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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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A group of children have been chosen to participate in the greatest contest of their young lives. The Undetected Sanctuary offers magical power to any worthy competitor who can best its challenges. Cool Rat, friend of all kids, runs the contest. In a world of missing superheroes, new heroes must arise. Perhaps these kids can be the first heroes of a new generation.

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Tom as Jordan Conner
Shaun as Witch Carolina
Jason B as Jebediah Armstrong
Jason A as Knight Max
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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Laser Chainsaw, a notorious criminal, is gunning for the Oddballs! It turns out that the Oddballs have inadvertently framed him for their many space crimes, so he has come to seek vengeance on them. Outwitting the deadly (and aptly named) criminal will take all their cunning and a bit of luck.

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