The First Nova, Act 3

The crew of the Mustang Sally make an important discovery on the Trinary Noon. Can they use what they learn to save the galaxy, or will the Mandate prove too relentlessly interminable to overthrow?

Programme notes

Save the date: Lights Out, the first Merely Roleplayers stage show, is at 8:30pm on Saturday 24 October, at the Pleasance Theatre in Islington, London, as part of the London Horror Festival. It’s the second half of a double bill with The Scare Slam at 6:30pm. Tickets aren’t on sale yet but when they are, we’ll post to our Twitter (@MerelyRoleplay) and Matt’s newsletter.

If you’ve got a scary spoken word piece you’d like to perform at the 6th annual Scare Slam, you can sign up on the Blackshaw website.

September is International Podcast Month. Follow International Podcast Month in your podcast app for new episodes nearly every day, including Dust Wardens, a roleplaying game actual play featuring Matt as a player.

The Researcher is a playbook for galactic 2nd edition, inspired by characters like Lyntel'luroon, Eno Cordova, and Doctor Aphra. Matt wrote it and you can buy it to create and play your own galactic Researcher!

Our promo this episode is for Realms of Peril & Glory. Journey through hilarious galaxies, adventure-filled worlds and mysterious continents! Experience thrilling tales weaved at the table using a variety of roleplaying game systems, by a rotating panel of Game Masters and Players! www.lightandtragic.com/Merely

Credits

STARRING:

  • Matt Boothman as Esko Triff, the Researcher

  • Josh Yard as Olwyn Callahan XVI, the Diplomat

  • Strat as Val Waldrin, the Scoundrel

GUEST STARRING:

AND INTRODUCING:

  • Marta da Silva as Revan, the Defector

ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: galactic (2nd edition), designed by riley rethal

MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman

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