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: Tourist Trap, Act 2
Pulling the thread on the identity theft mystery leads our hunters to the fabulous Sherrydown Amazement Park. What horrors await them there and, possibly more importantly, why isn't it open at the we…
00:45:49 |
Tue 15 Jun 2021
The social network (Vigil Backstage)
Matt meets our new band of hunters as they explore their connections to one another, and to the pride of Brackshire - the picturesque Sherrydown.
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains mild body h…
00:22:40 |
Tue 08 Jun 2021
Vigil: Tourist Trap, Act 1
When the residents of idyllic Sherrydown fall foul to a series of strange anomalies with their personal data, an unlikely team of concerned citizens assembles to investigate.
PROGRAMME NOTES
This pr…
00:47:14 |
Tue 01 Jun 2021
The fallout (Ghost Recall Backstage)
After an intense in-character debrief, it’s time for a much more relaxed and friendly out-of-character debrief.
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains reported violence.
Our promo this episode is…
00:24:13 |
Tue 25 May 2021
Codename Mosaic: Ghost Recall, Act 2
The debriefing call is running long and nerves are starting to fray. Who will take credit for sinking the Consultancy, and who will be scapegoated for the Service’s leaks?
PROGRAMME NOTES
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00:52:48 |
Tue 18 May 2021
Codename Mosaic: Ghost Recall, Act 1
Four Service agents have survived a mission aboard the Consultancy’s marine hover-fortress. Now comes the real ordeal: surviving a conference call with the higher-ups.
PROGRAMME NOTES
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00:52:41 |
Tue 04 May 2021
Warming down (Vigil Backstage)
Matt and the hunters reflect on their first hunt together.
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains fantasy violence.
Our promo this episode is for Snyder’s Return, a UK based tabletop roleplaying …
00:52:16 |
Tue 27 Apr 2021
Vigil: Cold Snap, Act 6
Imbued with divine flame and each carrying the mantle of the forest guardian, the hunters battle against the Winter King. Whatever happens, this isn’t going to be a quick thaw.
PROGRAMME NOTES
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00:55:20 |
Tue 20 Apr 2021
Jinny, the Spellslinger (Vigil Backstage)
Meet Jinny: local business owner, devotee of the natural world, spellslinger. Jinny has had many names and has lived many lives. She uses her centuries of arcane knowledge to draw power from the eart…
00:30:57 |
Tue 13 Apr 2021
Vigil: Cold Snap, Act 5
The Winter King is after a rematch. Our hunters prepare to take a stand and drive back an oncoming ice age.
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains fantasy violence.
Congratulations to Ben Newbon …
00:52:32 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
Gwynned, the Divine (Vigil Backstage)
Meet Gwynned: shieldmaiden, banished warrior, divine. Gwynned was a holy warrior, a trusted shieldmaiden of the triple-goddess Morrigan. After defying her mistress she was banished to a lifetime of t…
00:24:00 |
Tue 30 Mar 2021
Vigil: Cold Snap, Act 4
The hunters and National Trust bystanders take shelter in Brier’s tree. As the frost creature arrives memories of an ancient battle are rekindled and Gwynned attracts unwanted attention.
PROGRAMME N…
00:53:23 |
Tue 23 Mar 2021
Brier, the Monstrous (Vigil Backstage)
Meet Brier: forest guardian, National Trust manager, monstrous. For as long as the Rosebrier Forest has existed, so has Brier. A shapeshifting fae guardian with a penchant for mischief, they are a ge…
00:41:41 |
Tue 16 Mar 2021
Vigil: Cold Snap, Act 3
Our hunters become the hunted and a creature of ice and snow stalks ominously towards Brier’s tree. The race is on to beat it there, but it’s not going to be easy.
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production co…
00:52:01 |
Tue 09 Mar 2021
Cameron, the Wronged (Vigil Backstage)
Meet Cameron: orphan, trained hunter, wronged. Something terrible happened to Cameron as a young boy that left a scar too deep to fully heal. Now wherever he goes so does his trusty axe, and behind h…
00:40:05 |
Tue 02 Mar 2021
Vigil: Cold Snap, Act 2
Two members of the fae court have been brutally murdered, but by whom and for what reason? The hunters start their investigation while on the other side of the forest something ancient, cold and male…
00:50:38 |
Tue 23 Feb 2021
Ancient history (Vigil Backstage)
Matt and our new team of hunters get to know each other and their place in the history of Sherrydown.
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains fantasy violence.
Our promo this episode is for Monste…
00:43:50 |
Tue 16 Feb 2021
Vigil: Cold Snap, Act 1
Early morning sunlight streams down through the foliage of the Rosebrier Forest while a gentle breeze dances around The Grove of Oddities, carrying with it the scent of blood.
PROGRAMME NOTES
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00:51:56 |
Tue 09 Feb 2021
The hangover (Dr Magnethands Backstage)
The drunk AF cast share the superpowers they didn’t get a chance to use in the game and reflect on a job well done (they’re way too drunk to be discerning).
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains …
00:11:25 |
Tue 02 Feb 2021
Dr Magnethands, Act 2
After dispatching some of Dr Magnethands’ most dastardly minions, the heroes set off to her super-secret space base to put a stop to her plans for world domination once and for all… oh, and everyone …
00:50:27 |
Tue 26 Jan 2021
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