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EPISODE · Nov 29, 2025 · 1H 20M

Midnight Melodies | One-Player One-Shot

from Rene Plays Games · host Rene Legault

We're a few days late, but if it means anything to you, dear listener, it made me haul a lot of my music equipment up to my office and I am definitely going to try and do more original music for my episodes now!   Welcome to another one-player one-shot where I play games I have been dying to get to the table all by myself. This time it's another by one of my favorite designers in the TTRPG community, Midnight Melodies by Cezar Capacle.   In Midnight Melodies, you play as a jazz pianist confronted by the Grim Reaper themself after a night out playing, but there's a catch - you're immune to their touch. Instead, they recruit you for the Department of Unauthorized Deaths to investigate strange, unsanctioned deaths while the big Death works out what to do with you. Now, every now and again, a name will appear in the tip jar at the end of the night, and you must get to the bottom of the unnatural death.   In this episode I play Riley Hawkins, member of the big jazz band The Eclipse, as he goes unauthorized death detective on the case of an academic counselor, Bradley Keats. It gets wild.    Go get Cezar's games, they're all bangers, you can't go wrong!   ----more---- Join the DMs After Dark Discord channel!   I made a Ko-Fi if you feel absurdly generous and want to help cover podcast hosting costs & all the upkeep. I'm still working on whether I want to offer anything special over there or just give my extreme gratitude (maybe some stickers or something in the mail) to those who donate, but no pressure whatsoever :)   Where to Follow Rene Plays Games: LinkTree |  BlueSky | Threads | Instagram | Facebook | DMs After Dark Rene's Games: MECH | MECH Cities 2 | One Last Quest email: [email protected]   Music in the Episode (in order of appearance): Bugablue from Pixabay Sweet Braam (D) by Monument Studios Bass Hit by Monument Studios Autumn Leaves Falling Again by Trygve Larsen from Pixabay Podcast Jazz Music by Denis Pavlov from Pixabay Dark City by TabletopAudio.com Nordic Noir by TabletopAudio.com Noir Procedural by TabletopAudio.com Portal by Monument Studios Body Fall Glass B by Monument Studios Into Silence by Vindsvept Rene Plays Games Theme written & produced by Dan Pomfret | @danfrombothbands

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