Party of One Podcast

Kaitlin is one of the producers behind Thin Places Radio, an award-winning short-form fiction podcast in the shape of a radio show from nowhere, in which the mysterious Host comes responds to real voicemails from actual callers with supernaturally sentimental anecdotes and advice. She's also a streamer, actual play performer, artist, and designer--a fellow wearer of many creative hats.We sat down for a session of Kaitlin's favorite game, Tapestry, an interpretive card-based RPG of weaving character's stories together, and coming to witness the tanged, densely interconnected threads and patterns that result.KAITLIN BRUDER: https...

Cate is an author, podcaster, ADHD educator & advocate, kinkster and Shakespeare nerd. She hosts Sorry I Missed This, an everything guide to ADHD and relationships, and her new book, The ADHD Field Guide For Adults, drops in March. She's also running vampire games at literal Castle Dracula as one of the GMs of Danube of the Damned, which is one of the coolest sentences I've ever gotten to write.We got deep in the weeds on backyard concerts, monsters, lost identities, and tense showdowns between hunter and hunted in HUNTER(ER/ED) by Dillin Apelyan and Meghan...

Anjali is a writer, producer, and actress in games (Borderlands 4, Overwatch), TV (Ms. Marvel), animation (Tales of the TMNT, X-Men '97), and Actual Play (Critical Role, Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!). She's currently a producer and guest player on the national tour of The Twenty Sided Tavern, and a player in the upcoming genre-bending AP Tales From Woodcreek, as well as the DM (Doggy Master) on the 2nd annual Puppy Roll, raising money for Petco Love.We sat down to play one of Anajli's favorite games of all time (and mine as well), the incredibly influential For...

Michael is one of the stars of World Gone Wrong, a fictional chat show about friendship at the end of the world, in which two best friends talk about life in a world of werewolves, humming kudzu, body snatchers, and a million other crises all at once. We sat down to play Against Time And Death, an epistolary roleplaying game of agents on opposite sides of a multiversal war, and the slowly developing forbidden relationship between them.WORLD GONE WRONG: https://www.audaciousmachinecreative.com/world-gone-wrongMICHAEL TURRENTINE: https://www.instagram.com/mturrentine5/AGAINST...

Kieron is the writer behind some of my favorite comics, including Young Avengers, Journey Into Mystery, and The Wicked + The Divine. His latest works include The Power Fantasy, about the six superpowered individuals with the power to singlehandedly destroy the planet, and Die Loaded, the sequel to his incredible comic book/RPG combo Die, about a dark fantasy roleplaying game come to life.We sat down for some monstrous superhero mystery in Apocalypse Keys, about the demonic agents of a massive organization tasked with stopping the end of the world. DIVISION is calling, monsters. Do you answer...

Alex is a comedian, yelling guy from the Internet, and host of Too Many Tabs. We took a trip back in time to the early 90s, to the smoky lobby of a Ground Round, to revisit some 1990s arcade madness in JUSTICE SWORN by Sandy Pug Games.Recorded live at Unity Java in Philadelphia, PA!DADDY'S DAY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWjPZArqK4AALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/jef...

Jadzia is the writer of Galaxy: The Prettiest Star and Hawkgirl: Once Upon a Galaxy, and the longtime host of The Voice of Free Planet X (Jeff's favorite podcast of all time).We sat down to spin up a delightfully supernatural 70s superhero comic book in Work/Life/Work/Life Balance by Rudo Judo games.Recorded live at Unity Java in Philadelphia, PA!ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLL...

Rahrah is the creator and GM of The Heart is a Dungeon, an actual play TTRPG podcast focused on sad, emotional storytelling with a primarily BIPOC and fem presenting cast. We tapped into that deep, vulnerable spirit in a game of Shadow / Giant, an asymmetrical RPG about a gruff loner forced to take care of a mysteriously magically powerful child. Can they support one another as they race against the odds towards some kind of safety?THE HEART IS A DUNGEON: https://theheartisadungeon.carrd.co/RAHRAH: https://bsky.app/profile/rahrah.bsky.social...

Dan is one half of Breaking Mayberry, an anti-nostalgia podcast about watching old TV (starting with, as the title suggests, The Andy Griffith Show) and figuring out how it broke your grandparents' brains.After last week's episode all about analyzing TV and talking about storytelling, we wanted to spotlight the fun and goofiness of old genre TV. And we couldn't have found a better example than Shitty Ensigns, an RPG about poorly equipped Starfleet ensigns bumbling their way through missions.BREAKING MAYBERRY: https://pod.link/BreakingMayberrySHITTY ENSIGNS: https://litzabronwyn.itch.io/shitty-ensigns<...

Marty is one of the hosts of Breaking Mayberry, an anti-nostalgia podcast focused on watching old TV (starting with, as the title suggests, The Andy Griffith Show) and assessing what holds up and what caused permanent damage to the psyche of an entire generation.We wanted to talk TV, and storytelling, and the weird politics of creating collaborative art, and so we sat down with Lights Out, a game about the last day on set of a long running TV show.BREAKING MAYBERRY: https://pod.link/BreakingMayberryLIGHTS OUT: https://toomanyfeelings5.itch.io...

CLASH! Shonen Battle Roleplay is a Tabletop Roleplaying Game love letter to shonen anime such as Bleach, One Piece, and Naruto in which big, bombastic characters grapple with dramatic fights and the dramatic emotions those fights represent.I sat down with the game's designer, Sabrina Hawthorne, to see the game in action.CLASH!: https://sabrinahawthorne.itch.io/clash-playtest-materialsSABRINA HAWTHORNE: https://sabrinahawthorne.carrd.co/ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com...

Velvet is an actual play performer and cast member on Athraplay, a tabletop RPG AP podcast exploring the lesser-trod paths of JRR Tolkien's Middle-Earth through play (and aso, a literal dragon). We embarked on a winding journey of our own through the doomed landscapes of K Ramstack's Bound Together, a game about exploring two people's relationships as they outrun the end of the world.ATHRAPLAY: https://www.athrabethnetwork.com/athraplayVELVET THE DRAGON: https://velvetthedragon.carrd.co/BOUND TOGETHER: https://k-ramstack.itch.io/boundALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.c...

Jess is an award-winning writing director, streamer, sensitivity consultant, and designer of some tremendous games, including Just Gals Being Comrades, Oops! All Draculas, and And They Were Dortermates. We sat down to play Badger + Coyote, a wonderful asymmetrical duet RPG about animal buddies running schemes together.BADGER + COYOTE: https://pandiongames.itch.io/badger-and-coyoteJESSICA MARCRUM: https://www.jessicamarcrumwrites.com/\ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWI...

Mirror Match is a role-playing game love letter to fighting games. Players create warriors based on shared themes and origins before facing off in arena combat. Inspired by two-player fighting games, sessions see new characters constantly enter the fray and the game provides scaffolding to create your own universe of mad ninja, shotgun-toting wizards, dragon-gods, and more. All of those characters will face off in the viscera-soaked court of Bloody Mary and only you can decide how they'll fare in her wicked gaze. I sat down with the game's designer, Jackson Adams, to see the game in a...

SPECIAL EPISODE! We're taking a week off from the show, so in the meantime, enjoy the first issue of our Patreon-exclusive podcast, produced in collaboration with Marn Lastname and the Moonshot Podcast Network!TERROR AT 11:11AM! A string of suspiciously timed deaths suggest someone--or SOMETHING--is on a killing spree across the city. Can Batman solve the case before he... runs out of time?Batman: Bump in the Night is a playground-style fanfiction actual play podcast by Jeff Stormer and Marn Lastname.A joint collaboration between Party of One and the Moonshot Podcast Network.<...

Chris is the author of the Fermi's Progress series, a darkly comic sci-fi adventure about a spaceship doomed to obliterate every planet it takes off from. The latest novel, Fermi's Wake 4. Overview Effect, just released, and you get it on sale now. We sat down for a delightfully horrifying Fermi-themed adventure in Disposable Bags of Meat, a horror TTRPG about unprepared, ordinary people surviving against impossible odds through luck, grit, and determination.CHRIS FARNELL: https://chrisfarnell.com/FERMI'S PROGRESS: https://chrisfarnell.com/fermis-progress/FERMI'S WAKE 4. OVERVIEW EFFECT https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp...

Candlelight is a role playing game about the restless spirits of treasure hunters reckoning with their dark past and seeking hope in a haunted forest that wants to trap them there. I sat down with actor and TTRPG performer Felix Bishop to wander into the wood, and discover the fates that await our characters...CANDLELIGHT: https://glowingroots.itch.io/candlelightFELIX BISHOP: https://linktr.ee/withfatedbreathALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com...

The Invisible Labyrinth is a game about branching timelines, uncertain futures, and escaping what seems inevitable. Players take on the role of a small group of characters and nonlinearly create a web of timelines about their possible journeys, building a web of alternate timelines and "what if" futures.I sat down with the game's designer, Morgan Jackson, to experience the game in action.THE INVISIBLE LABYRINTH: https://wedidthetimewarpagain.itch.io/the-invisible-labyrinthTHE INVISIBLE LABYRINTH AP (PART 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHhn0VYiktYTHE INVISIBLE LABYRINTH AP (PART 2): https://www...

Laura is an award-winning Actual Play performer, known for her work with Queen's Court Games on a range of incredible shows, including The All-Night Society and Harlem Hellfighters Never Die. We sat down for some top-tier weird vampirism in a game of Elegy, a solo vampire RPG inspired by Ironsworn.ELEGY: https://miraclem.itch.io/elegyLAURA TUTU: https://lauratutu.com/THE ALL-NIGHT SOCIETY: https://www.queenscourt.games/theallnightsocietyHARLEM HELLFIGHTERS NEVER DIE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhwM3P_fX7HHEBYY8htzEmsRb62rq3EMeALL MY FANTASY...

Our special two-part playthrough of Galactic continues, as our heroes stare down the Mandate and leap into battle!You can find the Galactic & Going Rogue crowdfunder on Kickstarter, live now through the end of June: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/galacticgoingrogue/galactic-and-going-rogue-two-ttrpgs-of-war-among-the-stars?ref=dwc59lThis episode was produced and co-sound designed by Jess Levine (@jessfrom.online on Bluesky) and edited, co-produced, and co-sound designed by satah (@posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online on Bluesky). It uses music and SFX from Pond5, including creators ProSoundEffects, MellauSFX, PenroseAudio, LucorMusic, Colourman, and Talekeeper_Music. Guest performers on this episode include...