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May 02, 2021Episode #77: The Land of Eem Pt. 1
Show Notes
This week, Fiona is joined by Amy, Naomi, Callum, and El for the ‘Land of Eem’, a lighthearted fantasy adventure game designed and written by Ben Costa and James Parks.
Based on the fantasy graphic novel series ‘Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo’, the ‘Land of Eem’ is a game about adventurers exploring and discovering the remnants of a forgotten, better age.
Players take on the roles of lore-seeking travellers, fortune-seeking pioneers, and adventure-seeking heroes in a time devoid of them.
You can find out more information about ‘Land of Eem’ on the official website, join the official ‘Land of Eem’ Discord server, and download ‘Land of Eem RPG Open Beta Bundle’ on DriveThruRPG.
Timestamps
Intro: 00:00:09
Gameplay overview: 00:01:35
Pregen Characters: 00:02:56
Land of Eem oneshot starts: 00:03:56
Conflict rules: 00:46:06
Outro and credits: 00:54:48
Credits
The 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast was created, recorded, and edited by Fiona Howat.
The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat.
This episode’s players were Amy, Naomi, Callum, and El.
This episode’s RPG one-shot was the ‘Land of Eem’, a lighthearted fantasy adventure game designed and written by Ben Costa and James Parks based on the fantasy graphic novel series ‘Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo’. You can find out more information about ‘Land of Eem’ on the official website, join the official ‘Land of Eem’ Discord server, and download ‘Land of Eem RPG Open Beta Bundle’ on DriveThruRPG.
The theme music was '8-bit march' by Twin Musicom (twinmusicom.org), licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 License.
Additional music in this episode:
'8bit Dungeon Boss' by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (Source and Artist)

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59 min
April 18, 2021Episode #76: Artefact Pt. 2
Content Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Loneliness, Death, decay, emotion manipulation, and gaslighting
Show Notes
This week, Fiona is playing ‘Artefact’, a game of legendary items & transient heroes by Jack Harrison of MouseHole Press.
In ‘Artefact’, the player crafts a unique magical item and plays to find out how it changes as it passes through the hands of many different keepers.
In many classic dungeon crawl games, we follow the lives of adventurers as they overcome challenges to gain prestige and, most importantly, magical treasures. But what were those treasures doing before the adventurers came along?
You can find out more information about ‘Artefact’, and more RPGs from MouseHole Press on itch.io.
Timestamps
Content note: 00:00:00
Intro: 00:00:42
Recap and gameplay overview: 00:00:56
Keeper #4: 00:02:37
Time passes #4: 00:22:55
Shifts & Currents/Dust & Rust Table overview: 00:12:55
Act 3 - The Ruination/Keeper #5: 00:28:25
Time passes #5: 00:39:55
Keeper #6: 00:44:25
Final thoughts: 00:56:23
Outro and credits: 00:59:04
Credits
The 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast was created, recorded, and edited by Fiona Howat.
The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat.
This episode’s player was Fiona Howat.
This episode’s RPG one-shot was ‘Artefact’, a game of legendary items & transient heroes by Jack Harrison of MouseHole Press. You can find out more information about ‘Artefact’, and more RPGs from MouseHole Press on itch.io.
The theme music was '8-bit march' by Twin Musicom (twinmusicom.org), licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 License.
The additional music in this episode included:
‘Exploration Mystery (loop)’ by Potion_Audio
‘Danse Macabre - No Violin’ by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (Source and Artist)
‘Danse Macabre’ by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (Source and Artist)

If you want to find out more about the podcast, check out the 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast website: www.WAIRpodcast.com.
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1 hr 3 min
April 04, 2021Episode #75: Artefact Pt. 1
Content Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Loneliness, Death, decay, emotion manipulation, and gaslighting
Show Notes
This week, Fiona is playing ‘Artefact’, a game of legendary items & transient heroes by Jack Harrison of MouseHole Press.
In ‘Artefact’, the player crafts a unique magical item and plays to find out how it changes as it passes through the hands of many different keepers.
In many classic dungeon crawl games, we follow the lives of adventurers as they overcome challenges to gain prestige and, most importantly, magical treasures. But what were those treasures doing before the adventurers came along?
You can find out more information about ‘Artefact’, and more RPGs from MouseHole Press on itch.io.
Timestamps
Content note: 00:00:00
Intro: 00:00:42
General overview: 00:01:57
Artefact creation & Traits overview: 00:03:26
Artefact creation: 00:05:08
Gameplay overview: 00:12:55
Act 1 - Newly Forged/Keeper #1: 00:14:03
Time passes overview: 00:28:11
Time passes #1: 00:28:31
Keeper #2: 00:29:22
Time passes #2: 00:44:26
Act 2 - Time of Glory/Keeper 3: 00:44:50
Time Passes #3: 00:58:41
Outro and credits: 01:40:51
Credits
The 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast was created, recorded, and edited by Fiona Howat.
The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat.
This episode’s player was Fiona Howat.
This episode’s RPG one-shot was ‘Artefact’, a game of legendary items & transient heroes by Jack Harrison of MouseHole Press. You can find out more information about ‘Artefact’, and more RPGs from MouseHole Press on itch.io.
The theme music was '8-bit march' by Twin Musicom (twinmusicom.org), licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 License.
The additional music in this episode included:
‘Exploration Mystery (loop)’ by Potion_Audio
‘Danse Macabre - No Violin’ by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (Source and Artist)
‘Danse Macabre’ by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (Source and Artist)

If you want to find out more about the podcast, check out the 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast website: www.WAIRpodcast.com.
Fancy getting in touch? Email the podcast at [email protected].
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1 hr 3 min
March 21, 2021Episode #74: The Expanse (with special guest GM Richard from the D20 Future Show)
Show Notes
This week, Fiona is joined by David, Sam, Elle, and extra special guest GM Richard (from the D20 Future Show) for ‘The Expanse’ a tabletop RPG based on James S.A. Corey’s award-winning series of science fiction novels, published by Green Ronin.
‘The Expanse’ takes players to a far-future solar system where humanity is divided: Martians, Belters, and the people of old Earth struggle for political power and resources, but older, alien, forces are stirring in the universe. Human history is about to take an unexpected new turn.
You can find out more information about ‘The Expanse’ on the Green Ronin website and DriveThru RPG.
You can catch the D20 Future Show on Twitch every other Tuesday at 6:30 pm GMT and wherever you listen to podcasts!
Timestamps
Intro: 00:00:09
D20 Future Show Trailer: 00:01:20
Gameplay overview: 00:01:46
Oneshot starts: 00:06:03
Technical difficulties warning: 00:43:37
Outro and credits: 01:40:51
Credits
The 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast was created, recorded, and edited by Fiona Howat.
The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat.
This episode’s players were David T. Cox, Elle Wilger, Samuel Robins, and Fiona Howat.
This episode’s special guest GM was Richard Kirke from the D20 Future Show. You can catch the D20 Future Show on Twitch every other Tuesday at 6:30 pm GMT and wherever you listen to podcasts!
This episode’s RPG one-shot was ‘The Expanse’ a tabletop RPG based on James S.A. Corey’s award-winning series of science fiction novels, published by Green Ronin. You can find out more information about ‘The Expanse’ on the Green Ronin website and DriveThru RPG.
The theme music was '8-bit march' by Twin Musicom (twinmusicom.org), licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 License.
The additional music in this episode:
‘Light Expanse’ by Unicorn Heads.

If you want to find out more about the podcast, check out the 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast website: www.WAIRpodcast.com.
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1 hr 45 min
March 07, 2021Episode #73: below Pt. 2
Content Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Loneliness, depression, being lost, and animal suffering
Show Notes
This week, Fiona is playing ‘below’, a 10 day solo journaling game by Doug Levandowski. In ‘below’, you play a character who gets lost in an unfamiliar world and attempts to find their way back. As each day passes, the character reflects on what has happened to them and how they plan to get home.
Timestamps
Content note: 00:00:00
Intro: 00:00:46
Recap and gameplay overview: 00:01:46
One-shot restarts and Day 6: 00:03:12
Day 7: 00:12:17
Day 8: 00:20:52
Day 9: 00:29:03
Day 10: 00:39:11
Outro and credits: 00:48:45
Credits
The 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast was created, recorded, and edited by Fiona Howat.
The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat.
This episode’s player was Fiona Howat.
This episode’s RPG one-shot was ‘below’, a 10 day solo journaling game by Doug Levandowski. You can find out more information about ‘below’, and buy other Doug Levandowski games on itch.io.
The theme music was '8-bit march' by Twin Musicom (twinmusicom.org), licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 License.
Additional music in this episode:
‘Lost in the Forest’ by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions
‘Melancholia’ by Godmode.

If you want to find out more about the podcast, check out the 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast website: www.WAIRpodcast.com.
Fancy getting in touch? Email the podcast at [email protected].
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53 min
February 21, 2021Episode #72: below Pt. 1
Content Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Loneliness, depression, being lost, and animal suffering
Show Notes
This week, Fiona is playing ‘below’, a 10 day solo journaling game by Doug Levandowski. In ‘below’, you play a character who gets lost in an unfamiliar world and attempts to find their way back. As each day passes, the character reflects on what has happened to them and how they plan to get home.
Timestamps
Content note: 00:00:00
Intro: 00:00:46
Gameplay overview: 00:01:46
One-shot starts: 00:03:13
Day 0: 00:06:05
Day 1: 00:22:38
Day 2: 00:36:36
Day 3: 00:46:53
Day 4: 01:00:32
Day 5: 01:09:46
Outro and credits: 01:20:49
Credits
The 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast was created, recorded, and edited by Fiona Howat.
The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat.
This episode’s player was Fiona Howat.
This episode’s RPG one-shot was ‘below’, a 10 day solo journaling game by Doug Levandowski. You can find out more information about ‘below’, and buy other Doug Levandowski games on itch.io.
The theme music was '8-bit march' by Twin Musicom (twinmusicom.org), licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 License.
Additional music in this episode:
‘Lost in the Forest’ by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions
‘Melancholia’ by Godmode.

If you want to find out more about the podcast, check out the 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast website: www.WAIRpodcast.com.
Fancy getting in touch? Email the podcast at [email protected].
Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram (@WAIR_Podcast) for the latest news on episodes.
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1 hr 25 min
February 07, 2021Episode #71: Thousand Year Old Vampire Pt. 2
Content Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Characters being injured, victimised, trapped or killed, drug abuse and/or self harm, illness, debilitation, body horror, memory loss, or altering memories.
Show Notes
This week, Fiona is playing ‘Thousand Year Old Vampire’, 3-time Ennie award lonely solo RPG by Tim Hutchings.
In ‘Thousand Year Old Vampire’, you chronicle the unlife of a vampire over the many centuries of their existence, beginning with the loss of mortality and ending with their inevitable destruction.
Note that Part 1 of this one-shot was streamed live as part of the Podcast Zone at Dragonmeet in late 2020.
This episode’s audio from taken from that live show and you can watch the original unedited stream on the WAIR YouTube channel.
Timestamps
Content note: 00:00:00
Intro: 00:01:15
Recap and gameplay overview: 00:02:17
One-shot restarts: 00:05:38
Outro and credits: 01:01:34
Credits
The 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast was created, recorded, and edited by Fiona Howat.
The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat.
This episode’s player was Fiona Howat.
This episode’s RPG one-shot was ‘Thousand Year Old Vampire’, a solo lonely RPG by Tim Hutchings. You can find out more information about ‘Thousand Year Old Vampire’ and Tim Hutching’s other work on the official TYOV website.
The theme music was '8-bit march' by Twin Musicom (twinmusicom.org), licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 License.
Additional music in this episode:
‘Undercover Vampire Policeman’ by Chris Zabriskie, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. (Source & Artist)

If you want to find out more about the podcast, check out the 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast website: www.WAIRpodcast.com.
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1 hr 6 min
January 24, 2021Episode #70: Thousand Year Old Vampire Pt. 1 (Livestream at Dragonmeet)
Content Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Characters being injured, victimised, trapped or killed, drug abuse and/or self harm, illness, debilitation, body horror, memory loss, or altering memories
Show Notes
This week, Fiona is playing ‘Thousand Year Old Vampire’, 3-time Ennie award lonely solo RPG by Tim Hutchings.
In ‘Thousand Year Old Vampire’, you chronicle the unlife of a vampire over the many centuries of their existence, beginning with the loss of mortality and ending with their inevitable destruction.
Note that part 1 of this one-shot was streamed live as part of the Podcast Zone at Dragonmeet in late 2020.
This episode’s audio from taken from that live show and you can watch the original unedited stream on the WAIR YouTube channel.
Timestamps
Content note: 00:00:00
Intro: 00:01:15
Gameplay overview: 00:02:18
One-shot starts: 00:03:33
Outro and credits: 01:49:31
Credits
The 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast was created, recorded, and edited by Fiona Howat.
The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat.
This episode’s player was Fiona Howat.
This episode’s RPG one-shot was ‘Thousand Year Old Vampire’, a solo lonely RPG by Tim Hutchings. You can find out more information about ‘Thousand Year Old Vampire’ and Tim Hutching’s other work on the official TYOV website.
The theme music was '8-bit march' by Twin Musicom (twinmusicom.org), licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 License.
Additional music in this episode:
‘Undercover Vampire Policeman’ by Chris Zabriskie, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. (Source & Artist)

If you want to find out more about the podcast, check out the 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast website: www.WAIRpodcast.com.
Fancy getting in touch? Email the podcast at [email protected].
Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram (@WAIR_Podcast) for the latest news on episodes.
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1 hr 54 min
January 10, 2021Bonus: Q&A with Mikey Hamm of Slugblaster
Show Notes
To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews Mikey Hamm, writer and game designer of ‘Slugblaster’, an upcoming tabletop RPG about small-town teenage hoverboarders who sneak into other dimensions.
You can find out more about ‘Slugblaster’ and join the discord server on their official website.
Timestamps
Intro: 00:00:10
Q&A start: 00:01:26
Outro: 00:57:04
Mikey Hamm’s work & recommendations
Mikey Hamm’s official website
Mikey’s Twitter (@mikeymaybe)
Slugblaster official website
Slugblaster Kickstarter campaign
Slugblaster discord
Fiasco
Night’s Black Agents
Fear Itself
Fog of Love

Credits
The 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast was created, recorded and edited by Fiona Howat.
The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat.
Q&A guest was Mikey Hamm, writer and game designer of ‘Slugblaster’, an upcoming tabletop RPG about small-town teenage hoverboarders who sneak into other dimensions.
The additional music in this episode was 'Aimless Amos' by Rondo Brothers.
If you want to find out more about the podcast, check out the 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast website: www.WAIRpodcast.com.
Fancy getting in touch? Email the podcast at [email protected].
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1 hr 1 min
December 31, 2020Bonus: 'Dungeons with Flagons!' - BARPIG Live Game at UK Games Virtual Expo
Show Notes
For our last episode of 2020, we present ‘Dragons with Flagons!’ - our BARPIG Live D&D Game from this year’s UK Games Virtual Expo, courtesy of BARPIG & Coaching for Geeks.
This bonus episode is the audio taken from the stream, where the players used character sheets based on BARPIG characters! You can watch the original video and more BARPIG content on their YouTube channel.
You can find out more about the special BARPIG themed rules on the BARPIG’s website.
BARPIG is a hilarious competitive card-based party game with social group activities and take-that elements, and a dice to determine turn.
Inspired by games like Munchkin, Exploding Kittens, and Ring of Fire, BARPIG joins these greats as the pig-fect way to liven up any party. Centred on a party of adventuring pigs challenging each other in a medieval tavern, BARPIG combines uncanny levels of wit and humour with novel game mechanics that continuously engage all players throughout the game.
Find out more about BARPIG and buy your own copy on their website.
Find out more info about Coaching For Geeks on their website.
Timestamps
Intro: 00:00:09
Game overview: 00:00:43
One-shot start: 00:02:21
Credits: 01:01:22
Credits
The ‘What Am I Rolling?’ podcast was created, recorded, and edited by Fiona Howat.
This episode’s players were folks from BARPIG & Coaching for Geeks. Find out more about BARPIG - the adventure card game and buy your own copy on their website. Find out more info about Coaching for Geeks on their website.
This episode’s game was ‘Dungeons with Flagons’, a D&D mini-adventure with a BARPIG Twist. You can find more information about the BARPIG themed rules used on their website.
The theme music was '8-bit march' by Twin Musicom (twinmusicom.org), licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 License.
Additional music in this episode:
‘Epic Battle Speech’ by Wayne Jones.

If you want to find out more about the podcast, check out the 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast website: www.WAIRpodcast.com.
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1 hr 6 min