Narrative Damage

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Welcome to Doskvol, where the sun has been shattered and the city is shrouded in mist and soot. Giant lightning towers keep out the spirits of the dead as most of the people in the city struggle to makes ends meet.

While the nobles of the Imperium claim to run the city, the real power lies with the many gangs of Doskvol, different factions vying to seize control. Newest among them is a small group calling themselves The Haunts; 4 desperate scoundrels who have decided to make their own bid for power...

Cast:

C.L. Clark (author of The Unbroken and Fortune's Wake) as Vey Basran

David Goodman (author of A Reluctant Spy and Solitary Agents) as Weaver Dalmore

Claire Schultz (author of Even Your Bones Would Do) as Mara Keel

Rafael Torrubia (author of The Shipwright and The Shroudweaver) as Nev Twist

With Marco Rinaldi as Game Master

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome to Doskvol

01:57 Opening Credits

03:43 Intro and player intros

06:35 The story begins...

Narrative Damage is the TTRPG show that asks authors to put down their pens, pick up the dice and tell stories together. Check out our other actual plays in a variety of systems on the channel now, along with interviews with creators from the TTRPG world.

This work is based on Blades in the Dark (found at http://www.bladesinthedark.com/), product of One Seven Design, developed and authored by John Harper, and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Music by Monument Studios.

Detailed maps of Doskvol used with permission of Tim Denee of Old Dog Games - buy them here

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In this special crossover episode with our sister podcast, Page One - The Writer's Podcast, we chat with the brilliant Jon Gracey!

Jon is a writer, actor, producer, games designer and much more! Host of the hugely popular Blood on the Clocktower live, Jon also designs board games and appears regularly on No Rolls Barred as well as other gaming channels playing both board games and roleplaying games. His debut novel will be set in the world of Blood on the Clocktower.

We loved chatting to Jon in the studio, hearing how he first got into sketch comedy before moving into the world of games. We talk about how to craft a good sketch show, hear why Blood on the Clocktower live has been such a huge success, and chat about why he wanted to write a novel set in that world. We also discuss the narrative power of both video games and TTRPGs, and how that storytelling differs from other mediums.

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Watch the Jon Parkin video that Jon talks about in the episode

Narrative Damage is the TTRPG podcast that asks authors to put down their pens, pick up the dice and tell stories together. Watch or listen to our actual plays with authors as the players on our YouTube or listen on your favourite app!

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Tim Denee is a graphic designer and TTRPG creator who has created resources for games such as Blades in the Dark, as well as developing his own games such as Deathmatch Island, Odyssey Aquatica and, most recently, the Blades in the Dark supplement, Blades '68, which takes the world of Blades 100 years into the future into the swinging 60s.

We had great fun chatting with Tim, hearing about how he first got into TTRPGs and then how he began designing for them. We chat about what makes games like Blades so different from more traditional TTRPGs like D&D, and discuss why he wanted to write the Blades '68 supplement which is now available. Plus, we chat about what games he's been playing, and what he is looking forward to working on next.

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Buy Tim's incredible maps of Doskvol

Narrative Damage is the TTRPG podcast that asks authors to put down their pens, pick up the dice and tell stories together. Watch or listen to our actual plays with authors as the players on our YouTube or listen on your favourite app!

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Emily C. Friedman teaches courses on British literature, book history, games, and playful media. Trained as a book historian, narratologist, and digital humanist, her work examines the history of cultural production outside of commercial mass media from the eighteenth century to today, from never-published manuscript fiction to analog games. Now one of the senior scholars and public intellectuals in the field of "Actual Play," a new media form where roleplaying games are performed for audiences, her research on the topic has appeared in multiple academic books and journals, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and the game media site Polygon. Her next book, The Actual History of Actual Play, is forthcoming from MIT Press (2028), and she is at work on a book on the comic and roleplaying game DIE for University of Michigan Press, a multiauthored critical companion to major Actual Play Dimension 20, and future work on microcelebrity and "nerd fame".

We loved speaking with Emily about her work, learning about the study of unpublished manuscripts, and how she first got into studying actual play. We talk about the amazing rise of this new form of entertainment (though it goes back further than you may think), hear about the teething difficulties of Critical Role, and much more!

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Pre-order Emily's book, The Actual History of Actual Play

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We break down our recent actual of Delta Green's From The Dust and get the Handler and players' views on what went wrong, what went right, and what we added and missed from the scenario as written.,

Narrative Damage is a TTRPG podcast that asks authors to put down their pens, pick up the dice and tell stories together.

Cast:

Benedict Anning, author of Atomic Coffin - Agent Meridian

Tariq Ashkanani, author of The Hollow Boys - Agent Midnight

Nicholas Binge, author of Abyss - Agent Mercator

David Goodman, Author of Solitary Agents - Agent Myriad

With Marco Rinaldi as The Handler

Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are © Narrative Damage excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.

"From The Dust" written by Dennis Detwiller and published by Arc Dream Publishing.

Opening Credits music - The Legacy of Hades by Jok'a'Face (Code: VRTXXQOXR8HQPELK)

Background music - Monument Studios

00:00 Intro

00:20 Opening credits

02:05 Debrief begins

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New York, 1993. In the final part of our Delta Green adventure, the Agents have a name to follow and it seems to lead back to Unit 35 and the mysterious door. But what will they find on the other side? And will they ever return?

Narrative Damage is a TTRPG podcast that asks authors to put down their pens, pick up the dice and tell stories together.

Cast:

Benedict Anning, author of Atomic Coffin - Agent Meridian

Tariq Ashkanani, author of The Hollow Boys - Agent Midnight

Nicholas Binge, author of Abyss - Agent Mercator

David Goodman, Author of Solitary Agents - Agent Myriad

With Marco Rinaldi as The Handler

Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are © Narrative Damage excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.

"From The Dust" written by Dennis Detwiller and published by Arc Dream Publishing.

Opening Credits music - The Legacy of Hades by Jok'a'Face (Code: VRTXXQOXR8HQPELK)

Background music - Monument Studios

Chapters

00:00 Start

00:35 Previously on From The Dust

02:41 Opening credits

04:26 Player introductions and recap

05:51 The investigation concludes...

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New York, 1993. Agents Mercator and Meridian choose to surveil the Gerritsen Mansion at night, but find more than they bargained for, while Agents Myriad and Midnight's investigations turn up even more disturbing leads. Just what happened in Red Hook? And is the truth better left buried?

Narrative Damage is a TTRPG podcast that asks authors to put down their pens, pick up the dice and tell stories together.

Cast:

Benedict Anning, author of Atomic Coffin - Agent Meridian

Tariq Ashkanani, author of The Hollow Boys - Agent Midnight

Nicholas Binge, author of Abyss - Agent Mercator

David Goodman, Author of Solitary Agents - Agent Myriad

With Marco Rinaldi as The Handler

Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are © Narrative Damage excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.

"From The Dust" written by Dennis Detwiller and published by Arc Dream Publishing.

Opening Credits music - The Legacy of Hades by Jok'a'Face (Code: VRTXXQOXR8HQPELK)

Background music - Monument Studios

Chapters

00:00 Start

00:35 Previously on From The Dust

02:56 Opening credits

04:41 Player introductions and recap

07:38 The investigation continues...

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New York, 1993. Our four mismatched agents begin to investigate the mansion that Delta Green believes is linked to the disappearances of three young children. What they start to uncover is both troubling and unsettling. Can they find out the truth before it begins to eat away at their own lives?

Narrative Damage is a TTRPG podcast that asks authors to put down their pens, pick up the dice and tell stories together.

Cast:

Benedict Anning, author of Atomic Coffin - Agent Meridian

Tariq Ashkanani, author of The Hollow Boys - Agent Midnight

Nicholas Binge, author of Abyss - Agent Mercator

David Goodman, Author of Solitary Agents - Agent Myriad

With Marco Rinaldi as The Handler

Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are © Narrative Damage excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.

"From The Dust" written by Dennis Detwiller and published by Arc Dream Publishing.

Opening Credits music - The Legacy of Hades by Jok'a'Face (Code: VRTXXQOXR8HQPELK)

Background music - Monument Studios

Chapters

00:00 Start

00:35 Previously on From The Dust

02:40 Opening credits

04:30 Player introductions and chat

06:40 The investigation continues...

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New York, 1993. In the sweltering heat of late summer, four mismatched operatives are activated by Delta Green to take part in Operation Blister II. Three young children have gone missing and Delta Green believe it is linked to an old mansion in the Red Hook area of the city. Will our agents find out what happened before the Unnatural threat strikes again?

Narrative Damage is a TTRPG podcast that asks authors to put down their pens, pick up the dice and tell stories together.

Cast:

Benedict Anning, author of Atomic Coffin - Agent Meridian

Tariq Ashkanani, author of The Hollow Boys - Agent Midnight

Nicholas Binge, author of Abyss - Agent Mercator

David Goodman, Author of Solitary Agents - Agent Myriad

With Marco Rinaldi as The Handler

Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are © Narrative Damage excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.

"From The Dust" written by Dennis Detwiller and published by Arc Dream Publishing.

Opening Credits music - The Legacy of Hades by Jok'a'Face (Code: VRTXXQOXR8HQPELK)

Background music - Monument Studios

Chapters

00:00 Start

00:35 Intro

02:30 Opening credits

04:16 Player introductions and chat

06:57 The investigation begins...

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Welcome to Damage Assessment - our look back at our actual plays, where we breakdown the scenario, talk about what went well, what could've gone better, and what might help you run the same scenario at your table.

Under A Yellow Moon is a scenario we wrote especially for our live actual play at Cymera Festival in Edinburgh. Set in 1892 Edinburgh, our investigators must solve the murder of a visiting professor from Miskatonic University and track down the mysterious manuscript she brought with her before they go insane...

Watch or listen to our playthrough now and then head back here to hear all about how our players leant into the madness, and listen as we talk about what we might do differently if we were to run the scenario again.

This scenario will also soon be available on Miskatonic Repository so that you can download and play it for yourself! Keep an eye on our social media and these show notes for the link!

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