Red Markets 2 Beta - 10k Lakes The Next Generation, Episode 1 - Funeral for the Dead

The sun has risen again over 10k Lakes. With many members over the fence or off on other adventures, Freelance has laid low. But, new members have taken the name, and are once again looking for work...

Returning to our own origins, we wanted to tackle the beta test for Red Markets 2nd Edition! We're joined with friends from other podcasts to engage in another living campaign!

Chris can be found at The Roleplaying Exchange.

Reizor's games can be found at itch.io, and she can also be found at [insert quest here].

If you want to try 2E for yourself, the beta is available at Hebanon Games' itch.io.

Ethan - GM

Ben - Midwife

Chris - Test Pattern

Dan - Blackbird

Reizor - Mama Bear

Heart - The Gorgon - Part 5

Confronted with an awe-inspiring, massive monster, Blackmane thinks of his "son", turns tail, and flees, thinking the others are behind him.

...they're not, so Dawn, Ned, and Tahir have to find a way to get out of this labyrinth with the objective...

In the campaign we deal with themes of body horror, cosmic horror, cptsd and ptsd, war, depression, debt, and more.

Heart is a game of delving underground into the meaty nightmare world under The Spire, to find treasure, yourself, and more. Heart and its supplements are available at Rook Rowan & Deckard in both print and PDF.

Ben - GM

Adam - Shattered Leaves Blown at Dawn aka Dawn - Aelfir Adventurer Witch

Ethan - Headless Ned - Drow Penitent Deadwalker

Vince - Tahir the Red - Gnoll Enlightened Incarnadine

Masks - Closers Get Ice Cream

After spending some time researching, the trio of heroes think they have the location of the killer of Cold Case. However, it is a trendy nightclub, and they are underage. Can they make their way in, find the place Mimic is hiding away, and bring him to justice? Because if they can do so -

Closers get ice cream.

Masks is a Powered by the Apocalypse game by Brendan Conway, of a new generation of super heroes coming into their own, dealing with the pressures of being a teen while saving the day in Halcyon City. The base game and official expansions are available in soft and hardcover books + PDF at Magpie Games' website, while just the PDFs are available at DriveThruRPG.

This episode incorporates content from the core book, the Halcyon City Herald Collection, and the Enduring playbook by Jon of Listen to These Nerds podcast, available in the Fan Favorite Zine, and as an updated standalone PDF, both on itch. The Enduring has also been a part of the TTRPGs for Trans Rights itch.io bundles, so you may already have a copy.

Greg - GM

Ben - Blue Monarch (They/Them) - The Outsider

Dan - Shadow Fist / Vladamir Sandberg (He/Him) - The Beacon

Jared - The Phantom Specter / Arya Kroger (She/Her) - The Enduring

Reign - Nagalisitu - Agents of ALIS - Part 31

In this combination of two recordings, the Agents start to negotiate with the Blue Arrow Union for some of their workers to help with Nagalisitu. The Agents start to have uncomfortable conversations about how to proceed, and their futures...

This campaign will touch on many themes, including genocide, slavery, racism, specism, harm to children, and mental health issues, among others. Listener discretion is advised.

Agents of ALIS is based on the campaign framework Nagalisitu by Caleb Stokes, for Reign second edition by Greg Stolze. Reign 2E has been released in pdf and is available at Atomic Overmind, while the book with the information on Nagalisitu has not been released as of posting. We are using a Kickstarter backer version of those rules.

Genepals are references from Kyle Carty's Starstreamers from BPB Games.

Adam - GM

Dan - Roscoe Holst - The human pilot of the Hypatia, and descendant of the... legendary? line of Holst, a family that always seems to be near when galactic history changes.

Ethan - Silent Reading - A Murnau spy, perhaps the person most suited to the work of the Library. Whereas his twin brother Cheerful Humming is much more of an open book, Silent Reading keeps to himself, trusting few...

Greg - Kyrt Howling-Echo - A gengineered half-human half-Murnau, he is the former Genepal League champion. Kyrt has "retired" into aiding the Library of Alexandria as a patron. Never without his beloved Genepal Pep Pup, or his second best friend Sol-Edge.

Jared - Captain Kai Uhila - The human captain of the Hypatia. Kai is a bard as is the nature of those who helm the ships that travel the galaxy. A bit of a drunk, a bit of a lech, a bit of a loose cannon, but someone with a strong sense of justice.

Laura - Tema Miles - A humanish logistics & security expert on the Hypatia. She wears her heart on her sleeve, and will rip yours out of your chest if you cross her, the ship, or her young ward Libby.

Kaiju Girls - Valentine's Day

Two girls realize a world ending threat is about to hit the Earth, and only they may able to stop it with their powers to transform into monstrous kaiju.

...but who f'n CARES, it's Valentine's Day, and they need their crushes to confess already and kiss them before the day is over!

Kaiju Girls is yet another Grant Howitt one pager, of managing kaiju problems and girl problems while shifting between each form. It is available on his itch.io page.

Ben - GM

Dan - Kelsi Bast

Greg - Sadie Hawk