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
Labyrinth Untold, Act 2
Act 2 of 5: The Hedge Maze. This topiary can only be described as wild.
Coming next on 6 August – Traits and flaws (Labyrinth Backstage)
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains memory loss and dea…
00:47:00 |
Tue 30 Jul 2024
Kin (Labyrinth Backstage)
Kicking off character creation with the important question: what flavour of Labyrinth Muppet do we all want to be?
Coming next on 30 July – Labyrinth Untold, Act 2
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production c…
00:27:29 |
Tue 23 Jul 2024
Labyrinth Untold, Act 1
Act 1 of 5: The Stone Walls. The Goblin Queen is displeased to find four of her denizens outside the Labyrinth.
Coming next on 23 July – Kin (Labyrinth Backstage)
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production co…
01:04:36 |
Tue 16 Jul 2024
Dream diary (Vigil Backstage)
The cast look back at the fever dream that was Dream Big and consider the consequences they’ve inflicted on the next set of players.
Coming next – Labyrinth Untold, an odyssey in 5 acts
PROGRAMME N…
00:33:01 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
Vigil: Dream Big, Act 4
Act Four of Four: Who should inherit the power of giants? The giant of ambition or the giant of heart?
Coming next on 25 June – Dream diary (Vigil Backstage)
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production include…
00:48:31 |
Tue 18 Jun 2024
Dear Mick & co (Vigil Backstage)
Persephone Byron is gone from this time, but her words to her friends remain.
Coming next on 18 June – Vigil: Dream Big, Act 4
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production includes a natural disaster, fantasy v…
00:07:13 |
Tue 11 Jun 2024
Vigil: Dream Big, Act 3
Act Three of Four: Mick has a new rival for the giant’s favour, and she’s got something shocking planned.
Coming next on 11 June – Dear Mick & co (Vigil Backstage)
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production i…
00:46:52 |
Tue 04 Jun 2024
Mick, the Mundane Chosen (Vigil Backstage)
Meet Mick: bricklayer, neighbour, Mundane … and now Chosen. Mick started life as an everybloke; can he stay down-to-earth as the champion of giant-kind?
Coming next on 4 June – Vigil: Dream Big, Act…
00:40:23 |
Tue 28 May 2024
Vigil: Dream Big, Act 2
Act Two of Four: The owner of the severed arm is in town hoping to witness something earth-shattering.
Coming next on 28 May – Mick, the Mundane Chosen (Vigil Backstage)
PROGRAMME NOTES
This produc…
00:46:56 |
Tue 21 May 2024
Dream team (Vigil Backstage)
Brier’s new crew gatecrashes the usual chat about how the main characters know each other.
Coming next on 21 May – Vigil: Dream Big, Act 2
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production includes a natural disaste…
00:18:20 |
Tue 14 May 2024
Vigil: Dream Big, Act 1
Act One of Four: Mick struggles to wake from a nightmare, and the earth under Sherrydown shakes.
Coming next on 14 May – Dream team (Vigil Backstage)
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production includes a natu…
00:50:42 |
Tue 07 May 2024
Wonders, a microgame
It’s only going to take one song to get everyone to stand up and take notice, and then your career will open wide in front of you. You all work so perfectly together. How hard can it be?
Coming next…
00:50:41 |
Tue 23 Apr 2024
Summer Break!, a microgame
Before getting thrown face-first into school, cling to your final summer break with family and defend your childhood fort from dangers that are definitely not allegories for adulthood!
Coming next o…
00:33:13 |
Tue 16 Apr 2024
Good Dogs, a microgame duo
Go inside the writers’ room of your favourite canine adventure show, then join four lost dogs as they trick, trial and treat their way home.
Coming next on 16 April – Summer Break!, a microgame
PRO…
00:50:28 |
Tue 09 Apr 2024
Event Planning in Zero G, a microgame
Some of the galaxy’s (best?) event planners have gathered to plan the celebration for the Gantrofax’s final moulting. Of course, we have limited time and budget. Everything is fine, though. Happy mou…
00:38:28 |
Tue 02 Apr 2024
Heartbeats, a microgame
It’s time to push the boundaries of modern medicine, and maybe to make out with a bitter rival in the on-call room!
Coming next on 2 April – Event Planning in Zero G, a microgame
PROGRAMME NOTES
Th…
00:54:03 |
Tue 26 Mar 2024
Fan Fic Mish Mash, Act 2 (live at Dragonmeet 2023)
The staff and customers pool their talents to rid the Coffee Shop Hey, You! of the rowdy Suits.
Coming next on 26 March – Heartbeats, a microgame
PROGRAMME NOTES
Interstitial, 2nd edition is on Kic…
00:46:37 |
Tue 19 Mar 2024
Fan Fic Mish Mash, Act 1 (live at Dragonmeet 2023)
Some badly behaved new customers are ruining the vibe at the Coffee Shop Hey, You!
Coming next on 19 March – Fan Fic Mish Mash, Act 2 (live at Dragonmeet 2023)
PROGRAMME NOTES
Interstitial, 2nd edi…
00:42:11 |
Tue 12 Mar 2024
Deep breaths (Vigil Backstage)
And relax. The cast calm down and look back on Vigil: Fear Itself. Whose fears came to pass, and what’s left to be afraid of for next time?
Coming up in the Studio on 12 March – Microgames: Heartbea…
00:39:44 |
Tue 05 Mar 2024
Vigil: Fear Itself, Act 5
Act Five of Five: Fire. Smoke. Shadow. No one walks through that and returns unchanged. Same goes for getting what you’ve always wanted.
Coming next on 5 March – Deep breaths (Vigil Backstage)
PROG…
00:52:08 |
Tue 27 Feb 2024
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