Very Random Encounters: Chaotic Improv Actual Play
Welcome to Very Random Encounters, a show where we play pen and paper RPGs in which we've randomly determined as many things as is possible, including characters, villains, names, places, and other weirder stuff! It all comes together to be a very random encounter. We're an actual play roleplaying game podcast by four friends who love the challenge of telling a story whose details are all prompted by random rolls. You can start with the first episode in any given season.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 410
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Window #4: Droza of Abathis
The conversation across realities continues as our heroes debate entering The Window. How dangerous could it be?
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Window #3: Message in a Bottle
The Window will reopen in 15 minutes. At that point you will have precisely 7 seconds to communicate.
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Window #2: Colonel Waffles McSafety
An entire building has gone missing within the government facility at Summer Grove. Stranger still is what has appeared in its place.
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Window #1: ...But With Cryptids | Playing Agents of O.D.D.
One week until The Window opens. For now, we meet our agents.
We're going weekly again, so check next Monday for ep 2! And stick around after this episode's credits for quite a lot of cut fun bits.
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Street Magic with Special Guest Catieosaurus #3 of 3: Sweet City
In our final episode of I’m Sorry, Did You Say Street Magic with special guest Catieosaurus, the city finally gets a name! We also meet some denizens, head to new areas, and even a Yeti Hut!
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Street Magic with Special Guest Catieosaurus #2 of 3: Peppitmint Bustleball
There’s trouble in Sweet City as the sugar supply may not be quite as secure as previously thought! We continue our play through of I’m Sorry, Did You Say Street Magic?
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Street Magic with Special Guest Catieosaurus #1 of 3: Wintery, Cluttered, Ethereal, Joyous
We're playing I'm Sorry, Did You Say Street Magic with Catieosaurus! Come listen as we build a city together, and meet the lovable Cocoa Carl.
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Violenceball Aftershow
It's the aftershow! We talk about the randomization that went into this season, and we even talk to Land of Eem creators Ben Costa & James Parks! Come find out what all the Mootlings' federal crimes …
Violenceball #31: To Live and Die Again [Finale]
With the field itself obliterated, can the game even continue? Will the Mootlings achieve victory, and if so will their new law change the face of Eem? Will Busterribs "Gollum it?" Find out in the FI…
Violenceball #30: Vs The Crumblemire Consortium
This is it. The final game of the Xtreme Xaltation has arrived. Can The Mootlings triumph against the Consortium’s roster of the best players Violenceball has ever seen?
The song referenced towards t…
Violenceball #29: Third Stringers
It's the first of possibly two matches for the X-Treme X-Altation! But that doesn't look like the REAL Crumblemire Consortium lineup. Can the Mootlings foil the Consortium coaches' plot AND win a gam…
Violenceball #28: Violenceball Rules
Cue the montage music, because there’s just one week before the XX finals, and the team has a LOT to take care of. In fact, the whole land of Eem is gearing up for the event.
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Violenceball #27: Preventative Glitter
Even as the conspiracy is all but revealed, the Mootlings might not have time to stop it. Dithertoes and his aunt have a tense family chat. Skitterglint and Pamzam jam the signal. Ebi and Jandar comp…
Violenceball #26: Snooping | Land of Eem
Did you get the latest issue of Balls Illustrated? Lots of hot goss about Arlin Craft, but how much of it is really true? It's party time in Eem, and they've got TWO FONDUE FOUNTAINS!
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Violenceball #25: Friendship Bracelets | Land of Eem
My gnome uncle (that I don't like that much) that works at Nintendo told me that in this episode, the Mootlings go to some human's house, then a garden center, and then a fancy party!
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Violenceball #24: 6969
The Mootling star players, Jandar, and Da Scabby Grindazz overhear Busterribs and Arlan Craft discuss their plan to fix Violenceball finals matches by mind controlling entire teams. It's going to tak…
Violenceball #23: A Peek Behind the Curtain
A spy mission to the Mootling's next opponents, Da Scabby Grindaz, takes a horrific turn when Ebi, Skitterglint, and Dithertoes accidentally walk into something they weren't supposed to see.
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Schedule Change Announcement: Every Other Week
The title says it all, but because of some changes in our personal lives which I explain in the audio we'll be going back to every other week for now. Thanks in advance for your patience, and we'll s…
Violenceball #22: Bedtime
The team gets several late-night visitors to help them celebrate their placement into the top 2… wait, I mean top 3, in the X-treme X-altation.
The voices of the VBPS, Ghalk & Dughac, are Justin and …
Violenceball #21: The Wasteland Ball | Land of Eem
Things work a little different at the House of Courtesan: There will be a lot more glitter, reads, and puns in this week's Violenceball match!
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