Dungeon Master- Kerry CutsforthShizara (Half-Orc Barbarian)- Kristy CutsforthImogen (Tiefling Bard)- Autumn MaherArcadia (Assamir Sorceress) - Sonia NavarroGil Sans- (Aracora Monk)- Adam GowenZepher (Wizard Wood Elf) - Dan MacKenzieTak (Kenku Monk) - Kevin CustforthMusic: Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeodFacebook: www.facebook.com/perilouspretenders/…

We are playing the 3rd edition of Unknown Armies, a game about humanity, where obsessed people go after what want they want and work together as a cabal. The characters will get thrown in supernatural events far above what they are ready to handle and their actions will have lasting consequences. GM: James Shannon Cabal Members: Odelia Blum- Kristy…

Apparently Lal is a super loud snorer, we establish that Gand’s don’t have longs and there can’t snore. Borb gets an offer from the scientist our adventurers rescued for 10,000 credits, a big chunk of the 80,000 our group owes to Nuttaboo the Hutt. We have to track down her assistant, Toran, who has stolen some top secret research from her. Nuttabo…

No one throws a party quite like a Toreador party. Johnny, having been newly embraced by Alyssa Morgan, is being tested by his sire at Annabelle's monthly Toreador gala. The party happens on a tranquil and beautiful autumnal September evening in Chicago's Osaka Gardens. Sharon Payne (a party planner/floral arranger) has been tasked to create this l…

Our space cowboys have all been rounded up by a greedy Hut (name?) who bought their debt off those that they owed money to. Now they are stuck in a shit-hole, nowhere planet in the outer rim, working as indentured servants until they can pay off their enormous debt. They still manage to make the best of things, the Gand actually likes nutritional p…

"She cuts you once, she cuts you twice But still you believe The wound is so fresh you can taste the blood BUt you don't have strength to leave You've been bought, you've been sold You've been locked outside the door But you stand there pleadin', With your insides bleedin', 'Cause you deep down want some more Then she says she wants forgiveness It'…

The Mutants find out Leski is not doing so well, which gives them even more motivation to get to AnimaHerb; perhaps one of the scientists could be "persuaded" to help them. The mutants are also going to free the sentient zone ghouls who were kidnapped by scientists from AnimaHerb. Also, in this episode, Michael actually gets his car, the Infiltrato…

In this episode, Charlotte gets caught up in the burgeoning anarch movement happening in Chicago and must decide if she will become a vampire before Sheriff Balthazar and his Archon, Grady, break into the room, more than likely killing her (as she's the only human around). Sunshine gets invited aboard The Spirit of Chicago (a yacht on Lake Michigan…

Yep.....our adventurers ponder what the gargoyle poop would be like. Always thinking about the important issues facing the Underdark. Who cares about Jubilex or the demigorgon anyway? Also, Malt is back...and pulls flowers out of the air during battle as an offensive tactic? You won't want to miss this episode, its a nail biter. Dungeon Master: Ker…

Our mutants must make tough choices in this episode as the ark has multiple fires to put out. Tenebris has taken their mother, Maryna into his "safe keeping" to keep our mutants in line. He also has control of the dogsbane plants that surround the ark and can use them against the citizens if they get in his way. Trissa is the new leader of the Hell…

"I've been taking on a new direction But I have to say I've been thinking about my own protection It scares me to feel this way"- "What's Love Got to Do With It?" by Tina Turner In this episode, A-Wipe has watched Pulp Fiction one too many times (and forgot what actually happens at the end of it with Samuel L. Jackson) and ends up attempting to rob…

Chicago, Illinois is one of the more prominent cities in the Classic World of Darkness. First detailed in Chicago by Night, the city served as the signature city not only for Vampire: The Masquerade but for the rest of the World of Darkness to follow. In our Chronicle, all the player characters are starting out as humans (we are using the Bootcamp …

In this episode, after the cage match ends mid-fight, after Grey turns the gun on the Helldrivers, Ilona and her have a heart to heart girl talk about how much "men suck." Ilona, the leader of the Helldrivers, wants blood after she found her boyfriend and best friend in a comprimising position. She doesn't think its weird at all that her former sla…

We decided to do a little recap of our experiences at one of the best up and coming midwestern comic conventions, the Cedar Rapids Comic Con. They are a newer con, they started up in 2015, but have attracted over 10,000 people over the last few years, and they only continue to keep growing and bringing more interesting guests! Learn more: www.cedar…

The group splits in two....Grey heads out with Jagger for a recon mission; its Grey's mission to try and become a member of the Helldrivers and learn a bit more about what's going on at the Black Velvet Obelisk Casino. Ilona, the leader of the Helldrivers is a cannibal, who has set up the cage matches as with Tennebris from Adventureland as a punis…

In this episode, there is a 3 month hiatus after the adventurers make their way out of the underdark. Listen to see what they get up to in their downtime. The group is summoned to Gauntlgrym at King Bruenor Battlehammer request. Find out how he plans to help the group take down the demons that are wreaking havoc in the Underdark and threatening to …

After Basil and Archie end up blowing up Alciabades mansion, they head off on a boat that Aiyla procured to save black children that were kidnapped by the Knights of the White Camellia....racists who became vampires in order to bring the South "back to its former glory." The members are slowing turning prominent and influential members of New Orlea…

Last episode, the dogs admister what the group calls "dog justice" on Jonah, the creepy psychopathic enforcer who has been feeding the arc the corpses of the dogs that have gone missing from the kennel. The starving dogs don't need much coaxing by Salty and the dog handlers to tear apart Jonah. After seeing the group may not be as peaceful as they …

In this episode, after a successful negotiation with the zone ghouls of the Water Purification plant, the group heads back to the ark to discover loads of new problems that need to be addressed. With Maryna's dementia creating significant problems in the ark, there is a shift of power and demand for leadership that the plant powered mutant boss, Te…

The Knights of the White Camellia aka the vampires of New Orleans are really angry after the group killed one of their leaders, Delphine LaLaurie. They had already taken the Thesophist's riverboat (that can transform into a submarine), and they also kidnapped 25 black children from the children's hospital ward while everyone in town was at the St. …

Our band of adventurers finally have a brief moment to catch their breath after winning their battle over the oozes. This episode features us attemping to simulate poker with the only card deck we could find (so we used a romantic steam-punk tarot deck, as one does), a wandering monk (much like David Carradine in Kung-Fu), pouring over dusty tomes …

Dungeon Master: Kerry Cutsforth Players: Reeve (Human Fighter)- Bill Pechman Zaloon (Aasimar Monk)- Chris Johnson Bryzz Myrda (Drow Bard)- Kristy Cutsforth Faustanus (Drow Warlock)- Jason Valetta (Tempest Cleric)- Brooke Valetta Sound Effects: (Will Fill Out More Later) freesounds.org zapsplat.com (Will be Filled Out Later) Kevin MacLeod (incompete…

Dungeon Master: Kerry Cutsforth Players: Reeve (Human Fighter)- Bill Pechman Zaloon (Aasimar Monk)- Chris Johnson Bryzz Myrda (Drow Bard)- Kristy Cutsforth Faustanus (Drow Warlock)- Jason Valetta (Tempest Cleric)- Brooke Valetta "Moonlight Hall" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creat…

In this episode, the water has run dry at the Adventureland Theme Park and the elder of the clan, Marnya, has dementia and is slowly losing her touch with the reality while experimenting with her heirloom vegetables in her lab. Irvine (Michael's brother and fellow Gearhead) and Ice (Grey's Stalker mentor) left a week ago to scout for water and have…

In this episode, we use the phrase "non-corrosive oil" about a hundred times and Reeve Gale lugs a dead Grick body around Neverlight Grove, getting more pissed off by the minute that these deep gnomes are welshing on their deal to get the party non-corrosive oil to coat their weapons, so they can defend Blingdonstone from hundreds of oozes who are …

Oozes, gelantinous cubes, Griks, shambling mounds, micanoids with severe cases of attention deficit disorder, and fungoid walls that eat dead people. Just another "normal" day in the underdark for our group of adventurers. We've been playing Out of the Abyss with our local roleplaying and board game group, The Natural 20's since last February (befo…

Session Zero of Mutant Year Zero....our Mutants must leave their ark, Adventureland Theme Park, and venture out into the Zone (a remenant of what was once a city called something like Dez...Moinez? The pronunciation is complex and has never completely been figured out. They are all roughly under 30 years old....each Mutant has a complex relationshi…

In this episode of Castle Falkenstein: The Vampires of New Orleans, Archie (along with aid of Marie Laveau) is attempting to summon Papa Legba during the infamous St. John's Eve rites at Lake Pontcharian. This is the time of year when the veil is thinned out between the living and dead. Papa Legba controls the crossroads between the two worlds and …

Last Modified: 01 Nov, 2017 Description: In this Purist One Shot of Trail of Cthulhu (based on Call of Cthulhu and adapted from Robin Law's Gumshoe Game System by Kenneth Hite), our players find themselves in the English country town of Keswick. While they all have their reasons for being here, they aren't quite sure why this town and this place fe…

Kristy and Kerry Cutsforth go over some general Halloween ramblings and their top ten horror movies of all time. They watch A LOT of horror movies, so narrowing them down was quite a feat, but they managed to do so without losing their heads thankfully. Top Ten list beings: 15:30 into podcast if you want to avoid Halloween ramblings.…

Our friend and regular player here on the Perilous Pretenders podcast, David Miessler-Kubanek, has been working on a design "hack" of the independent role playing game, Psi-Run, which can purchase over at the Night Sky Games website. Night Sky Games are run by Meguey Baker and Vincent Baker (Vincent is best known for his role playing game, Apocalyp…

In this episode, Archie, Ayla, and Eóghan (Owen) are preparing for their trek into the Gulf, making their way to the Grand Isle, where Jean Lafitte used to have his headquarters back in his "privateering" days in the early 1800's. (Basil is absent for this episode, off working on his legendary Alantean Chimera bullets with telegraphic aid from Hele…

This is the finale of Season 1 of our mini-campaign of Blades in the Dark, a horror/fantasy/heist roleplaying game set in an alternate, supernatural version of the late 1800's, in which technology is made possible by ghostly electroplasm. This game is run by our friend, James Shannon, who is one of leaders of the Corridor Games on Demand Role Playi…

This is our dramatic finale to our Case of the Satanic Panic, which uses Bubblegumshoe, a Teen Sleuth Mystery Role Playing Game. The game system is based on Robin Law's Gumshoe and was adapted for the teen noir/mystery genre by Emily Care Boss and Kenneth Hite. This genre covers everything from Scooby Doo to It by Stephen King so there's something …

Our friend and regular player here on the Perilous Pretenders podcast, David Miessler-Kubanek, has been working on a design "hack" of the independent role playing game, Psi-Run, which can purchase over at the Night Sky Games website. Night Sky Games are run by Meguey Baker and Vincent Baker (Vincent is best known for his role playing game, Apocalyp…

Welcome to the Perilous Pretenders, an actual play podcast featuring mostly lesser known role playing games; the podcast is hosted by a nerdy and artistic husband and wife team, Kristy and Kerry Cutsforth. This is the 4th installment of The Case of the Satanic Panic, in what I like to call, a "mini campaign" of the tabletop role playing game, Bubbl…

Castle Falkenstein is a steam-age, Victorian fantasy role playing game that was a cult classic from 1994, originally written by legendary game designer, Mike Pondsmith. The game is getting somewhat of a reboot over at Fat Goblin Games with new supplements and books written by my friend and fellow game designer, James Gray! We will be testing out so…

The Coal Rats: Kumar (Lurk) played by Brooke Valetta Briggs (Cutter) played by Jason Valetta Jacopa (Whisper) played by Kristy Cutsforth Artax (Leech) played by Christopher Johnson Arden (Hound) played by Kerry Cutsforth Blades in the Dark: http://www.evilhat.com/home/blades-in-the-dark/ Anachronist Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Cr…

Blades in the Dark (designed by John Harper) is a fantasy/horror heist game set in an alternative Victorianesque landscape of darkness and mass hauntings. In the midst of the desolation, an elaborate criminal underground thrives. This mini-campaign features one such band of thieves called The Coat Rats who dwell underground in an abandoned train tu…

On this episode of Perilous Pretenders, we are featuring Blades in the Dark, a horror/fantasy/heist roleplaying game set in an alternate, supernatural version of the late 1800's, in which technology is made possible by ghostly electroplasm. If you want a more through explanation of the what this game is about, I've included a summery at the beginni…

This is part 3 of a 5 part mini-campaign called "The Case of the Satanic Panic." Our sleuths are all teenagers in a small New England town called Brewster Hills. A lot of strange, some would say supernatural, occurrences have been happening as the gang tries to find out what happened to their missing friend and fellow Dungeons and Dragons team mate…

I have something special for you all...a little one shot I did on a family Here is part 2 of our one shot game of The Warren by Marshall Miller of Bully Pulpit games. Snowflake is played by my mother in love, Norma Cutsforth and Kerry plays Lighting. Snowflake is the a smart loner who is littermate with Lightening, the fastest rabbit in the Warren …

This is a one shot of Marshall Miller's The Warren that I played with my mother in love, Norma Cutsforth and my husband Kerry! I always say, the family that games together, stays together! This is her first time ever playing a roleplaying game and she does a fantastic job! I knew she would, she's a writer and super free-spirited and creative. Join …

Welcome to the Perilous Pretenders, an actual play podcast featuring mostly lesser known role playing games; the podcast is hosted by a nerdy and artistic husband and wife team, Kristy and Kerry Cutsforth. This is the second episode in, what we like to call, a "mini campaign" of the tabletop role playing game, Bubblegumshoe. Bubblegumshoe is a teen…

Perilous Pretenders is a husband and wife duo (Kristy and Kerry Cutsforth) that runs and plays tabletop roleplaying games with their fellow "pretenders." In this episode, Kristy Cutsforth is the GM and is running a game using the Bubblegumshoe role playing system (written by Emily Care Boss, Kenneth Hite, and Lisa Steele). It is a teen noir/sleuth …