Explore every episode of the podcast Relatable Rolls
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| Heart: The City Beneath Review | 06 Oct 2025 | 00:49:19 | |
Max and Claire sit down to review Heart: The City Beneath, a game best described as a Cronenbergian Storytelling Dungeon Delve. They touch upon it's beautifully bizarre and intriguing characters and world, how it differs from other fantasy RPGs, and try to figure out if this is even a game either of them are capable of running or playing in. Opening: Pablo Perez - Skin Wax | |||
| Call of Cthulhu: Alone Against the Tide | 15 Sep 2025 | 01:26:44 | |
Sometimes you can't get a group of investigators together to investigate horrors beyond comprehension and have to set off on your own. Call of Cthulhu's Alone Against the Tide puts a single player in a remote lakeside Massachusetts town with the wealthy elite having more than a few secrets among them. Will Max and Claire discover the origins of the strange green fog enveloping the town, or what the menacing dark-suited men lurking about are after? Listen in and find out. | |||
| Kids on Bikes: The House on Hook Hill Part 2 | 25 Aug 2025 | 02:22:14 | |
Trapped in Hook House, the intrepid trio travel to places high and low as they try and find their escape but spirits to rest.
Claire - Game Master Colleen streams on Twitch, go give her a follow or checkout her website about movie musicals. Or find it all on her Linktree | |||
| Kids on Bikes: The House on Hook Hill | 11 Aug 2025 | 01:53:44 | |
Facing their fears, three kids on their trusty bikes decide to explore the old abandoned house atop Hook Hill. Will they discover it's secrets and make it out, or will the house claim three more souls? Colleen streams on Twitch, go give her a follow or checkout her website about movie musicals. Or find it all on her Linktree | |||
| Immersive Sims | 28 Jul 2025 | 00:59:35 | |
With many of the seminal works in PC Immersive sims turning 25 years old, Max and Claire sit down to document how the genre of games came to be, what they mean to each of them, and what they can take from them when designing RPG scenarios. Max will be at Gen Con, seek him out or hit him up on Bluesky. We'll be back with actual plays next episode. Opening: Geb - Nobs are for Twisting | |||
| Point & Click Adventures | 09 Jun 2025 | 00:57:17 | |
Max and Claire decide to change things up a bit this episode by delving into the genre of Point & Click Computer adventure games, covering everything from the history of the genre, their personal favorites from the 90s and the modern day, how Moon Logic can be applied to TTRPGs, and even unlocking a few core memories throughout the discussion. Opening: 1000z Hands - Kraken | |||
| Delta Green: Better Living Through Forestry | 26 May 2025 | 02:20:47 | |
A group of Forestry Majors staying in the woods to complete their senior level courses discover their classmates have disappeared in the night. Will they survive the trek through the woods and unseasonable weather to discover their fate? | |||
| Cthulhu Eternal: Darkfield Part 2 | 12 May 2025 | 02:33:04 | |
With the Darkfield Memo in hand, the Moments with Mothman crew return to La Fontainne Street to discover just deep the corruption runs, and if they will be able to stop it... | |||
| Cthulhu Eternal: Darkfield | 28 Apr 2025 | 02:15:31 | |
Youtube cryptid sensations, Moments with Mothman, receive an anonymous submission about an unknown and undiscovered creature spotted in La Fontaine, Missouri. Is this the show's opportunity to take their operation to the next level?
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| Eat the Reich - Part 2 | 14 Apr 2025 | 02:13:40 | |
The F.A.N.G. operatives continue their assault on occupied Paris, will they reach the Zeppelin docked atop the Eiffel Tower? | |||
| Eat the Reich | 24 Mar 2025 | 01:38:26 | |
A group of F.A.N.G. operatives are coffin-dropped into occupied Paris with one objective: drink Adolf Hitler's blood. | |||
| Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: The Prisoner & The Warden | 10 Mar 2025 | 02:20:44 | |
After dealing with the Teufel Terror, Romilda, Richter, and Fiete are given an opportunity by Ilse Fassenwütend that could free them from the Ubersreik Town Guard and the glory stealing Sgt. Klumpenklug. Check out everything Noah is up to at KamenOtaku.com | |||
| Caleb Stokes on the Red Markets 2nd Edition Beta | 24 Feb 2025 | 01:04:22 | |
Max and Claire sit down with Caleb Stokes to talk about the Red Markets 2nd Edition Beta, Caleb's game of Economic Horror. They touch upon the lessons learned from the first edition, whether or not Caleb's 2016 predictions on how society would react to a Zombie Apocalypse were too crazy or not crazy enough by 2025's standards, the enduring and involving interest of zombies over the decades, the odyssey of Delta Green: God's Teeth, the changing nature of the RPG landscape, and many other things. Check out the Red Markets 2nd Edition Beta here! | |||
| Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: The Teufel Terror | 10 Feb 2025 | 01:36:07 | |
Romilda, Richter, and Fiete take on the Teufel Terror. Will they live to see the next patrol, or will they end up a snack? Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime | |||
| Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes Post Mortem | 23 Dec 2024 | 01:21:57 | |
Gathering for one last time, the cast of Impossible Landscapes reflects on all 15 sessions of the campaign and dives in to all the behind-the-scenes information, favorite moments, and secrets that you could want on the longest Relatable Rolls campaign we've done yet! | |||
| Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes Part 15 | 09 Dec 2024 | 02:03:56 | |
Cell S has made it to the heart of Carcosa, what terrors and revelations will they discover at the Masquerade, and will any of them escape? Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus | |||
| Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Out on Patrol | 25 Nov 2024 | 02:51:51 | |
Newly appointed members of the Ubersreik Town Guard Romilda, Richter, and Fiete learn the ins-and-outs of law "enforcement" dealing with fires, barroom brawls, restless spirits, and missing people. Check out Noah's podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime | |||
| Interview with Lyme on Dawn of the Orcs | 11 Nov 2024 | 01:11:27 | |
Orcs, one of the mainstays of fantasy that you'll likely encounter no matter what game you're playing or high fantasy story you're reading. Why are they so iconic, why do we love to fight them, and why does game designer Lyme love them so much that he's a designed an entire game about them? Listen and find out as Max and Claire learn all about Lyme's upcoming Kickstarter project, The Dawn of the Orcs. Check out Dawn of the Orcs on Kickstarter launching November 19th! Opening: Gagmesharkoff - Cackle So | |||
| Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes Part 14 | 28 Oct 2024 | 01:45:58 | |
Awakening in Carcosa, Cell S begins their journey to The Palace. Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus | |||
| Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes Part 13 | 14 Oct 2024 | 02:09:12 | |
Cell S has finally reached Hotel Broadalbin, what dangers and secrets lie within its endless corridors, and will they became permanent guests of it's crumbling decadence? Claire: Sawyer Michaels, Urban Infrastructure Systems Professor | |||
| Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes Part 12 | 23 Sep 2024 | 02:45:10 | |
Their first task for Wist/Wilde complete, Cell S heads for St Paul, Minnesota to complete the second. What horrors will they encounter upon the open road? Will they evade their multiple pursuers? Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus | |||
| Interview with Dan VK | 09 Sep 2024 | 01:18:03 | |
Here on Relatable Rolls you've heard about how the proverbial sausage is made, but what about the person who sells the sausage at the sausage store, and how are those sausage stores doing after the events of the last handful of years? What is the sausage market looking like these days? Ok this metaphor has gone on long enough. We sat down with Dan VK of Gather & Game to talk about the state of Game Stores in 2024, the dos and don'ts of hosting events, the importance of community, surprise success stories from consulting, and the hoops one must go through to open their own RPG Lounge. Find Dan VK at Gather & Games, and keep an eye out for news on his own establishment Atrium Games. | |||
| Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes Part 11 | 26 Aug 2024 | 02:34:28 | |
Escaping the Night Floors with the burden of knowledge, Cell S deals with the consequences of a shifting reality that does not want them there. Or was it always this way? Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus | |||
| Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes Part 10 | 12 Aug 2024 | 02:10:18 | |
Cell S has found themselves back in the Night Floors, this time as patients of The Dorchester House. Will they be able to escape back to "reality" or has this entire affair just been one huge delusion like the attending physician claims? Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus | |||
| Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes Part 9 | 22 Jul 2024 | 02:30:25 | |
After a disastrous evening, Delta Green sends in a fixer to discern why Cell S has been deployed to the Boston theater. Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus | |||
| Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Law and Order | 08 Jul 2024 | 01:14:44 | |
After being apprehended for "inciting a riot" in Ubersreik the rag tag trio and their new love smitten lickspittle face down the judiciary system of Karl Franz's Empire. Will they emerge with their faculties intact? | |||
| Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes Part 8 | 24 Jun 2024 | 01:29:29 | |
After a meeting goes horribly wrong, Cell S splits up to pursue their own avenues of investigations around Boston. What horrors will they encounter in the night and will they live to see the morning? Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus | |||
| Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes Part 7 | 10 Jun 2024 | 02:11:47 | |
It has been 20 years since the Macallister, but when Cell S receives an invitation to Boston, they learn that when the curtains went down on Operation: Alice it was only for the break between acts. Check out Ben's work for the SCP Foundation here find him on socials as djkaktus | |||
| Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: To Market to Market | 27 May 2024 | 02:07:36 | |
After an edict from Emperor Karl Franz strips a local noble of his title, a rag tag group of characters descend upon the city of Ubersreik to investigate the happenings, possible effects on river based mercantilism, and.. love? | |||
| Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes Part 6 - Intermission | 13 May 2024 | 01:39:59 | |
Operation: Alice has concluded, but Cell S' story doesn't end there. During The Intermission we shall find out how their lives changed because of the events at the Macallister Building and how their lives unfold over the years. The mission never ends after all... | |||
| Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes Part 5 | 22 Apr 2024 | 02:13:45 | |
Cell S weighs the options on how to best handle the incursion taking place at the Macallister Building and ultimately comes to a decision that may not be in everyone's best interest. | |||
| Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes Part 4 | 08 Apr 2024 | 02:17:54 | |
After escaping The Night Floors, Cell S follow up on new leads that lead them to the most unlikely of places. | |||
| Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes Part 3 | 25 Mar 2024 | 01:58:21 | |
Discovering that the Macallister Building has far more than three floors, Cell S explores the endless hallways and rooms while trying to maintain a grip on their minds. | |||
| Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes Part 2 | 11 Mar 2024 | 01:32:28 | |
The investigation into the disappearance of Abigail Wright continues as strings found within the McCallister Building are pulled upon... | |||
| Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes Part 1 | 26 Feb 2024 | 02:07:32 | |
When a young artist in New York mysteriously goes missing and a strange occult symbol is found amongst her belongings, a Delta Green team descends upon her brownstone apartment complex to uncover what is going on. | |||
| Anamnesis Review | 12 Feb 2024 | 00:36:38 | |
Their winter break concluded, Max and Claire put their fate in the cards as they review Anamnesis, a solo journaling RPG about memory loss that utilizes a tarot deck to help uncover what was forgotten. Check out Anamnesis on itch.io We finally made a Bluesky go find us there! | |||
| Delta Green: Jack Frost Part 2 | 11 Dec 2023 | 02:27:02 | |
With one of their researchers in a precarious position, the Majestic 12 team prepare for the next incursion of the Jack Frost event. Will they make it out alive with their minds intact, or will they succumb to the forces at play? Colleen streams on Twitch, go give her a follow or checkout her website about movie musicals. Or find it all on her Linktree | |||
| Delta Green: Jack Frost Part 1 | 27 Nov 2023 | 02:32:58 | |
When satellites and sensors around the country detect a freak aurora accompanied by a massive blizzard in Northwest Alabama, operatives from Majestic 12's Project MOON DUST and Project PLUTO bundle up to figure out the cause. Will they solve the mystery or lose themselves to the snow and ice? Colleen streams on Twitch, go give her a follow or checkout her website about movie musicals. Or find it all on her Linktree
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| Pirate Borg Review | 13 Nov 2023 | 01:03:40 | |
Claire and Max find themselves among the restless dead on the high seas with Pirate Borg, a swashbuckling undead pirate filled game built upon the rules-light MÖRK BORG system with everything you need to raid, pillage and plunder across the Dark Caribbean featuring everything from naval combat to the wild and varying effects of ASH (Ghost Cocaine) and numerous toolboxes you can utilize across any sort of RPG. Drink up, for your coin is better off spent than saved on these shore. Note: Sorry about the poor audio quality from Max on this one, there was major unexpected mic issues that almost drove him to making Dark Bargains to record this episode. Opening: El Jesus De Magico - Unclean Ghost | |||
| Delta Green: BLACKSAT | 23 Oct 2023 | 03:23:38 | |
No mission to space is ever routine, but when a group of NASA astronauts are assigned to transport a pair of strange civilians to perform satellite repairs everything they know about mathematics and physics will come into question. | |||
| Running a Game 101 | 09 Oct 2023 | 00:39:25 | |
For some, the very idea of running a role playing game is an arduous journey, and that's even before getting friends around a table, rolling dice, keeping them engaged, and everything else. But fear not, Max and Claire cover the in's and out's of running an RPG with everything from preparing the game, how to handle first time players, to genre specific tips and tricks to make your first time session memorable for all, but in the good way. Then hear about some recent games our hosts have ran offline for first time players. | |||
| MÖRK BORG: The Sense of the Slight-of-Hand Man Post Mortem | 25 Sep 2023 | 01:24:43 | |
Now that the campaign has concluded, Max, Claire, Ethan, Robert, and Noah sit down to talk all things The Sense of the Slight-of-Hand Man. Learn why Max chose to transplant the game to MÖRK BORG, under-the-hood workings of some Dreamland Mechanics, the routes of the game not taken, and everyone's favorite moments, and everyone trying to figure out what the title of the campaign even means. | |||
| Interview with Ross Payton on The Night Clerk | 11 Sep 2023 | 00:46:24 | |
Max and Claire are joined by Ross Payton of Role Playing Public Radio, Night Clerk Radio, and Ludonarrative Dissidents to talk about The Night Clerk, a systemless architectural horror zine scenario being crowd funded on BackerKit. Hear the origin story of the scenario, the challenges of writing a scenario not tied to a RPG system, why Zines and architectural horror are having a moment, and why capitalism is to blame for all of this, among many other thrilling topics. Check out The Night Clerk on Backerkit until September 28th! Max and Claire are on BlueSky, find them there and bug Claire to start a page for the podcast! | |||
| MÖRK BORG: The Sense of the Slight-of-Hand Man Part 9 | 28 Aug 2023 | 02:12:57 | |
Their final goal in sight, will the Dreamers escape back to reality in one piece, or does fate have something else in store for them? Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime | |||
| Hope Is Not A Plan Review | 14 Aug 2023 | 00:34:29 | |
Not satisfied with the horror that you regularly find in episodes of Relatable Rolls, Max and Claire review Hope Is Not A Plan, a solo journaling game that covers the horror of being a project manager of an engineering firm. Will the project be delivered on time to expectations or will it all come crumbling down around them as Life intervenes? The Tumbling Block Tower Pulling Twosome also talk about the appeal of different kinds of horror, controlling the uncontrollable, and how Covid has affected Game Design. | |||
| MÖRK BORG: The Sense of the Slight-of-Hand Man Part 8 | 24 Jul 2023 | 02:08:22 | |
After making it through the Underworld, the Dreamers arrive on the outskirts of the city of Ilek-Vad. The Twilight City of Turrets and Minarets is ruled by The King of Dusk. Can he shed light on the nature of the Dreamers predicament, or is he himself yet another pawn in some grand scheme? Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime | |||
| MÖRK BORG: The Sense of the Slight-of-Hand Man Part 7 | 10 Jul 2023 | 01:47:30 | |
Escaping the Men from Leng in Lhosk, the Dreamers find themselves in The Underworld. Will they make it back to daylight or will they fall prey to the many horrors that dwell in the dark? Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime | |||
| Thirsty Sword Lesbians Review | 26 Jun 2023 | 01:04:43 | |
Happy Pride! Things get steamy as Claire and Max sit down to review Thirsty Sword Lesbians a narrative focused RPG about daring queers fighting injustice, growing as individuals, and finding love along the way. | |||
| MÖRK BORG: The Sense of the Slight-of-Hand Man Part 6 | 12 Jun 2023 | 01:57:53 | |
The Dreamers finally reach the city of Lhosk, mercantile capital of the Cerenarian Sea. Will they find aid within the bustling city, or do the red tarpaulins of the Grand Bazaar conceal more than just the sun? Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime | |||
| Interview with Meghan Cross on Session Zero | 22 May 2023 | 00:51:47 | |
Claire and Max sit down with the designer of Session Zero, Meghan Cross on the background of the game, the importance of mechanics supporting the games you want to play, navigating the RPG space as a queer woman, turning shitposts into games, and other awesome projects in the works. | |||