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Ross Payton
@rosspayton.bsky.social
Podcaster and writer. I focus mostly on tabletop RPGs, and obscure electronic music. Host of Role Playing Public Radio, Ludonarrative Dissidents, and Night Clerk Radio.
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I published an architectural horror RPG scenario for fans of liminal spaces, creepy hotels, and infinite labyrinths. Check out The Night Clerk! www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/The-Ni...
Alpha Omega: The Encountered and Conspiracy Theories at Sea – After Hours Revised

Alpha Omega is a Shadowrun-esque heartbreaker that covers a lot of territory. Its Wikipedia entry notes that its major claim to fame was the ARG/fake conspiracy theory called Ethan Haas was Right, which was briefly…
Alpha Omega: The Encountered and Conspiracy Theories at Sea – After Hours Revised
Alpha Omega is a Shadowrun-esque heartbreaker that covers a lot of territory. Its Wikipedia entry notes that its major claim to fame was the ARG/fake conspiracy theory called Ethan Haas was Right, which was briefly thought to be part of the Cloverfield viral marketing campaign. It got a lot of things right and a lot of things so very wrong. We also talk about conspiracy theorists and the…
slangdesign.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
very useful for DTRPG customers!
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Dungeons and Dragons 5E: Ptolus – The Night of Dissolution – Episode 1

The threads of a hidden conspiracy lead the characters into a web of insane cultists, wild chaos magic, and horrors from the primordial days of the world. Can they stave off this evil while a barbarian hoard ravages the lands…
Dungeons and Dragons 5E: Ptolus – The Night of Dissolution – Episode 1
The threads of a hidden conspiracy lead the characters into a web of insane cultists, wild chaos magic, and horrors from the primordial days of the world. Can they stave off this evil while a barbarian hoard ravages the lands about Ptolus and lays siege to the city? It begins with a group of heroes headed to Pythoness House, an abandoned compound, on an important mission.
actualplay.roleplayingpublicradio.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Buy my zine: UK edition!
Also fresh from the printers!

The Night Clerk, by @rosspayton.bsky.social

The Night Clerk will be available on stand E15 at Dragonmeet this Saturday,
and then at shop.patchworkfez.games in a couple of weeks.
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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The sumo wrestling scene from Taro the Dragon Boy (1979), dir. Kirio Urayama, Toei Doga
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Pretty happy with this photo of a gold finch I took recently. Great lighting in the late afternoon.
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I mirrored the RPPR Actual Play run of @deltagreen.bsky.social 's Impossible Landscapes archive.org/details/rppr... - one of the best campaigns I've run. If you haven't listened, treat yo self today!
Role Playing Public Radio Actual Play: Delta Green - Impossible Landscapes - full campaign : Role Playing Public Radio : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
In 1995, a team of Delta Green agents are assigned to investigate the disappearance of an artist in New York City. This case unravels their lives and...
archive.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
it's me! I'm the podcaster and designer! My most recent work is this zine www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/The-Ni... and this list of scenarios available on my patreon www.patreon.com/posts/what-r...
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"I crit failed my SAN check when I met the monster, so I just agree with him now" is certainly a valid way to interpret that roll in a Delta Green game and honestly one that can lead to very memorable moments (like said PC helping monster perform a ritual to 'meet the divine')
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
this is funnier than anything in parks and rec
The guy in the green sweater is hanging on for dear life.
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
going live now!
Hey! The Ludonarrative Dissidents podcast team are livestreaming later today (23:00 Europe, 22:00 UK, 5pm EST), to spend an hour talking about chamber larps, Dragonmeet, new RPGs and more. Do join us, it'll be lovely. www.twitch.tv/RossPaytonRPPR
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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The Happy Jacks Indie #ttrpg Designer of the Month for November is Ross Payton!

@rosspayton.bsky.social is an Ennie award-winning podcaster and writer creating titles, supplements, and more on his storefronts and Patreon.

Dthru: www.drivethrurpg.com...
Patreon: www.patreon.com/cw/RPPR
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Delta Green: ENTOURAGE RAPTURE

The Program needs a high value target secured before an opposition group eliminates them. The HVT is in a remote trailer park in North Dakota. Two cells, O, and P, are brought in to secure the HVT and deal with any opposing forces that may appear. When the agents…
Delta Green: ENTOURAGE RAPTURE
The Program needs a high value target secured before an opposition group eliminates them. The HVT is in a remote trailer park in North Dakota. Two cells, O, and P, are brought in to secure the HVT and deal with any opposing forces that may appear. When the agents arrive at the trailer park, they realize there's far more to this operation than they were told.
actualplay.roleplayingpublicradio.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I love Ea-Nasir memes so much
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Drew a Hound of Tindalos from a short story by Frank Belknap Long, released in a short story collection of his work in 1946.

The hounds are creatures that exist outside of time and space. They can emerge in the form of smoke from any angle of a certain sharpness, like the corner of a room.
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Boundless Space: Making the scary monsters of the Eridani Belt today. I'm thinking that space combat will be much like normal conflict in Boundless, but with the addition of vast space ranges, multiple actions for a crewed ship, and of course, torpedoes and boarding!
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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For the Aussies, the zoologists and the architects out there.

💩🧊🧪

By @chazhutton.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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by the way, @rosspayton.bsky.social wrote and recorded an AP of a his Xenowatch focused FIST mission titled Vigil of the Firmament, which is afaik the only FIST material out there with XW in it (given that the new book is in dev hell)

actualplay.roleplayingpublicradio.com/2024/12/syst...
November 16, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Hey all,
As I‘m listening to an episode rn, I just want to thank you,
Ross @rosspayton.bsky.social
Greg @gregstolze.bsky.social
and
James @jameswallis.bsky.social

for your very delightful and informative podcast series @ludonarrativediss.bsky.social

#TTRPGCommunity check it out, if you haven’t!
November 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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The Happy Jacks Indie #ttrpg Designer of the Month for November is Ross Payton!

@rosspayton.bsky.social is an Ennie award-winning podcaster and writer creating titles, supplements, and more on his storefronts and Patreon.

Dthru: www.drivethrurpg.com...
Patreon: www.patreon.com/cw/RPPR
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The One Ring: A Conspiracy Most Cracked

Mad Baggins is at it again, and has gathered in Bag End a new cabal of adventurous spirits whom he has named the Conspirators of the Red Book. In an effort to gather notes for his book, he has asked these friends, under promise of payment and a bit of…
The One Ring: A Conspiracy Most Cracked
Mad Baggins is at it again, and has gathered in Bag End a new cabal of adventurous spirits whom he has named the Conspirators of the Red Book. In an effort to gather notes for his book, he has asked these friends, under promise of payment and a bit of adventure, to help him confirm some important details about the history of the Shire and its people. Aaron as Drogo Baggins Elle as Primula Brandybuck Chris as Esmeralda Took David as Paladin Took II Dan as Rorimac Brandybuck Danna as Lobelia Bracegirdle
actualplay.roleplayingpublicradio.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Could a demon high priest become a boxer or learn how to dance? The Palladium Rifts book Hades, answers these important questions and more! Check out the latest RPPR After Hours episode featuring @j-k.games and I as we explore hell and the Minion Wars! www.patreon.com/posts/143278...
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Heads up Dissidents! We've just put episode 17 of the podcast live, covering Greg Porter's incredibly complete END ALL BE ALL set of RPG rules (aka EABA), a fascinating look at generic systems and their uses. We had a lot of fun with this one.
www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/season-3-epi...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM