Merely Roleplayers
Radio Drama Podcasts
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.
Location:
London, United Kingdom
Genres:
Radio Drama Podcasts
Description:
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.
Twitter:
@MerelyRoleplay
Language:
English
Contact:
07759550810
Episodes
The Fifth Dropped Stitch
9/24/2019
Extraordinary. Powerful. Wronged.
Duration:00:27:16
Shipping the Sails (The Cloudskipper's Captain Backstage)
9/17/2019
Where else could the winds have taken us, if we'd set our sails a little different?
Duration:00:29:18
The Cloudskipper's Captain, Act Five
9/10/2019
The Cloudskipper's next voyage may be its last. And wherever it leads, it'll change its crew's lives forever.
Duration:00:41:17
Alex the Lookout (The Cloudskipper's Captain Backstage)
9/3/2019
Alex builds his role as ship's lookout. His eye sees far, but it don't always alight on the right things...
Duration:00:16:47
The Cloudskipper's Captain, Act Four
8/27/2019
The crew stirs up a hornet’s nest in Grimspire. It’s anyone’s guess who’ll make it back to sea in one piece.
Duration:00:37:17
Starkey the Deck-Rat (The Cloudskipper's Captain Backstage)
8/20/2019
Starkey builds his role as the ship's jack-of-all-trades. With the Cap'n as he is, the Cloudskipper don't float without our Starkey...
Duration:00:19:52
The Cloudskipper's Captain, Act Three
8/13/2019
Revelations aboard the Cloudskipper present the junior crew with a choice: the Captain, or treasures unknown?
Duration:00:39:59
Nat the Netmaker (The Cloudskipper's Captain Backstage)
8/6/2019
Nat builds her role as maintainer of the Cloudskipper's lightning nets. Like bottled lightning, this one is - quick to anger and full of secrets...
Duration:00:20:21
The Cloudskipper's Captain, Act Two
7/30/2019
It’s time for all hands to choose sides, as a deadly conflict erupts on the deck of the Cloudskipper.
Duration:00:45:47
Ellie the Cook (The Cloudskipper's Captain Backstage)
7/23/2019
Ellie builds her role as ship's cook. She's suspiciously well dressed under that apron, but why would a highborn lady be crewing a lightning trawler?
Duration:00:28:18
The Cloudskipper's Captain, Act One
7/16/2019
The Cloudskipper sails the sky-sea, laden with lightning. But as the junior crew soon find, that's not the most valuable cargo aboard...
Duration:00:42:21
Billy the Resistor (The Cloudskipper's Captain Backstage)
7/9/2019
Afore ye hear our tale, ye have to know something of our land, our vessel the Cloudskipper - an' our dear Cap'n Billy.
Duration:00:32:47
The Fourth Dropped Stitch
7/2/2019
When you're extraordinary, you can't help but attract hangers-on and haters.
Duration:00:24:23
The get-out (Upstaged! Backstage)
6/25/2019
Could the contest have turned out differently? Would we want that?
Duration:00:15:36
Upstaged! Act Four
6/18/2019
Nationals! Here against all the odds, can the company stick the landing?
Duration:00:56:41
Meet the judges (Upstaged! Backstage)
6/11/2019
The company introduce us to their alter egos: the judges of Upstaged!
Duration:00:12:05
Upstaged! Act Three
6/4/2019
After taking a bath in the first round, the company struggle to keep their heads above water.
Duration:01:09:29
The stakes (Upstaged! Backstage)
5/28/2019
Why would a small theatre company want a big cash prize? Silly question. Here's a better one: why can't they afford to lose?
Duration:00:14:39
Upstaged! Act Two
5/21/2019
Unsporting behaviour and technical difficulties threaten to derail the big performance.
Duration:00:41:26
What's my motivation? (Upstaged! Backstage)
5/14/2019
The company fill in their character sheets and talk about what sort of story they want to tell this season. #KeepItInCrufts
Duration:00:23:15