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 Knowledge Seekers have finally reached the Foggy Swamp, but with much less excitement than they'd been hoping for. Right now, the biggest battles they need to confront are the ones inside. Amar g…
Welcome to our first patron-funded bonus episode! Join the Knowledge Seekers for this (non-canonical) beach episode following their departure from Ba Sing Se.
This episode tells a story of the charac…
A trip to the Foggy Swamp has taken an unexpected turn, and tensions run high after Je-Tsun's revelations about his history. But group infighting seems to be the last of the Knowledge Seekers' proble…
Our heroes finish some final tasks before leaving the Library and heading to the Foggy Swamp, but it seems that a discovery within the group may cause even more conflict than an entire squad of Dai L…
Rounding out the cast of Ten Thousand Things, this interview digs into Christian Randell's long history with storytelling, the generosity of the TTRPG community, the importance of having artists and …
Our heroes have just returned to the library, hoping to rest and recuperate, but an unexpected visitor has shown up—one with whom Je-Tsun seems to have a troubled past. Amar shoots for the stars. Zia…
Before our heroes can leave Ba Sing Se, they have a few questions they need answered—and fortunately, they have a couple imprisoned Dai Li agents they can interrogate! What will the group's next step…
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How does one get by in a post-apocalyptic wa…
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In this episode, we discuss Ten Thousand …
We pick up right in the middle of combat, but the tides have drastically turned! With suddenly one less ally than they started the confrontation with, will the Knowledge Seekers be able to turn thing…
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Time to catch up with what the crew has been…
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Welcome to The Obligatory Talkback! In th…
Things are rapidly coming to a head in Ba Sing Se. Je-Tsun sits across the pai sho table from Earth King Jialun as Amar and Ziah rush to join him before things turn sour. What secrets will Tiya final…
The future of ImpTab is in your hands! As much as we've loved producing both Fate and Avatar episodes every week, the limitations of life require that we cut back to only one show for now.
But with o…
Let's continue meeting the cast of Improv Tabletop! In this episode, we learn about McKenna Steel's semi-unlikely conversion to high geekery, her acting aspirations, how she's learned to trust hersel…
Our heroes continue their attempt to rejoin their paths. In the lower ring, Amar and Ziah plot their best way to sabotage the Dai Li. Meanwhile, Je-Tsun and Lobsang share a somber breakfast pie as th…
Welcome to the blasted, post-apocalyptic wasteland of the planet Earth! Optimus Prime must be in that imposing coliseum just ahead, and Megatron is surely in there too. The planet has already fallen …
Battered, muddy, and fatigued to the max, Amar and Ziah begin the long trudge back to Ba Sing Se in hopes of finding some refuge in the haunted Loongkau city block. Meanwhile, Je-Tsun has a surprisin…
With a duo of Decepticons put in their place, and a shiny, completely unsuspicious new body for their friend, our heroes infiltrate the rocket bound for Earth! But upon the rocket, dark secrets will …
While Je-Tsun sleeps quietly in the Middle Ring, awaiting the return of his allies, Amar and Ziah are in a rail car headed straight for Lake Laogai. They're one tricky duo, but are they tricky enough…