Merely Roleplayers
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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 307
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Helen, A Retrospective (Deja Vu Backstage)
A look back at Helen’s past appearances on Merely Roleplayers, in A Town Called Amnesty and Codename: Mosaic.
PROGRAMME NOTES
Impulse Drive by Adrian Thoen, the space opera roleplaying game we used …
00:18:57 |
Tue 14 Jul 2020
Deja Vu, Act Ten
The ensemble attempt to form allegiances with old enemies, but are everyone’s motives exactly what they seem?
PROGRAMME NOTES
The Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre have come up with a plan to…
00:38:04 |
Tue 07 Jul 2020
Ellen, A Retrospective (Deja Vu Backstage)
A look back at Ellen’s past appearances on Merely Roleplayers, in Upstaged! and Prospero & Viola.
PROGRAMME NOTES
Our promo this episode is for Penance RPG, a fellow member of the UK & Ireland TTRPG…
00:11:03 |
Tue 30 Jun 2020
Deja Vu, Act Nine
The ensemble are reunited and ready to save reality, but they’ll need to try out a few different boats to find one that’s suitable for their final voyage.
PROGRAMME NOTES
Black Lives Matter protests…
00:37:15 |
Tue 23 Jun 2020
Nat, A Retrospective (Deja Vu Backstage)
A look back at Nat’s past appearances on Merely Roleplayers, in Upstaged!, The Cloudskipper’s Captain and Prospero & Viola.
PROGRAMME NOTES
Our promo this episode is for The GM & Me, a duet play pod…
00:15:27 |
Tue 16 Jun 2020
Deja Vu, Act Eight
The third ensemble have been waiting in the wings. Now that they’ve finally made their entrance, they must bring themselves back to reality to have any hope of saving it.
PROGRAMME NOTES
Bundle for …
00:36:23 |
Tue 09 Jun 2020
Vikki, A Retrospective (Deja Vu Backstage)
A look back at Vikki’s past appearances on Merely Roleplayers, in Ariadne, Five Stage a Rescue, Codename: Mosaic, Parallax Converging, Parallax Inverted and Prospero & Viola.
PROGRAMME NOTES
Our pro…
00:11:01 |
Tue 02 Jun 2020
Deja Vu, Act Seven
The company seek an audience with a higher power. The fate of everything they’ve ever known rests on their performance. And one of them’s let a heckler in…
PROGRAMME NOTES
PodUK Goes Digital is happ…
00:50:06 |
Tue 26 May 2020
Starkey, A Retrospective (Deja Vu Backstage)
A look back at Starkey’s past appearances on Merely Roleplayers, in Five Stage a Rescue, Parallax Inverted, The Cloudskipper’s Captain and Prospero & Viola.
PROGRAMME NOTES
Our promo this episode is…
00:15:47 |
Tue 19 May 2020
Deja Vu, Act Six
When the curtain closes, will the company be left to watch the world unravel, or in a position to weave something new?
PROGRAMME NOTES
Check out Blackshaw Theatre Company’s audio drama productions a…
00:43:21 |
Tue 12 May 2020
Chris, A Retrospective (Deja Vu Backstage)
A look back at Chris’s previous appearance on Merely Roleplayers, in Let’s Get Gideon.
PROGRAMME NOTES
Our promo this episode is for The Space Jam Continuum, with past player and compere Chris MacLe…
00:13:46 |
Tue 05 May 2020
Deja Vu, Act Five
The curtain is open. On the other side, an audience awaits with the ones who wrecked the world. But from the moment their pods land, the new ensemble faces fierce competition.
PROGRAMME NOTES
Check …
00:49:16 |
Tue 28 Apr 2020
Dave, A Retrospective (Deja Vu Backstage)
A look back at Dave’s past appearances on Merely Roleplayers, in Five Go Adventuring, Crash Bang Wallop What a Heist, Parallax Core, Parallax Converging and The Survival Island. That’s definitely wha…
00:14:23 |
Tue 21 Apr 2020
Deja Vu, Act Four
Embattled and desperate aboard the Air Errol, the company race to send their friends on to safety.
PROGRAMME NOTES
Watch the National Theatre’s production of Jane Eyre on Youtube until Thursday 16 A…
00:43:37 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
Alex, A Retrospective (Deja Vu Backstage)
A look back at Alex’s past appearances on Merely Roleplayers, in Ariadne, A Town Called Amnesty, Parallax Converging, The Cloudskipper’s Captain and Prospero & Viola.
PROGRAMME NOTES
Our promo this …
00:15:23 |
Tue 07 Apr 2020
Deja Vu, Act Three
The company zero in on their missing friends, in a perilous high-altitude rescue not even their unparalleled experiences could have prepared them for.
PROGRAMME NOTES
Our promo this episode is for W…
00:38:19 |
Tue 31 Mar 2020
Ellie, A Retrospective (Deja Vu Backstage)
A look back at Ellie’s past appearances on Merely Roleplayers, in Ariadne, Five Stage a Rescue, A Town Called Amnesty, Let’s Get Gideon, Codename: Mosaic, Parallax Core, Parallax Converging, Upstaged…
00:23:04 |
Tue 24 Mar 2020
Deja Vu, Act Two
To save the future, the company must learn to call on their past. Trouble is, it’s an all-or-nothing proposition - you can’t bring back the good bits without the bits that haunt you...
PROGRAMME NOT…
00:41:08 |
Tue 17 Mar 2020
Josh, A Retrospective (Deja Vu Backstage)
A look back at Josh’s past appearances on Merely Roleplayers, in Let’s Get Gideon and Prospero & Viola.
PROGRAMME NOTES
Our promo this episode is for O.M.E.N. Investigations, our unsettling colleagu…
00:15:53 |
Tue 10 Mar 2020
Deja Vu, Act One
Somehow, Blackshaw Theatre Company find themselves in all the wrong places at all the wrong times. Has someone been pulling the strings from behind the scenes?
PROGRAMME NOTES
Did you meet Matt and …
00:40:37 |
Tue 03 Mar 2020
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