Next assignment (It Feeds Backstage)

About this episode

The players reflect on their current assignment and anticipate the next one while discussing themes of violence and trauma.

No rest for the wicked, they of shaken faith. The players look back on the assignment – and forward to the next…? Coming next in January – Use Your Words, Act 1 Programme notes This production contains violence, body horror, grotesque religious imagery, cults, religious trauma, family trauma, government corruption and oppression, police violence, and references to ritual sacrifice. Play the Assignment we’re playing in this production, The Stone Shackle , with your own Silt Verses RPG gaming group. And let us know how your Custodians resolve it! Credits STARRING: - Marta Da Silva ( The Silt Verses ) as Nim Harrow, of The Watcher in the Wings - B Narr ( The Silt Verses ) as Jasper Finch, of The Pox-Martyr - Fiona KT Howat ( What Am I Rolling? ) as Billie Fletcher, of The Waxen Scrivener ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: The Silt Verses RPG , by Gabriel Robinson and Jason Cordova, published by The Gauntlet. MUSIC BY: Matt Boothman EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman Find us On Instagram On Tumblr www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

People in this episode

Host: Matt Boothman

Guests: Marta Da Silva, Fiona KT Howat, B Narr

Topics covered

• assignment
• next
• violence
• body horror
• religious imagery
• cults
• trauma
• government corruption
• police violence
• ritual sacrifice

Keywords

• The Stone Shackle
• Silt Verses RPG
• Use Your Words
• The Watcher in the Wings
• The Pox-Martyr
• The Waxen Scrive

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Silt Verses, The Stone Shackle

Books & works: It Feeds Backstage, Use Your Words, The Stone Shackle, The Silt Verses, The Watcher in the Wings - B, What Am I Rolling

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