#Fiona howat

[realmspod]

Yesterday on the Realms feed, we announced two thrilling new projects that are going to see Realms of Peril & Glory through to the end of 2024!

Return to Liminal London!🔎 The inimitable Johnny Chiodini! joins us for this haunting mystery!!🥳

🧚The Fey courts of the Hidden City and the uneasy peace between them are put to the test! Glass Houses, Liminal London Mystery Six arrives this autumn!🍂 Get caught up on Liminal London before our latest mystery!

🩸This December is Solemn Vale: Of Oak & Holly! GM Fiona Howat utilises the folk horror system by Dirty Vortex! 🗡️

When a group of school friends reunite in their home town decades later, all their old grudges start a cascade that could lead to their demise😱

Subscribe and don't miss out on this incredible series!

[merelymatt]

It's Audio Drama Sunday

So here are 3 episodes I enjoyed this week

Breakfast

Back for season 9. I love what this episode does with repetition and sudden midsentence cuts.

The Poplars of Soissons

I just reached the final season in my replay of Unwell. The sounds of the pipes and the calliope are haunting and beautiful, and I love this little origin story for those sounds.

Worldwide Wrestling

I can't embed this one because it's a Secret Archive exclusive for OneShotOberfest – Fiona from What Am I Rolling? (which was just recently folded into the One Shot Network), who's guested enough times on @merelyroleplayers to gain "friend of the show" status, leads some other One Shot hosts through character creation for Worldwide Wrestling. I'm looking forward to hearing Doctor Knockout (aka Doctor Knockabout, aka Doc Knock) in the ring.

[merelyroleplayers]

Nominate Merely Roleplayers in the CRIT Awards 2024

The Creator Recognition in Tabletop RPG Awards are open for nominations until the end of May, and lots of our stuff from the past year is eligible!

You all got us to the final ballot in 2 categories last year – thank you again, it was incredible to hear the words "Merely Roleplayers" read out alongside so many luminaries of roleplaying and storytelling!

Could we make it 3 this year?

Could we even make it to a win??

At this nomination stage, you're free to nominate whoever and whatever you like in each category. It's free choice, not multiple choice. Then people/things with enough nominations get put on the final ballot for everyone to check out and vote on.

Most of the categories ask for a link or social media handle to help the CRIT team vet nominations. Plus, I know from filling out my own nominations how hard it can sometimes be to work out what actually falls within the eligibility period (which this year is 1 Jan 2023–29 Feb 2024 – RPG vendors please put the publication date on the game's page!!).

So here's a handy list of what we've done that came out in that period, the categories you could nominate them in, and the relevant links and handles:

Best of Actual Plays

Best Series

Vigil: The Great Fire https://foggyoutline.com/roleplayers-episodes/category/The+Great+Fire

Vigil: Chief/Exec https://foggyoutline.com/roleplayers-episodes/category/Chief%2FExec

Vigil: Fear Itself https://foggyoutline.com/roleplayers-episodes/category/Fear+Itself

(and in the Studio...)

Falling Cadence https://foggyoutline.com/roleplayers-episodes/category/Falling+Cadence

The Queen's Dead https://foggyoutline.com/roleplayers-episodes/category/The+Queen%27s+Dead

The Office Party https://foggyoutline.com/roleplayers-episodes/category/Office+Party

Best NPC

Any and all NPCs from the above 6 productions, including 2023 nominee Ernest Bering, Agent of DoOm...

It's up to you to decide, based on his actions in Vigil: Fear Itself, whether oor Ernie belongs in this category or in:

Best Villain

Any and all villains from the above 6 productions, including Ada Lovelace (Great Fire), Max Dashwood (Chief/Exec), Morrigan the War Chieftain (Chief/Exec), the Harlequin (Fear Itself) and (possibly, as above) Ernest Bering, Agent of DoOm.

Best of their Games

Best Game Master | Indie

Matt Boothman https://www.instagram.com/merelymatt/

Josh Yard https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

Best Player | Indie

Ellie Pitkin https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Persephone 'Percy' Byron in Great Fire and Camilla Parnell in Falling Cadence)

Dave https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Mick Mason in Great Fire and Josh in Office Party)

Strat https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Brier in Great Fire and Jerome Picklepants in Office Party)

Chris MacLennan https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Kincaid in Great Fire)

Natalie Winter https://www.instagram.com/winternatters/

(plays Gwynned in Chief/Exec and Bess in Office Party)

Marta Da Silva https://www.instagram.com/nanaluvren/

(plays Harper in Chief/Exec)

Josh Yard https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Jinny Greenteeth in Chief/Exec)

Vikki https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Renko in Chief/Exec and Cadence Fairchild in Falling Cadence)

Alexander Pankhurst https://www.instagram.com/apankhurst/

(plays Graham in Fear Itself and Reginald 'Skinsy' Skinner in Falling Cadence)

Chris Starkey https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Cameron Jarvis in Fear Itself and Neville Flounder, aka the Living Shadow, aka Night Gannet in Office Party)

Ellen Gould https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Jess Butterworth in Fear Itself)

Helen Stratton https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Stella Sylvester in Falling Cadence)

Fiona KT Howat https://www.instagram.com/unspeakablyfiona/

(plays the Skeletal Duchy in The Queen's Dead)

Naomi Clarke https://www.instagram.com/naomithinksit/

(plays the Draugr Earldom in The Queen's Dead)

Best of Podcasts

Best Podcast

Merely Roleplayers https://www.merelyroleplayers.com

Best Podcast Host

Matt Boothman https://www.instagram.com/merelymatt/

Thank you! Can't wait to see who gets nominated this year!

[ranik-a]

FRIENDS, TTRPG-NERDS, COUNTRYPEOPLE, I have the podcast for you!

Fiona Howat runs "What Am I Rolling," a podcast where TTRPG enthusiasts play a different tabletop game every time. There are AWESOME guests like Maddie Searle (Realms of Peril and Glory, Stellar Firma, Chapter and Multiverse), the Backwater Bastards, Girls Run These Worlds etc.

They also frequently interview DMs and game creators, so you get exposed to the wonderful community of TTRPG creation. It's awesome!

The mcelroys made an entire generation think that playing D&D badly is activism

[quidcrusheu]

When I grow up, I want to be Fiona Howat.

[realmspod]

Birdie is a journalist. She can hear Solemn Vale calling. She will get her justice, but at what cost?

This Thursday a six-day event begins… 👁️ Solemn Vale: Of Oak & Holly is here.

When a group of school friends reunite many years later in their home town for a Christmas celebration, all the grudges and heartache bubbles to the surface. Little do they know that the walls are slowly closing in as Solemn Vale tries to keep them forever.

Solemn Vale is a series for mature listeners only, and audience discretion is advices.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR NEW HOLIDAY PODCAST SERIES

[merelyroleplayers]

Please return to your seats in the Dragonmeet Podcast Zone

The staff and customers pool their talents to rid the Coffee Shop Hey, You! of the rowdy Suits.

Follow us on your usual podcast app - search Merely Roleplayers or head to www.merelyroleplayers.com

COMPERE: Matt Boothman

STARRING:

- Alexander Pankhurst as Morgana Le Fay

- Natalie Winter as Jemima Puddle-Duck

- Strat as Tom Thumb

ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Interstitial: Our Hearts Intertwined by Riley Hopkins

MUSIC: In The Dark – Flashes by Bix Beiderbeck, performed by Jess Stacy, provided by the Open Music Archive

RECORDED AND ENGINEERED BY: Kristian Mitchell-Dolby

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman

COMMISSIONED BY: Mira Manga and Fiona KT Howat for the Dragonmeet Podcast Zone 2023

[merelyroleplayers]

▶️ Now playing in the Studio

Tension builds between the Lich Queen’s dread courtiers as their realms crumble around them. The Wraithlight Dominion proposes a quest.

Follow us on your usual podcast app - search Merely Roleplayers or head to www.merelyroleplayers.com

COMPERE: Matt Boothman

CAST

Representing the Draugr Earldom: Naomi Clarke

Representing the Skeletal Duchy: Fiona Howat

Representing the Wraithlight Dominion: Matt Boothman

ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Court of the Lich Queen (beta), designed by Ursidice

MUSIC BY: Matt Boothman

SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman

[merelyroleplayers]

▶️ Now playing in the Studio

One year before the Dawn prophesied to end the reign of death, the Lich Queen’s dread courtiers make plans to prevent it – even though it might mean working together.

Follow us on your usual podcast app - search Merely Roleplayers or head to www.merelyroleplayers.com

COMPERE: Matt Boothman

CAST

Representing the Draugr Earldom: Naomi Clarke

Representing the Skeletal Duchy: Fiona Howat

Representing the Wraithlight Dominion: Matt Boothman

ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Court of the Lich Queen (beta), designed by Ursidice

MUSIC BY: Matt Boothman

SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman

[merelyroleplayers]

▶️ Now playing in the Studio

The cast talks generational games and the joy of petty grudges. Matt talks to Ursidice, designer of Court of the Lich Queen, about what’s next for the game.

Follow us on your usual podcast app - search Merely Roleplayers or head to www.merelyroleplayers.com

COMPERE: Matt Boothman

CAST

Representing the Draugr Earldom: Naomi Clarke

Representing the Skeletal Duchy: Fiona Howat

Representing the Wraithlight Dominion: Matt Boothman

ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Court of the Lich Queen (beta), designed by Ursidice

MUSIC BY: Matt Boothman

SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman

[merelyroleplayers]

▶️ Now playing in the Studio

The day of the prophesied Dawn is at hand. As light and life threaten the Lich Queen’s dominion, her dread courtiers must stand together – or fall apart.

Follow us on your usual podcast app - search Merely Roleplayers or head to www.merelyroleplayers.com

COMPERE: Matt Boothman

CAST

Representing the Draugr Earldom: Naomi Clarke

Representing the Skeletal Duchy: Fiona Howat

Representing the Wraithlight Dominion: Matt Boothman

ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Court of the Lich Queen (beta), designed by Ursidice

MUSIC BY: Matt Boothman

SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman

[merelyroleplayers]

Please return to your seats in the 🐉Dragonmeet PodcastZone 🎙

Some badly behaved new customers are ruining the vibe at the Coffee Shop Hey, You!

Follow us on your usual podcast app - search Merely Roleplayers or head to www.merelyroleplayers.com

COMPERE: Matt Boothman

STARRING:

- Alexander Pankhurst as Morgana Le Fay

- Natalie Winter as Jemima Puddle-Duck

- Strat as Tom Thumb

ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Interstitial: Our Hearts Intertwined by Riley Hopkins

MUSIC: In The Dark – Flashes by Bix Beiderbeck, performed by Jess Stacy, provided by the Open Music Archive

RECORDED AND ENGINEERED BY: Kristian Mitchell-Dolby

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman

COMMISSIONED BY: Mira Manga and Fiona KT Howat for the Dragonmeet Podcast Zone 2023

[merelyroleplayers]

▶️ Now playing Backstage in the Studio

A tourist’s guide to the realms of death, and a brief history of the debts and grudges that make sessions at court so lively.

Follow us on your usual podcast app - search Merely Roleplayers or head to www.merelyroleplayers.com

COMPERE: Matt Boothman

CAST

Representing the Draugr Earldom: Naomi Clarke

Representing the Skeletal Duchy: Fiona Howat

Representing the Wraithlight Dominion: Matt Boothman

ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Court of the Lich Queen (beta), designed by Ursidice

MUSIC BY: Matt Boothman

SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman