W.A.I.R. Feed Drop: The Zone featuring Roleplay Retcon

About this episode

In this episode, the Roleplay Retcon team joins Fiona K. T. Howat to play The Zone, a surreal horror RPG inspired by Annihilation.

This is episode 1 of our guest spot on ⁠⁠⁠⁠What Am I Rolling? with Fiona K. T. Howat, where we play Annihilation-inspired surreal horror game The Zone! You'll have to go to W.A.I.R. to get episode 2! __________________________________________ Content Warnings The Zone has mature sci fi horror themes. Specific content warnings for the game include: Violence and self injury Arson Mentions of Warfare and guns Descriptions of mutations, body horror and gore Hallucinations and variations there upon. Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Jenise, Alex and Ben from Roleplay Retcon for The Zone: A Surreal Play-To-Lose Horror RPG by Raph D’Amico. ⁠The Zone is a tabletop roleplaying game about a doomed expedition into a mysterious quarantine zone, whose center will grant one survivor their deepest wish. With prompts cards, easy-to-learn rules, and no need for a gamemaster, The Zone is the perfect way to spend an evening telling a deeply immersive and spooky tale of hubris & mutation in the dark. Find out more information about The Zone and grab your own copy on the official website. Credits The ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠'What Am I Rolling?'⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast was created, recorded, and edited by Fiona Howat. The…

People in this episode

Guests: Fiona K. T. Howat, Jenise, Alex, Ben

Topics covered

• sci-fi horror
• tabletop roleplaying
• surreal horror
• The Zone
• Annihilation

Keywords

• mature themes
• body horror
• tabletop games
• roleplaying games

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Roleplay Retcon, The Zone: A Surreal Play-To-Lose Horror RPG

Books & works: W.A.I.R. Feed Drop: The Zone, Annihilation, The Zone, The Zone: A Surreal Play-To-Lose Horror RPG, When Gods Pontificate, What Am I Rolling?

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