Black Company Playtest Phase 1 - The Summer of Riots Part 1

About this episode

The episode explores the playtest of The Black Company RPG, focusing on a summer mission involving rumors of spirits in the town of Beryl.

Soldiers of the legendary mercenary company The Black Company, from the city of Beryl, languish in the heat of summer. Four soldiers of First Platoon are called in on special orders. As they go into the town, they hear rumors of lighting striking a tomb on a hill, and there are rumors of spirits that would do great harm to Beryl… The Black Company is a deadly, suspenseful RPG from Shane Ivey and Dennis Detwiller of Arc Dream Publishing, based on Glen Cook’s legendary dark fantasy series. The game is currently in playtest: rules are not final, and may change before publication. This playtest was run during Playtest Phase 1. As of posting, the game is in Playtest Phase 2. Between posting and March 31st, 2026, you can download the Phase 2 playtest materials and try it for yourself, from The Black Company RPG website. Ethan – GM Ben – Jumpy Dan – Big Dog Laura – Red Eye Sean – Pops

People in this episode

Host: Ethan

Topics covered

• RPG
• playtest
• dark fantasy
• mercenary company
• suspense
• spirits

Keywords

• Black Company
• RPG
• playtest
• Glen Cook
• Arc Dream Publishing
• suspenseful
• mercenaries
• spirits
• Beryl

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arc Dream Publishing

Books & works: The Black Company

Places: Beryl

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