDICE

GAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engine

MUSIC BY Matt Boothman

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt Boothman

IN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre Company

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www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Somehow, Blackshaw Theatre Company find themselves in all the wrong places at all the wrong times. Has someone been pulling the strings from behind the scenes?

Programme notes

Did you meet Matt and Alex at PodUK? The convention (not a conference) was organised by Rocksalt Events, and the Kaiju FM podcast collective kindly shared their space in the Podcasters’ Promenade with us.

Our promo this episode is for O.M.E.N. Investigations, our unsettling colleagues from the UK & Ireland TTRPG Podcasters community.

Season credits

STARRING Ellie Pitkin, Alex Pankhurst, Josh Yard and Dave; Chris Starkey, Chris Buxey and Chris; Helen Stratton, Ellen Gould, Natalie Winter and Strat as themselves (sort of) (various)

SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY Ellie Pitkin as Nia and The Space Jam Continuum podcast’s Chris MacLennan as CANDICE

GAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt Boothman, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engine

MUSIC BY Matt Boothman

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY Matt Boothman

IN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre Company

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www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

And the extraordinary shall inherit the world.

Credits

Ellie as Nia
Vikki as Marlowe

Created and hosted by Matt (@MerelyMJ)

In association with Blackshaw Theatre Company (www.blackshawonline.com)

Playing All Outta Bubblegum by Jeffrey Grant and Michael Sullivan

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Just tell us as clearly as you can, in your own words. What happened to you on that island?

Our promo this episode is for Brits On Bikes, our friends and fellow members of the UK & Ireland Tabletop RPG Podcasters community. There’s a sinister ritual building in Marsh Haven, and only a couple of misfit kids and their ‘Book Club’ can stop it…

Season credits

STARRING Strat, Starkey, Nat, Josh, Ellen, Vikki, Alex and Dave as themselves (sort of)

HOSTED BY Matt

GAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engine

IN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre Company (blackshawtheatre.wordpress.com)

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What else could it cost the castaways to escape the island?

Programme notes

Beam Saber is a Forged In The Dark game about the pilots of powerful machines in a war that dominates every facet of life. They are trying to do their part, then get out physically and mentally intact. There is no “winning” The War, there is only surviving it. Hopefully you can help others get out too. You can pledge on Kickstarter from Monday 2 March.

Our promo this episode is for Brits On Bikes, our friends from the UK & Ireland TTRPG Podcasters community.

Season credits

STARRING Strat, Starkey, Nat, Josh, Ellen, Vikki, Alex and Dave as themselves (sort of)

HOSTED BY Matt

GAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engine

IN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre Company (blackshawtheatre.wordpress.com)

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She planned to play it safe. In the wilderness, she’ll learn to live dangerously. Get to know Ellen as she completes her character sheet.

Our promo this episode is for Penance RPG, fellow member of the UK & Ireland Tabletop RPG Podcasters community. They play various roleplaying game systems, but always with the principle of giving the players total free rein to act as they like.

Season credits

STARRING Strat, Starkey, Nat, Josh, Ellen, Vikki, Alex and Dave as themselves (sort of)

HOSTED BY Matt

GAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engine

IN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre Company (blackshawtheatre.wordpress.com)

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The tables turn as the castaways begin to unlock the secrets of the island.

Pod UK is at Millennium Point, Birmingham, UK on 1 February 2020. We’re on tables 7 & 8 of the Podcasters’ Promenade alongside Kaiju FM. Get tickets here.

The Ragged Scratch Podcast by Ragged Foils Productions returns this February. Become a Patreon patron and subscribe to the podcast.

Our promo this episode is for Penance RPG, a fellow member of the UK & Ireland TTRPG Podcasters community.

Season credits

STARRING Strat, Starkey, Nat, Josh, Ellen, Vikki, Alex and Dave as themselves (sort of)

HOSTED BY Matt

GAME DESIGNED AND RUN BY Matt, using the Powered by the Apocalypse engine

IN ASSOCIATION WITH Blackshaw Theatre Company (blackshawtheatre.wordpress.com)

Find us

On Twitter @MerelyRoleplay

On Facebook at Merely Roleplayers