Play Around and Find Out

By Matthew Melton

Four of the best friends you’ve never met play the best roleplaying games you’ve never heard of. Join Sophie Hughes, Simon Fox, Matthew Melton and Dylan Hunter as they embrace the chaos of TTRPGs, fol... more

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How many episodes does Play Around and Find Out have?

The podcast currently has 6 episodes available.

Play Around and Find Out episodes:

May 07, 2026 PAFOr The People: Dread LIVE @ Treefort Music Fest 2026!
Here for your listening pleasure is our Podfort 2026 live show as part of the Treefort Music Festival in Boise, Idaho! Sophie takes the DM reins as she guides Simon, Dylan, and special guest Jess Ellis (IG: @jessziter) through a summer camp from Hell playing Dread, a fabulous Jenga tower-based horror TTRPG as tense and wobbly as the wood block tower with which its played.

Our thanks to the festival for having us and to you for listening, and double thanks for following us @playaroundpod on all the good social medias and leaving an Apple Podcasts rate/review. We'll be back next to our current season of Blades in the Dark next ep!

CW: descriptions of horror-genre violence and adult situations

GM:
Sophie Hughes

Players:
Simon Fox
Dylan Hunter
Jess Ellis

Edited by Matthew Melton
Intro music by Thomas Newby
Album art by Erin Archambeault
Dread is designed by Epidiah Ravachol and Nathaniel Barmore and published by The Impossible Dream

...more
1h 43min
April 22, 2026 Episode 4: You Can't Walk Around With Your Own Dead Body
Having pulled off a two-for-one score, the Crooks set out to enjoy some hard-won downtime; but a loose end gets, well, loose.

Find us @playaround pod on Instagram and be a lamb and leave an Apple Podcasts review!

GM:
Sophie Hughes

Players:
Simon Fox
Dylan Hunter
Jess Ellis

Edited by Matthew Melton
Intro music by Thomas Newby
Album art by Erin Archambeault
Dread is designed by Epidiah Ravachol and Nathaniel Barmore and published by The Impossible Dream

...more
1h 13min
April 09, 2026 Episode 3: Less-Than-Ethical Leatherworking
It’s a simple plan: break into a barrister’s house through his sex dungeon. What could possibly go wrong for the Canal Street Crooks?

CW: Brief description and allusions to torture.

GM:
Sophie Hughes

Players:
Simon Fox
Dylan Hunter
Jess Ellis

Edited by Matthew Melton
Intro music by Thomas Newby
Album art by Erin Archambeault
Dread is designed by Epidiah Ravachol and Nathaniel Barmore and published by The Impossible Dream

...more
1h 5min
March 25, 2026 Episode 2: Stop It!
In the wake of the Booker job, the Canal Street Crooks get their due. Traumatized and in debt to dangerous forces, the trio plan a daring score to buy time. There’s no stopping now.

GM:
Sophie Hughes

Players:
Simon Fox
Dylan Hunter
Jess Ellis

Edited by Matthew Melton
Intro music by Thomas Newby
Album art by Erin Archambeault
Dread is designed by Epidiah Ravachol and Nathaniel Barmore and published by The Impossible Dream

...more
1h 52min
March 25, 2026 Episode 1: The Canal Street Crooks
Meet the Canal Street Crooks, an ambitious trio of thieves trying to make a name for themselves in the haunted, industrial city of Duskvol. On this first score, a simple robbery turns deadly when family history gets involved.

GM:
Sophie Hughes

Players:
Simon Fox
Dylan Hunter
Jess Ellis

Edited by Matthew Melton
Intro music by Thomas Newby
Album art by Erin Archambeault
Dread is designed by Epidiah Ravachol and Nathaniel Barmore and published by The Impossible Dream

...more
1h 47min
January 12, 2025 Coming Soon: Play Around & Find Out, an Actual Play Podcast
Coming Soon: four of the best friends you’ve never met play the best roleplaying games you’ve never heard of. The cast may not be famous — and their stories may lack dungeons and/or dragons — but this hilariously heartfelt actual-play can roll with the best of them.

Here's a teaser for our first season of PAFO, where hosts and pals Sophie Hughes, Simon Fox, Matt Melton and Dylan Hunter play Blades in the Dark, a game of scoundrels and thieves set against a steampunk backdrop. Subscribe now so you don't miss an episode and follow us @playaroundpod on Instagram and @playaroundpod.bsky.social!

GM:
Sophie Hughes

Players:
Simon Fox
Dylan Hunter
Jess Ellis

Edited by Matthew Melton
Intro music by Thomas Newby
Album art by Erin Archambeault
Dread is designed by Epidiah Ravachol and Nathaniel Barmore and published by The Impossible Dream

...more
9min

FAQs about Play Around and Find Out:

How many episodes does Play Around and Find Out have?

The podcast currently has 6 episodes available.