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.
The plan has been set, and now it's time to pull of the score against Neliao the Gardener. Will the Masked Spirits' streak of good luck continue, or is it time for things to get complicated? Ciwei ge…
Our scoundrels have their sights on a new target—The Cabbage Garden, a soup kitchen being run by a cult headed by Tonan's rival, Neliao the Gardener. Attacking a soup kitchen is a bad look, but The G…
With one score down and many more to go, the Masked Spirits take a moment to recollect themselves, and find leads for their next score. Ciwei keeps a finger on the pulse of the people. Tonan does a l…
You can't escape the Cave of Time. You can only jump from era to era, trying your best to get burned at the stake. Will Ned, Evan, and Thomas R. manage to get burned at the stake? Find out as we jour…
With their intel gathered, the Masked Spirits head to Ember Alley to pull off their first job as a full-fledged Daofei crew. This is their chance to make a reputation for themselves—what kind of repu…
In the middle ring of Ba Sing Se, behind the facade of a friendly little pet shop, a trio of Daofei scoundrels plot their rise to usurp the Earth King. They may be small now, but maybe a little extra…
A new campaign is upon us, bringing with it a new cast of characters! Meet the Masked Spirits—a burgeoning, Kyoshi-era Daofei crew preparing to take Ba Sing Se's underworld by storm. Join us as we in…
At the request of our fans, we're back with another Choose Your Own Adventure book, and this time, it's the one that started it all! Join Ned, Evan, and Thomas R. as they speak with cavemen, advanced…
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In this episode, we discuss the entirety …
Come meet the cast for our upcoming campaign, ImpTab Avatar: Blades in the Daofei! Follow the adventures of a Daofei gang in the Kyoshi era, as they work to gain notoriety and rise the ranks of Ba Si…
After a run-in with Dr. Ivo Robotnik himself in the heart of Robotropolis, it's time for Sonic to figure out how to stop the mad doctor's plans once and for all!
The book read in this episode is Soni…
Almost all the pieces have been put together. Now it's just a matter of finding Tiya, and trying to stop her before she can do any more damage than she already has. First stop: Taekhak. Amar goes hom…
The Knowledge Seekers' journey finally leads them to Yu Dao—Tiya's hometown, and location of the mysterious wok man from Amar's vision. But as they'll soon learn, delicious food isn't the only thing …
With their spooky foe defeated, our heroes can finally turn their attention to leaving the swamp, and heading to find the mysterious Wok Man who can give them some answers. But first, a stop back at …
And now for something completely different! Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books from way back in the day? We cracked into an old Sonic game book from the '90s to see if we could beat it, a…
After all this time, the Knowledge Seekers have finally reached the Banyan Grove Tree at the center of the Foggy Swamp. Time to clear their minds and seek answers about a future foggier than the air …
Rokkin has been dealt with, and now the Knowledge Seekers just need to find Washa and Vin Ni to help Keumi finish her task. But a little rest will be necessary before heading off toward the Banyan Gr…
The fight against Rokkin leads to some very unexpected revelations—not only about what's going on with Tiya, but with another very important figure from Amar's past. Je-Tsun slides around the blow. Z…
Time to confront that odious, cankerous, malefic, sweaty mobster—Rokkin Marudo! With a plan to drain the swamp, and whole tribe of swampbenders behind them to pull it off, nothing could possibly go w…
Our group has a big job to do, ousting Rokkin form the Foggy Swamp—but how will it work with the group this far out of balance? Je-Tsun organizes a pow-wow. Amar extends an olive branch. Ziah finds h…