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The Shadow Council wants to control society through fear and violence. To that end, they use their most deadly secret agent to devastate Las Vegas. Can a group of survivors find the agent and convince him to see the errors of his way? We ran this using Stories from the Grave, a RPG from the same people who made Slasher Flick and aims to emulate anthology horror movies and shows like Tales from the Crypt.

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The raids on the Night Cartel continue in the second part of the job! The Night Cartel has a safe house in a remote and well-defended section of the Martian barrens. Destroying it will take a clever plan and a little ruthlessness.

Tom as Lawrence Octomorph thief
Aaron as Simon, a SAIROC async fork
David as Zemo, hyperelite thrill seeker
Greg as Nil, AGI hacker

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Protests rock Seattle over a G8 summit meeting held there and new laws expanding the powers of the police force. A group of intelligence experts are retired from their former careers and now work with activists to teach them basic tradecraft and help journalists reveal the truth. Why? They all share one thing in common – guilt over theirpast actions. Crowdfunding news sites pay you consulting fees, which pays the bills. That’s enough. Today’s protest should be interesting – street theater, big demonstrations, riot police…What could go wrong?
Aaron as Gabrielle the sneak thief
Tom as Persephone the analyst
David as Mace the face
Greg as Oliver the wheelman and demo expert
Ross as the GM

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A group of desperate and ambitious criminals on Mars plan to start their own gang. Named the Eighth Sea, after the restaurant serving as their front, the crew realizes they need to learn how to work with and trust each other. To that end, they have set up a time-accelerated simulated reality, where each member of the cartel can share some of their own memories and put the group through their own training exercise. Meet the crew:

Renee as Cadence, an illegal fork of an academic psychosurgeon
Jay B as Eleazar, a  Shugyosha warrior and ego hunter
David as Zemo an hyperelite dilettante thief
Aaron as Simon, an illegal SAIRC fork
Tom as Lawrence a human pretending to be an uplift octomorph
Greg as Nil, a forked AGI hacker and drone specialist
Ross as the GM

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News: The RPPR Patreon has a special offer going on right now. Back at the $10 level to get B-Sides Volume 5: Gaming Gains! It has 20 new Actual Play episodes, including Zweihander, Red Markets, Delta Green, and some of the games we’re working on, like Caleb’s superhuman-slaying RPG, Slingstone. Read this post to get the full list of episodes and more details about the offer!

Synopsis: A group of weary travelers find themselves trapped in a labyrinth beyond their imagination. This version of Ruin contains two new game mechanics that we try out for the first time. We also have a special guest player, Nathan Shelton. Check out Frightmare Theater, his new horror anthology podcast.

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Shaun as Herbert
Aaron as Geoff
Nathan as Quenten
Tom as Trevor

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