Science Fiction

Stories set in space, the distant future, or other distant locales.

433 – Mothership with Jess Parks

Jess is a Hollywood sound professional and DM of I Seduce the Dragon, a D&D AP podcast in which rocket scientist, a cowgirl, a pornstar, and a mom walk into a dungeon … and those are just the players. We blast off to the horrifying reaches of the unknown in Mothership, the award-winning sci-fi horror RPG!

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428 – A Fool’s Errand with J Strautman

J is one of the Dungeon Masters for Planet Arcanaand the co-designer of A Fool’s Erranda tarot-fueled science fantasy game set in a vibrant post-calamity world of Androids, Humans, and those in between. We sit down to build out characters and explore the world of the game, discovering a calamitous, world-shaking Big Oops along the way–and asking the question “what is life like for the people alive in its wake?”

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426 – Friendly Neighborhood Superhero with AJ Ray

AJ is an Actual Play performer, video editor, cosplayer, and (like me) a wearer of many hats; you can most recently hear them on the latest arc of One Shot, playing Machine Impossible, and as a player on The Lurking Legends (a rotating GM, One Piece-inspired Actual Play series). We sat down for a game of Friendly Neighborhood Superhero, a game about superheroic action and protecting your community. We geek out SO MUCH about superheroes, y’all. It’s great.

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425 – Ironsworn Starforged with Chris Colón

Chris is a voice actor, actual play producer, and founder of Taíno Tales, an award-nominated, queer latine-led TTRPG actual play channel. We sit down to play Ironsworn Starforged, and encounter a horrifying discovery and a dangerous showdown on a snow-blighted wasteland planet!

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424 – Giant of Light with Evan McDevitt

Evan is the designer of Giant of Light, a love letter to tokusatsu media and Giant Hero shows like Ultraman! We chat about superheroes, MMA, aliens, the city of Philadelphia (Go Birds), and Street Fighter as we play through a session of the game.

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423 – Pale Dot with Patrick Burke

Patrick is a Philadelphia-based performer and producer of THAWING, a solo show happening at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival this month. We sit down to play Pale Dot by Devin Nelson, and explore a strange alien cosmos with our… deeply odd crew of nonhuman cosmonauts!

For more Pale Dot, check out the newest episode of Party of One (Plus One) on the Patreon feed for a special session with the game’s designer, Devin Nelson!

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