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On the frontier of charted space, a ragtag crew of spacefarers gets the chance to start over and fix their lives, but only if they accept a dangerous mission that could avert a war—or start one. First published in 1977, Traveller is a science fiction RPG in the vein of The Expanse or Battlestar Galactica. Most who played the original game back in the day remember the robust character creation system where if you push too far and get unlucky with the dice, you can die before you even start pl ...
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This podcast will make you happy. You know this is true, because The Computer tells you so. The Computer is your friend. Trust The Computer. Paranoia is a tabletop RPG first released in 1984 by West End Games, now published by Mongoose Publishing. The original version was created by Greg Costikyan, Dan Gelber, and Eric Goldberg. Five players will struggle to survive, thrive, and most importantly, to be happy. Happiness is mandatory. Unhappiness is treason. This podcast has a discord! You can ...
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Odyssey: a Babylon 5 RPG

Temporal Playgrounds Productions

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Set in the Babylon 5 Universe, the Luxury liner Celestia is taking new colonists and dilettantes to the newest ISA world. Things are going fine, until a shuttle shifts out of reality for a split second and a blue brain is found in the aisle. Things get stranger from there. Join Du'li, an undercover Narn trying to find the source of the drug, Amber, and get her good name back; Ty, a Brikiri space trucker just looking for the next big score until things go horribly wrong for her and her son; a ...
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I run a lot of RPG conventions, so I'm keen to see people step forward and run great games! In this episode I present some thoughts on what makes a good convention GM (or possibly a GM for any occasion). Leave a message at [email protected] or on Spotify. Some resource links: So You Want to be a Gamemaster? Justin Alexander https://thealexandrian.…
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Have you found your perfect tabletop RPG system? Of course you have... Leave a message at [email protected] or on Spotify. The Music: Onwards Upwards by Ketsa ⁠https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Metamorphosis/Onwards_Upwards⁠ NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0): ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/…
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Let's talk about playing tabletop RPGs online. How do you find it? Have a favourite virtual tabletop? How does online play compare with in person? Leave a message at [email protected] or on Spotify. The Music: Onwards Upwards by Ketsa https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Metamorphosis/Onwards_Upwards NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internation…
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Journey with me, forward in time, as we look ahead to the 2025 RPG gaming year. Some links: Liam Philips actual play of Enemy in Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIyh-Q_6KiN9awrxBEzreHmsd9d-AcQ5e Tripod: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/404274/tripod-essence Heroic Fantasy: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/461381/heroic…
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A summary of my RPG gaming year in 2024, wherein I ask myself, and indeed you, some questions. Leave me a message on Spotify or email me a call-in voice mail at [email protected] and I may include on an episode! Links Music: Onwards Upwards by Ketsa https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Metamorphosis/Onwards_Upwards NonCommercial-NoDerivatives…
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I label myself as the king of the reader's vocabulary this game, by mispronouncing every other word. I hope you enjoy this game. I hope we enjoy this game. I have many hopes and dreams. You can join the discussion, ask questions and get previews of future content on discord at https://discord.gg/bhuhfXp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo…
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TravellerCon UK and further reflections on Traveller RPG. Send me a voicemail at [email protected] and the usual channels. UK & Ireland RPG & Board Game Conventions: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1p5iZrLlU7EthiItODGO5ZweyhCIOVFu7ULj2c25iPQU/edit?gid=852955442#gid=852955442 State of the Mongoose 2024: https://forum.mongoosepublishing.com/t…
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Welcome to Season 2 of Gaming from the First Age, a podcast of personal reflections on tabletop roleplaying games. Happy with just the one mortgage? Then why play the Traveller RPG? Let's find out... Send me a voicemail at [email protected] Music: Onwards Upwards by Ketsa https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Metamorphosis/Onwards_Upwards…
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Deals upon deals upon deals leading to a horrifying discovery at the hands of a former ally.... Not every deal benefits everyone equally.... JOIN US AGAIN for another exciting episode! Music 14_Protean_Fields - Tabletop Audio 340_Starbase_Omega - Tabletop Audio 111_Orbital_Promenade - Tabletop Audio Buddy by Jonny Easton - Youtube (AL) Link: https:…
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Yes, we know what episode it is. But what our team is about to discover thanks to a pact with the Shadow Association brings us back to where things began. There is more in the ship that was once thought possible. Music: Relaxing Calm Free To Use Music The Cosmos (Prod. Sirius Beat) Lucid Space Spiritual 280_The_City_Above - Tabletop Audio Buddy by …
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The Mimbari have a saying... That doesn't translate well and is more than a little insulting. However it's up to the team to convince the Pandas to follow them to destiny as they try to rescue as many people as they can from the Tau Marie Celestia. Never cough during translation. It always screws up the device. Music: Icelandic Arpeggios - DivKid Y…
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A New era of the crew has come as they take what has been dubbed, "BABYLON CRYSTAL" onward to the Tau Marie Celestia. What they find there will rock everyone. But not as hard as Padini rocks classic hits from the 80s! Join us again for another exciting episode! And pick up a copy of Faulty Destinies, now available in Paperback! https://www.amazon.c…
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We are Back! For Season 4! As the crew make terms and plans for what is to happen now that they have found Babylon Crystal and the Model Maker, this begins a new chapter in the story and spells doom for the Tau Marie Celestia! And Nyquil does not mix with Tonic. Don't Forget to Pick up a copy of Faulty Destinies! Out Now In Kindle and Soon in Paper…
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New Allies, new species, and our team goes to War in this Season Finale of Odyssey: A Babylon 5 RPG! Also, Padini is sick! Well... sicker than usual... Music: 340_Starbase_Omega - Tabletop Audio 185_Gravity - Tabletop Audio 14_Protean_Fields - Tabletop Audio 112_Ethereal_Plane - Tabletop Audio 155_Outpost_31 - Tabletop Audio…
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Hello. My Name is Padini. May I take your order? OR have you come to hear more about our heroes as they have a discussion with the model maker, this ancient force surrounded by a new race of beings and tens of copies of Babylon 4! Did you want fries with that? Space Jazz Cafe – The Loyalist (No Copyright Music) Youtube Audio Library 312_Generation_…
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Due to circumstances beyond our control we are off this week but will return. However, if you like what we do and want to support us, please pick up a copy of my novel, Faulty Destinies: All the Wrong Places. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2BXR8FY Also Padini is fine and Craig will recover from the incident. Music: 370_Awakenings by Tabletop Audio…
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FINALLY the crew arrives to a strange and unknown world filed with strange beings, hundreds of versions of Babylon 4 and one Model Maker who begins the next stage of our crews journey! Join us for more and more models! Music: 219_Tinkerers_Workshop_MUS_Only - Tabletop Audio 112_Ethereal_Plane - Tabletop Audio 379_Terraforming - Tabletop Audio 155_O…
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Oh what oh what have our crew discovered on the far side of the Slipstream as they get closer to the Model Maker and a solution to one of their problems. And guess who has a slight but pivotal part to play in this new adventure? Also Padini apologizes for being late and blames it on traffic! All this and more! "If nominated I will not run, if elect…
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In a newly christened bioship, our crew of adventurers follow and ancient experimental travel system that might cause psychosis, psychic trauma, irreparable harm, and severe tire damage. And the first of the Great Secrets of this supposed "Model Maker" are revealed! And Padini deals with auditions... Come join us for another exciting episode!! Musi…
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The crew board and get to know their new member, a hulking trilobite spaceship that morphs it's inner organs to fit the needs of the crew and prepares them to follow the clues from the Techno-mages about the Model Maker and the Slipstream System. Typical Wednesday. Music: Voyager - by Jonny Easton - Royalty Free https://youtu.be/HKinw3NqWFQ 61_Orbi…
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Every Brain has a purpose as our heroes explore the interior of a bioship. A newborn bioship. That may or may not call people "Mommy." All this and Padini discovers a new delicacy! Music: Background Ambient (unnamed) by bdProductions (No sourcing required to use. Completely Royalty Free.) 277_A_New_Beginning - Tabletop Audio [Unnamed]SciFi Music by…
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On a strange planet, in a building structure with a gullet and esophagus, our heroes find something special which changes the balance of power for the TauMarie Celestia and leads up to a great revelation! Prepare to be amazed and grossed out! Who's Hungry? Music: 277_A_New_Beginning - Tabletop Audio 11_Shelter_from_the_Storm - Tabletop Audio The Vi…
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As our heroes rush to the safety of the shuttle, they must venture down into a planet below to find a long lost secret as they follow the clues to the mythological "Model Maker" and some sort of salvation as the Bugs and the Yithians ravage the Celestia. And who left the fridge open?! Great Maker, it's cold in here! Music: 300_Burn_Maneuver Tableto…
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A conversation and bargain changes the course of the Tau Marie Celestia forever! Come for the drama, stay for the chaos! Music The Visitor By Karl Casey - Royalty Free Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio Angry Crowd | People Yelling, Guards, Noise, Tension, Riot, Ambience - Michael Ghelfi Studios Ghosts - Royalty Free 312_Generation_Ship Tabletop Audio 30…
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We welcome back Madame Vidrizini before her final fate is revealed! Also revelations about C'nner the Knight and the Drazi in White continue! This all leads to the beginning of a new journey for our heroes and their valiant crew! And we celebrate a great Centauri Holiday! Come join us! Music: Space Ambiance - Chan Walrus - Royalty Free Source Link:…
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On the final episode of Season 2, the travellers scramble to stop their last chance for escape from blasting off without them. But even if they do, will they be able to jump away, or does this subsector have more in store for them? Voyagers of the Jump is an original adventure using the 2022 2E Update to the Traveller RPG rules set by Mongoose Publ…
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how the hell do you land a job writing articles for the onion. i could do better than like. half those people at least. no lie. oh wait um this is my call of cthulhu episode description. er, have you guys uhhh do you like uhhhh you like ummmm uhhhh You can join the discussion, ask questions and get previews of future content on discord at https://d…
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The travellers must battle the lost planet's many natural obstacles to get the power plant back to the Kate's Gambit for repairs—including, it seems, a swarm of giant post-larval centipedes... Voyagers of the Jump is an original adventure using the 2022 2E Update to the Traveller RPG rules set by Mongoose Publishing. Watch new episodes of Voyagers …
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A great secret long since concealed by ancient forces has been discovered. This will lead to many more secrets held on this side of the Vorlon Empire. These secrets will lead to violence, danger, and the re-emergence and fate of Madame Vidrizini! Come and join our crew on another day in the wreck of the TauMarie Celestia! Music: 312_Generation_Ship…
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With each discovery presenting them with more questions than answers, the travellers continue their trek to the wreckage of the Zhodani ship, hoping they're not walking into a trap... Voyagers of the Jump is an original adventure using the 2022 2E Update to the Traveller RPG rules set by Mongoose Publishing. Watch new episodes of Voyagers of the Ju…
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We are incredibly back for an incredible call of cthulhu. You will not believe your ears. You will not believe your tears. Bad things will happen. Good things will happen. I talk a lot, I hope you don't mind. Welcome. Welcome. You can join the discussion, ask questions and get previews of future content on discord at https://discord.gg/bhuhfXp Host…
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