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PbtA RPG Episodes

Episode List

PbtA RPG Episodes

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Feb 12th, 2025

Curated by mrmatthew

A collection of actual play and discussion episodes featuring Powered by the Apocalypse game systems.

Episodes

	Episode	Description	Date Aired	Reach	Contacts			Categories	Hosts	Episode Guests	Length	Curator's Notes		Expand
Actual Play
	The Adventure Zone The Adventure Zone: Amnesty - Episode 1	"Our heroes begin a fateful day in the unassuming, rural ski town of Kepler, We...	January 12, 2018					Fiction Games Comedy Hobbies	Travis McElroy Griffin McElroy Clint McElroy	--	1:06:12s	The prominent McElroy family takes their popular actual play series into the world of Monster of the Week. Griffin guides his brothers and father through the West Virginia town of Kepler as they learn the truth of monsters infiltrating our worl

	One Shot 292. Pasión de las Pasiones Part 1	"We set up the ultimate telenovela! Masked wrestlers, evil twins, math ladies i...	January 28, 2019					Games Comedy	James D'Amato	Brandon Leon-Gambetta	56:03s	I had the privilege of talking with Brandon Leon-Gambetta about his upcoming telenovela game Pasión de las Pasiones and I'm pumped for it. You can check it out in action on the One Shot network as they get into their February month of passion.

	Tabled Hearts Tabled Hearts: Episode 1	"Welcome to Port TalulahFrom the crew at Off the Table, we bring you a Monsterh...	September 15, 2018					Comedy	--	--	53:18s	The Off the Table players' storytelling prowess is evident in this actual play of Monsterhearts 2. Covering the messy lives of teen monsters, the show focuses on the ebb and flow of personal relationships to tell a compelling story.

	Friends at the Table Winter in Hieron 01: An Arrow Let Loose	"In the early days of the New Archives, the philosopher and historian Krent Kav...	November 18, 2016					Fiction Games	Sylvia Clare austin walker	--	1:39:49s	Friends at the Table was my first experience with PbtA games in Dungeon World and is still one of my favorite podcasts. Austin is a profound GM and the structure of having two distinct parties whose stories intertwine throughout seasons is comp

Discussion
	+1 Forward PbtA and Settings	"Rich and Rach discuss Apocalypse Engine Games and defined settings. Most PbtA ...	December 24, 2018					Games Hobbies Other Games	Rachel Spigel	--	42:01s	+1 Forward is one of the premier PbtA-focused discussion podcasts, interviewing game designers and discussing mechanics from a wide assortment of systems. Listeners can pick and choose episodes to dig into systems they're interested in but this

	Modifier 65. Turn with Brie Sheldon	"Brie Sheldon returns to talk about Turn, their game about shapeshifters in a s...	November 16, 2018					Society Culture	--	--	59:57s	Meghan Dornbrock of Modifier sits down with game creator Brie Sheldon to discuss Turn, a deconstructive approach to PbtA design focusing on teenage shape shifters in small towns. This system is a great example of how much variety you can find i

	Stop, Hack, and Roll Podcast The Basic Basics and True Genre	"Episode 56 - The Basic Basics and True Genre In this episode Brandon and Jame...	August 7, 2018					--	James Malloy Brandon Leon-Gambetta	--	1:02:47s	Stop, Hack, and Roll is a great show for anyone interested in tabletop RPG game design and in this episode, the hosts discuss their preferred approach to creating a PbtA system. If you aspire to create your own system or just want a peek under

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