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Stress Test - Squires of the Night Part 1 - Thousand Year Old Vampire

Adam and Elk play the one-player RPG Thousand Year Old Vampire by Tim Hutchings. Listen as they create a timeline that fully encapsulates the loneliness of living forever as an undead Frenchman.

Check out Thousand Year Old Vampire by Tim Hutchings! https://thousandyearoldvampire.com/

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Prompter/Facilitator - Eldritch Elk

Player - A-Mac

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Phallus: A Game of Seduction - Dallas: The Television RPG

We're back and we're playing Dallas: The Television Role-playing Game, an 80's crunchy-as-hell role-playing system based on the hit tv show, Dallas! We'll explore common soap opera tropes like seduction and murder. We'll even solve the age-old question. Who shot JR?

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DM- Dallas Welk

Players-

Kat Murray - Bobby Ewing

Zach Amory - Cliff Barnes

ACheckeredPast - Jock Ewing

A-Mac - Sue Ellen Ewing

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Dead Set Media Update

A quick update on what we're working on.

The New Dead Set Media RSS Feed - https://open.spotify.com/show/7HUUiHOxtvyWcOoOYPCo91?si=43c14693410642b6

Blood & Sun - https://open.spotify.com/show/2BcCLWiSzckbMYhm21FPwL?si=c4cda53390da4c9b

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Wreck the Halls

We're wrapping up season 4 with another Christmas special! This time we're playing Wreck the Halls, a post-apocalyptic one page RPG by Thryn Henderson and Grant Howitt. We continue the saga of Nuclear Christmas and are again blessed by Elk's inspired world building and DMing abilities. See you next year for Season 5!

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DM- Eldritch Elk

Players-

Teller Machine - Dallas Welk

Finnabe Chrismass - Zach Amory

Claus Bell De Saint Nikolaus - A-Mac

Gribb Snubnose - ACP

Check out Wreck the Halls - https://gshowitt.itch.io/wreck-the-halls

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Jolly Road - Witness Me

We're wrapping up season 3 with another Christmas special! This time we're playing Witness Me, a Mad Max inspired one page RPG. We continue the saga of Nuclear Christmas and are again blessed by Elk's inspired world building and DMing abilities. See you next year for Season 4!

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DM- Eldritch Elk

Players- Lentil, Legume, Winsel, Pinsel - Dallas Welk Shiny Tim, Fetacheeser Scrooge - Zach Amory Fizz Wizz Twinkle Toes - Kat Murray Missile Tow, Ted - A-Mac Zelda, Ricky Rouse - TheWhiteShadow

Check out Witness Me - https://www.reddit.com/r/onepagerpgs/comments/utqvk4/witness_me_seek_glorious_death_on_the_fury_road/#lightbox

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Escape From Tinseltown - Goblin With a Fat Ass

It's another Christmas bonus! SURPRISE!!! This time we're taking on the WIDEly requested system Goblin with a Fat Ass by @Orbitaldropkick. We save Christmas yet again, this time as blessedly thicc goblins.

Happy holidays folks, we'll see you next year for Season three!

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DM- Eldritch Elk

Players- Little Lord Grork - Dallas Welk Saint Thiccolas - Zach Amory Lil' Bit - Kat Murray Wizard King Bumtale Squattsalot - A-Mac

Check out Goblin With a Fat Ass by @Orbitaldropkick-https://twitter.com/Orbitaldropkick/status/1728889290040680461

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DSM Royale: Mordal Combat - We Hardly Knew Ye

The season 2 finale happens to also be the epic return of We Hardly Knew Ye and we saved the best for last. We attempt to service every fan by having our key Stressters reprise roles from episodes past. Join us as we fight for the sake of our universe in Mordal Combat.

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DM- TheWhiteShadow

Players- Kat Murray Dallas Welk Zach Amory Eldritch Elk A-Mac Furin

Check out We Hardly Knew Ye by Caravansary! - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1z4AeHUT5rMY6l33IfXmykQiNWVaeZh8r

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2 Guys 1 Moon - Two Guys on the Moon

On this week's episode, we play yet another 2-player RPG, Two Guys on the Moon by Brendan McLeod. We figure out what it takes to appease the Digital Media Devil and fulfill a forgotten blood pact.

Cast-

TheWhiteShadow - TheWhiteShadow Dallas Welk - Dallas Welk

Check out Two Guys on the Moon on http://Itch.io! - https://sulcata.itch.io/two-guys-on-the-moon Check out Brendan's website! - https://sulcata.carrd.co/

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A Night of Mostly Murders - Be Gay Solve Crime

This week Adam is Stresstin' our first one-player RPG, Be Gay Solve Crime by Oliver Darkshire. Adam's boyfriend, Chris, guest stars in this episode so we can introduce REAL sexual tension in the game!

Cast-

Detective William Scott- A-Mac Lieutenant Bob Johnson - Chris (Adam's Boyfriend) Sanctimony Brown - Dallas Welk Madame DeSplatt, Vivienne - Kat Murray

Check out Oliver Darkshire's Linktree! - https://linktr.ee/oliverdarkshire

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The Spring Formal Part 2 - Let's Be Magical!

After kicking a bunch of asses in the gym, the Magical Girls have to find the perfect dresses to wear to the Spring Formal. Will they wrap up every plot thread Kat throws at them, or are they doomed to banish the biggest evil and call it a day?

Cast-

DM- Kat Murray Methany- Dallas Welk B3- Zach Amory Smelly Beef- Mavaney Christianson Synnamon The Diamond- TheWhiteShadow

Check out Let's Be Magical by Nick Potter! - https://sustain-a-spell.itch.io/lets-be-magical

Check out Breathless by Fari RPG! - https://fari-rpgs.itch.io/breathless-srd

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The Spring Formal Part 1 - Let's Be Magical!

This week we're magical girls exploring the hardships of high school and other hellish things. Kat DM's her first game and we ruin a perfectly innocent system by Nick Potter. It's time to be very very magical.

Cast-

DM- Kat Murray Methany- Dallas Welk B3- Zach Amory Smelly Beef- Mavaney Christianson Synnamon The Diamond- TheWhiteShadow

Check out Let's Be Magical by Nick Potter! - https://sustain-a-spell.itch.io/lets-be-magical

Check out Breathless by Fari RPG! - https://fari-rpgs.itch.io/breathless-srd

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Lost Tapes Part 2 - M.E.R.C.s

The Mercs are up against a bunch of gangsters and a pile of antiquated media. Will someone die? Probably.

Cast- DM- Ada Ed C. Biscuit- Dallas Welk BB- Kat Murray Dr. Valka- A-Mac McTorian- Matt

Check out M.E.R.C.s on DriveThruRPG! - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/427303/Ashlands-MERCs?affiliate_id=3862759

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Lost Tapes Part 1 - M.E.R.C.s

This week we travel to Newland City as a bunch of delinquent cyberpunk mercenaries on a mission to retrieve a crate of tapes. We're stresstin' out M.E.R.C.s by Wolfhound RPGs, the best system to do exactly that! Even better, we have one of the creators guest DMing our adventure.

Cast- DM- Ada Ed C. Biscuit- Dallas Welk BB- Kat Murray Dr. Valka- A-Mac McTorian- Matt

Check out M.E.R.C.s on DriveThruRPG! - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/427303/Ashlands-MERCs?affiliate_id=3862759

Check out Wolfhound's Twitter! - https://twitter.com/WolfhoundRPGs Check out Ada's Twitter! - https://twitter.com/R3DDV5

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Badger + Coyote Review

A few minutes after playing Badger + Coyote, we talked about the system and what we thought of it.

Check out Badger + Coyote by Pandion Games! http://pandiongames.com/backerkit

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Cool Skunkles - Badger + Coyote

This week we find ourselves making Stress Test history as we play our first two-player RPG. Badger + Coyote is a GM-less duet game that allows each player to take on the roles of a Badger and a Coyote, an unlikely adventuring duo with tendencies of miscommunication. We luckily become two of the coolest skunk dads in the process and get to kick the shit out of a bobcat.

Cast-

Badger- Dallas Welk Coyote- TheWhiteShadow

Check out Badger + Coyote by Pandion Games and be sure to pledge to their Backerkit campaign when it launches September 12th! - http://pandiongames.com/backerkit

Check out the How Not to DM Podcast! - https://linktr.ee/hn2dm

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Unincorporated Review

A few months after playing Unincorporated, we talk about the system and what we thought of it. Check out Unincorporated by Ethan Harvey (https://ethanharvey.itch.io/unincorporated) and be sure to support what they do! (https://ethanharvey.itch.io/)

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Check out Badger + Coyote! - https://pandiongames.com/products/badger-coyote

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Privet Glade Part 3 - Unincorporated

In this episode, we tie some loose ends and figure out the murder of Johnny Lockett.

Cast-

Richard Cobalt- Dallas Welk Will Layne- TheWhiteShadow Kelly MacIntyre- A-Mac Wade Shimley - Eldritch Elk Beverly Williams - Kat Murray

Check out Unincorporated by Ethan Harvey! - https://ethanharvey.itch.io/unincorporated https://ethanharvey.carrd.co/

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Privet Glade Part 2 - Unincorporated

It's time to actually play Unincorporated. That's right! Not only is it a world-building game, but it has mechanics for actually acting as and further developing your characters. It even has a rolling system for challenge checks. Watch as we try to solve a murder... while making it up on the fly.

Cast-

Richard Cobalt- Dallas Welk Will Layne- TheWhiteShadow Kelly MacIntyre- A-Mac Wade Shimley - Eldritch Elk Beverly Williams - Kat Murray

Check out Unincorporated by Ethan Harvey! - https://ethanharvey.itch.io/unincorporated https://ethanharvey.carrd.co/

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Privet Glade Part 1 - Unincorporated

Today we flip the script a bit and dedicate a whole episode to character creation and world-building! We're playing Unincorporated, a system designed to help flesh out the messy relationships that evolve from small-town living.

Cast-

Richard Cobalt- Dallas Welk Will Layne- TheWhiteShadow Kelly MacIntyre- A-Mac Wade Shimley - Eldritch Elk Beverly Williams - Kat Murray

Check out Unincorporated by Ethan Harvey! - https://ethanharvey.itch.io/unincorporated https://ethanharvey.carrd.co/

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Stoneburner Review

Right after finishing our Stoneburner playthrough, we talk about the system and what we thought of it. Check out Stoneburner by Fari RPGs (https://farirpgs.com/) and be sure to support what they do! (https://www.patreon.com/farirpgs)

Check out René-Pier on Twitter! - https://twitter.com/RPDeshaies

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