Cybertopia AP

The final group still out on the streets finds themselves trapped in an unexpected location but with the help of an old acquaintance, Cookie (Keith), Amelia (Cassa), Sir Ingram (Mark) and Toby (D) must figure out how to escape their captivity and find their friends again. Yes, they have friends... somewhere.Featuring special guest voiceover from:Kendrick Smith (https://bsky.app/profile/kendomakesfilms.bsky.social) andMellow Yenace (https://bsky.app/profile/mellowyenace.bsky.social)

Juli finds the way to the Circuit Breaker lair beneath the arcade and immediately launches into negotiations, nerd to nerd. Only, awkward geeks aren't always the best communicators and Juli no longer has Amazing Corps social-cybernetics to help them out. And then of course there are the sewers to navigate...Featuring guest voiceover from:Gilly Kelleher (http://linktr.ee/ohlookitsgilly)Upcoming performance and copyediting projects updated on Bluesky!Next Up: Editing a follow-up 5e Supplement book https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/somanyrobots/machines-of-bone-and-blood-necroindustrial-adventures-in-5e?ref=e5rkirPlaying in S2 of Nightmare on the Frontier this Summer on twitch.tv/Sword_and_Key

The final member of Team Tentacle, Juli, is out on the lamb, wandering the wastes of long abandoned city limits office blocks. There are always new people to meet though and he intends to find them one way or another... assuming he can focus enough on the task at hand and not get distracted by something like a shiny arcade with flashing lights, videogames and pinball!

Nox is busy making friends and influencing people at the illegal street race he's found his way into the background of. His wheeling and dealing may have found him some people who can help take care of the stolen car problem he's got on his hands but can he hold back his impulse to screw other people over long enough to get what he needs?Featuring guest voiceover from:Juan Self Gonzalez (https://juanandonly1.bsky.social/ or https://www.instagram.com/juanigonza/)Molly "Magpie" Jones (https://antiquehorror.carrd.co/)

Nox ditches Juli and Bludgeon in order to take their ill gotten Stellar truck somewhere it might pick up a bit less attention... so of course he's going to an underground street racing meet in the dead of the night. Things may have changed a little since he was last hanging out in these kinds of circles though...Featuring guest voiceover from our Spanish translator friend, the incredible Juan Self Gonzalez (https://juanandonly1.bsky.social/ or https://www.instagram.com/juanigonza/)

Bludgeon wakes up after surgery to discover some newly acquired modifications that were not entirely expected... but hey, at least he's alive! Would be nice if he wasn't alone though...Featuring the return of Erin Brioche in her role as Angel, now ex-Amazing Corps IT support, from the end of season 1 side stories (https://www.twitch.tv/bisectedbrioche).

Bludgeon is in a spot of bother - split from his heist partners and trying to lay low but also in a lot of pain from his violent liaison with a Stellar security bot. Where does one go for clandestine help in the middle of the night in Paradigm City?Featuring returning guest voiceovers from:Evan, the Maori Nerd (https://bsky.app/profile/maorinerd.com)Loxley B of Storybook Ending (https://open.spotify.com/show/2Qo4OWi7cVG6hrI7D02hhy)

Frankie (Valery), Clarity (Basil) and Maurice (Jen) meet up at the Intranet of Things and catch up on the events of the evening before and try to figure out how best to cover their tracks and find their friends.Featuring returning guest voiceover from Steve of Pantsless Tables (https://bio.link/pantslesstables)Regarding our mid-roll message opposing ICE in Minnesota and the United States in general, we suggest supporting the fundraiser from TTRPG scene legend, JesTheHuman https://tiltify.com/@jesthehuman/minnesota-freedom-fund-social-media-fundraiser and keeping an eye on their No Ice In Minnesota charity itch bundle https://itch.io/jam/no-ice-in-minnesota, which contains over 1400 entries, including the Cybertopia TTRPG corebook!

Maurice (Jen) narrowly avoided the catastrophe of the ill-fated Stellar garage heist when he went off to catch up with old flame in the Lead Bank, Archie the arc welder. Maurice has been away for quite some time though, so things aren't quite the way they left them all those moons ago.Special guest voiceovers this episode from:ReprobateGamer of Emerald Collective (https://bsky.app/profile/reprobategamer.bsky.social)Megan Murphy of the $2 Creature Feature podcast (https://bsky.app/profile/murphypop.bsky.social)

Clarity (Basil) needed some downtime a while back after the meeting up with Tamper down in his bunker under the big junkyard, so they took their drone, Whisper, back down to the Intranet of Things to chill out and gather themselves again. Settle in for a nice cosy time in the robot rehab centre.

Frankie (Valery) has had a bit of a wild ride since he woke up a couple of days ago, having been party to several massive explosions and multiple heists and not a huge amount of rest time... now they're on the run, having not eaten or slept and trying to drive a super advanced vehicle he can't see through the windows of...Special guest voiceovers this episode from:Lilith Wilde on AO3 as Lilith_Wilde (https://www.instagram.com/the.lilith.wilde/)Dan Thompson of The Danger Club Podcast (https://bsky.app/profile/danthompson2099.bsky.social)Megan of the $2 Creature Feature podcast (https://bsky.app/profile/murphypop.bsky.social)

Our carjackers, Juli (Rev), Bludgeon (KO), Frankie (Valery) and Nox (Pan) put their grand plan into action but things go from moderately complicated to mildly disastrous in the course of their escape.Special guest voiceover this week from Agent P.

Team tentacle set out to the local Stellar car dealership to acquire themselves a vehicle and maybe find some ways to make a quick buck - it's one heist after another for Nox (Pan), Frankie (Valery) and Bludgeon (KO) but this time they have Juli (Rev) along for the ride, so surely nothing will go wrong!For more information on the situation regarding the firings and union activity at Rockstar, please check the IWGB statements at https://iwgb.org.uk/en/post/staff-at-rockstar-fired-en-masse/ and to contribute to the donation fund, visit https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-rockstar-workers-fighting-unfair-dismissals/

We return to the remaining team hanging out at the ARC Lead Bank after their successful heisting of abused gambling machines from Mega Sports Bar. Frankie, played by Valery, Nox, played by Pan, and Bludgeon, played by KO are joined by Juli, played by Rev, as they collect themselves and make plans for their next moves, which apparently involve everyone gaining tentacles and stealing cars!

The gym-bro/builder gang lay claim to the now abandoned penthouse in Samsara's media centre, overlooking the skyline of Paradigm City. How do Zapp (Morgan), Subject5 (Vickey), Se-an (Aidan), Constant (Jeph) and Smart (Chris) decide to fill this empty shell? Where do they go next and what do they do? And how can they keep themselves quiet enough to not be noticed by the ever-looming threat of Amazing Corps?

Smart (Chris) and Se-an (Aidan) accompany Cal with Zapp (Morgan), Subject5 (Vickey) and Constant (Jeph) along for the ride to a major construction project in the heart of Paradigm City. Some head inside while others explore what fun can be had with heavy machinery and what dangers can come from intrusive thoughts while in a gigantic crane...Featuring special guest NPC voiceovers from:Elliot (https://open.spotify.com/show/5mMQpxH5haO0hPm89YUZdZ?si=04ecf9450256473a)John (https://baconflavoredpod.podbean.com/ & https://www.twitch.tv/wouldbeheroes)

We circle back around to Smart Coolman (Chris) and Se-an (Aidan) with their new friend, Cal at the big mega-gym, as Zapp (Morgan), Subject5 (Vickey) and Constant (Jeph) find their way to meet them. New plans start formulating and new jobs compete for the team's destinies and we'll see how they all end up...Featuring special guest NPC voiceovers from:Lise D. (https://bsky.app/profile/iamhappytacos.bsky.social & https://www.instagram.com/iamhappytacos/)Charles Ross (https://www.ents24.com/edinburgh-events/festival-theatre/the-bohemians-we-will-rock-you/7366426)John (https://baconflavoredpod.podbean.com/ & https://www.twitch.tv/wouldbeheroes)

We round out the season 2 intro arc for the gang of Cookie (Keith), Sir Ingram (Mark) and Toby (Dee) slip into the side entrance of the big circus tent and start mooching around looking for Amelia but may have bitten off more than they can chew...Featuring special guest NPC voiceovers from:Jake the GM (https://crittalkerspodcast.com/)Teresa CR (@tearoyale.bsky.social of https://twigsandhearts.carrd.co/)Alexander Wei (A.K.A. Mellow Yenace https://bsky.app/profile/mellowyenace.bsky.social)

Toby (Dee) , Sir Ingram (Mark) and Cookie (Keith) have lost Amelia somewhere over the edge of the infinite traffic-jam. Can they follow in her footsteps? And what lovely new friends will they make along the way...?Featuring special guest NPC voiceovers from:Ayfa (https://mccleane-fay.carrd.co/)Chloe (https://linktr.ee/clo_withtheflow)Jamie (https://www.omeninvestigations.com/)

It's been a while since we did a solo episode but Amelia, played by Cassa, fell asleep in the back of the stolen car last time while the others went off exploring a gigantic traffic jam! So now we find out what happened to her...No special guest voiceovers this week but that'll make sense when you listen ;)

The escape crew of Sir Ingram (Mark), Toby (Dee) , Amelia (Cassa) and Cookie (Keith) charge on out towards freedom from their decidedly odd job straight into the city's worst traffic spot! Amelia dozes off after her somewhat taxing experiences this past 24 hours and a lack of sleep when trying to recover Darlin' but I'm sure she'll be fine in the back of the car whilst the others go exploring.Featuring special guest NPC voiceovers from:Alexander Wei (A.K.A. Mellow Yenace https://bsky.app/profile/mellowyenace.bsky.social)Lilith Wilde on AO3 as Lilith_Wilde (https://www.instagram.com/the.lilith.wilde/)Arava Katinka Bat-Sonja SandbergAlex McGivern (https://aeon.bsky.social/)Dustin Eiland of In & Out of Character: A Roleplayers Podcast (https://open.spotify.com/show/3SigCUExZSAcjYPLsdmGRD?si=40b94efa23f94073)

Toby (Dee) , Amelia (Cassa), Cookie (Keith), and Sir Ingram (Mark) hurtle forward through their extremely vague nerd harassment job on behalf of friends of Rizon but none of them really know where they're going or what they're going to find at the end of it. All they do know is they seem to be in a sealed room full of unconscious test subjects wearing weird helmets... oh, and it's rising.Featuring special guest NPC voiceovers from:Anya (lalionnecosplay everywhere & making games at https://lalionnepublishing.itch.io, recently released https://sail-the-oceans-queer.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders)AJ (https://bsky.app/profile/ajheretic666.bsky.social of PretendingWithDice.com)Alexander Wei (A.K.A. Mellow Yenace https://bsky.app/profile/mellowyenace.bsky.social)

As we continue with the adventures of Amelia (Cassa), Cookie (Keith), Toby (Dee) and Sir Ingram (Mark), the rollercoaster rolls keep coming. The gang meet another new "friend" and stick to their guns of completing a vague job for an even vaguer mob before discovering something completely unexpected.Featuring special guest NPC voiceovers from:Anna Everts (https://peculiarplanets.com/ & https://tumblethru.carrd.co/)MC Henry (a.k.a Ontarak https://bsky.app/profile/henry-mc-ontarak.bsky.social of https://linktr.ee/longlosttabletop)

We stick around with Cookie (Keith), Amelia (Cassa), Sir Ingram (Mark) and Toby (Dee) as they close in on the address given to them by a shady Rizon fixer and no other details. What fun exciting establishment are they being sent to knock over by people they barely know?Featuring special guest NPC voiceovers from:Alexandre Wei a.k.a. Mellow Yenace (https://bsky.app/profile/mellowyenace.bsky.social)Anna Everts (https://peculiarplanets.com/ & https://tumblethru.carrd.co/)

We loop back around to continue our story with one of the other groups who awoke together following the explosive ending of season 1.Cookie (Keith), Amelia (Cassa) and Sir Ingram (Mark) watch over Toby (Dee), as he sleeps off the mother of all hangovers and the gang try to work out their way forward in this new, unforgiving experience outside of Amazing Corps.Featuring special guest NPC voiceovers from:Mellow Yenace (https://bsky.app/profile/mellowyenace.bsky.social)Evan the Maori Nerd (https://bsky.app/profile/maorinerd.com)Loxley B of Storybook Ending (https://open.spotify.com/show/2Qo4OWi7cVG6hrI7D02hhy)

This first chapter of season 2 rounds out with the hodgepodge gang of Bludgeon (KO Myers), Frankie (Valery), Nox (Pan) and Maurice (Jen) extracting their newly liberated machine friends from Mega Sports Bar with Dial-up Danny and taking stock of what they've been through and done to get to this sticky situation in the first place.Shed a tear, share some falafel and get ready for what comes next.Featuring special guest voices of:Dan Thompson of The Danger Club Podcast (https://bsky.app/profile/danthompson2099.bsky.social)Lilith Wilde on AO3 as Lilith_Wilde (https://www.instagram.com/the.lilith.wilde/)Tom "Tommy" Evans (on Discord as @tommynom)

The two groups who have been just missing each other floating around between the ARC Lead Bank and big ol' junkyard finally meet up and Nox (Pan), Maurice (Jen) and Frankie (Valery) get to enjoy a momentary reunion and breather before heading out to give Bludgeon (KO Myers) a hand over at Mega Sports Bar.Featuring special guest voices of:Gordon Tumilty (https://www.twitch.tv/ikifoo)KatBat (https://www.twitch.tv/katbatmadethat)Tom Hoskins (declined further crediting)Dan Thompson of The Danger Club Podcast (https://bsky.app/profile/danthompson2099.bsky.social)Tom "Tommy" Evans (on Discord as @tommynom)Phyzzi (declined further crediting)

Bludgeon, played by KO Myers, gets recruited at the Lead Bank to help out with an odd job that requires a person of his specific physique: muscles. We find out if brawn is really all that's needed for this task though!Also featuring special guest voices from:Dan Thompson of The Danger Club Podcast (https://bsky.app/profile/danthompson2099.bsky.social)Tom "Tommy" Evans (on Discord as @tommynom)Luke from The Baltic Star (https://www.twitch.tv/boysfromthebalticstar)

We stick around with Nox (Pan), Maurice (Jen) and Clarity (Basil), who are still scratching around the outskirts of the city, trying to find friends and make allies with whomever they can. It surely can't get any worse than their first attempt at the junkyard...Featuring special guest voices of:Caleb Smith, budding voice actor (https://bsky.app/profile/calebting.bsky.social)Adam Seats, co-creator of the ENnie-winning 5e module One Night Strahd, player and GM on Project Derailed's RPG anthology series Fables Around The Table for their Mothership and Old Gods of Appalachia seasons (https://linktr.ee/iknowadamseats)

We return to Maurice (Jen) and Clarity (Basil) as they pop back to the CSP safehouse to collect Nox (Pan) and then venture into the world to prepare for whatever may come next in their stories...Also featuring special guest voices of:Al Wyvern (https://www.twitch.tv/alwyvern)Caleb Smith, budding voice actor (https://bsky.app/profile/calebting.bsky.social)Steve aka SassyPants (https://bio.link/pantslesstables)

Zappp takes her cousin's car and travels across the city with Subject5 and Constant (formerly known as TMs) in search of their old colleague, Se-an.The lead is vague though and they end up stumbling upon a random diner in the general area they tracked his message down to...With special guest NPC voices this episode from:Technomancer Kyle (https://www.instagram.com/voidshift_c/)Voidshift (https://linktr.ee/yftechno)

The final group of former Tabula Rasa agents awakens in a strangely comfortable location with a caretaker who is very familiar to Zappp (Morgan), while Subject5 (Vix) and TMs (Jeph) each have their own personal existential crises.Also featuring special guest voice of:LuckyRedSparrow (https://beacons.ai/luckyredsparrow)

Just hours after awakening from a week-long coma Juli and Frank EC part ways with their compatriots and wander off in search of other new friends and maybe somewhere to stay for a while.Rev and Valerie take us through two different scrapyards in their search and maybe, just maybe get close to finding some old friends along the way...With special guest NPC voices this episode from:Killian of Storybook Ending (https://trellistroves.carrd.co/)ReprobateGamer of Emerald Collective (https://linktr.ee/emeraldcollectivepodcast)Caleb Smith, budding voice actor (https://bsky.app/profile/calebting.bsky.social)

Another group of former Amazing Corps agents awaken to a strange and wonderful welcoming: Smart (Chris), Frankie (Valerie), Se-an (Aidan) and Juli (Rev).We delve a little further into the emotional turmoil between some of the characters and discover just how quickly these people can make friends and split up!Also featuring special guest voices of:Paris Arrowsmith (BinaryDragon) (https://linktr.ee/NoLatency)Amber (https://linktr.ee/monstersandmixed)John (https://baconflavoredpod.podbean.com/)

They tried to find him some drugs, they tried some soothing tea, he tried figuring it out on his own and when that didn't work, they tried zapping him. He finally lay down and let out one last breath... but what happens to Toby TS187 next?D (a.k.a. Night Wonderer) walks us through what goes through Toby's mind as he slumbers in his death throes.

We return to see the awakening of our second set of former Amazing Corps agents: Cookie (Keith), Amelia (Cassa), Toby (D) and Sir Ingram (Mark).As they rouse from post explosion comas, they come to terms with what has happened to them and try to find their feet again but without their usual facilities that's easier said than done!Also featuring special guest voices of:Sean "Rackham" O'dell of Gestalheim Productions (https://linktr.ee/gestalheimproductions)Cap of Shrimps 'n Crits (https://linktr.ee/itscap)

He was late to reawaken after his teammates took off last session but they'll be back - in the meantime Nox, played by Pan, tries to gather himself and find some sort of relief from what he's been through until they come to get him.Also featuring special guest voices of:Fiona Howat of WAIR Podcast (https://linktr.ee/wair_podcast)Al Wyvern (https://www.twitch.tv/alwyvern)

Welcome back to Cybertopia for the first session of season 2.The former Amazing Corps employees have been ejected into the real world and have to fend for themselves!In this episode we hear how Clarity (Basil), Bludgeon (KO) and Maurice (Jen) get on with their own mini-post-apocalypse, make friends and meet old "acquaintances" too!Also featuring special guest voices of:Fiona Howat of WAIR Podcast (https://linktr.ee/wair_podcast)Lou Fryer from Of Dice and Them (https://linktr.ee/iamloufryer)ReprobateGamer of Emerald Collective (https://linktr.ee/emeraldcollectivepodcast)

Season 2 launches in exactly 1 week, so here’s a little teaser to keep you hanging on just a wee bit longer!Featuring the new themetune from Rev and the voices of Keith, Jen, Dee, Mark and special guest, ReprobateGamer!

Session 3 of the Cybertopia AP playthrough of Data, Nerves +Acquisition. Featuring: K.O. playing as CRAX Vickey playing as the Junkers and Cassa playing as Unary You can get the game yourself from https://bennewbon.itch.io/dna and watch the video version of this and the previous DNA sessions at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIOIGenECSSThsHMAgxD1NEsmfbuXKZW3

Session 2 of the Cybertopia AP playthrough of Data, Nerves +Acquisition. Featuring: Jeph playing as the Horizonists (or Rizon) Pan playing as the Circuit Breakers and Keith playing as Samsara Redevelopments You can get the game yourself from https://bennewbon.itch.io/dna

Session 1 of the Cybertopia playthrough of Data, Nerves +Acquisition. Featuring: Chris Scown playing as the Citizen Safety Patrol (CSP) Valery North playing as the Match Makers Dee playing as HexaComm Jen Jenbles playing as the Autonomous Rights Collaborative (ARC) and Mark Lugon playing as Tea for Every and All (TEA) You can get the game yourself from https://bennewbon.itch.io/dna

Hey everyone, I realise it's our normal release day today but instead I'm hopping on to drop a wee update about what's gonna be happening with us for the rest of the year. If you've listened to any of the post season 1 cast interviews, you'll know that we're doing a little city and faction building game before heading into season 2. Well, those are done and we've got 3 fantastic sessions recorded. There's video to accompany them too, so you'll be able to see the map developing as the games progress but I reckon the audio will also be plenty enough to understand what's going on, so I'll put that up on here too. The bad news for you all, however is that because the sessions are much longer than our usual hour-ish slot and it doesn't really work with the game format to split them up, editing is taking a little longer than our normal episodes. That and it being video editing means it is a little more work in general anyway. So what this means is that we're going to change releases to monthly, rather than the current fortnightly drops. This is just for these next 3 episodes and then after that we'll be straight into season 2 episodes, which will be back to the original format. We've already recorded a few and I'm super pleased with how they went and really excited to get them out to you all. If you're interested in checking out Data, Nerves and Acquisition yourselves, you can find it on my itch (bennewbon.itch.io) along with my other games, including Cybertopia, Overgrown and other bits and bobs - most of them are either PWYW or have a decent supply of community copies available, so please help yourselves! And as usual if you want to get in touch, leave a comment on the episode or contact me on Twitter or Bluesky on my handle, which is just my name bennewbon with no space or anything. So to round it up: the first episode of Cybertopia: Data, Nerves and Acquisition will be out Tuesday 24th September and then it'll be 4 weeks to the next one and another 4 weeks later for the last one, which should then mean that the first episode of Cybertopia season 2 will go out 3rd December and then we'll be every 2 weeks from then on! Thanks for your support and can't wait to chat to you all about all the things to come!

For our final inter-season cast member interview, listen in on me chatting with Aidan, who played Se-an, Amazing Corps' very own snake-jawed documentarian/hunter! He was featured in Greenhouse of Error, Signs of the Times and the rooftop clearance group in the House of Cards finale. You can find him and his other works on: Itch.io (picks-at-flies.itch.io/) Discord (@AidanB#8738)

This is our latest inter-season cast member interview, chatting with Rev, who played Juli, Amazing Corps' very own loose cannon mad scientist! He was featured in Greenhouse of Error, Tower of Darkness and the roof clearance group in the House of Cards finale. You can find him and his other works on: Twitter(@ThoughtPunks) Bluesky (@thoughtpunks.com) DriveThruRPG (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?author=%22Rev%20Casey%22) Itch.io (https://revcasey.itch.io/)

For our next cast interview before season 2 starts is Morgan, who played as the physically domineering, glamdrogenous Zappp. They've got everything Amazing Corps could need in a socialite with a knife fetish and sharp tongue, as can be heard in Experimental Procedures, Hostile Takeover and the kill team in the House of Cards finale. You can find their game work on: Itch (https://tempestttgames.itch.io/)

Next up on our inter-season cast interviews is Basil. Xe played Clarity, Amazing Corps' quiet, unassuming drone herding hacker as heard in Hostile Takeover and the underground bomb-bot escort team in the House of Cards finale. You can find him and their game work on: Twitter (@Kobanya_kana) Bluesky (@kobanya) Wordpress (https://towerofbasil.wordpress.com/portfolio/)

Our latest cast interview between seasons is with Pan, who played Nox, Amazing Corps vaguely loyal fun-loving easy-going hacker. You can hear them in our very first mission, Thieves in the Nightclub, our last mission Harbouring a Grudge and the roof clearance team from the House of Cards finale. You can find him online and their other show at: Twitter (https://twitter.com/stellarencore) BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/stellarencore.bsky.social) Cosmopunk (Starfinder actual play) Twitter (https://twitter.com/Cosmopunkpod) Cosmopunk Website (https://cosmopunk.carrd.co/https://cosmopunk.carrd.co/)

In our newest cast interview while we gear up to season 2, we talk with Jen, who played Amazing Corps best diner worker come customer services expert, Maurice. She featured in Off the Rails, Signs of the Times and the ridiculous party group in the House of Cards finale. You can find her online and her other show at: Twitter (https://twitter.com/JenJenbles) BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/jenbles.bsky.social) Tales from the Oasis (Cyberpunk Red actual play podcast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/OasisCyberpunk) Episode feed (https://talesfromtheoasis.com/hello-world/)

In the latest between seasons cast interview, we talk to Vickey, who played Subject 5, an Amazing Corps experiment let loose on the world, experiencing it for themself for the first time. They featured in Tower of Darkness and the scouting and clearance group in the House of Cards finale. You can find them and their other podcast at: Twitter (https://x.com/CounsellingDM) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/thecounsellingdm/) TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@counsellingdm) College of Whispers - their actual play review podcast (https://open.spotify.com/show/4pvELoKft0zPIedFp857qQ?si=5ec5e5349a5f4ab8)