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With what words they have left, the Rogue Linguists expound on their experiences of the Forbidden Library.Coming up in the Main House – Vigil: The Long NightProgramme notesThis production contains strong language, choking sounds, violence (including gun violence) and gore, harm to children and animals, death and bereavement (including death of a parent figure), body shaming, and references to sex and drugs.CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst as Jehova, the Knowledge Undoer; Harrison, the Wonky Xerox; Jaguar, Readers Unknown; and Courtney, the Overachieving User- Natalie Winter as Tabitha, the Jazz Knight- Ellie Pitkin as Simon, the Monster Botherer and Gary, the Blood Slinger- Strat as Ernest, the Very Naughty and Ralph, the Ignored Boy- Matt Boothman as Basil, the Lithe Yodeller and Nerm, the Gold InventorROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Bibliocalypse from All Eyes No GamesMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act II of III: The False Librarian acquaints the Rogue Linguists with the red acid slap of their own words.Coming next on 3 March – A to Z (Use Your Words Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains strong language, choking sounds, violence (including gun violence) and gore, harm to children and animals, death and bereavement (including death of a parent figure), body shaming, and references to sex and drugs.CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst as Harrison, the Wonky Xerox; J, R_ U_; and C, the O_ U_- Natalie Winter as Tabitha, the Jazz Knight- Ellie Pitkin as Simon, the Monster Botherer and G_, the B_ S_- Strat as Ernest, the Very Naughty and R_, the I_ B_- Matt Boothman as Basil, the Lithe Yodeller and N_, the G_ I_ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Bibliocalypse from All Eyes No GamesMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Utterances deemed unpalatable by even the False Librarian. (The recording got giddy and I cut a lot out. Here some of it is.)Coming next on 24 February – Use Your Words, Act IIIProgramme notesThis production contains strong language, choking sounds, violence (including gun violence) and gore, harm to children and animals, death and bereavement (including death of a parent figure), body shaming, and references to sex and drugs.CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst as Jehova, the Knowledge Undoer and Harrison, the Wonky Xerox- Natalie Winter as Tabitha, the Jazz Knight- Ellie Pitkin as Simon, the Monster Botherer- Strat as Ernest, the Very Naughty- Matt Boothman as Basil, the Lithe YodellerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Bibliocalypse from All Eyes No GamesMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act II of III: Words bleed meaning as False Librarian logophagy value extraction. Demonstration: yassified bakery explosion, lava (not hazardous), horizontal eruption, ceramic skulletComing next on 17 February – Lost for words (Use Your Words Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains strong language, choking sounds, violence (including gun violence) and gore, harm to children and animals, death and bereavement (including death of a parent figure), body shaming, and references to sex and drugs.CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst as Jehova, the Knowledge Undoer and H_, the W_ X_- Natalie Winter as Tabitha, the Jazz Knight- Ellie Pitkin as Simon, the Monster Botherer- Strat as Ernest, the Very Naughty- Matt Boothman as Basil, the Lithe YodellerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Bibliocalypse from All Eyes No GamesMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

The players scry and speak their Rogue Linguists into being. (You heard a speedrun of this bit in Act I. This is longer and sillier.)Coming next on 10 February – Use Your Words, Act IIProgramme notesThis production contains strong language, choking sounds, violence (including gun violence) and gore, harm to children and animals, death and bereavement (including death of a parent figure), body shaming, and references to sex and drugs.CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst as Jehova, the Knowledge Undoer- Natalie Winter as Tabitha, the Jazz Knight- Ellie Pitkin as Simon, the Monster Botherer- Strat as Ernest, the Very Naughty- Matt Boothman as Basil, the Lithe YodellerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Bibliocalypse from All Eyes No GamesMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act I of III: With a world losing meaning at their backs, the Rogue Linguists present their library cards and enter the nonsense that the Forbidden Library has become.Coming next on 3 February – Rogue Linguists (Use Your Words Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains strong language, choking sounds, violence (including gun violence) and gore, harm to children and animals, death and bereavement (including death of a parent figure), body shaming, and references to sex and drugs.Subscribe to Professional Relations, the Foggy Outline newsletter, for monthly backstage updates and more.CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst as J_, the K_ U_- Natalie Winter as T_, the J_ K_- Ellie Pitkin as S_, the M_ B_- Strat as E_, the V_ N_- Matt Boothman as B_, the L_ Y_ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Bibliocalypse from All Eyes No GamesMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

No rest for the wicked, they of shaken faith. The players look back on the assignment – and forward to the next…?Coming next in January – Use Your Words, Act 1Programme notesThis production contains violence, body horror, grotesque religious imagery, cults, religious trauma, family trauma, government corruption and oppression, police violence, and references to ritual sacrifice.Play the Assignment we’re playing in this production, The Stone Shackle, with your own Silt Verses RPG gaming group. And let us know how your Custodians resolve it!CreditsSTARRING:- Marta Da Silva (The Silt Verses) as Nim Harrow, of The Watcher in the Wings- B Narr (The Silt Verses) as Jasper Finch, of The Pox-Martyr- Fiona KT Howat (What Am I Rolling?) as Billie Fletcher, of The Waxen ScrivenerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: The Silt Verses RPG, by Gabriel Robinson and Jason Cordova, published by The Gauntlet.MUSIC BY: Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 3 of 3: Stockstill in the searchlight. Stand together. Yes, banish hesitation, but it’s okay to look back sometimes too. A god must feed, so can one starve? The Custodians strive for resolution.Coming next on 2 December – Next assignment (It Feeds Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains violence, body horror, grotesque religious imagery, cults, religious trauma, family trauma, government corruption and oppression, police violence, and references to ritual sacrifice.Play the Assignment we’re playing in this production, The Stone Shackle, with your own Silt Verses RPG gaming group. And let us know how your Custodians resolve it!CreditsSTARRING:- Marta Da Silva (The Silt Verses) as Nim Harrow, of The Watcher in the Wings- B Narr (The Silt Verses) as Jasper Finch, of The Pox-Martyr- Fiona KT Howat (What Am I Rolling?) as Billie Fletcher, of The Waxen ScrivenerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: The Silt Verses RPG, by Gabriel Robinson and Jason Cordova, published by The Gauntlet.MUSIC BY: Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Anywhere can be an altar, and anything can be an offering. The players offer and accept some sacred (and sometimes useful) things.Coming next on 25 November – It Feeds on Fire, Act 3Programme notesThis production contains violence, body horror, grotesque religious imagery, cults, religious trauma, family trauma, government corruption and oppression, police violence, and references to ritual sacrifice.CreditsSTARRING:- Marta Da Silva (The Silt Verses) as Nim Harrow, of The Watcher in the Wings- B Narr (The Silt Verses) as Jasper Finch, of The Pox-Martyr- Fiona KT Howat (What Am I Rolling?) as Billie Fletcher, of The Waxen ScrivenerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: The Silt Verses RPG, by Gabriel Robinson and Jason Cordova, published by The Gauntlet.MUSIC BY: Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 2 of 3: Sky falling at the SSPC. Heavy hearts at Ornglen Unbroken. The trains don’t run any more. Nowhere to run. RUN. The Custodians have a theory.Coming next on 18 November – Altars (It Feeds Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains violence, body horror, grotesque religious imagery, cults, religious trauma, family trauma, government corruption and oppression, police violence, and references to ritual sacrifice.Play the Assignment we’re playing in this production, The Stone Shackle, with your own Silt Verses RPG gaming group. And let us know how your Custodians resolve it!CreditsSTARRING:- Marta Da Silva (The Silt Verses) as Nim Harrow, of The Watcher in the Wings- B Narr (The Silt Verses) as Jasper Finch, of The Pox-Martyr- Fiona KT Howat (What Am I Rolling?) as Billie Fletcher, of The Waxen ScrivenerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: The Silt Verses RPG, by Gabriel Robinson and Jason Cordova, published by The Gauntlet.MUSIC BY: Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

The players create the unsettling, troubled trio upon whose shaken faith the fate of Ornglen now depends.Coming next on 11 November – It Feeds on Fire, Act 2Programme notesThis production contains violence, body horror, grotesque religious imagery, cults, religious trauma, family trauma, government corruption and oppression, police violence, and references to ritual sacrifice.CreditsSTARRING:- Marta Da Silva (The Silt Verses) as Nim Harrow, of The Watcher in the Wings- B Narr (The Silt Verses) as Jasper Finch, of The Pox-Martyr- Fiona KT Howat (What Am I Rolling?) as Billie Fletcher, of The Waxen ScrivenerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: The Silt Verses RPG, by Gabriel Robinson and Jason Cordova, published by The Gauntlet.MUSIC BY: Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 1 of 3: Stone fists on riot shields. Banish hesitation. Awe and terrify. Faiths are founded on less; who’s playing god in Ornglen? Custodians Billie, Nim and Jasper gather clues.Coming next on 4 November – Custodians (It Feeds Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains violence, body horror, grotesque religious imagery, cults, religious trauma, family trauma, government corruption and oppression, police violence, and references to ritual sacrifice.Matt’s other podcast, I Need A Miracle, is doing a live show at Audio Drama Hubfest on 1 November. You can get an evening ticket for just the live shows or a day ticket that includes all sorts of voice acting-related panels and activities.Subscribe to Professional Relations, the Foggy Outline newsletter, for monthly backstage updates and more of Matt and his parents interviewing each other.CreditsSTARRING:- Marta Da Silva (The Silt Verses) as Nim Harrow, of The Watcher in the Wings- B Narr (The Silt Verses) as Jasper Finch, of The Pox-Martyr- Fiona KT Howat (What Am I Rolling?) as Billie Fletcher, of The Waxen ScrivenerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: The Silt Verses RPG, by Gabriel Robinson and Jason Cordova, published by The Gauntlet.MUSIC BY: Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Well what the fuck happens now?Programme notesThis production contains climate breakdown, allusions to sex, conspiracy theories, gun violence, psychic coercion, and death. It mentions people in cages and dying of thirst.What caused the apocalypse and how can we avoid it happening in the real world? Learn all about climate breakdown (and who you need to yell at to do something about it) with videos and online courses from Foggy Outline.CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst as Sacramento del Barco, the News- Natalie Winter as Sundown, the Brainer- Chris Starkey as Nasus Nest, the WaterbearerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Apocalypse World, second edition, by Vincent D Baker and Meguey Baker. The News playbook with Josh Savoie.MUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 3 of 3: Nasus, Nipperkin, Sacramento, how the fuck does your garden grow?Coming next on 23 September – After the end (Tipping Point Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains climate breakdown, allusions to sex, conspiracy theories, gun violence, psychic coercion, and death. It mentions people in cages and dying of thirst.What caused the apocalypse and how can we avoid it happening in the real world? Learn all about climate breakdown (and who you need to yell at to do something about it) with videos and online courses from Foggy Outline.Support Apocalypse World: Burned Over, the new edition of the roleplaying game we’re playing.Get ready for our next production by listening to The Silt Verses and watching our guest appearance on What Am I Rolling?’s two-part series playing The Between, run by its designer, Jason Cordova.CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst as Sacramento del Barco, the News- Natalie Winter as Sundown, the Brainer- Chris Starkey as Nasus Nest, the WaterbearerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Apocalypse World, second edition, by Vincent D Baker and Meguey Baker. The News playbook with Josh Savoie.MUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Who’s side-eyeing who? Who’s flush with jingle a fucker could relieve them of? And who’s bartered it all away?Coming next on 16 September – Tipping Point, Act 3Programme notesThis production contains climate breakdown, allusions to sex, conspiracy theories, gun violence, psychic coercion, and death. It mentions people in cages and dying of thirst.What caused the apocalypse and how can we avoid it happening in the real world? Learn all about climate breakdown (and who you need to yell at to do something about it) with videos and online courses from Foggy Outline.CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst as Sacramento del Barco, the News- Natalie Winter as Sundown, the Brainer- Chris Starkey as Nasus Nest, the WaterbearerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Apocalypse World, second edition, by Vincent D Baker and Meguey Baker. The News playbook with Josh Savoie.MUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 2 of 3: What the fuck happened to Weird Sammy and them up at that house? Someone should see what Nasus knows.Coming next on 9 September – The Hx network (Tipping Point Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains climate breakdown, allusions to sex, conspiracy theories, gun violence, psychic coercion, and death. It mentions people in cages and dying of thirst.What caused the apocalypse and how can we avoid it happening in the real world? Learn all about climate breakdown (and who you need to yell at to do something about it) with videos and online courses from Foggy Outline.A few of our ensemble are going to London Podcast Festival on Sunday 7 September to see the Camlann and Wooden Overcoats live shows. Shout if you spot us and want to hang out, luvvies.CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst as Sacramento del Barco, the News- Natalie Winter as Sundown, the Brainer- Chris Starkey as Nasus Nest, the WaterbearerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Apocalypse World, second edition, by Vincent D Baker and Meguey Baker. The News playbook with Josh Savoie.MUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

What fuckin weirdos survive and thrive in a world like this? Got plenty wrong with them, ‘s for sure.Coming next on 2 September – Tipping Point, Act 2Programme notesThis production contains climate breakdown, allusions to sex, conspiracy theories, gun violence, psychic coercion, and death. It mentions people in cages and dying of thirst.What caused the apocalypse and how can we avoid it happening in the real world? Learn all about climate breakdown (and who you need to yell at to do something about it) with videos and online courses from Foggy Outline.CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst as Sacramento del Barco, the News- Natalie Winter as Sundown, the Brainer- Chris Starkey as Nasus Nest, the WaterbearerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Apocalypse World, second edition, by Vincent D Baker and Meguey Baker. The News playbook with Josh Savoie.MUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 1 of 3: Who the fuck’s this Dremmer think he is, rolling in tooled up with bandits in tow? Someone should tell him what’s what.Coming next on 26 August – Who survives (Tipping Point Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains climate breakdown, allusions to sex, conspiracy theories, gun violence, psychic coercion, and death. It mentions people in cages and dying of thirst.What caused the apocalypse and how can we avoid it happening in the real world? Learn all about climate breakdown (and who you need to yell at to do something about it) with videos and online courses from Foggy Outline.Subscribe to Professional Relations, the Foggy Outline newsletter, for monthly backstage updates and more of Matt and his parents interviewing each other.CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst as Sacramento del Barco, the News- Natalie Winter as Sundown, the Brainer- Chris Starkey as Nasus Nest, the WaterbearerROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Apocalypse World, second edition, by Vincent D Baker and Meguey Baker. The News playbook with Josh Savoie.MUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

This fuckin world’s gonna burn and drown, scrap and starve. Take it from the experts. Here’s what we’re in for.Coming next on 19 August – Tipping Point, Act 1Programme notesThis production contains climate breakdown, allusions to sex, conspiracy theories, gun violence, psychic coercion, and death. It mentions people in cages and dying of thirst.What caused the apocalypse and how can we avoid it happening in the real world? Learn all about climate breakdown (and who you need to yell at to do something about it) with videos and online courses from Foggy Outline.CreditsWITH SPECIAL GUESTS:- Richard Boothman and Karen Boothman – climate educators from Foggy Outline, and Matt’s parentsROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Apocalypse World, second edition, by Vincent D Baker and Meguey Baker. The News playbook with Josh Savoie.MUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

What epic future storylines could these events have set up? The Shadowfall cast speculates.Coming next on x August – How it happens (Tipping Point Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, gunfire, and references to child abduction.Dramatis personae and other definitionsMelody Bantham: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since.Harper: A US exchange student trying to sever her ties to the Shadow realm she sometimes enters through revolving doors.Gwynned, the Shieldmaiden: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself.Brier: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Helen Stratton as Melody Bantham, the ConstructedMarta Da Silva as Harper, the SearcherNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineStrat as Brier, the MonstrousROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Five of Five: Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Can Mayor’s unspecified scandal derail historic property deal?Coming next on 22 July – Post-credits scene (Vigil Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, gunfire, and references to child abduction.Dramatis personae and other definitionsMelody Bantham: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since.Harper: A US exchange student trying to sever her ties to the Shadow realm she sometimes enters through revolving doors.Gwynned, the Shieldmaiden: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself.Brier: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Helen Stratton as Melody Bantham, the ConstructedMarta Da Silva as Harper, the SearcherNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineStrat as Brier, the MonstrousROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Four of Five: What happens when you mix ancient Albion’s divine magic with the gray psyche of the urban USA? Not a riddle: we’re about to find out.Coming next on 15 July – Vigil: Shadowfall, Act 5Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, gunfire, and references to child abduction.Matt played Coiled Spæce with Maddy Searle on A Game Of One’s Own.Dramatis personae and other definitionsMelody Bantham: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since.Harper: A US exchange student trying to sever her ties to the Shadow realm she sometimes enters through revolving doors.Gwynned, the Shieldmaiden: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself.Brier: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Helen Stratton as Melody Bantham, the ConstructedMarta Da Silva as Harper, the SearcherNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineStrat as Brier, the MonstrousROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanSFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: Pigeons taking off by Glaneur de sons on freesound.org (CC BY 4.0); and may include others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Three of Five: The library is a gateway to knowledge and, since they installed the revolving door, to dark places too.Coming next on 1 July – Vigil: Shadowfall, Act 4Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, gunfire, and references to child abduction.Matt’s Mum interviews him about Merely Roleplayers in the next edition of Professional Relations, the Foggy Outline newsletter, dropping into inboxes on Friday 27 June.Dramatis personae and other definitionsMelody Bantham: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since.Harper: A US exchange student trying to sever her ties to the Shadow realm she sometimes enters through revolving doors.Gwynned, the Shieldmaiden: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself.Brier: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Helen Stratton as Melody Bantham, the ConstructedMarta Da Silva as Harper, the SearcherNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineStrat as Brier, the MonstrousROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanSFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: Pigeons taking off by Glaneur de sons on freesound.org (CC BY 4.0); and may include others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Two of Five: In the deepest darkest basement, the former Mayor has a lead that could go all the way to the top.Coming next on 17 June – Vigil: Shadowfall, Act 3Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, gunfire, and references to child abduction.In chapter 3 of Camera Obscura, Matt’s actual play of Outliers by Samantha Leigh, the RAs do battle with a dæmon-haunted server.Dramatis personae and other definitionsMelody Bantham: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since.Harper: A US exchange student trying to sever her ties to the Shadow realm she sometimes enters through revolving doors.Gwynned, the Shieldmaiden: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself.Brier: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Helen Stratton as Melody Bantham, the ConstructedMarta Da Silva as Harper, the SearcherNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineStrat as Brier, the MonstrousROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanSFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: Pigeons taking off by Glaneur de sons on freesound.org (CC BY 4.0); and may include others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

The Shadowfall cast check the status of their characters’ relationships, and check Matt’s fit for clues.Coming next on 3 June – Vigil: Shadowfall, Act 2Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, gunfire, and references to child abduction.Dramatis personae and other definitionsMelody Bantham: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since.Harper: A US exchange student trying to sever her ties to the Shadow realm she sometimes enters through revolving doors.Gwynned, the Shieldmaiden: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself.Brier: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Helen Stratton as Melody Bantham, the ConstructedMarta Da Silva as Harper, the SearcherNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineStrat as Brier, the MonstrousROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act One of Five: If you don’t cast a shadow, are you really there? Not a riddle: we’re about to find out.Coming next on 27 May – Other selves (Vigil Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, gunfire, and references to child abduction.Find Matt at UK Games Expo, 30 May–1 June at the NEC in Birmingham. He’s running some roleplaying game sessions you can sign up to join.Dramatis personae and other definitionsMelody Bantham: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since.Harper: A US exchange student trying to sever her ties to the Shadow realm she sometimes enters through revolving doors.Gwynned, the Shieldmaiden: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself.Brier: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Helen Stratton as Melody Bantham, the ConstructedMarta Da Silva as Harper, the SearcherNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineStrat as Brier, the MonstrousROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanSFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: Pigeons taking off by Glaneur de sons on freesound.org (CC BY 4.0); and may include others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

The cast of Vigil: Ill Wind talk about the parts of the story that came out in the wash, and the parts that might stink up the Main House for a while to come.Coming next on 20 May – Vigil: Shadowfall, Act 1Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, retching sounds, toxic friendship, and betrayal.Dramatis personae and other definitionsRenko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.Gwynned, the Shieldmaiden: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself.Graham: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.Peggy Tailor: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong.Jess Butterworth: A twenty-something shift worker, Sherrydown born and bred. While working the tarot tent at Amazement Park, she was approached by Kit, a being claiming to be her spirit guide.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Vikki as Renko, the FlakeNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineAlexander Pankhurst as Graham, the SummonedEllie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the Crookedwith Ellen Gould as Jess ButterworthROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Five of Five: To save Sherrydown from its own waste, someone’s going to have to get their hands dirty.Coming next on 29 April – Lingering effects (Vigil Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, retching sounds, toxic friendship, and betrayal.Dramatis personae and other definitionsRenko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.Gwynned, the Shieldmaiden: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself.Graham: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.Peggy Tailor: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong.Jess Butterworth: A twenty-something shift worker, Sherrydown born and bred. While working the tarot tent at Amazement Park, she was approached by Kit, a being claiming to be her spirit guide.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Vikki as Renko, the FlakeNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineAlexander Pankhurst as Graham, the SummonedEllie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the Crookedwith Ellen Gould as Jess ButterworthROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Four of Five: Did the Tailors cause all this? Yes. Can they fix it? Also yes. But maybe they’re not the only ones.Coming next on 22 April – Vigil: Ill Wind, Act 5Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, retching sounds, toxic friendship, and betrayal.Want to reduce waste so it can’t come blobbing through town, dissolving everything in sight? Matt’s Dad is organising a clothes swap to reduce clothing waste in the Settle, North Yorkshire area, for Action on Climate Climate Emergency.Dramatis personae and other definitionsRenko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.Gwynned, the Shieldmaiden: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself.Graham: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.Peggy Tailor: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong.Jess Butterworth: A twenty-something shift worker, Sherrydown born and bred. While working the tarot tent at Amazement Park, she was approached by Kit, a being claiming to be her spirit guide.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Vikki as Renko, the FlakeNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineAlexander Pankhurst as Graham, the SummonedEllie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the Crookedwith Ellen Gould as Jess ButterworthROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanSFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: Pigeons taking off by Glaneur de sons on freesound.org (CC BY 4.0); and may include others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Three of Five: An old friend invites Peggy to get drunk. Gwynned holds her nose and flies to the rescue.Coming next on 8 April – Vigil: Ill Wind, Act 4Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, retching sounds, toxic friendship, and betrayal.Camera Obscura is Matt’s new actual play of Outliers, a single-player roleplaying game of weird science by Samantha Leigh. Read a new chapter every month at foggyoutline.com/serialsDramatis personae and other definitionsRenko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.Gwynned, the Shieldmaiden: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself.Graham: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.Peggy Tailor: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong.Jess Butterworth: A twenty-something shift worker, Sherrydown born and bred. While working the tarot tent at Amazement Park, she was approached by Kit, a being claiming to be her spirit guide.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Vikki as Renko, the FlakeNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineAlexander Pankhurst as Graham, the SummonedEllie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the Crookedwith Ellen Gould as Jess ButterworthROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanSFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: atmos small pub 10 people by v_hazard on freesound.org; and may include others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Two of Five: Gwynned seeks out eyewitnesses (and nose-, foot- and tail-witnesses). Graham and Renko follow their noses.Coming next on 25 March – Vigil: Ill Wind, Act 3Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, retching sounds, toxic friendship, and betrayal.The Re: Dracula team’s audio drama adaptation of Carmilla, the classic vampire novel by J Sheridan Le Fanu (Sherrydown’s namesake), is in progress over on the Re: Dracula podcast feed.Dramatis personae and other definitionsRenko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.Gwynned, the Shieldmaiden: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself.Graham: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.Peggy Tailor: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong.Jess Butterworth: A twenty-something shift worker, Sherrydown born and bred. While working the tarot tent at Amazement Park, she was approached by Kit, a being claiming to be her spirit guide.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Vikki as Renko, the FlakeNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineAlexander Pankhurst as Graham, the SummonedEllie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the Crookedwith Ellen Gould as Jess ButterworthROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanSFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: pigeons taking off by Glaneur de sons on freesound.org; Virtutes Instrumenti by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons By Attribution 3.0 License; and may include others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act One of Five: Something’s rotten in the county of Brackshire. Peggy has some rotten luck and Graham smells a rat.Coming next on 11 March – Vigil: Ill Wind, Act 2Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, retching sounds, toxic friendship, and betrayal.Free exhibition Tarot: Origins and Afterlives is at the Warburg Institute, London until 30 April.Dramatis personae and other definitionsRenko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.Gwynned, the Shieldmaiden: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself.Graham: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.Peggy Tailor: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong.Jess Butterworth: A twenty-something shift worker, Sherrydown born and bred. While working the tarot tent at Amazement Park, she was approached by Kit, a being claiming to be her spirit guide.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Vikki as Renko, the FlakeNatalie Winter as Gwynned, the DivineAlexander Pankhurst as Graham, the SummonedEllie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the Crookedwith Ellen Gould as Jess ButterworthROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

While you wait for the next Vigil production in the Main House, here’s a sample of The Sprouting by our friends at Blighthouse Studio.The Sprouting is an eldritch horror of a Call of Cthulhu actual play podcast, set in an apocalyptic future where plants have taken over, magical bargains twist the fabric of reality and each survivor struggles to trust their own senses.Coming next on 25 February – Vigil: Ill Wind, Act 1 of 5The Sprouting: Prequel for Lark, Sully and RalphDear listener, welcome to The Cradle. My name is Anori and I will be recounting the story of The Sprouting.Before we set off on this tale together, it is only right that we meet the people integral to this story: Lark, Sully and Ralph.Enjoy.Support The SproutingEmail: [email protected]: https://linktr.ee/thesproutingSupport: http://www.Patreon.com/blighthouseDiscord: https://discord.gg/vtgnVAZY44This is a Blighthouse Studio production

Which questions did we decline to answer and why? The cast discusses the end of their beloved Queen’s journey.Coming next on 11 February – Guest artist: The SproutingProgramme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, murder, and eye damage.CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst- Marta Da Silva- Josh Yard- Ellie Pitkin- Matt BoothmanROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: For The Queen, second edition, by Alex Roberts, published by Darrington PressMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstCOVER ART INCLUDES:Royal crown silhouette by Timplaru Emil on VecteezyCarnival mask silhouette by Muhammad Fathurrahman on VecteezySkull silhouette by Carlos Avila on VecteezyEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 3 of 3: The Queen is under attack. After all she’s done, who of her retinue will defend her?Coming next on 4 February – Her end (Many Masks Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, murder, and eye damage.CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst- Marta Da Silva- Josh Yard- Ellie Pitkin- Matt BoothmanROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: For The Queen, second edition, by Alex Roberts, published by Darrington PressMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstCOVER ART INCLUDES:Royal crown silhouette by Timplaru Emil on VecteezyCarnival mask silhouette by Muhammad Fathurrahman on VecteezySkull silhouette by Carlos Avila on VecteezyEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Blooper reel or pooper reel? From all the material Matt cut from the recording emerges a very tonally different parallel story.Coming next on 28 January – Her Many Masks, Act 3Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, murder, and eye damage.Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to The Thorne Files. They just aired Dead On Arrival, a two-part miniseries using a one-page game designed by the show’s own Danny, that centres around c-list supervillains being given their 15 minutes of fame (inspired by The Secret Six and The Suicide Squad). And season two of their main Monster of the Week game starts soon!CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst- Marta Da Silva- Josh Yard- Ellie Pitkin- Matt BoothmanROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: For The Queen, second edition, by Alex Roberts, published by Darrington PressMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstCOVER ART INCLUDES:Royal crown silhouette by Timplaru Emil on VecteezyCarnival mask silhouette by Muhammad Fathurrahman on VecteezySkull silhouette by Carlos Avila on VecteezyEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 2 of 3: The road behind is as perilous as the one ahead, each strewn with seeds that could prove the Queen’s undoing.Coming next on 21 January – Her crimes (Many Masks Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, murder, and eye damage.Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to The Thorne Files. They just aired Dead On Arrival, a two-part miniseries using a one-page game designed by the show’s own Danny, that centres around c-list supervillains being given their 15 minutes of fame (inspired by The Secret Six and The Suicide Squad). And season two of their main Monster of the Week game starts soon!CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst- Marta Da Silva- Josh Yard- Ellie Pitkin- Matt BoothmanROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: For The Queen, second edition, by Alex Roberts, published by Darrington PressMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstCOVER ART INCLUDES:Royal crown silhouette by Timplaru Emil on VecteezyCarnival mask silhouette by Muhammad Fathurrahman on VecteezySkull silhouette by Carlos Avila on VecteezyEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Our Queen will emerge through play, but what’s her starting vibe? We moodboard an aesthetic with the help of For The Queen’s beautiful art cards.Coming next on 14 January – Her Many Masks, Act 2Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, murder, and eye damage.Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to Legend of the Bones, a hybrid of solo old school Dungeons & Dragons actual play, and dark fantasy audio drama. A story where the roll of the bones determines all. None shall escape the destiny of bone.CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst- Marta Da Silva- Josh Yard- Ellie Pitkin- Matt BoothmanROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: For The Queen, second edition, by Alex Roberts, published by Darrington PressMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstCOVER ART INCLUDES:Royal crown silhouette by Timplaru Emil on VecteezyCarnival mask silhouette by Muhammad Fathurrahman on Vecteezy Skull silhouette by Carlos Avila on VecteezyEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 1 of 3: The Queen sets out through wrack and ruin with her retinue, each of whom loves her in their own way.Coming next on 7 January 2025 – Her Majesty (Many Masks Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains fantasy violence, murder, and eye damage.Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to Legend of the Bones, a hybrid of solo old school Dungeons & Dragons actual play, and dark fantasy audio drama. A story where the roll of the bones determines all. None shall escape the destiny of bone.CreditsSTARRING:- Alexander Pankhurst- Marta Da Silva- Josh Yard- Ellie Pitkin- Matt BoothmanROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: For The Queen, second edition, by Alex Roberts, published by Darrington PressMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstCOVER ART INCLUDES:Royal crown silhouette by Timplaru Emil on VecteezyCarnival mask silhouette by Muhammad Fathurrahman on VecteezySkull silhouette by Carlos Avila on VecteezyEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

While you wait for Her Many Masks to open in the Studio, here’s a sample of I Need A Miracle, another podcast Foggy Outline released this year, written by Matt.I Need A Miracle is an original scripted audio drama where each episode is a prayer, some prayers are answered, and a prayer granted can upend the whole world.CreditsEpisode 1, A dream come true, stars David Holt as Michel Kildress, the Artist (they/them), with additional voices from the season 1 castWritten and created by Matt BoothmanDirected by Robert ValentineMusic by Katharine SeatonSound design by Sarah BuchynskiCasting by Fiona ThrailleRecorded at Jukebox StudiosBroadcast assistance from Teresa MilewskiCover art by Dionysis LivanisProduced by Sarah Golding of Wireless Theatre for Foggy OutlineTranscriptA dream come true transcriptSupport I Need A MiracleIf you enjoyed this episode, in your benevolence, I entreat you to:Buy me a cuppa to fuel development of season 2Follow I Need A Miracle @inyourbenevolence on TumblrFollow I Need A Miracle @in.your.benevolence on InstagramReview I Need A Miracle on Apple Podcasts or PodchaserComment on this episode on SpotifyShare the I Need A Miracle homepage www.foggyoutline.com/ineedamiracle

The cast look back at Peggy’s debut. Was this the grossest Vigil yet?Coming up in the Studio on 31 December – Her Many Masks, Act 1Programme notesThis production contains strong language, drug use, gunfire, and gory fantasy violence.Dramatis personae and other definitionsPeggy Tailor: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong.Calistarius Softbinding: A local horror writer with a cult following, who sponsored the construction of a whole new wing of Sherrydown’s library. Calistarius Softbinding is a nom de plume.Ed Kincaid: A once promising, now disgraced MI5 agent assigned to investigate the more … esoteric threats reported to the national security hotline.Jinny Greenteeth: Proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the CrookedChris Buxey as Calistarius Softbinding, the ExpertChris MacLennan as Ed Kincaid, the ProfessionalJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the Spellslingerwith Chris Starkey as Cameron JarvisROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Five of Five: One’s home is one’s castle. Who’s the king of this one?Coming next on 3 December – Unpicking (Vigil Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains strong language, drug use, gunfire, and gory fantasy violence.Meet actual play podcasters and see some live recordings at the Dragonmeet PodcastZone in London on 30 November.Back the Slayers Survival Kit and Hunter’s Journal, two new Monster of the Week books.Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to OMEN Investigations, a comedy horror podcast starring three secret agents as they travel the world fighting monsters, ghosts, aliens and other paranormal perils.Dramatis personae and other definitionsPeggy Tailor: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong.Calistarius Softbinding: A local horror writer with a cult following, who sponsored the construction of a whole new wing of Sherrydown’s library. Calistarius Softbinding is a nom de plume.Ed Kincaid: A once promising, now disgraced MI5 agent assigned to investigate the more … esoteric threats reported to the national security hotline.Jinny Greenteeth: Proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the CrookedChris Buxey as Calistarius Softbinding, the ExpertChris MacLennan as Ed Kincaid, the ProfessionalJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the Spellslingerwith Chris Starkey as Cameron JarvisROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanSFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: Dragon and Toast by Kevin MacLeod; and may include others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Four of Five: Test your smoke alarms and check your boiler regularly. Otherwise your home can really hurt you.Coming next on 26 November – Vigil: Tailor Made, Act 5Programme notesThis production contains strong language, drug use, gunfire, and gory fantasy violence.Meet actual play podcasters and see some live recordings at the Dragonmeet PodcastZone in London on 30 November.Back the Slayers Survival Kit and Hunter’s Journal, two new Monster of the Week books.Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to OMEN Investigations, a comedy horror podcast starring three secret agents as they travel the world fighting monsters, ghosts, aliens and other paranormal perils.Dramatis personae and other definitionsPeggy Tailor: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong.Calistarius Softbinding: A local horror writer with a cult following, who sponsored the construction of a whole new wing of Sherrydown’s library. Calistarius Softbinding is a nom de plume.Ed Kincaid: A once promising, now disgraced MI5 agent assigned to investigate the more … esoteric threats reported to the national security hotline.Jinny Greenteeth: Proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the CrookedChris Buxey as Calistarius Softbinding, the ExpertChris MacLennan as Ed Kincaid, the ProfessionalJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the Spellslingerwith Chris Starkey as Cameron JarvisROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanSFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: Mirage by Kevin MacLeod; and may include others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Three of Five: As the innocents evacuate, hostilities escalate. The walls are closing in.Coming next on 12 November – Vigil: Tailor Made, Act 4Programme notesThis production contains strong language, drug use, gunfire, and gory fantasy violence.Nominate your favourite podcasts for the 2024 Discover Pods Awards. Merely Roleplayers is eligible under Fiction and I Need A Miracle, the scripted audio drama Matt wrote, is eligible for Best New Podcast of 2024.Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to The Thorne Files, a fellow Monster of the Week actual play podcast detailing the exploits and mysteries explored by agents of Thorne Investigations, a paranormal investigations agency, in 1952.Dramatis personae and other definitionsPeggy Tailor: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong.Calistarius Softbinding: A local horror writer with a cult following, who sponsored the construction of a whole new wing of Sherrydown’s library. Calistarius Softbinding is a nom de plume.Ed Kincaid: A once promising, now disgraced MI5 agent assigned to investigate the more … esoteric threats reported to the national security hotline.Jinny Greenteeth: Proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the CrookedChris Buxey as Calistarius Softbinding, the ExpertChris MacLennan as Ed Kincaid, the ProfessionalJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the Spellslingerwith Chris Starkey as Cameron JarvisROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanSFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: Dragon and Toast by Kevin MacLeod; and may include others made available to use without attribution.EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Meet Peggy: grifter, scion, Crooked. Ellie builds her new character along with an identity parade of supernatural villains.Coming next on 29 October – Vigil: Tailor Made, Act 3Programme notesThis production contains strong language, drug use, gunfire, and gory fantasy violence.Dramatis personae and other definitionsPeggy Tailor: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong.Calistarius Softbinding: A local horror writer with a cult following, who sponsored the construction of a whole new wing of Sherrydown’s library. Calistarius Softbinding is a nom de plume.Ed Kincaid: A once promising, now disgraced MI5 agent assigned to investigate the more … esoteric threats reported to the national security hotline.Jinny Greenteeth: Proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the CrookedChris Buxey as Calistarius Softbinding, the ExpertChris MacLennan as Ed Kincaid, the ProfessionalJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the Spellslingerwith Chris Starkey as Cameron JarvisROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Two of Five: Search this house from bottom to top!Coming next on 22 October – Peggy, the Crooked (Vigil Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains strong language, drug use, gunfire, and gory fantasy violence.Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to The Thorne Files, a fellow Monster of the Week actual play podcast detailing the exploits and mysteries explored by agents of Thorne Investigations, a paranormal investigations agency, in 1952.Dramatis personae and other definitionsPeggy Tailor: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong.Calistarius Softbinding: A local horror writer with a cult following, who sponsored the construction of a whole new wing of Sherrydown’s library. Calistarius Softbinding is a nom de plume.Ed Kincaid: A once promising, now disgraced MI5 agent assigned to investigate the more … esoteric threats reported to the national security hotline.Jinny Greenteeth: Proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the CrookedChris Buxey as Calistarius Softbinding, the ExpertChris MacLennan as Ed Kincaid, the ProfessionalJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the Spellslingerwith Chris Starkey as Cameron JarvisROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

The cast work out how everyone’s connected to Ellie’s new character.Coming next on 15 October – Vigil: Tailor Made, Act 2Programme notesThis production contains strong language, drug use, gunfire, and gory fantasy violence.Dramatis personae and other definitionsCalistarius Softbinding: A local horror writer with a cult following, who sponsored the construction of a whole new wing of Sherrydown’s library. Calistarius Softbinding is a nom de plume.Ed Kincaid: A once promising, now disgraced MI5 agent assigned to investigate the more … esoteric threats reported to the national security hotline.Jinny Greenteeth: Proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as ???Chris Buxey as Calistarius Softbinding, the ExpertChris MacLennan as Ed Kincaid, the ProfessionalJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the Spellslingerwith Chris Starkey as Cameron JarvisROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act One of Five: Welcome to Tailors’ Haunt. Everyone who should live here is gone, and everyone you might want gone can’t leave.Coming next on 8 October – Woven together (Vigil Backstage)Programme notesThis production contains strong language, drug use, gunfire, and gory fantasy violence.Dramatis personae and other definitionsCalistarius Softbinding: A local horror writer with a cult following, who sponsored the construction of a whole new wing of Sherrydown’s library. Calistarius Softbinding is a nom de plume.Ed Kincaid: A once promising, now disgraced MI5 agent assigned to investigate the more … esoteric threats reported to the national security hotline.Jinny Greenteeth: Proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.CreditsCOMPERE: Matt BoothmanSTARRING:Ellie Pitkin as ???Chris Buxey as Calistarius Softbinding, the ExpertChris MacLennan as Ed Kincaid, the ProfessionalJosh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the Spellslingerwith Chris Starkey as Cameron JarvisROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael SandsMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSOUND DESIGN BY: Matt BoothmanEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @MerelyRoleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

What chambers of the Queen’s Labyrinth did we leave unexplored? Join us backstage for a look back at this production.Coming next on 1 October – Vigil: Tailor Made, Act 1Programme notesThis production contains memory loss and dead animals.CreditsGOBLIN QUEEN: Natalie WinterSTARRING:Helen Stratton as LindaEllie Pitkin as Sir Barold von BranwickStrat as WinkleMatt Boothman as GundleROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Jim Henson’s Labyrinth The Adventure Game by Ben Milton (adventure) and Jack Caesar (rules), published by River HorseMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSEASON PLANNED BY: Natalie WinterEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 5 of 5: The Goblin Queen’s Castle. Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, we have fought our way here to take back what was stolen.Coming next on 17 September – Retracing our steps (Labyrinth Untold)Programme notesThis production contains memory loss and dead animals.Goblin Queen Natalie Winter also plays Dungeons & Dragons and other games on Twitch with Roll Together! Find her as the Dungeon Master of Nexus and Nexus Revolutions, using fantasy to send up sci-fi, or playing Elodie Fogg in Roll Together’s ongoing steampunk campaign, Chronicles of Aeodrun.Vigil returns on 1 October, and the first 5 Vigil mysteries (Playtime, Cold Snap, Tourist Trap, Bad Dog, and Quarry) are part of the Supernatural TTRPG Bundle: $20 for 60+ spooky digital games by 50 independent roleplaying game creators, available until 21 September.Matt wrote a new show called I Need A Miracle, where each episode is a prayer, some prayers are answered, and a prayer granted can upend the world. Episode 1 premieres on 29 August. Or get all 12 episodes on 29 August by subscribing to Apollo+.CreditsGOBLIN QUEEN: Natalie WinterSTARRING:Helen Stratton as LindaEllie Pitkin as Sir Barold von BranwickStrat as WinkleMatt Boothman as GundleROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Jim Henson’s Labyrinth The Adventure Game by Ben Milton (adventure) and Jack Caesar (rules), published by River HorseMUSIC BY: Alexander PankhurstSEASON PLANNED BY: Natalie WinterEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn InstagramOn Tumblrwww.MerelyRoleplayers.com