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9mm Retirement RadioCAPITAL GAINS Ep. 4 - Never Gonna Give You UpScott runs into someone from his past. Matthew & Harley learn a bit more about each other. The team meets up at Ray's Diner to discuss the next steps and form a plan.
This scenario is based on the fan scenario “Operation CAPITAL GAINS” by Sofie Batlle, repurposed for 9mm Retirement Radio.
Played using Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game by Arc Dream Publishing.
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2026-01-301h 11
Dead Letter Bureau - Delta GreenS1E17 - Locked On - Operation Proxy Decay - Delta Green APWe step away from the blood and into the light of a new day, where the monsters wear pantsuits and carry skeleton keys. A letter taped to the underside of a porcelain throne becomes a testament to a legacy of madness. In the chemical dark of a development room, the truth is exposed frame by frame: the geometry of the impossible caught on Kodak.While a lost soul screams silently behind the flat, black eyes of a grazing beast, trapped in a prison of leather and instinct, a trap is baited with cheese, crackers, and Southern hospitality...
2026-01-2743 min
Dead Letter Bureau - Delta GreenS1E16 - Gone - Operation Proxy Decay - Delta Green APWe descend into the cold earth to read the ledger of our own betrayal. In a room smelling of ozone and old blood, the paper trail proves that the monsters we fight were invited in by the hands that feed us.There are fates worse than death; there is the silence of the jar, and there is the thunderous, dull rhythm of a heart that is not your own. While one soul is exiled into a fortress of leather and chewing cud, staring blankly at the stars, the survivors below uncover the architecture of a fifteen-year lie.
2026-01-2049 min
9mm Retirement RadioCAPITAL GAINS Ep. 3 - Higher EducationMatthew and Harley have a tense encounter. Scott and Eddie visit Harvard University to gain more information on Dr. Laura Clark.
This scenario is based on the fan scenario “Operation CAPITAL GAINS” by Sofie Batlle, repurposed for 9mm Retirement Radio.
Played using Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game by Arc Dream Publishing.
If you'd like to support our efforts and boost our signal, join our Discord server and come interact with us and other Delta Green fans!
We have a Ko-fi page now! http://ko-fi.com/9mmretirementradio
Also, follow us on I...
2026-01-1658 min
Dead Letter Bureau - Delta GreenS1E15 - My Song - Operation Proxy Decay - Delta Green APGavin Ross, played by Max of 9mm Retirement Radio.Some debts aren't paid in cash, and some secrets aren't buried deep enough. The sun rises on a cabin in the swamp, but the morning light only illuminates the cracks in the team's trust. A shared breakfast turns into a confrontation, and a ritual intended for liberation summons something far worse than judgment. When the sky tears open and the payment comes due, we learn that the cost of knowledge is always flesh, and the only thing heavier than a weapon is the weight of a friend you...
2026-01-061h 05
Dead Letter Bureau - Delta GreenS1E14 - Settling Down - Operation Proxy Decay - Delta Green APThere are lies we tell with our tongues, and there are lies we tell with our bodies—dragging ourselves through the mud to feign a salvation we do not deserve. Inside the sanctuary, the laws of biology have been repealed. A feverish hunger demands a sacrament of brass and fire, a hot casing swallowed to silence the singing in the veins. We peel back the skin of the mission to find the rot of betrayal waiting in a fifteen-year-old photograph. The healer descends into the earth to sleep, leaving the patients to wonder if the cure is simply a sl...
2025-12-3051 min
RPG ReanimatorsBuilding Green Boxes - ConsultationEpisode Notes
In this episode, we discuss our thoughts and experiences with designing and running Green Boxes in the Delta Green TTRPG. We discuss the core elements of what we believe constitute a Green Box, ideas to shake things up beyond the typical storage container, thoughts on ways to make them feel more alive and engaging, and share some of our favorite (and least favorite) items to include for our players!
Links:
The referenced
Green Box Generator
Invite link to our
Discord server
Our free-to-follow
Patreon
All...
2025-12-231h 00
9mm Retirement RadioCAPITAL GAINS Ep. 1 - By the Sword, We Seek PeaceDecember 11, 1989. After a tumultuous year, the Kansas Team reassemble in Cambridge, Massachusetts to find out why Dr. Laura Clark, a Friendly of the Group, missed her scheduled check-in on December 10. New faces present new tensions.
This scenario is based on the fan scenario “Operation CAPITAL GAINS” by Sofie Batlle, repurposed for 9mm Retirement Radio.
Played using Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game by Arc Dream Publishing.
If you'd like to support our efforts and boost our signal, join our Discord server and come interact with us and other Delta Green fans!
We have...
2025-12-191h 05
Dead Letter Bureau - Delta GreenS1E13 - Hellbound - Operation Proxy Decay - Delta Green APSpecial guests: Gwen and Wyatt. Human throats cannot sing some songs, melodies that require the snapping of bone and the reshaping of the soul to articulate truly. We find ourselves at the intersection of medicine and monstrosity, where a dying man seeks a cure in the geometry of the unnatural. To survive the swamp is to accept its infection. A pact has been offered in the static. A hollow jar waiting to be filled, a tapestry demanding one final, terrible thread. The lines between the healer, the patient, and the disease have dissolved. What remains...
2025-12-161h 01
Dead Letter Bureau - Delta GreenLast Things Last - Basics for How to Play Delta GreenIn this episode of Dead Letter Bureau, the hosts introduce Delta Green and guide new players through gameplay mechanics. The narrative unfolds as players explore a dark and mysterious world filled with moral dilemmas and unexpected twists. The story follows two characters, Barone and Emmett, as they navigate a series of investigations, uncovering secrets and facing challenges. The atmosphere is thick with tension, and the players must work together to solve the mysteries that lie ahead. As they navigate through the horrors of the past, they grapple with their sanity and the moral implications of their actions. ...
2025-12-092h 00
9mm Retirement RadioWALKING DISTANCE Ep. 9 - PostmortemHEAVY SPOILERS ABOUND as we interrogate Jan about his home brew scenario and discuss the Cthulhu Mythos at large and getting into the guts of Operation WALKING DISTANCE. If you'd rather have aspects of the operation be left in the dark, feel free to skip!
This scenario is based on “Walking Distance” by Jan, an original homebrew for 9mm Retirement Radio. Played using Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game by Arc Dream Publishing.
If you'd like to support our efforts and boost our signal, join our Discord server and come interact with us and other Delta Gree...
2025-12-0557 min
Dead Letter Bureau - Delta GreenS1E12 - Devil By His Side - Operation Proxy Decay - Delta Green APSilas played by Caius of 9MM Retirement Radio. The night is thick with the promise of violence and the fellowship is broken in the dark. One man speaks a forbidden tongue to the uncaring stars and is answered by a terrible birth. Another is broken and carried bleeding to a house of false sanctuary where a doctor with a crooked spine offers a salvation made of mercury and pain. The blood is spilled and the metal is swallowed and the road narrows to a single point of suffering. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com...
2025-12-0258 min
9mm Retirement RadioWALKING DISTANCE Ep. 8 - Boots Do the TalkingK-Cell attempts to evade local law enforcement with impulsive decision making.
This scenario is based on “Walking Distance” by Jan, an original homebrew for 9mm Retirement Radio.
Played using Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game by Arc Dream Publishing.
If you'd like to support our efforts and boost our signal, join our Discord server and come interact with us and other Delta Green fans!
We have a Ko-fi page now! http://ko-fi.com/9mmretirementradio
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2025-11-281h 13
9mm Retirement RadioWALKING DISTANCE Ep. 7 - The Green RoomK-Cell and an unlikely ally discover what plagues Port Orford, Oregon. KOAN, KLEIN and KRÖGER begin the cover up. KINGSTON reaches out to an old contact.
This scenario is based on “Walking Distance” by Jan, an original homebrew for 9mm Retirement Radio.
Played using Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game by Arc Dream Publishing.
If you'd like to support our efforts and boost our signal, join our Discord server and come interact with us and other Delta Green fans!
We have a Ko-fi page now! http://ko-fi.com/9mmretirementradio
Also...
2025-11-281h 14RPG ReanimatorsChases in TTRPGs - ConsultationEpisode Notes
This week, half of the Reanimators stitch our brains together to cover chases in tabletop RPGs! We compare rulesets from a variety of TTRPG systems, discuss what elements of chases we want to emphasize for players, along with some issues we've had in the past, and give our unsolicited advice for GMs who are looking for ways to make their group's next chase thrilling and tense™.
Links:
Here is the Seth Skorkowsky CoC Chase rules video we reference:
https://youtu.be/jy1LL05E5gI?si=DjlUv56Nb_df0sVh
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2025-11-2636 min
Dead Letter Bureau - Delta GreenS1E11 - Hurt A Long Time - Operation Proxy Decay - Delta Green APThey went looking for answers in the dark, but the darkness was already inside them. A seemingly mundane dinner quickly turns peculiar when one agent develops a disturbing appetite. Following this unsettling omen, the team attempts a low-profile night mission into the local swamp, seeking signs of the strange gatherings they previously uncovered. The truth is out there, but this time, it came with teeth.Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/576NbWAEm1uOBDxlW1F4Os?si=c7228e49ddb94035Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dead-letter-bureau-delta-green/id1826992923Find...
2025-11-181h 06
9mm Retirement RadioWALKING DISTANCE Ep. 6 - All You Fascists Bound to LoseNow back together, K-Cell exchange intel and form a plan. There's a time to investigate and there's a time to shoot first, ask questions never.
This scenario is based on “Walking Distance” by Jan, an original homebrew for 9mm Retirement Radio.
Played using Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game by Arc Dream Publishing.
If you'd like to support our efforts and boost our signal, join our Discord server and come interact with us and other Delta Green fans!
We have a Ko-fi page now! http://ko-fi.com/9mmretirementradio
Also, follow us o...
2025-11-141h 06
9mm Retirement RadioWALKING DISTANCE Ep. 5 - Police StoryKOAN and KLEIN go to Gold Beach Memorial Hospital to speak with a survivor of the Deathshead incident. KRÖGER changes plans. KINGSTON finally arrives back in Gold Beach, Oregon.
This scenario is based on “Walking Distance” by Jan, an original homebrew for 9mm Retirement Radio.
Played using Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game by Arc Dream Publishing.
If you'd like to support our efforts and boost our signal, join our Discord server and come interact with us and other Delta Green fans!
We have a Ko-fi page now! http://ko-fi.com/9mmret...
2025-11-141h 06
Dead Letter Bureau - Delta GreenS1E10 - Between - Operation Proxy Decay - Delta Green APDr. Thorne, played by Liv from Sorry, Honey, I Have To Take This. The agents find a fragile sanctuary at a decaying roadside motel, but the swamp's influence has followed them. While one agent tends to a festering, unnatural wound, another's mind begins to fray, consumed by a new, frantic obsession with the artifacts recovered from the bog. Paranoia takes root as they analyze their grim trophies—a severed finger, an ancient text, and a mummified brain in a sealed, alien cylinder. As they await a mysterious runner and plan their return to the black water, a te...
2025-11-111h 04RPG ReanimatorsDeliver Us from Evil - Dissection with Keeper DocEpisode Notes
In this episode, we dissect and reanimate the Call of Cthulhu scenario Deliver Us from Evil written by Keeper Doc and Alex Guillotte. We've had the pleasure of playing and running in multiple versions of this scenario (soon to be published as APs on our YouTube channel) and work with KeeperDoc to give a variety of insights for great moments to highlight, as well as some potentially choppy waters for GMs to be aware of before running it.
Links:
You can find the scenario at: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/486759/deliver-us-from-evil
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2025-11-041h 19
9mm Retirement RadioWALKING DISTANCE Ep. 4 - SisuKLEIN and KOAN make a startling discovery and ensure a man's silence. KRÖGER uncovers more information. KINGSTON escalates the situation.
This scenario is based on “Walking Distance” by Jan, an original homebrew for 9mm Retirement Radio.
Played using Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game by Arc Dream Publishing.
If you'd like to support our efforts and boost our signal, join our Discord server and come interact with us and other Delta Green fans!
We have a Ko-fi page now! http://ko-fi.com/9mmretirementradio
Also, follow us on Instagram
Che...
2025-10-311h 03
9mm Retirement RadioWALKING DISTANCE Ep. 3 - DefianceKINGSTON buys a ladder. KLEIN and KOAN visit the morgue and make disturbing discoveries. KRÖGER digs into Seth Myers and the overall investigation.
This scenario is based on “Walking Distance” by Jan, an original homebrew for 9mm Retirement Radio.
Played using Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game by Arc Dream Publishing.
If you'd like to support our efforts and boost our signal, join our Discord server and come interact with us and other Delta Green fans!
We have a Ko-fi page now! http://ko-fi.com/9mmretirementradio
Also, follow us on In...
2025-10-3158 min
Dead Letter Bureau - Delta GreenS1E9 - Breaks My Back - Operation Proxy Decay - Delta Green APDrawn by the memory of an unholy hymn and an impossible craft seen at sunrise, the agents push deeper into the swamp's suffocating gloom. Their pursuit leads them to a site of recent ritual, where a trail of degenerate, human-like tracks disappears into the black water. When the agents brave the murky depths, the swamp does not give up its secrets.CastNick Sayers... Writer, Handler, and EditorKristina... Agent RyanRyan... Agent BaroneJordan... Agent DelPodcast art by Studio JanieMusic and Sound...
2025-10-281h 25
9mm Retirement RadioWALKING DISTANCE Ep. 2 - Inglorious BastardsKRÖGER uncovers startling information. KINGSTON continues surveillance. KLEIN and KOAN meet some locals.
This scenario is based on “Walking Distance” by Jan, an original homebrew for 9mm Retirement Radio.
Played using Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game by Arc Dream Publishing.
If you'd like to support our efforts and boost our signal, join our Discord server and come interact with us and other Delta Green fans!
We have a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/9mmretirementradio
Also, follow us on Instagram
Check out these other great Delta Green and horro...
2025-10-1758 min
9mm Retirement RadioWALKING DISTANCE Ep. 1 - She Flies With Her Own WingsMarch 5, 2018. K-Cell deploys to Gold Beach, Oregon in the wake of a massacre in Port Orford, Oregon to determine if it has an Unnatural origin.
This scenario is based on “Walking Distance” by Jan, an original homebrew for 9mm Retirement Radio.
Played using Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game by Arc Dream Publishing.
If you'd like to support our efforts and boost our signal, join our Discord server and come interact with us and other Delta Green fans!
We have a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/9mmretirementradio
Also, follow us on Inst...
2025-10-171h 07RPG ReanimatorsDeath to the Wizard Kings and Casket Land - Consultation with Marie EngerEpisode Notes
Join us for a chat with Marie Enger where we discuss a variety of topics including their RPGs Death to the Wizard Kings, Casket Land, old cartoons, pottery, the horrors of Missouri, cosmic horror art creation for works like Where Black Stars Rise, as well as Marie's suspected ability to predict the future!
Links:
You can find Marie online via their website (which also has links to the games and works we discuss) or Bluesky
You can join our Discord for more discussions via this link here: https://discord.gg/R8Q6...
2025-10-141h 16
Dead Letter Bureau - Delta GreenS1E8 - Keep the Light On - Operation Proxy Decay - Delta Green APThe agents push deeper into the primeval gloom of Boggy Depot, following a trail of incongruous, barefoot tracks through the suffocating humidity. The path leads them to a shunned chapel at the heart of a ghost town, a place sealed against a decay that seems to emanate from within. As a strange, psychic pressure begins to exert its influence on the team, one agent's investigation into a fungal anomaly culminates in a terrifying, ecstatic communion with a vast and hungry intelligence. When night falls, an unholy hymn rises from the bog, a lover's desperate call to a silent, watching...
2025-10-141h 18
Dead Letter Bureau - Delta GreenS1E7 - Cold Piece - Operation Proxy Decay - Delta Green APThe agents push into the black water of Boggy Depot, a primeval landscape where the air is heavy with the weight of things left to rot. One of them feels it first: a gaze without eyes, the unnerving sense that the land itself is aware of their intrusion. The trail is a paradox of old decay and new trespass, leading them to the bones of a forgotten town and a single, sealed building that even the desperate souls haunting this place have left untouched. Breaking the seal, they don't find a monster, but something far more insidious: a presence...
2025-09-301h 19
9mm Retirement RadioEPHEMERAL GARLIC Ep. 12 - Postmortem with Colin RichardsHEAVY SPOILERS ABOUND as we unpack Operation EPHEMERAL GARLIC with scenario writer Colin Richards and talk about his inspiration for “Signal to Noise”, his writing process, our favorite flavors of ice cream and snowballs, favorite moments of the arc, and answer Discord user questions.
This scenario is based on “Signal to Noise” by Colin Richards, repurposed for 9mm Retirement Radio. You can purchase it at DriveThruRPG. Colin is also the writer of the Call of Cthulhu 7E scenario “Omega Kappa DIE!!!”, described as “a highly inebriated, modern horror-comedy scenario.” It can also be found at DriveThruRPG. You can also find Co...
2025-09-262h 19RPG ReanimatorsSomething is Wrong Here - AberrationEpisode Notes
In this episode, we study an aberration that is half roleplaying game, half card game, half improv routine, and half love letter to the late David Lynch (that math checks out according to our non-Euclidean algebra). Something is Wrong Here by Kira Magrann is an extremely interesting and unique system that we haven't seen anything like before or since. We discuss some of our experiences with the system and provide some ideas and suggestions to help future Facilitators make their own Lynchian waking nightmares.
Links:
You can find the game here: https...
2025-09-231h 08
Dead Letter Bureau - Delta GreenS1E6 - Cut You In - Operation Proxy Decay - Delta Green APThe desert is behind them. The black water awaits. A new operation sends the agents to the swamps of Oklahoma on the trail of an ex-MAJESTIC scientist. But the swamp has its own secrets—a ghost town where an entire community vanished without a trace. The hunt for Dr. Karras begins now.Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/576NbWAEm1uOBDxlW1F4Os?si=c7228e49ddb94035Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dead-letter-bureau-delta-green/id1826992923Find us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deadletterbureau Find transcripts: https://de...
2025-09-161h 26RPG ReanimatorsLadybug, Ladybug, Fly Away Home - DissectionEpisode Notes
In this episode, we dissect the scenario Ladybug Ladybug, Fly Away Home written for Call of Cthulhu and discuss ways to reanimate it as CoC or Delta Green!
Reanimation starts around 1:01:49
Links:
You can find the scenario in this collection: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/191250/the-things-we-leave-behind-an-anthology-of-modern-day-call-of-cthulhu-scenarios
Seth Skorkowsky's review of the scenario, which we reference some changes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YweLN2IWnw
Las Cosas Que Dejamos Atras (Spanish language version of TTWLB with different art): https://www.thehillspress.es/producto/las-cosas-que-dejamos-atras/
Website handout by James Alday...
2025-09-091h 57
Dead Letter Bureau - Delta GreenS1 Interlude - What it is to Burn - Operation Proxy Decay - Delta Green APIn the shadow world, some operations are too sensitive for the official channels. When a rival black-ops program, MAJESTIC, makes a move to transport a piece of recovered alien technology, a deniable asset team is activated. They are not agents; they are scalpels, deployed when the official instruments of power have failed or gone rogue. From the belly of an AC-130 gunship, this three-man team is dropped into the Arizona desert with a single, clear objective: intercept the convoy. Their handler gives them the choice of engagement—an ambush on the open desert highway where there is no cover, or...
2025-09-091h 38
Dead Letter Bureau - Delta GreenS1E4 - Ender - Operation Proxy Decay - Delta Green APThe agents walked out of the mine and into the hard light of a world that no longer looked the same. The trail led them back to the town and to a lawman who carried ghosts of his own from a war fought in a jungle half a world away. He spoke of men with a certain tattoo who moved like smoke and dealt in a kind of violence that left no clean wounds, and in his words, the agents saw the shape of the enemy they now faced. The lawman gave them a name and a place on...
2025-09-021h 25RPG ReanimatorsAnnouncement! Reanimated RPG Con!Episode Notes
We are organizing an upcoming online TTRPG convention tentatively named Reanimated RPG Con!!
We're set to unleash this monstrosity the weekend of November 14-16, with a variety of free games, panels, and workshops.
GM signups are from October 1-10, then player sign-ups will be on October 20-30.
The event will be hosted on our RPG Reanimators Discord server, so be sure to join if you'd like to sign up and stay updated on these events!
Invite link: https://discord.gg/R8Q6aeyVk8
This podcast is powered...
2025-08-2601 min
Dead Letter Bureau - Delta GreenS1E3 - Picasso Trigger - Operation Proxy Decay - Delta Green APOut in the waste, a rifleman watched from the rocks. But the real trial was not under the sun, but in the deep dark of the earth, where they found what they were looking for, and learned that some secrets are best left to the silence of the stone.Sniper played by Max of 9mm Retirement Radio!! Thank you, Max. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/576NbWAEm1uOBDxlW1F4Os?si=c7228e49ddb94035Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dead-letter-bureau-delta-green/id1826992923Find us on YouTube...
2025-08-191h 04RPG ReanimatorsExploring the Limits of Call of Cthulhu Scenarios - Consultation with Paul FrickerEpisode Notes
In this episode, Alex and Nathan meet with Paul Fricker as a consulting expert to discuss the core essences of what makes a Call of Cthulhu scenario, as well as explore the limits of scenarios for the TTRPG system.
You can find Paul Fricker's website here: https://paulfricker.substack.com/
Or chat more with us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/R8Q6aeyVk8
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2025-08-121h 17
Dead Letter Bureau - Delta GreenS1E2 - Grey Matter - Operation Proxy Decay - Delta Green APAfter discovering Arthur Finch's ransacked apartment, Agents Ryan and Dell know their target's secrets are on a hard drive at a local internet cafe. As night falls on the haunted town of Jerome, they take a surreal detour on a ghost tour before launching a late-night B&E to recover the data. But are they not alone, and more importantly, will they make it out of Jerome alive?Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/576NbWAEm1uOBDxlW1F4Os?si=c7228e49ddb94035Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dead-letter-bureau-delta-green/id1826992923
2025-08-051h 16RPG ReanimatorsTTRPG Scenario Editing and Formatting - Consultation with XPLovecatEpisode Notes
In this episode, we consult with Leslie "XPLovecat" Horn as a resident expert on scenario editing and review to help us understand some ways to help turn that splatter of words on a page into a properly monstrous scenario. We also discuss ways that scenario authors may find or summon their own editors, as well as the proper pronunciation of "Vaesen", which Nathan totally gets right.
Consultations are free-form topic discussions based on our own GM experiences, preferences, and gaming philosophies. We hope some of this gibbering madness can be helpful to other...
2025-07-2958 minRPG ReanimatorsGood Player Habits - ConsultationEpisode Notes
In this episode, we consult on some good player habits and practices which we always like to see from our side of the GM screen.
Consultations are free-form topic discussions based on our own GM experiences, preferences, and gaming philosophies. We hope some of this gibbering madness can be helpful to other GMs dealing with, or considering using, these issues at their table (or at least add new and exciting chattering voices inside listener's heads).
All music and sound effects are sourced under attribution-free creative commons licensing.
This podcast...
2025-07-081h 00
The DM‘s Book ClubEpisode #8: Yes AND! Improv For Gamers 2nd EditionShow notesThis week, Fiona and guest cohost Nathan from the RPG Reanimators Podcast discuss 'Improv For Gamers 2nd Edition' by Karen Twelves, published by Evil Hat Productions.From the 'Improv For Gamers 2nd Edition' blurb:'Based on hundreds of hours of professional workshops, Improv for Gamers provides fun and easy exercises designed to take your tabletop or live-action gaming group to the next level. Play one or two before your next session to get players warmed up and engaged, or take a deep dive into developing a particular skill! No improv experience...
2025-07-0255 minRPG ReanimatorsCall of Cthulhu Scenario Inspiration Across the Decades (Chaosium Con 2025 Live Panel)Episode Notes
Listen to a live recording of our nearly sold-out panel at Chaosium Con 2025 where we discuss sources of inspiration for new Call of Cthulhu scenarios in underused decades between the traditional 20s-30s settings and modern day! We cover different ideas and themes for mythos horror scenarios in the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and early 2000s.
You can also tell this is a live recording by the sounds of a door repeatedly slamming as folks moved in and out of the talk, and definitely not from a tentacled creature breaking the...
2025-06-2451 minRPG ReanimatorsQueer Horror - Consultation with Hailey PiperEpisode Notes
In this episode, we meet with horror author Hailey Piper to discuss queer horror as a genre and how we might apply some of her expertise from novel writing to emphasize queer themes, characters, and narratives in horror TTRPGs.
We also discuss lots of queer media recommendations and TTRPG systems, as well as a mildly concerning amount of Shrek - possibly due to some cross-contamination between Beth of the David Behaviour podcast and Fiona of the What am I Rolling podcast (mostly Beth though...)
Links:
You can find Hailey at her...
2025-06-102h 02
Green Box GamingEp8 | Delta Green: Hellhole - All Gave SomeWith no way to go but forward, the end is nigh for O-Cell.Check out RPG Reanimators at the links below!https://rpgreanimators.com/https://open.spotify.com/show/4suxUyIBwJDePqQAqqHfCx?si=c0117194e9b349b7https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChNLIhJcIdeQ9VoclMIXq8Q==========Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/greenboxgaming_==========Our reddit HQ: https://www.reddit.com/r/GreenBoxGaming/==========Streaming and vodsTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/greenboxgaming_/videosYouTube: https://www.youtube...
2025-06-101h 19Green Box GamingEp7 | Delta Green: Hellhole - No Rest for the WickedThe team tries to catch their breath, but something is coming...Check out RPG Reanimators at the links below!https://rpgreanimators.com/https://open.spotify.com/show/4suxUyIBwJDePqQAqqHfCx?si=c0117194e9b349b7https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChNLIhJcIdeQ9VoclMIXq8Q==========Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/greenboxgaming_==========Our reddit HQ: https://www.reddit.com/r/GreenBoxGaming/==========Streaming and vodsTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/greenboxgaming_/videosYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@greenboxgaming8464...
2025-06-0357 min
Blasphemous TomesAnalogue Horror, with Holly from RPG ReanimatorsWe’re back and we’re twiddling the tracking knob. It’s supposed to clear up the image on this old videocassette, but maybe that’s just missing the point. The static can be the most interesting part, filled...
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2025-06-0300 minThe Good Friends of Jackson EliasAnalogue Horror, with Holly from RPG ReanimatorsWe’re back and we’re twiddling the tracking knob. It’s supposed to clear up the image on this old videocassette, but maybe that’s just missing the point. The static can be the most interesting part, filled...
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2025-06-0300 min
The Good Friends of Jackson EliasAnalogue Horror, with Holly from RPG ReanimatorsWe’re back and we’re twiddling the tracking knob. It’s supposed to clear up the image on this old videocassette, but maybe that’s just missing the point. The static can be the most interesting part, filled...
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2025-06-0300 min
David BehaviourRPG Reanimators Collaboration with Todd KeislingEpisode Notes
Welcome to David Behaviour, a horror book review podcast!
This month, Marie is moving so Beth visited the labs of the RPG Reanimators to talk to Todd Keisling about horror writing and TTRPGs!
Thanks for having me, Lex and Alex!
Music by WAAAVV
Please subscribe and join the Discord!
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2025-05-271h 42RPG ReanimatorsManifesting Personal Horrors on the Page - Consultation with Todd KeislingEpisode Notes
In this episode, the Reanimators have some cross-contamination with Beth of the David Behaviour book review podcast to branch outside of the RPG space to interview horror author Todd Keisling to see if there are any lessons we can learn from novel writing that could be applied for writing or running horror TTRPG scenarios. We cover a range of topics, including creating characters, motivations, and traits, creating monsters and original cosmic horrors, manifesting personal fears as threats or themes in stories, and some key elements of writing for different vibes, including folk, analog, and surreal...
2025-05-271h 40Green Box GamingEp6 | Delta Green: Hellhole - Rescue?The team converges on Omar's position, but what awaits them behind the next corner?Check out RPG Reanimators at the links below!https://rpgreanimators.com/https://open.spotify.com/show/4suxUyIBwJDePqQAqqHfCx?si=c0117194e9b349b7https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChNLIhJcIdeQ9VoclMIXq8Q==========Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/greenboxgaming_==========Our reddit HQ: https://www.reddit.com/r/GreenBoxGaming/==========Streaming and vodsTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/greenboxgaming_/videosYouTube: https://www...
2025-05-2744 minGreen Box GamingEp5 | Delta Green: Hellhole - This Hole SucksThings are looking grim for Agent Omar......Check out RPG Reanimators at the links below!https://rpgreanimators.com/https://open.spotify.com/show/4suxUyIBwJDePqQAqqHfCx?si=c0117194e9b349b7https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChNLIhJcIdeQ9VoclMIXq8Q==========Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/greenboxgaming_==========Our reddit HQ: https://www.reddit.com/r/GreenBoxGaming/==========Streaming and vodsTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/greenboxgaming_/videosYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@greenboxgaming8464/videos==========
2025-05-201h 02The Good Friends of Jackson EliasHorror in Space, with Holly ReanimatorsWe’re back and we’re answering the call of the void. It’s about the scariest call you can receive, regardless of what Cthulhu may claim. The yawning darkness of eternity just shouldn’t be that tempting. For...
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2025-05-2000 minThe Good Friends of Jackson EliasHorror in Space, with Holly ReanimatorsWe’re back and we’re answering the call of the void. It’s about the scariest call you can receive, regardless of what Cthulhu may claim. The yawning darkness of eternity just shouldn’t be that tempting. For...
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2025-05-2000 minBlasphemous TomesHorror in Space, with Holly ReanimatorsWe’re back and we’re answering the call of the void. It’s about the scariest call you can receive, regardless of what Cthulhu may claim. The yawning darkness of eternity just shouldn’t be that tempting. For...
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2025-05-2000 minRPG ReanimatorsTeaching RPGs and Safety Tools - Consultation with FionaEpisode Notes
In this episode, we ask our consulting expert Fiona of the What am I Rolling? podcast (and many other podcasts) about a variety of topics, including techniques to help teach new RPGs to players new and old, some best-practice methods to promote accessibility and using safety tools in RPGs, as well as improv techniques which can help players and GMs.
You can find a link to Fiona's awesome lines and veils spreadsheet in our lab's google drive here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b2HEKM7Qi88rgFJpNfwjwPvqHfExw0B6IN6NKY9xih4/edit...
2025-05-132h 10Green Box GamingEp4 | Delta Green: Hellhole - Like Some Det Cord in the WindSo it begins for O Cell.Check out RPG Reanimators at the links below!https://rpgreanimators.com/https://open.spotify.com/show/4suxUyIBwJDePqQAqqHfCx?si=c0117194e9b349b7https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChNLIhJcIdeQ9VoclMIXq8Q==========Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/greenboxgaming_==========Our reddit HQ: https://www.reddit.com/r/GreenBoxGaming/==========Streaming and vodsTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/greenboxgaming_/videosYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@greenboxgaming8464/videos==========...
2025-05-131h 17Green Box GamingEp3 | Delta Green: Hellhole - Age Against the MachineUnexpected pitfalls threaten to end the operation before it begins...Check out RPG Reanimators at the links below!https://rpgreanimators.com/https://open.spotify.com/show/4suxUyIBwJDePqQAqqHfCx?si=c0117194e9b349b7https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChNLIhJcIdeQ9VoclMIXq8Q==========Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/greenboxgaming_==========Our reddit HQ: https://www.reddit.com/r/GreenBoxGaming/==========Streaming and vodsTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/greenboxgaming_/videosYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@greenboxgaming8464/videos
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Modern Mythos with Jon and SethChaosium Con USA 2025Seth and Jon sojourned to Ypsilanti, (Ann Arbor/Detroit adjacent), for Chaosium Con 2025! As you can well imagine, it was amazing! +++++++++++++++++++++++ Fire Lizard Games, thank you for sponsoring this episode! Check out Fire Lizard Games' upcoming Yith Borg game! Designed with the Mork Borg rules, in Yith Borg you are a Yithian looking to stake your claim on Earth in the hellscape aftermath of a Mythos-fueled cataclysm that devastated the planet in 1920. Check out their Upcoming Projects page at: https://www.firelizardgames.com/upcoming-projects And check out their full...
2025-05-051h 10Green Box GamingEp2 | Delta Green: Hellhole - Sticks and...Stones?The plot thickens as O-Cell starts running down leads.Check out RPG Reanimators at the links below!https://rpgreanimators.com/https://open.spotify.com/show/4suxUyIBwJDePqQAqqHfCx?si=c0117194e9b349b7https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChNLIhJcIdeQ9VoclMIXq8Q==========Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/greenboxgaming_==========Our reddit HQ: https://www.reddit.com/r/GreenBoxGaming/==========Streaming and vodsTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/greenboxgaming_/videosYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@greenboxgaming8464/videos
2025-04-291h 09Green Box GamingEp1 | Delta Green: Hellhole - New Adventures with Alex of RPG Reanimators!Join us as we welcome Alex of RPG Reanimators to run us through his operation Hellhole!Check them out at the links below!https://rpgreanimators.com/https://open.spotify.com/show/4suxUyIBwJDePqQAqqHfCx?si=c0117194e9b349b7https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChNLIhJcIdeQ9VoclMIXq8Q==========Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/greenboxgaming_==========Our reddit HQ: https://www.reddit.com/r/GreenBoxGaming/==========Streaming and vodsTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/greenboxgaming_/videosYouTube: https...
2025-04-221h 03RPG ReanimatorsThe Code - Dissection with Jon HookEpisode Notes
In this episode, we dissect and reanimate The Code written by Christopher Lackey with Lynne Hardy for Call of Cthulhu 7e, and available as part of the Mansions of Madness vol. 1 collection from Chaosium (links below). We're also joined by special guest Jon Hook from the Modern Mythos podcast! Jon has been a huge fan of this scenario for some time, and shares his plans to transplant this scenario to the Gaslight setting, which he plans to run at Chaosium Con 2025!
Reanimation starts around 1:10:55
Links:
Mansions of Madness:
Physical: https://www...
2025-04-082h 01RPG ReanimatorsUnland - Dissection with Scott DorwardEpisode Notes
In this episode, we dissect and reanimate the Call of Cthulhu scenario UNLAND written by Scott Dorward, with the author himself! We dissect the creepy amusement park rides and talk about Silent Hill 2 more than a bit, while Scott shares how he runs this scenario very differently than written, as the scenario that made it to print became quite different than he'd originally envisioned it to be!
The scenario is in the Fear's Sharp Little Needles collection, which is available here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/245289/fear-s-sharp-little-needles-26-modern-day-call-of-cthulhu-scenarios
Additionally, our Be...
2025-03-181h 56RPG ReanimatorsThe Burning Stars - Dissection with Matt SandersonEpisode Notes
In this episode, we meet with Good Friend Matt Sanderson to talk about his favorite Call of Cthulhu scenario The Burning Stars, written by David Conyers for Call of Cthulhu 6th edition. I describe this as "the most Call of Cthulhu-y-est scenario I have ever played" and for the first time, I'll recommend to anyone who has not already read or played this scenario to carefully consider if they want to spoil themselves on it by listening here, as it has a really fantastic twist that needs to come through at the table.
Y...
2025-03-041h 38
David BehaviourThe Hacienda (with Lex)Episode Notes
Welcome to David Behaviour, a horror book review podcast! This month, we're back in Mexico, but this time, there's a house and dark box. What's in it?
Music by WAAAVV
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2025-03-011h 48RPG ReanimatorsRealism, Verisimilitude, and Pulp in TTRPGs - ConsultationEpisode Notes
In this episode, we bicker about how to handle realism and verisimilitude vs. explosive pulpiness when we run RPGs, and how this can vary depending on system, scenario, and players. (Spoiler: Communication is still key)
Consultations are free-form topic discussions based on our own GM experiences, preferences, and gaming philosophies. We hope some of this gibbering can be helpful to other GMs dealing with, or considering using, these issues at their table (or at least add new and exciting chattering voices inside listener's heads).
All music and sound effects are sourced...
2025-02-041h 05RPG ReanimatorsCthork Borg with Richard Kelly - AberrationEpisode Notes
In this episode, we hack apart another game system, Cthork Borg, with its mad scientist creator Richard Kelly. Cthork Borg is a low-prep cosmic horror RPG set in the gloomy jazz age. As it's name suggests, it's an aberrant mutation from the Mork Borg core ruleset with some interesting changes by Richard that help it feel fresh, wriggling, and fun for GMs and players looking to try something a bit lighter than Call of Cthulhu, but still fully capable of delivering horrors at the table. We also talk about a lot of different games & systems i...
2025-01-141h 44RPG ReanimatorsLights Out, Spilsbury #9485, The Mummy of Pemberley Grange, Wreck this Deck - Choice Cuts 2Episode Notes
In this second Choice Cuts episode, we dissect and reanimate 3 short one-shot scenarios and a card game(?) back-to-back in the following order:
Lex shares Lights Out, by Joe Trier (starts ~1:19)
Holly shares Spilsbury #9485 by Adam Gauntlett (starts ~10:22)
Alex shares The Mummy of Pemberly Grange by Allan Carey & Nic Holland (starts ~25:38)
And Nathan shares Wreck this Deck, which is definitely not a YuGiOh! RPG (starts ~36:11)
Lights Out and Spilsbury are part of the Fears Sharp Little Needles collection: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/245289/fear-s-sharp-little-needles-26-modern-day-call-of-cthulhu-scenarios
Mummy of Pemberly Grange can be found here...
2024-12-2447 minRPG ReanimatorsRPG Handouts and Props - ConsultationEpisode Notes
In this episode, we provide our non-expert opinions on using props and handouts in TTRPGs, including both physical and digital versions for in-person or online games.
Consultations are more free-form topic discussions based on our own GM experiences, preferences, and gaming philosophies. We hope some of this gibbering madness can be helpful to other GMs dealing with, or considering using, these issues at their table (or at least add new and exciting chattering voices inside listener's heads).
Links:
Nathan's introduction of Professor Diggleby
Invite to our Discord server
Our free Patreon
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2024-12-101h 05RPG ReanimatorsPresence - DissectionEpisode Notes
In this episode, we dissect and reanimate the Delta Green scenario Presence written by Shane Ivey. We give our tips and advice from having read, ran, and played this scenario both as a multi-session investigation, as well as an explosive one-shot! Also, here is the player-friendly map we referenced.
You can find the scenario at: https://shop.arcdream.com/products/delta-green-presence-paperback (Physical) or https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/432077/delta-green-presence-apu8165 (PDF)
And also check out both of our APs to see how different GMs can approach the same content:
Nathan's 3...
2024-11-261h 32RPG ReanimatorsBedlam Hall - AberrationThis week, the RPG Reanimators discuss the dreadful game of Bedlam Hall, an RPG where you regrettably play the staff of a manor somewhere between Downton Abbey, the Addams Family, and Lemony Snickett. This in an Aberration where we focus a full system, rather than just a scenario.Unfortunately, Bedlam Hall was written by David Kizzia and published with Monkeyfun Studios. If you would want to make the terrible decision of purchasing this system for yourself, you can find it secreted away from public view here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/216652/bedlam-hall?src...
2024-11-1256 minRPG ReanimatorsKingdoms - Consultation with Sophia TinneyKingdoms - Consultation with Sophia TinneyIn this episode, we consult on the Kingdoms system with the author, Sophia Tinney! Sophia discusses the origin of the system, provides some guidance for game masters, and chats about the upcoming game Fever Dream Nexus. We reference our playthough of Kingdoms a fair bit in this episode, and you can find all 4 episodes (plus a session 0) on our It's Alive! AP series on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkzg78zoNtepyAka8Wu7QePVVYx2XRpWPYou can pick up a copy of...
2024-10-291h 13RPG ReanimatorsFlash Cthulhu Short Scenarios - Consultation with MJRRPGIn this episode, we consult on a spreading case of Flash Cthulhu quick one-shot scenarios for Call of Cthulhu with Michael of MJRRPG. Michael shares his arcane knowledge of writing and running short (~1 hour) horror scenarios, and then the rest of the Reanimators discuss the scenario Sell Yourself, which was recently featured in our It's Alive! AP series on YouTubeYou can also check out more of Michael's work at mjrrpg.com and by searching "Flash Cthulhu" on drivethrurpgIf you'd like to join our Discord for more discussions: https...
2024-10-1552 minRPG ReanimatorsField of Screams - DissectionIn this episode, we dissect and reanimate the Pulp Call of Cthulhu scenario Field of Screams with the author Al Smith! The scenario is available at the following link:
PDF: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/378340/field-of-screams
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All music and sound effects are sourced under attribution free creative commons licensing.
2024-09-251h 04RPG ReanimatorsConvergence - DissectionIn this episode, we dissect and reanimate the Delta Green scenario Convergence written by John Tynes and available from Arc Dream Publishing (links below). Holly, Alex, and Nathan run through their combined experiences running this scenario to share their tips and advice while Lex stares at the pretty lights in the sky. We're also sharing some resources we've made and found via our Reanimator google drive here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FeQ4zrSAcZRsaQ4E_3y-T1T_N94HPAzo?usp=sharing
Reanimation starts around 36:33
Physical: https://shop.arcdream...
2024-09-031h 36RPG ReanimatorsMusic from a Darkened Room - DissectionIn this episode, we dissect and reanimate the Delta Green scenario Music from a Darkened Room written by Dennis Detwiller and available as part of the Night at the Opera collection from Arc Dream Publishing (links below). Lex walks through his tips and advice from his "by the book" and reanimated runs of the scenario, and is also sharing the resources used in the last run via this google drive link (featuring art by Colin Richards!): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lnPU4vOvy6H9DnXZSti8hj8N9J3PZxks?usp=sharing
Reanimation starts...
2024-08-211h 18RPG ReanimatorsAlien, Chariot of the Gods - DissectionIn this episode, the Reanimators and special guest Intern Tyler Hudak dissect and reanimate the Alien RPG scenario Chariot of the Gods, written by Andrew E. C. Gaska and available as part of the Alien RPG Starter Set from Free League Publishing. Now with remastered audio!Physical: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/alien-rpg-2/starter-set/Standalone PDF: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/293977/alien-rpg-chariot-of-the-gods-scenarioReanimation starts around 55:40Tyler's run of Chariot of the Gods for Into the Darkness: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJQ7JbI3-ZhL7...
2024-08-071h 56RPG ReanimatorsThe Necropolis - DissectionIn this episode, we continue our unofficial series on Gateway Scenarios by dissecting and reanimating the Call of Cthulhu scenario The Necropolis written by Leigh Carr and available via the following links as part of the Gateways to Terror collection from Chaosium. Featuring a special guest Jimmy the Intern (RIP...), and now with remastered audio!Physical: https://www.chaosium.com/gateways-to-terror/PDF: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/293105/gateways-to-terrorReanimation starts around 19:54If you'd like to join our Discord: https://discord.gg/R8Q6aeyVk8...
2024-07-0951 minRPG ReanimatorsDead Boarder - DissectionNow with remastered audio! In this episode, we dissect and reanimate the Call of Cthulhu scenario The Dead Boarder written by Todd Gardiner with Mike Mason and available via the following links as part of the Gateways to Terror collection from Chaosium:Physical: https://www.chaosium.com/gateways-to-terror/PDF: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/293105/gateways-to-terrorReanimation starts around 55:40If you'd like to join our Discord: https://discord.gg/R8Q6aeyVk8All music and sound effects are sourced under attribut...
2024-06-251h 12RPG ReanimatorsGateway Scenarios - ConsultationIn this episode we consult on a serious case of considering Gateway Scenarios to introduce new players to the TTRPG hobby and more experienced players to new systems. We cover some of our favorite examples from across systems as well as what factors we look for when trying to identify new possible gateway scenarios. Now with remastered audio!Consultations are more free-form topic discussions based on our own GM experiences, preferences, and gaming philosophies. We hope some of this gibbering madness can be helpful to other GMs dealing with, or considering using, these issues...
2024-05-281h 00RPG ReanimatorsBringing 1920s Scenarios to Modern Day + The Haunting Dissection (Chaosium Con 2024 Live Panel)Listen to a live recording of our panel at Chaosium Con 2024 where we discuss obstacles and ideas to help bring classic 1920s-30s Call of Cthulhu scenarios into modern settings, and Reanimate the classic Call of Cthulhu scenario The Haunting by Sandy Petersen as a case example! We've tried to boost the audio for participant questions as much as possible, but they are a bit quiet.
*This also serves as proof that we are in fact capable of walking among the living for short bursts out of direct sunlight, and anything you've heard to the contrary amounts...
2024-05-1444 minRPG ReanimatorsChaosium Con 2024 Recap - Break RoomJoin us again in the Break Room as we decompress from playing and running games from Chaosium Con 2024 and discuss all the awesome people we had the chance to connect with! Now with remastered audio!These Break Room discussions are meant to be very casual, and a slight break from our ususal TTRPG-related content so that we can seem more human in order to better blend in among the populace... We originally recorded this session in early January shortly after New Years, but alas release schedules got the better of us, so our resolutions...
2024-04-3042 minRPG ReanimatorsSignal to Noise - Dissection with Colin RichardsIn this episode, we discuss dissection and reanimation of the 1980s Call of Cthulhu analog horror scenario scenario Signal to Noise, written by Colin Richards. Now with remastered audio! You can find it on drivethruRPG at the following link:https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/442567/signal-to-noise-a-1980s-analog-horror-scenarioReanimation starts around 38:55You can check out more of Colin's work at www.colinrichardsart.comOur It's Alive! AP of this scenario: https://youtu.be/woGaUzeSrio?si=4AXMhJ9SP2xsYKdVSome resources including Alex's revised bouts of madness, Lex's...
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