Rag-nerd-rok Podcast

In this week’s episode, Gethen and Niluhn make one final delve to reach Hang Station and their encounter with the creature that dwells in the subterranean ocean beneath. On the way, they’ll encounter new dangers, meet strange denizens of the Heart, and find themselves drawn deeper into their misgivings about their work with The Ministry. [...]

Two delvers set off into the depths of the Heart on orders from their handlers in the City Above. One, a Gnoll Hound, is forced to be there by the moonsilver collar he wears. The other, a Drow Witch, struggles with her past and is inexplicably drawn to the City Beneath. When they are tapped [...]

It’s the grand finale to our Halloween Triple Feature! The three travelers attempt a dangerous gambit to win their freedom from the labyrinth once and for all, only to find themselves caught in a deadly confrontation between The Night Clerk and the one who hunts him. Can they survive the onslaught and make their escape, [...]

Part two of our Halloween triple feature is here for your binging pleasure. Our three hapless travelers find themselves exploring a deeply troubling pocket dimension within the labyrinth, and facing off against one of its monstrous inhabitants. After a narrow escape, they meet up with a fearsome and single-minded Hunter who has sworn revenge against [...]

Happy Halloween, everyone! As a fitting send-off to Spooky Season 2024, we’d like to submit the following fright night offering for your listening pleasure: our playthrough of The Night Clerk, an architectural horror scenario by Ross Payton (RPPR). A disgruntled school administrator, a patent medicine con-man and a gregarious farmer check in to a roadside [...]

In the season finale of The Hellhounds, our favorite villains take another run at tech bro billionaire Ethan Stank, targeting his company’s commercial space flight test launch for all the world to see. As befitting someone of his station, Stank reacts to all of the targeted harassment and taunting with poise and aplomb. Just kidding. [...]

The Hellhounds are back, and more sinister than ever! If they want to turn their ill-gotten CyberTurk into a demonic vehicle that can pass through walls and strike fear into the hearts of heroes and civilians alike, they’ll need to acquire some special components. Like demon parts, from other Hellbinders. Can they pick a fight [...]

In this week’s Eclipse Phase one-shot, Firewall scrambles a group of Sentinels on Extropia to neutralize an exsurgent outbreak at a swanky fundraising dinner. Can our team infiltrate the restaurant hosting the party before the chef infects everyone in attendance with their angry alien protein goo and save Extropia from becoming an exsurgent’s hors d’oeuvre? [...]

When three friends find themselves trapped inside the fictional world of the card game Dominion, they’ll have to play the game in order to escape. And that means–you guessed it–cranking out as much money as they possibly can and buying all the land they can get their grubby little hands on! Luckily, none of the [...]

Everyone’s favorite band of baddies is back, and this week, they’re going car shopping! Continuing their beef with tech billionaire Ethan Stank, the gang sets their sights on the CyberTurk, a prototype electric vehicle about to be released by Stank’s Edison Car Company. Can they steal a one-of-a-kind getaway car, or will their hopes go [...]

The Hellhounds, Apex City’s favorite band of nefarious ne’er-do-wells, are at it again! This week, they take on their most obnoxious adversary to date: tech bros! When “genius” billionaire Ethan Stank announces that he will be unveiling the world’s first general artificial intelligence, the gang decides to crash the release and “liberate” the newly-minted mind. [...]

(NOTE: Actual gameplay begins at 22 minutes 30 seconds) The Poppleton Mall is a friendly place, where each welcoming storefront promises commerce and community. One Family-owned business in particular offers its customers the opportunity to become more—if they’re cheerful, hard-working, and willing to invest in themselves. Becoming a member of The Family is the first [...]

It’s time for our newly-minted villains to launch themselves into the world of Eeeeeeeeevil! In this week’s episode, the team will design their costumes, develop their gimmick, and pull their first heist. If they want to work their way up the ranks in The Cabal, they’ll need to dress to impress, and make a splash. [...]

This week, we kick off the first arc of a new Better Angels campaign! Years after the diabolical misadventures of the Fear Force Five, Apex City remains a battleground between sinister supervillains and angelic heroes. On an ordinary day at Radish Top Memorial Hospital, when an ex-con, a police detective, an orthodontist and a would-be [...]

This last Spooktober game is a little bit late because it wasn’t actually recorded as one—shhh! People got sick and life got in the way, and we didn’t actually get to play a fourth spoopy one-shot. So please enjoy this re-purposed game of Heart that Ryan, Erik and Alex played a few months ago, and [...]

It’s time for the annual July 4th Block Party on Wisteria Court, a quiet cul-de-sac in a peaceful suburban neighborhood. They’ve got a food truck and a slip’n’slide, a bounce castle and a DJ. But something’s wrong on this idyllic block, and an unnatural force is about to drag the whole street out of reality [...]

This week, Alex runs us through the QuickStart scenario for Candela Obscura! In a world of magic, intrigue and a serious lack of safety standards, three members of a secret society investigate the death of a woman modeling a stunning but lethal new fabric. The hunt for answers will lead them to an isolated company [...]

I’ll bet you all thought that Rag-NERD-rok was dead and buried, but here it is, clawing its way up through the sod, clumps of graveyard dirt in its hair! And speaking of dead things climbing out of their graves, it’s spooky season once again! In this year’s first Spooktober episode, Ryan runs Don’t Rest Your [...]

Join us this week for the series finale of A Song of Remembrance! Can Sha-Sheena (The Giant!), Nylathria, Garek, Wei and Xeno defeat the evil General Orax before his sinister plan to revive the dead god Rohr comes to fruition? In order to do so, they’ll need to gain entry into the Thyraxian capitol, infiltrate [...]

We’re back from our hiatus with another episode of A Song of Remembrance! In this week’s adventure, the adventurers and their ancient counterparts split up to gather the forces they’ll need to fight General Orax. One group travels to the Cave of Wonders, where an artifact known only as the MacGuffin is hidden. The other [...]