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
Vigil: Bad Dog, Act 4
Act Four of Five: In which a problem is not so much solved as displaced; the village green is vandalised; and Percy leverages her reputation.
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains drug use, gross…
00:50:00 |
Tue 02 Nov 2021
Morrigan (Vigil Backstage)
Maiden, mother, crone. Past, present, future. We establish some lore about Gwynned’s mistress, the triple goddess Morrigan.
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains drug use, gross tentacles, and fa…
00:24:09 |
Tue 26 Oct 2021
Vigil: Bad Dog, Act 3
Act Three of Five: In which the occupation of Sherrydown expands; archaeological fraud is mooted; and hounds and ravens make their voices heard.
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains drug use, gr…
00:39:11 |
Tue 19 Oct 2021
Wizard theory (Vigil Backstage)
We come up with some background about magical organisations in Vigil’s England, some of which will be highly relevant to Bad Dog.
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains drug use, gross tentacles, …
00:24:15 |
Tue 12 Oct 2021
Vigil: Bad Dog, Act 2
Act Two of Five: In which a threat is named; a girl ignores a warning from her elders; and Gwynned (among others) is made to feel unwelcome.
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains drug use, gross …
00:53:37 |
Tue 05 Oct 2021
Common ground (Vigil Backstage)
We establish some connections between the characters, including Vigil’s first canon ship.
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains drug use, gross tentacles, and fantasy violence with some injury de…
00:28:32 |
Tue 28 Sep 2021
Vigil: Bad Dog, Act 1
Act One of Five: In which local youths are hounded from their usual haunts; their elders rush to investigate; and a romantic trip is interrupted.
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains drug use, g…
00:59:22 |
Tue 21 Sep 2021
Space wisdom (First Nova Backstage)
The cast reflect on their favourite moments, what it was like to share the gamemaster responsibility, and some theories and questions about what happened after the story finished.
PROGRAMME NOTES
Ti…
00:23:21 |
Tue 14 Sep 2021
The First Nova, Act 3
The crew of the Mustang Sally make an important discovery on the Trinary Noon. Can they use what they learn to save the galaxy, or will the Mandate prove too relentlessly interminable to overthrow?
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00:55:50 |
Tue 07 Sep 2021
Idle dreaming (First Nova Backstage)
Our cast describe the people their characters have relationships with, choose the desires for each of the game’s four ‘pillars’, and finally do a little idle dreaming to set the scenario for this sea…
00:53:27 |
Tue 31 Aug 2021
The First Nova, Act 2
As Mandate troopers descend on the crew of the Mustang Sally, Revan and Val attempt to neutralise the threat while the others begin to unlock the mysteries of the ominous Trinary Noon.
PROGRAMME NOT…
00:55:35 |
Tue 24 Aug 2021
Our space family (First Nova Backstage)
Our cast introduces the space characters they’ve created, which playbooks they’ll be using, and how the characters are connected.
PROGRAMME NOTES
The Researcher is a playbook for galactic 2nd editio…
01:28:54 |
Tue 17 Aug 2021
The First Nova, Act 1
The crew of the Mustang Sally attempt to put their damaged ship back together after an encounter with the Mandate, when they stumble upon an ominous space-shipwreck that just has to be explored.
PRO…
00:52:08 |
Tue 10 Aug 2021
Customer experience (Vigil Backstage)
Matt and the players look back at Vigil: Tourist Trap.
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains mild body horror, fantasy violence - including gun violence - and abusive relationship dynamics.
Our…
00:30:56 |
Tue 03 Aug 2021
Vigil: Tourist Trap, Act 5
A tacky souvenir shop is wrecking the high street - literally. Not everyone will still be standing after this fight.
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains mild body horror, fantasy violence - in…
00:54:38 |
Tue 27 Jul 2021
Jess, the Spooky (Vigil Backstage)
Meet Jess: shift worker, tarot reader, Spooky. Jess has always known she’s bigger than Sherrydown - and her new spirit guide is ready to help her prove it.
Join Ellen as she fills in Jess’ character…
00:30:50 |
Tue 20 Jul 2021
Vigil: Tourist Trap, Act 4
Following the food truck ordeal, the team reconvenes to formulate their next move (and leave Amazement Park some damning reviews). A trap is set, but an unseen somebody has a different plan.
PROGRAM…
00:44:23 |
Tue 13 Jul 2021
Kincaid, the Professional (Vigil Backstage)
Meet Kincaid: sceptic, agent, Professional. A disgraced special agent kicked down to a bullshit basement detail, he just wants an easy life, but how long can his scepticism hold out?
Join Chris as h…
00:39:12 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
Vigil: Tourist Trap, Act 3
Gunshots echo through Amazement Park as the hunters force Jess’s thief to show its true face. But this is just a rehearsal for the true battle to come...
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains mil…
00:47:23 |
Tue 29 Jun 2021
Melody, the Constructed (Vigil Backstage)
Meet Melody: hipster, ambivert, 200 year-old construct. Having escaped her creator, this well-meaning café owner has a tendency to come apart at the seams.
Join Helen as she fills in Melody's chara…
00:30:30 |
Tue 22 Jun 2021
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