Party of One Podcast | Creative Interviews Through Tabletop RPG Actual Play

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462 - Bound Together with Velvet the Dragon Jul 25, 2025

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Velvet is an actual play performer and cast member on Athraplay, a tabletop RPG AP podcast exploring the lesser-trod paths of JRR Tolkien's Middle-Earth through play (and aso, a literal dragon). We embarked on a winding journey of our own through the doomed landscapes of K Ramstack's Bound Together, a game about exploring two people's relationships as they outrun the end of the world.

ATHRAPLAY: https://www.athrabethnetwork.com/athraplay

VELVET THE DRAGON: https://velvetthedragon.carrd.co/

BOUND TOGETHER: https://k-ramstack.itch.io/bound

ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/

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THEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.com

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461 - Badger + Coyote with Jessica Marcrum Jul 18, 2025

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Jess is an award-winning writing director, streamer, sensitivity consultant, and designer of some tremendous games, including Just Gals Being Comrades, Oops! All Draculas, and And They Were Dortermates. We sat down to play Badger + Coyote, a wonderful asymmetrical duet RPG about animal buddies running schemes together.

BADGER + COYOTE: https://pandiongames.itch.io/badger-and-coyote

JESSICA MARCRUM: https://www.jessicamarcrumwrites.com/\

ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/

PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK

SUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/jeffstormer

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THEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.com

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460 - Mirror Match with Jackson Adams Jul 11, 2025

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Mirror Match is a role-playing game love letter to fighting games. Players create warriors based on shared themes and origins before facing off in arena combat. Inspired by two-player fighting games, sessions see new characters constantly enter the fray and the game provides scaffolding to create your own universe of mad ninja, shotgun-toting wizards, dragon-gods, and more. All of those characters will face off in the viscera-soaked court of Bloody Mary and only you can decide how they'll fare in her wicked gaze.

I sat down with the game's designer, Jackson Adams, to see the game in action.

MIRROR MATCH: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/444568/mirror-match

JACKSON ADAMS: https://bsky.app/profile/jacksoninacup.bsky.social

ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/

PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK

SUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/jeffstormer

FOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormer

THEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.com

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Batman: Bump in the Night - Issue #1: Terror at 11:11PM! Jul 04, 2025

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SPECIAL EPISODE! We're taking a week off from the show, so in the meantime, enjoy the first issue of our Patreon-exclusive podcast, produced in collaboration with Marn Lastname and the Moonshot Podcast Network!

TERROR AT 11:11AM! A string of suspiciously timed deaths suggest someone--or SOMETHING--is on a killing spree across the city. Can Batman solve the case before he... runs out of time?

Batman: Bump in the Night is a playground-style fanfiction actual play podcast by Jeff Stormer and Marn Lastname.

A joint collaboration between Party of One and the Moonshot Podcast Network.

Logo for the show is by Marn Lastname. Theme music for the show is by Russell Collins (https://bsky.app/profile/robotclaw.info).

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459 - Disposable Bags of Meat with Chris Farnell Jun 27, 2025

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Chris is the author of the Fermi's Progressseries, a darkly comic sci-fi adventure about a spaceship doomed to obliterate every planet it takes off from. The latest novel, Fermi's Wake 4. Overview Effect, just released, and you get it on sale now. We sat down for a delightfully horrifying Fermi-themed adventure in Disposable Bags of Meat, a horror TTRPG about unprepared, ordinary people surviving against impossible odds through luck, grit, and determination.

CHRIS FARNELL: https://chrisfarnell.com/

FERMI'S PROGRESS: https://chrisfarnell.com/fermis-progress/

FERMI'S WAKE 4. OVERVIEW EFFECT https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0CXMJ9JQS

DISPOSABLE BAGS OF MEAT: https://exstasisgames.com/disposable-bags-of-meat/

ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/

PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK

SUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/jeffstormer

FOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormer

THEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.com

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458 - Candlelight with Felix Bishop Jun 19, 2025

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Candlelight is a role playing game about the restless spirits of treasure hunters reckoning with their dark past and seeking hope in a haunted forest that wants to trap them there. I sat down with actor and TTRPG performer Felix Bishop to wander into the wood, and discover the fates that await our characters...

CANDLELIGHT: https://glowingroots.itch.io/candlelight

FELIX BISHOP: https://linktr.ee/withfatedbreath

ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/

PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK

SUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/jeffstormer

FOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormer

THEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.com

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457 - The Invisible Labyrinth with Morgan Jackson Jun 13, 2025

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The Invisible Labyrinth is a game about branching timelines, uncertain futures, and escaping what seems inevitable. Players take on the role of a small group of characters and nonlinearly create a web of timelines about their possible journeys, building a web of alternate timelines and "what if" futures.

I sat down with the game's designer, Morgan Jackson, to experience the game in action.

THE INVISIBLE LABYRINTH: https://wedidthetimewarpagain.itch.io/the-invisible-labyrinth

THE INVISIBLE LABYRINTH AP (PART 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHhn0VYiktY

THE INVISIBLE LABYRINTH AP (PART 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3sCdqGya-4

PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK

SUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/jeffstormer

FOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormer

THEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.com

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456 - Elegy with Laura Tutu Jun 06, 2025

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Laura is an award-winning Actual Play performer, known for her work with Queen's Court Games on a range of incredible shows, including The All-Night Societyand Harlem Hellfighters Never Die. We sat down for some top-tier weird vampirism in a game of Elegy, a solo vampire RPG inspired by Ironsworn.

ELEGY: https://miraclem.itch.io/elegy

LAURA TUTU: https://lauratutu.com/

THE ALL-NIGHT SOCIETY: https://www.queenscourt.games/theallnightsociety

HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS NEVER DIE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhwM3P_fX7HHEBYY8htzEmsRb62rq3EMe

ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/

PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK

SUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/jeffstormer

FOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormer

THEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.com

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SPECIAL EPISODE: Galactic with Ify Nwadiwe, Nala J. Wu, Dusty Hill, and Catrina Dennis [Episode 2: Gameplay] Jun 02, 2025

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Our special two-part playthrough of Galactic continues, as our heroes stare down the Mandate and leap into battle!

You can find the Galactic & Going Rogue crowdfunder on Kickstarter, live now through the end of June: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/galacticgoingrogue/galactic-and-going-rogue-two-ttrpgs-of-war-among-the-stars?ref=dwc59l

This episode was produced and co-sound designed by Jess Levine (@jessfrom.online on Bluesky) and edited, co-produced, and co-sound designed by satah (@posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online on Bluesky). It uses music and SFX from Pond5, including creators ProSoundEffects, MellauSFX, PenroseAudio, LucorMusic, Colourman, and Talekeeper_Music. Guest performers on this episode include Ify Nwadiwe, Nala J. Wu, Dusty Hill, and Catrina Dennis!

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455 - Wandering Blades with Daniel Kwan May 29, 2025

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Wandering Blades is a TTRPG inspired by Chinese wuxia media, Japanese animation, and action video games. Take on the roles of highly skilled martial artists who roam the lands seeking to redress wrongs, help the downtrodden, and free the innocent from oppression.

I sit down with Daniel Kwan, designer of the game (and returning guest!), to discover why the game is "a love letter to violence."

WANDERING BLADES: https://www.wanderingblades.com

DANIEL KWAN: https://bsky.app/profile/danielhkwan.itch.io

ASIANS REPRESENT!: https://aznsrepresent.carrd.co/

ROSS RIFLES WITH DANIEL KWAN: https://www.partyofonepodcast.com/2019/10/10/202-ross-rifles-with-daniel-kwan/

ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/

PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK

SUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/jeffstormer

FOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormer

THEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.com

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