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
Upstaged! Act Two
Unsporting behaviour and technical difficulties threaten to derail the big performance.
00:41:26 |
Tue 21 May 2019
What's my motivation? (Upstaged! Backstage)
The company fill in their character sheets and talk about what sort of story they want to tell this season. #KeepItInCrufts
00:23:15 |
Tue 14 May 2019
Upstaged! Act One
The company enter a nationwide theatre competition. If they lose, so do all the local schoolchildren!
00:48:26 |
Tue 07 May 2019
The Third Dropped Stitch
Don't worry, it's all supposed to be all right this time.
00:23:22 |
Tue 30 Apr 2019
Back Down to Earth (Parallax Inverted Backstage)
Did it all turn out as prophesied?
00:22:49 |
Tue 23 Apr 2019
Parallax Inverted, Act Five
The crew of the Bad Moon Rising contemplate a leap of faith.
00:29:15 |
Tue 16 Apr 2019
Stratos the Mystic (Parallax Inverted Backstage)
Strat chooses his character options and designs Mystic Weapons for himself and his mentor.
00:14:03 |
Tue 09 Apr 2019
Parallax Inverted, Act Four
Matt and his mystic advisors play good negotiator, bad negotiator with the crew of the Slow Loris.
00:31:13 |
Tue 02 Apr 2019
Matt the Hound (Parallax Inverted Backstage)
Matt chooses his character options and puts his good name in Star-Key's hands.
00:15:02 |
Tue 26 Mar 2019
Parallax Inverted, Act Three
Vikki's theory puts the crew in a spin. Best hope no one nefarious takes advantage of the situation.
00:39:56 |
Tue 19 Mar 2019
Mystic Star-Key (Parallax Inverted Backstage)
Starkey chooses his character options, then looks upon his creation with a certain horror.
00:15:14 |
Tue 12 Mar 2019
Parallax Inverted, Act Two
Vikki adjusts to her new surroundings, and finds them stranger than she could have imagined.
00:40:39 |
Tue 05 Mar 2019
Bad Moon Rising (Parallax Inverted Backstage)
1. Buy retired military vessel at auction
2. Install jacuzzi and ping pong table
3. Hire loyal mercenary misfits
4. ???
5. Profit!
00:25:50 |
Tue 26 Feb 2019
Parallax Inverted, Act One
Something is awake at the centre of the galaxy. Also, something here could be worth money. Cue the crew of the Bad Moon Rising.
00:43:35 |
Tue 19 Feb 2019
Aftermath (Parallax Converging Backstage)
Let's take time to contemplate what we've learned, celebrate what we've achieved, and reflect on what went wrong.
00:22:22 |
Tue 12 Feb 2019
Parallax Converging, Act Five
The centre of the galaxy. The heart of enemy territory. For some, perhaps, the end of a journey.
00:44:05 |
Tue 05 Feb 2019
The Galaxy (Parallax Converging Backstage)
Meanwhile, throughout the galaxy, life goes on. But what does that look like?
00:23:20 |
Tue 29 Jan 2019
Parallax Converging, Act Four
The crew race against time - and Rukuktu - to complete the Protomatter Drive.
00:39:41 |
Tue 22 Jan 2019
Alex the Outsider (Parallax Converging Backstage)
Alex chooses his character options and we get a disturbing glimpse behind the scenes of Conc Street, the galaxy's most popular soap.
00:18:57 |
Tue 15 Jan 2019
Parallax Converging, Act Three
Alex braves the anomaly in search of answers - and what he finds tests the limits of his robot brain.
00:39:11 |
Tue 08 Jan 2019
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