All tabletop RPGs require some improv, but what if you lean into the improv as much as possible? Join our cast of trained improvisers and tabletop enthusiasts as we switch off between short-form and long-form RPG campaigns using a whole slew of different game systems, all with an emphasis on collaborative discovery and high-quality performance.
”Short-form campaigns”, you ask? In these campaigns, we create and explore a brand-new world from scratch every month using the Fate Accelerated RPG system! When we sit down to record, nobody—not even the GM—knows who their characters are, or what the story is going to look like.
”Long-form campaigns”, you continue? These are more like the campaigns you’re probably used to, with a consistent set of characters adventuring over an extended number of sessions. Which RPG system will we play next? Who knows! We’ll just find out as we go.
Episodes release every other Wednesday. Content is non-explicit.
If your podcatcher uses seasons, here’s what appears in each season:
• S1: Fate Accelerated Campaigns
• S2: Ten Thousand Things (Avatar Legends)
• S3: Blades in the Daofei (Blades in the Dark/Avatar Legends)
• S4: Varrick World (Avatar Legends)
• S5: The Tension Builders (Bump in the Dark)
• S99: ImpTab Unpolished Episode Previews
• S100: Bonus episodes, including CYOA books, cast interviews, improv discussions, and anything else not directly related to any of the other seasons.
It's a crucially important day at Varrick World as the park prepares to welcome the Chiefs of the Water Tribes for a tour! Our heroes must impress them, or it'll cost a lot more time and money than V…
Avatar is back, baby! Join us in Republic City as we dip back into the elemental wonder of the Avatarverse.
When you're a mega-successful film and entertainment magnate like Iknik Blackstone Varrick,…
Following a trail of withered, frozen trees up in to the mountains, our investigators prepare themselves for a face-to-face confrontation with the White Witch. Drew Tape insults people. Sam Sparrowgo…
This episode is (unfortunately) not sponsored by MTN DEW® Baja Blast®.
With their prisoner in tow, our detectives head back to the precinct to get some questions answered... but a surprise interloper…
A shot rings out in the dark catacombs underneath the ruins of Cair Paravel! This started as just a turf war negotiation between the dufflepuds and the marsh-wiggles, but it seems that something cold…
Tough times have fallen in the land of Narnia. It's a world of dark alleys, smoking guns, and hard-boiled heroes. Heroes who defend what's right in the name of the great lion himself. Drew Tape uncov…
With so many different stories to choose from, where should you even start listening? Not to worry, Ned is here to help fill you in.
For a more in-depth guide, check out the written listening guide o…
Who will end up on top? Our heroes, or the spiders? Dross blings himself out. Scronch finds a new weapon. Myles organizes a beach party.
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…Be wary, traveler—in this episode, there be spiders! Big, nasty spiders. The players hated it. Anyway, what else is on this mysterious, wrecked vessel? Myles swims surprisingly well. Dross spots a tr…
A new challenger appears! Thomas has sEcReT pRoJeCtS to work on for I Cast Fireball, so Caleb will be taking over the torch from him. Scronch makes his big entrance. Myles hires a pair of hands. Dros…
Welcome to a new campaign using the delightful Mausritter RPG system! Meet a new trio of heroes who must travel across the principality of Toothydell, gathering information and resources to stop the …
Another update? Don't worry, we swear that this time around, it's actually, definitely, for sure going to be the last one, definitely for sure.
TL;DR: We'll be interspersing more long-form campaigns …
Let's talk about improv! Join Ned, Evan, and Caleb as we discuss improv questions asked by our patrons. If you have improv questions of your own, feel free to shoot them our way!
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A new challenger appears! Who's the real enemy in this book—Robotnik, Capitalism, or The Illusion of Choice? You be the judge!
The book read in this episode is Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebook 4…
We cannot escape Sonic. He is too fast. He will always find us.
In this book, bear witness to Tails getting nerfed! Bear witness to Sonic gaining a surprising new ally! Bear witness to a cool pair of…
The final book is upon us! With the party split, one group must defend Minas Tirith against the encroaching forces of Sauron, while the other must carry the ring to Mount Doom. Can these bumbling car…
On the way to Mordor, allies must be gathered, and foes must be defeated! From the halls of Rohan, to the pillar of Isengard, to the walls of Helm's Deep, can the Fellowship remain intact? Gandalf ha…
The fellowship gathers in Rivendell, which is definitely located in Lothlorien, just down the Brandywine River from the Dead Marshes. Which cartoon characters shall join our heroes in their quest? Ga…
Middle-earth is full of Cartoon Network characters now. We recognize this is an abomination, and we apologize. Courage does it for love. Rigby hambones his way through. Gandalf means Me.
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There's nowhere left for Bond to run! Except maybe into that mazelike oil rig just offshore... Dr. Manhattan shares his tragic backstory. Dr. Bobblehead drops a bomb. Jaws bites things.
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